Top 100 Primetime Cable: October 5 - 11, 2015

The DEAD are back!

The season premiere of THE WALKING DEAD was this week's #1 cable program, commanding 14.6 million viewers and a 7.4 rating in Adults 18-49. As great as these numbers are, they are significantly down from last fall's premiere, when it pulled 17.3 million viewers and an 8.7 demo. However, it is on par with last fall's average.

The Major League Baseball postseason made an impact on the weekly chart, placing six games within the top 15 spots. The two wild card games were the best numbers ever for a a wild card game and ESPN reported its the best numbers for any MLB game in a dozen years.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY was a little lost in all the other events of the week, but it managed to take the #5 spot with its fifth season premiere. Although it is down from 2014, it brought in 5.8 million viewers and a 3.0 rating in Adults 18-49.

Reality TV took a major back seat in the ratings, with the highest ranking series being ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER at #25.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Sun	The Walking Dead (SP)	AMC	9:00 PM	14.63	7.4
2	Mon	MNF: SEA v DET	ESPN	8:15 PM	14.40	5.2
3	Wed	NL Wild Card: CUB vs PIT	TBS	8:00 PM	8.30	2.6
4	Tue	AL Wild Card: HOU vs NYY	ESPN	8:00 PM	7.60	2.3
5	Wed	American Horror Story (SP)	FX	10:00 PM	5.81	3.0
6	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:30 PM	5.66	2.9
7	Fri	NLDS Game 1: CHI vs STL	TBS	6:45 PM	5.38	1.6
8	Sat	College Football	ESPN	7:00 PM	4.84	1.5
9	Fri	NLDS Game 1: LA D vs NYM	TBS	9:30 PM	4.71	1.6
10	Sun	Zombie Apocalypse Week	AMC	7:30 PM	4.36	2.0
11	Sat	NLDS Game 2: NYM vs LAD	TBS	9:00 PM	4.21	1.2
12	Fri	Invisible Sister	DSNY	8:00 PM	4.03	0.8
13	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3.49	1.1
14	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.47	1.1
15	Thu	ALDS G1: HOU v KC	FS1	7:30 PM	3.30	1.0
16	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3.17	1.1
17	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.96	0.3
18	Sun	Movie: Monsters Univ.	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.92	0.6
19	Sat	Movie: Harvest Moon	HMM	9:00 PM	2.90	0.3
20	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.90	0.3
21	Thu	TNF: IND vs HOU	NFL	8:30 PM	2.84	1.3
22	Sat	College Football	ESPN	10:30 PM	2.82	1.1
23	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.82	0.2
24	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.75	0.2
25	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2.68	0.6
26	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.60	0.8
27	Mon	Love & Hip Hop/H'Wood	VH1	8:00 PM	2.58	1.4
28	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.49	0.2
29	Wed	The Kelley File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.49	0.2
30	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.44	0.8
31	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.40	0.7
32	Tue	The Kelley File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.39	0.2
33	Sun	ALDS Game 3: TEX vs TOR	FS1	8:00 PM	2.37	0.7
34	Mon	The Kelley File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.36	0.2
35	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.34	0.7
36	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.22	0.7
37	Mon	Black Ink Crew	VH1	9:00 PM	2.18	1.2
38	Thu	Project Runway	LIFE	9:00 PM	2.17	0.7
39	Thu	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.15	0.6
40	Tue	Starage Wars	A&E	9:00 PM	2.13	0.6
41	Thu	The Kelley File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.10	0.2
42	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.07	0.6
43	Tue	Storage Wars	A&E	9:30 PM	2.06	0.6
44	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:30 PM	2.06	0.7
45	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	2.05	0.8
46	Tue	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	2.05	0.6
47	Sun	BUNKD	DSNY	9:45 PM	2.03	0.4
48	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.02	0.8
49	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2.00	0.6
50	Thu	ALDS Rain Delay	FS1	8:30 PM	1.99	0.6
51	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.96	0.5
52	Fri	Star vs Forces of Evil	DSNY	10:00 PM	1.89	0.3
53	Sat	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	1.83	0.3
54	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.81	0.8
55	Wed	FX Movie Prime	FX	7:00 PM	1.80	0.7
56	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.80	0.6
57	Sat	AUSTIN & ALLY	DSNY	9:00 PM	1.79	0.4
58	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1.77	0.6
59	Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1.76	0.3
60	Sun	Baskerball Wives: LA	VH1	9:00 PM	1.75	0.9
61	Fri	The Kelley File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1.75	0.1
62	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.74	0.7
63	Mon	The Real Housewives/OC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.73	0.7
64	Mon	She's Got Game	VH1	10:00 PM	1.72	0.9
65	Sun	Kardashians	E!	8:00 PM	1.70	0.8
66	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.70	0.7
67	Sun	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.69	0.7
68	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.68	0.2
69	Fri	Bering Sea Gold	DISC	9:00 PM	1.67	0.5
70	Sat	Girl Meets World	DSNY	8:30 PM	1.65	0.4
71	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	1.65	0.5
72	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.64	0.4
73	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1.63	0.5
74	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1.63	0.3
75	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	7:00 PM	1.63	0.5
76	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.62	0.3
77	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.62	0.4
78	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	1.61	0.2
79	Sat	Game Shakers	NICK	8:30 PM	1.60	0.3
80	Sun	Liv and Maddie	DSNY	7:30 PM	1.58	0.3
81	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.57	0.6
82	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.57	0.6
83	Sat	CONCACAF: USA vs MEX	FS1	9:30 PM	1.56	0.7
84	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.56	0.3
85	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.55	0.2
86	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.55	0.6
87	Sun	Halloween Wars	FOOD	9:00 PM	1.54	0.5
88	Wed	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	1.53	0.3
89	Fri	College Football	ESPN	8:00 PM	1.52	0.3
90	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1.51	0.3
91	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.51	0.3
92	Sat	Best Friends Whenever	DSNY	8:00 PM	1.50	0.3
93	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.49	0.2
94	Sat	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.49	0.7
95	Fri	Ancient Aliens	HIST	9:00 PM	1.48	0.4
96	Sun	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	1.48	0.6
97	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.47	0.4
98	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.47	0.4
99	Sun	Hawaii Life	HGTV	8:30 PM	1.47	0.3
100	Tue	Ink Master	SPIKE	10:00 PM	1.47	0.8

* - in millions