Top 40 Weekly Cable Ratings: Week of 10/15/12

ESPN once again grabs the top spot of the chart with MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. The weekly contest posted 12.8 million viewers and an impressive 5.2 rating in Adults 18-49. But, what is more impressive are the viewing totals for FOX NEWS CHANNEL.

FNC collected over 11 million viewers for its coverage of the 2nd presidential debate. That placed it #2 for the week. ON THE RECORD immediately followed the debate and held on to nearly 10 million of those viewers. Both programs drew more viewers than second episode of the season of THE WALKING DEAD.

V-Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	Demo
1	Mon	Monday Night Football	ESPN	8:30pm	12,841	5.2
2	Tue	PRES. DEBATE	FOXNC	9:00pm	11,073	2.2
3	Tue	On The Record	FOXNC	10:39pm	9,988	2.0
4	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00pm	9,547	5.1
5	Thu	Thur Night Football	NFLN	8:29pm	7,023	2.9
6	Tue	PRES. DEBATE	FOXNC	8:55pm	6,705	1.1
7	Tue	ALCS	TBSC	8:00pm	6,180	2.0
8	Tue	PRES DEBATE	CNN	9:02pm	5,803	2.1
9	Tue	DEBATE NIGHT	CNN	10:39pm	5,514	1.9
10	Mon	MAJOR CRIMES	TNT	9:00pm	5,129	0.9
11	Tue	DEBATE	MSNBC	9:02pm	4,911	1.4
12	Tue	OREILLY FACTOR	FOXNC	8:00pm	4,775	0.6
13	Thu	POSTGUN	NFLN	11:27pm	4,439	2.0
14	Wed	OREILLY FACTOR	FOXNC	8:00pm	4,411	0.5
15	Sat	College Footbal	ESPN	7:00pm	4,223	2.5
16	Mon	WWE RAW	USA	8:00pm	4,067	1.4
17	Tue	Sons Of Anarchy	FX	10:00pm	4,032	2.2
18	Mon	WWE RAW	USA	9:00pm	4,013	1.4
19	Wed	Hannity	FOXNC	9:00pm	3,928	0.4
20	Sun	NASCAR NSC	ESPN	2:00pm	3,897	0.9
21	Mon	WWE RAW	USA	10:00pm	3,886	1.4
22	Tue	DEBATE NIGHT	CNN	11:00pm	3,871	1.2
23	Thu	OREILLY FACTOR	FOXNC	8:00pm	3,865	0.4
24	Wed	DUCK DYNASTY	AEN	10:00pm	3,861	1.7
25	Wed	American Horror Story	FX	10:00pm	3,848	2.2
26	Wed	DUCK DYNASTY	AEN	10:30pm	3,842	1.8
27	Thu	Hannity	FOXNC	9:00pm	3,729	0.5
28	Wed	MLB ALCS	TBSC	8:00pm	3,682	1.1
29	Fri	OREILLY FACTOR	FOXNC	8:00pm	3,664	0.4
30	Mon	OREILLY FACTOR	FOXNC	8:00pm	3,662	0.4
31	Sun	BREAKING AMISH	TLC	10:00pm	3,387	1.3
32	Thu	PRE-KICK	NFLN	8:00pm	3,367	1.3
33	Sun	American Pickers	HIST	9:00pm	3,295	0.8
34	Sun	Walking Dead	AMC	10:01pm	3,293	1.6
35	Thu	Jersey Shore	MTV	10:00pm	3,179	1.8
36	Fri	Hannity	FOXNC	9:00pm	3,143	0.4
37	Thu	INSIDE THE MLB	TBSC	7:48pm	3,133	1.0
38	Wed	On The Record	FOXNC	10:00pm	3,130	0.3
39	Mon	Regular Show	TOON	8:00pm	3,109	0.6
40	Fri	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00pm	2,933	0.9

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