Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 12/28/23. Items of note include College Football on ESPN, Hannity on Fox News, and NBA on NBA.
(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.) |
| College Football: NC St. v. KS St. | ESPN | 0.85 | 4.31 |
| College Football: AZ v. OK | ESPN | 0.80 | 3.93 |
| College Football: Rutgers v. Miami | ESPN | 0.59 | 3.00 |
| College Football: SMU v. Boston | ESPN | 0.30 | 1.46 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.26 | 1.08 |
| NBA: Pistons v. Celtics | NBA | 0.19 | 0.56 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.18 | 0.58 |
| NBA: Heat v. Warriors | NBA | 0.16 | 0.51 |
| The First 48 | A&E | 0.13 | 0.69 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.52 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.50 |
| Premier League: Tottenham v. Brighton | USA | 0.12 | 0.35 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.57 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.47 |
| The Faulkner Focus | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.48 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.09 | 2.34 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.72 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.26 |
| Outnumbered | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.42 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.28 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.09 |
| Mountain Men: Alaska | History | 0.08 | 1.01 |
| Married to Real Estate | HGTV | 0.08 | 0.75 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| The Pat McAfee Show | ESPN | 0.08 | 0.18 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.07 | 1.82 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.07 | 1.68 |
| House Hunters International | HGTV | 0.07 | 0.79 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.07 | 0.67 |
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | CNN | 0.07 | 0.62 |
| CNN News Central | CNN | 0.07 | 0.61 |
| Married to Real Estate | HGTV | 0.07 | 0.58 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.07 | 0.57 |
| NFL Gameday Pre-Kick | NFL | 0.07 | 0.48 |
| NFL Gameday Showcase | NFL | 0.07 | 0.40 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.06 | 1.40 |
| The Beat with Ari Melber | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.17 |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | 0.06 | 1.07 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.06 | 1.02 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.06 | 0.59 |
| Inside Politics | CNN | 0.06 | 0.57 |
| CNN News Central | CNN | 0.06 | 0.55 |
| CNN News Central | CNN | 0.06 | 0.52 |
| NFL Gameday Pre-Game | NFL | 0.06 | 0.26 |
| NBA Post-Game | NBA | 0.06 | 0.16 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.24 |
| The Story | Fox News | 0.05 | 1.01 |
| Caught! | Discovery | 0.05 | 0.33 |
| My Wife's Hidden Lover | LMN | 0.05 | 0.30 |
| First Things First | FS1 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
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| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.04 | 1.11 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.04 | 0.99 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.03 | 0.89 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.03 | 0.77 |
