Top 15 Cable Sports Events: October 22 - 23, 2016
The sixth and final game of the National League Championship Series drew an FS1 record 9.7 million viewers and a 2.7 rating in Adults 18-49, nearly tripling the #2 event of the weekend in total viewers and doubling it in the A18-49 demo. The game also drew a 5.0 rating in viewers over 50 and a 2.1 rating viewers 18-34.The NFL game in London was carried by the NFL Network, starting at 9:30 AM, Eastern Time, collected a relatively decent 3.7 million viewers for the game. Considering most viewers west of the Mississippi would even bother getting up before the sun to watch a game, that is a good number.
NCAA football still dominates the chart, posting seven games on the chart, with the Wisconsin vs Iowa game grabbing the most eyeballs, with 3.4 million.
| Rank | Day | Show | Net | Time | P2* | A18-49 |
| 1 | Sat | NLCS: LA v Chicago Game 6 | FS1 | 8:00 PM | 9,706 | 2.7 |
| 2 | Sun | TNF: NYG v LA (London) | NFL | 9:32 AM | 3,697 | 1.4 |
| 3 | Sun | NASCAR Sprint Cup Race | NBCSN | 2:16 PM | 3,575 | 0.6 |
| 4 | Sat | NCAA Football: WIS v IOWA | ESPN | 12:01 PM | 3,241 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Sat | NCAA Football: OLE MISS/LSU | ESPN | 9:21 PM | 2,669 | 0.9 |
| 6 | Sat | NCAA Football:: ARK v AUB | ESPN | 5:55 PM | 2,130 | 0.7 |
| 7 | Sat | NCAA Football:: TEX v KAN St. | ESPN2 | 12:00 PM | 1,295 | 0.4 |
| 8 | Sun | LIGA MX: GUAD v PACH | UND | 9:00 PM | 717 | 0.4 |
| 9 | Sun | PL Soccer: MAN U v CHEL | NBCSN | 10:57 AM | 602 | 0.3 |
| 10 | Sat | NASCAR Sprint Cup Quals. | NBCSN | 4:00 PM | 599 | 0.1 |
| 11 | Sat | LIGA MX: QUER v USA | UND | 7:55 PM | 572 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Sat | NCAA Football | ESPN2 | 3:44 PM | 517 | 0.1 |
| 13 | Sat | NCAA Football: HOU v SMU | ESPN2 | 7:10 PM | 473 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Sat | NCAA Football:: OK v KAN | FS1 | 12:04 PM | 454 | 0.1 |
| 15 | Sat | PL Soccer: MIDD v ARS | NBCSN | 9:57 AM | 410 | 0.2 |
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