During the week of Oct 25-31, ESPN’s MNF rebounded from a relatively poor showing a week back among 18-49s (live+SD) to score 9.39mln in the demo—a total that bested the 2nd- and 3rd-place finishers’ combined results. TNT’s Heat-Celtics game (4.35mln) and the impressive bow of AMC original “Walking Dead” (3.57mln) did show some life, though, settling well ahead of TNT’s Rockets-Lakers matchup (2.71mln) and an ep of the ever-popular “SportsCenter” (2.66mln) on ESPN. History’s “Pawn Stars” (2.63mln) took 6th, MTV’s “Jersey Shore 2: Reunion” (2.42mln) 7th and an additional “Pawn” (2.38mln) ep 8th. Magic-Heat on ESPN (2.22mln) and the 2nd hour of WWE action on USA (2.16mln) completed the top 10. (Data provided by Nielsen)         

10/25/2010-10/31/2010
TOTAL-10/25/2010
RANK TELECASTS EPISODE TITLE ORIG DAY(S) S TIME R DUR P18-49 P18-49 P18-49
Live+SD US AA% Live+SD US SHR Live+SD AA(000)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON L-10/25/2010 GIANTS/COWBOYS ESPN M…… 8:30 PM 221 7.1 20 9387
2 NBA BASKETBALL-10/26/2010 HEAT/CELTICS TNT .T….. 7:34 PM 172 3.3 10 4347
3 WALKING DEAD-10/31/2010 101 DAYS GONE BYE AMC ……S 10:00 PM 87 2.7 7 3567
4 NBA BASKETBALL-10/26/2010 ROCKETS/LAKERS TNT .T….. 10:26 PM 188 2.1 8 2712
5 SPORTSCENTER: L-10/25/2010 ESPN M…… 12:11 AM 94 2 9 2656
6 PAWN STARS-10/25/2010 BARE BONES HIST M…… 10:30 PM 30 2 5 2626
7 JERSEY SHORE 2: REUNION-10/28/2010 JERSEY SHORE 2: REUNION MTV …T… 10:00 PM 60 1.8 5 2422
8 PAWN STARS-10/25/2010 GONE WITH THE SCHWINN HIST M…… 10:00 PM 30 1.8 5 2376
9 NBA REGULAR SEASON L-10/29/2010 MAGIC/HEAT ESPN ….F.. 7:57 PM 171 1.7 6 2217
10 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-10/25/2010 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 1.6 4 2162

The Daily

Subscribe
Tuesday–July 1

AMC’s ‘Nautilus’ Explores the Origins of Captain Nemo

Captain Namo is one of the most famous characters in all of sci-fi. Yet, while Jules Verne’s ill-fated explorer has starred in many adaptations, none has dived so deeply into Nemo’s origin story as AMC’s “Nautilus.”

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Sep 11
2025 Faxies Awards Faxies Nominations Open! Final deadline: 4/4/25
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.