Primetime Cable Ratings: October 19, 2014

As expected, THE WALKING DEAD did fall a bit from its season five premiere ratings. The 15.1 million viewers and 7.7 score in the A18-49 ratings represents a lost of 2.2 million viewers and an 11% drop in the demo. Those "lost viewers" will show up in either the Live+3 or Live+7 ratings.

TALKING DEAD followed THE WALKING DEAD's trend, dropping from the previous week, but it is doubtful that its loses will be made up with time-shifted viewing. However, the recap discusion program did do better than any other show of the night, except for THE WALKING DEAD, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and ONCE UPON A TIME, in the A18-49 ratings.

HBO's BOARDWALK EMPIRE placed 6th on the night, getting just under two million viewers.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	15.14	7.7
2	Talking Dead	AMC	10:00 PM	5.13	2.6
3	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	3.51	1.6
4	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2.47	0.5
5	The Real Housewives/NJ	BRVO	8:00 PM	2.44	1.1
6	Boardwalk Empire	HBO	9:00 PM	1.95	0.8
7	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.72	0.6
8	Sunday Movie	FAM	8:00 PM	1.70	0.6
9	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.65	0.8
10	Jeff Dunham	CMDY	8:00 PM	1.62	0.5
11	Law & Order: SVU	USA	7:00 PM	1.62	0.5
12	Watch What Happens Live	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.61	0.7
13	Law & Order: SVU	USA	9:00 PM	1.59	0.5
14	Toy Story of Terror	FAM	7:30 PM	1.52	0.6
15	Law & Order: SVU	USA	10:00 PM	1.52	0.6

* - in millions