Zombies, Football Top Cable Ratings for 18-49s
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| October 14, 2015
The Walking Dead’s” return on AMC ranked as the most-watched cable program last week among 18-49s, averaging 9.4mln viewers, according to Nielsen. The Season 6 premiere fell short of Season 5’s debut, which averaged nearly 11mln viewers in the 18-49 demo and 17.2mln total viewers. Sunday night’s episode averaged 14.6mln for live plus same day viewing.
Other top programs among the 18-49 demo last week was Monday Night Football on ESPN (6.6mln) and FX’s premiere of the latest installment of “American Horror Installment” (3.8mln).
Rank |
Program |
Originator |
P18-49 |
Live+SD | |||
US AA Proj (000 s) | |||
1 |
WALKING DEAD | AMC |
9,421 |
2 |
NFL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN |
6,599 |
3 |
AMERICAN HORROR STORY | FX |
3,795 |
4 |
TALKING DEAD | AMC |
3,676 |
5 |
MLB WILDCARD | TBS NETWORK |
3,286 |
6 |
MLB WILD CARD L | ESPN |
2,966 |
7 |
ZOMBIE APOCALPYSE WEEK | AMC |
2,565 |
8 |
SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN |
2,117 |
9 |
MLB DIVISION SERIES | TBS NETWORK |
2,021 |
10 |
MLB DIVISION SERIES | TBS NETWORK |
1,967 |