Nashville is a show that just barely survived the first two seasons, got dragged to the syndication line the next two seasons and aired the final two seasons in relative obscurity on cable. It's not a traditional path for a show, but the TV powers that be smiled upon the show and it got to take its story to conclusion.

I'm still not going to say that this is the year where some show breaks Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's streak of being VH1's top rated show, but if there's a year to do it, it's this one and if there's a show to do it, it's probably going to be Love & Hip Hop Hollywood.

Basketball Wives and Power rebound from last week's miserable numbers. Catfish and The Challenge got off to pretty decent starts while Real Housewives of Orange County started a little low. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta goes out quietly, but I have thoughts about another former VH1 show.

The strangest thing about this week's list is not that there was a holiday to make the list shorter, it's that there are 3 shows with exactly the same number of total viewers on it.

It's a day before the holiday and it's been more than a month since I've done a full post. Since there were more than a handful of shows with premieres and finales, I figured this was a good time to put something together.