Primetime Cable Ratings: September 14, 2016

The season premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY was cable's top show on Wednesday night, collecting 5.1 million viewers and a strong 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49. Kicking the season off six weeks earlier than in 2015 may have been the reason viewership is down 700,000 viewers and 7% in the demo, from the 2015 premiere.

SOUTH PARK is back, placing 8th overall in total viewership, with 2.2 million, but was second in the A18-49 demo, with a 1.3 rating that is up a half a million viewers from last year's premiere, and the A18-49 demographic grew by 30%.

The season finale of SUITS was near two million viewers, for USA. QUEEN SUGAR was slight above, on OWN.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
36	The Cleveland Show	ADSW	9:30 PM	1,154	0.5
29	American Dad	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,347	0.6
22	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,570	0.7
17	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,763	0.6
33	Don't Be Tardy	BRVO	10:00 PM	1,235	0.5
31	South Park	CMDY	9:30 PM	1,261	0.8
8	South Park	CMDY	10:00 PM	2,167	1.3
34	Worst Cooks	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,185	0.5
2	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,362	0.3
3	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,993	0.3
4	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,385	0.3
27	FX Movie Prime	FX	7:59 PM	1,410	0.6
1	American Horror Story	FX	10:00 PM	5,137	2.8
32	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,246	0.3
18	Property Bros.: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,649	0.4
15	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,871	0.4
16	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,765	0.3
28	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1,402	0.3
19	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,605	0.3
30	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	1,307	0.3
35	BETRAYED	ID	8:00 PM	1,167	0.3
23	Homicide Hunter	ID	9:00 PM	1,501	0.3
11	JonBenet: American Murder	ID	10:00 PM	1,973	0.5
21	Little Women: LA	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,573	0.6
26	Little Women: ATL	LIFE	10:02 PM	1,416	0.6
25	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,425	0.2
14	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,910	0.2
20	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,596	0.2
10	Queen Sugar	OWN	10:00 PM	1,997	0.6
24	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,487	0.5
12	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,948	0.6
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,072	0.7
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,202	0.8
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,235	0.8
7	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,197	0.8
13	SUITS	USA	9:00 PM	1,921	0.5

* Viewership (,000)