Primetime Cable Ratings: September 30, 2014

Major League Baseball began its post-season play with the AL Wildcard Game, on TBS. The extra inning game collected a strong 5.2 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. That is up about a half a million viewers and 21% in the demo ratings. Close games produce better ratings, especially when underdog teams come up big.

SONS OF ANARCHY was down year-to-year, with the four million viewers and 2.1 demo rating. The difference from 2013 was about 600,000 viewers and a loss of 12% in the A18-49 ratings. SOA was still the top draw among the A18-49 crowd.

19 KIDS AND COUNTING came up big, with back-to-back episode making the top five. The series averaged just under 2.5 million viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, during the 9 p.m. hour.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	MLB AL Wildcard Game	TBS	8:00 PM	5.21	1.7
2	Sons Of Anarchy	FX	10:00 PM	4.04	2.1
3	19 Kids and Counting	TLC	9:30 PM	2.52	1.0
4	19 Kids and Counting	TLC	9:00 PM	2.37	0.9
5	Little People, Big World	TLC	10:00 PM	2.31	0.8
6	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.26	1.0
7	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	2.04	0.9
8	Storage Wars	A&E	9:30 PM	1.70	0.5
9	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1.65	0.7
10	Yukon Men	DISC	9:00 PM	1.65	0.4
11	Tosh.0	CMDY	10:00 PM	1.62	1.0
12	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	1.54	0.5
13	Dance Moms	LIFE	9:00 PM	1.42	0.5
14	Face Off	SYFY	9:00 PM	1.30	0.6
15	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:00 PM	1.29	0.5

* - in millions