Thursday Cable Ratings 12/14/17: Damnation and Superstition Sink To New Lows on New Nights

Below are the Top 25 programs on cable on Thursday, 12/14/17. Items of note include Top Chef on Bravo and the time slot premieres of Damnation on USA and Superstition on Syfy.
(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA: Lakers v. Cavaliers	TNT	0.74	1.79
NFL: Denver v. Indianapolis	NFL	0.64	1.95
NBA: Mavericks v. Warriors	TNT	0.62	1.39
NFL Post-Game	NFL	0.42	1.09
WWE Tribute to the Troops	USA	0.42	1.40
NBA Pre-Game Show	TNT	0.37	1.08
Inside the NBA	TNT	0.36	0.73
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.36	3.11
The First 48	A&E	0.33	0.93
Hannity	Fox News	0.3	3.25
NFL Post-Game	NFL	0.3	0.73
House Hunters Outside the Box	HGTV	0.3	1.42
Million Dollar Listing LA	Bravo	0.29	0.92
Top Chef	Bravo	0.28	0.78
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.28	1.23
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.28	3.01
House Hunters International	HGTV	0.27	1.31
Two and a Half Men	Nick-At-Nite	0.27	0.61
Beat Bobby Flay	Food	0.27	0.82
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.27	1.13
Tamar & Vince	We	0.27	0.71
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.27	0.80
Pardon the Interruption	ESPN	0.26	0.80
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.26	2.62
Two and a Half Men	Nick-at-Nite	0.26	0.57

Off the chart, Damnation began its Friday run with a series low 0.14. Syfy moved Friday flop Superstition to a new Thursday slot, and it sank to a new low of 0.04. Fellow Syfy show Ghost Wars was down to 0.05, while GW's lead-in Van Helsing was down to 0.08. Wild 'n Out was down to 0.2. CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront was down to 0.24, while The Lead with Jake Tapper and Wolf were at 0.16 and At This Hour was at 0.14. MSNBC's The Last Word was down to 0.23. Morning Joe was down to 0.14, with Deadline: White House up to that same 0.14. Velshi & Ruhle was up to 0.11. Fox News' The Ingraham Angle held steady at 0.26. TBS's Conan was up to 0.22