Top 100 Primetime Cable: Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL finally overtakes THE WALKING DEAD as the week's #1 cable program, but only n total viewers. The Cowboys and Redskins game commanded 18.8 million viewers, 4.3 million viewers more than THE WALKING DEAD. But, THE DEAD still has the top A18-49 ratings, 7.6 to 6.9.

NFL football also takes the #3 spot, with the first solo game by the NFL Network, this season. The 6.9 million viewers and 2.3 demo rating is not far off from the game one year ago. That s not a good sign considering the whole reason to have CBS cover the first half of the Thursday night package was to build hype and excitement for Thursday night games. Experiment fail.

Even more football was within the top 10, with two college games from ESPN. The Saturday night game hauled in 5.8 million viewers and a 1.8 demo rating. The Thursday night game brought in just under five million viewers and a 1.6 demo.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Mon	MNF (DAL v WAS)	ESPN	8:15 PM	18.81	6.9
2	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	14.52	7.6
3	Thu	TNF (NO v CAR)	NFL	8:30 PM	6.88	2.3
4	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:00 PM	5.98	3.0
5	Sun	Skyscraper: Live	DISC	8:30 PM	5.82	1.5
6	Sat	College Football Prime	ESPN	7:00 PM	5.80	1.8
7	Thu	College Football Prime	ESPN	7:30 PM	4.97	1.6
8	Wed	American Horror Story	FX	10:00 PM	4.51	2.3
9	Tue	19 Kids and Counting	TLC	8:00 PM	4.41	1.5
10	Thu	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:00 PM	4.02	1.7
11	Tue	Sons Of Anarchy	FX	10:00 PM	3.96	2.0
12	Sun	Skyscraper: Live	DISC	9:00 PM	3.93	1.0
13	Fri	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:00 PM	3.88	1.7
14	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.87	1.2
15	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3.84	1.3
16	Sun	Skyscraper: Live	DISC	7:00 PM	3.69	0.9
17	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3.57	1.1
18	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3.53	1.2
19	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	3.42	1.5
20	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	3.09	0.5
21	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	3.018	1.1
22	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.90	1.0
23	Fri	NBA Basketball	ESPN	10:45 PM	2.88	1.3
24	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.79	0.2
25	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.76	0.2
26	Sat	College Football Prime	ESPN	10:45 PM	2.71	0.9
27	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.68	0.9
28	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	2.68	0.6
29	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.67	0.2
30	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	2.67	0.7
31	Sun	HALLMARK MOVIE	HALL	8:00 PM	2.66	0.4
32	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.64	0.9
33	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.50	0.9
34	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.50	1.0
35	Tue	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	2.42	1.3
36	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.42	1.0
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.41	0.9
38	Sun	Alaska The Last Frontier	DISC	9:15 PM	2.38	0.6
39	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.38	1.0
40	Mon	Movie: Drumline	VH1	9:00 PM	2.36	1.1
41	Thu	TNF Pre-Kick	NFL	8:00 PM	2.36	0.7
42	Sat	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	NICK	8:30 PM	2.36	0.4
43	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.36	0.9
44	Mon	Love & Hip Hop/Hollywood	VH1	8:00 PM	2.33	1.3
45	Tue	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:00 PM	2.30	1.0
46	Sat	College Football Prime	ESPN2	7:15 PM	2.30	0.7
47	Sun	The Real Housewives/NJ	BRVO	9:00 PM	2.29	1.0
48	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	6:00 PM	2.26	0.4
49	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2.25	0.4
50	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.24	0.9
51	Fri	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.21	0.6
52	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	9:00 PM	2.21	0.4
53	Sat	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	2.20	0.6
54	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	2.19	0.4
55	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2.17	0.4
56	Thu	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	2.10	1.0
57	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.08	0.2
58	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.07	0.2
59	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.06	0.8
60	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.03	0.8
61	Sun	FX Movie Prime	FX	6:00 PM	2.02	0.6
62	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.97	0.6
63	Thu	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.96	0.6
64	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1.93	0.8
65	Fri	Edge of Alaska	DISC	10:00 PM	1.90	0.5
66	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.88	0.6
67	Sun	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	1.87	0.5
68	Sun	SportsCenter	ESPN	7:30 PM	1.81	0.5
69	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	1.80	0.5
70	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	7:00 PM	1.79	0.6
71	Wed	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	1.77	0.4
72	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.77	0.6
73	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.77	0.3
74	Sat	College Football Scoreboard	ESPN2	10:45 PM	1.76	0.5
75	Sun	The Real Housewives/ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	1.76	0.8
76	Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1.75	0.3
77	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	1.74	0.7
78	Wed	South Park	CMDY	10:00 PM	1.73	0.9
79	Wed	NBA Basketball	ESPN	10:30 PM	1.71	0.8
80	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:30 PM	1.71	0.4
81	Tue	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	1.70	0.4
82	Wed	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:00 PM	1.69	0.8
83	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	8:00 PM	1.68	0.4
84	Thu	Law & Order: SVU	USA	9:00 PM	1.67	0.5
85	Wed	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	1.66	0.3
86	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.65	0.5
87	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.65	0.5
88	Sun	Big Picture Movies	TNT	6:00 PM	1.64	0.6
89	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.62	0.6
90	Sun	Big Picture Movies	TNT	8:00 PM	1.62	0.6
91	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.61	0.7
92	Tue	Home Sweet Bus	TLC	10:00 PM	1.60	0.5
93	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.59	0.7
94	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.59	0.7
95	Tue	30 on 30	ESPN	9:00 PM	1.58	0.8
96	Sun	Kurt & Kloe Take Hamptons	E	9:00 PM	1.57	0.9
97	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.54	0.7
98	Sun	Homeland	SHO	9:00 PM	1.54	0.5
99	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.53	0.3
100	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1.53	0.3