List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for Jan. 11-17

List of top 15 cable programs for Jan. 11-17

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Jan. 11-17. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

1. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.692 million homes, 5.40 million viewers.

2. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.689 million homes, 5.49 million viewers.

3. “NCIS” (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.43 million homes, 4.62 million viewers.

4. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.41 million homes, 4.51 million viewers.

5. “NCIS” (Thursday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.28 million homes, 4.21 million viewers.

6. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.26 million homes, 4.33 million viewers.

7. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.18 million homes, 4.06 million viewers.

8. “Penguins of Madagascar” (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.13 million homes, 4.17 million viewers.

9. “The O’Reilly Factor” (Thursday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 3.09 million homes, 4.21 million viewers.

10. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.05 million homes, 3.81 million viewers.

11. “The O’Reilly Factor” (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 2.98 million homes, 3.95 million viewers.

12. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.97 million homes, 4.09 million viewers.

13. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.94 million homes, 3.86 million viewers.

14. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.91 million homes, 3.66 million viewers.

15. “NCIS” (Monday, 7 p.m.), USA, 2.88 million homes, 3.79 million viewers.

Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal. Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp.

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