2016.01.01 周一
1 COLL FTBL BOWL STUDIO L ESPN 4:41 PM 15 3.61 12,660
2 ROSE BOWL L: STANFORD/IOWA ESPN 5:09 PM 210 3.58 13,552
3 COLL FTBL BOWL STUDIO L ESPN 4:56 PM 13 3.55 13,219
4 FIESTA BOWL L: NOTRE DAME/OHIO STATE ESPN 12:56 PM 225 2.78 9,759
5 SUGAR BOWL L: OKLAHOMA STATE/OLE MISS ESPN 8:39 PM 199 2.55 8,940

2015.01.02 周二
1 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: OREGON/TCU ESPN 6:52 PM 250 1.97 7,414
2 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: KANSAS ST/ARKANSAS ESPN 3:24 PM 208 1.68 7,049
3 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: PENN ST/GEORGIA ESPN 12:00 PM 204 1.49 5,872
4 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: WEST VIRGINIA/ARIZONA ST ESPN 11:02 PM 215 1.17 3,699
For some reason, either Starz or Nielsen listed all the season finale for ASH VS. EVIL DEAD as a rerun, but it was up 0.07 from last week to 0.21, with 508K total viewers. Esquire’s SPOTLESS stayed at 0.02/73K.

2015.01.03 周日
7 NFL INSIDERS: SUNDAY L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.59 1,379

2016.01.04 周一
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 69 1.26 3,503
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.21 3,707
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.19 3,516
On Comedy Central, THE DAILY SHOW made its 2016 return with host Trevor Noah standing for his opening jokes, some jazzed-up theme music, and 0.33.

2016.01.06 周三
10 ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP FXX 10:00 PM 31 0.45 716
53 MAN SEEKING WOMAN FXX 10:31 PM 30 0.17 280
We have another instance today of either the network or Nielsen mistakenly listing an original show as a rerun, which resulted in it being omitted from the chart. This time it’s FX and AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL, which was actually the #3 original of the night at 0.85 (down 0.09 from its last airing on December 16), with 1.84M total viewers.

2016.01.07 周四
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.85 2,757
5 NBA BASKETBALL: BOSTON/CHICAGO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 154 0.59 1,393
6 NBA BASKETBALL: LA LAKERS/SACRAMENTO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:34 PM 154 0.58 1,238
11 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.39 742
20 PROJECT RUNWAY JUNIOR LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.29 1,016
IFC aired three episodes of TODD MARGARET as its season premiere, and they steadily declined, from 0.03/78K and 0.02/63K to 0.01/36K.

2016.01.08 周五
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON L: OKLAHOMA CITY/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:35 PM 152 0.71 1,642
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON L: CLEVELAND/MINNESOTA ESPN 8:05 PM 150 0.68 1,734

2016.01.09 周六
1 NFL WILDCARD L: KANSAS CITY/HOUSTON ESPN 4:20 PM 200 2.11 6,057
5 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 120 0.56 1,466

2016.01.10 周日
9 SHAMELESS S6 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:04 PM 54 0.63 1,439
22 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 120 0.40 883

2016.01.11 周一
1 CFP CHAMPIONSHIP L: ALABAMA/CLEMSON ESPN 8:27 PM 198 8.26 25,667
2 CFP CHAMPIONSHIP SUST L ESPN 11:45 PM 42 8.18 23,650
7 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.22 3,536
8 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 67 1.17 3,228
9 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.15 3,206
To no one’s surprise, the COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME won the night for ESPN with 8.26, and the network had the night’s Top 5 slots. However, that was well below last year’s 11.0 for the game. (ESPN also aired the game on many of its other outlets, and we don’t have listings for most of them–although based on the two we do have, it seems like the vast bulk watched on the mother network. Here’s the rundown for the networks we have: ESPN2: 0.07, ESPNU: 0.06.)