I believe that the highly rated Thunder's (#9 & #10) were the shows on which WCW heavily promoted the new PSX game.
Cable Nielsen Ratings List
.c The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Jan. 4-10. Each ratings point represents 994,000 households. Day and start time (EST) are included in parentheses.
1. TNT Original: ''Purgatory'' (Sunday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 5.0, 4.96 million homes.
2. ''WWF Wrestling'' (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 4.4, 4.40 million homes.
3. ''WWF Wrestling'' (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 4.3, 4.26 million homes.
4. ''World Championship Wrestling'' (Monday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 4.2, 4.17 million homes.
5. ''WWF Wrestling'' (Sunday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.7, 3.68 million homes.
6. ''World Championship Wrestling'' (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 3.6, 3.60 million homes.
7. ''World Championship Wrestling'' (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 3.5, 3.44 million homes.
8. Movie: ''The American President''(Saturday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 3.4, 3.38 million homes.
9. ''WCW Thunder'' (Thursday, 9:05 p.m.), TBS, 3.4, 3.35 million homes.
10. ''WCW Thunder'' (Thursday, 8:05 p.m.), TBS, 3.2, 3.18 million homes.
11. TNT Original: ''Purgatory'' (Sunday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 2.7, 2.68 million homes.
12. ''Rugrats'' (Monday, 7:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.60 million homes.
13. Movie: ''Murder in a Small Town'' (Sunday, 8 p.m.), A&E, 2.6, 2.55 million homes.
14. ''Rugrats'' (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.5, 2.46 million homes.
15. Movie: ''Her Final Fury'' (Saturday, 4 p.m.), Lifetime, 2.5, 2.45 million homes.
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