Primetime Cable Ratings: October 12, 2014
THE WALKING DEAD completely dominated television on Sunday night. The fifth season premiere commanded a record breaking 17.3 million viewers and an 8.7 rating in Adults 18-49. I beat everything on TV on the night, including the NFL game on NBC. It topped last year's record breaking performance by 1.2 million viewers and rose 6% in the demo ratings. AMC and DEAD programming took four of the top five spots on the chart.Following THE WALKING DEAD was the great companion series TALKING DEAD, hosted by Chris Hardwick. The talk show about the episode you just watched held onto 6.9 million viewers and a 3.5 rating in Adults 18-49. It was up 1.6 million viewers and 35% in the demo, from the 2013 fall premiere. A great two hours programming from AMC.
Game two of the NLCS did relatively well, grabbing 4.4 million viewers. It is one of the few times a playoff game can get dwarfed by regular programming.
| Rank | Show | Net | Time | Viewers* | A18-49 |
| 1 | The Walking Dead | AMC | 9:00 PM | 17.29 | 8.7 |
| 2 | Talking Dead | AMC | 10:00 PM | 6.88 | 3.5 |
| 3 | The Walking Dead | AMC | 8:00 PM | 6.77 | 3.0 |
| 4 | NLCS Game #2 | FS1 | 8:00 PM | 4.37 | 1.1 |
| 5 | The Walking Dead | AMC | 7:00 PM | 3.60 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Alaska: The Last Frontier | DISC | 9:00 PM | 2.34 | 0.6 |
| 7 | The Real Housewives/ NJ | BRVO | 8:00 PM | 2.18 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Austin & Ally | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 2.08 | 0.4 |
| 9 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.05 | 0.8 |
| 10 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 1.97 | 0.7 |
| 11 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 1.82 | 0.7 |
| 12 | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 7:00 PM | 1.81 | 0.5 |
| 13 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:30 PM | 1.78 | 0.6 |
| 14 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 1.68 | 0.6 |
| 15 | Family Guy | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.67 | 0.8 |
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