UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.7.2018

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NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, down 0.1 from last week’s game.  In addition, BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 and FAMILY GUY lost 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The days of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD being a ratings phenomenon seem to be coming to an end.  The Season 9 premiere fell 51% from 2017’s 5.03 to 2.49 (and down an incredible 70% from the 2016 premiere).  That’s still a very strong number, of course, but if WALKING DEAD follows its usual pattern, it will fall steeply next week, and will soon dip below 2.0, a hit rather than a blockbuster.  It’s still in no danger, but another yearly drop like this one and the conversation may be different.  (The idea has been floated that a significant number of viewers may have paid to see the premiere a day early and without commercials on AMC’s new premium service, but there are no hard numbers to back that up.)  TALKING DEAD fell 1.31 (63%) from last season’s premiere to 0.77.  (Note that the WALKING DEAD BONUS in 2nd place was an augmented version of last season’s finale.)

BBCAmerica’s premiere of DOCTOR WHO had an unusual airing at 1:45 ET (and 10:45AM PT) to sync with the British launch.  In the US, it was strong for that time of day at 0.45.

The arrival of THE WALKING DEAD may have disrupted some of the night’s other shows, although not all of them.  Adult Swim’s late-night VENTURE BROTHERS jumped 0.09 to 0.40.  On Showtime, SHAMELESS slipped 0.03 to 0.34, KIDDING  fell 0.04 to 0.05, THE CIRCUS ticked down to 0.05/263K, and FAMILY BUSINESS was at 0.02/197K.  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT dropped 0.06 to 0.31, the season finale of BALLERS fell 0.08 to 0.26, and THE DEUCE actually ticked up to 0.13. Hallmark’s CHESAPEAKE SHORES ticked down to 0.22.  TNT’s THE LAST SHIP was steady at 0.19.  Lifetime’s YOU held at 0.18.  On Starz, WARRIORS OF LIBERTY remained at 0.02/71K, and AMERICA TO ME dropped a tick to 0.01/36K.

Unscripted cable was led by Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game at 0.88.  (MLB Network’s game was at 0.43.)  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE fell 0.15 to 0.67, and UNEXPECTED was at 0.31.  On E!, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS dropped 0.09 to 0.39, and ASHLEE & EVAN was down a tick to 0.20.  Food Network’s HALLOWEEN WARS was at 0.38, compared to last week’s 0.66/0.48/0.41, and HAUNTED GINGERBREAD SHOWDOWN was at 0.28.  Bravo’s MARRIED TO MEDICINE ticked down to 0.37.  HGTV’s line-up was topped by CARIBBEAN LIFE at 0.34/0.32, compared to last week’s 0.27/0.25.  Discovery’s ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER returned at 0.33/0.26, with an EXPEDITION UNKNOWN lead-out at 0.23.  ID’s ON THE CASE lost 0.07 to 0.23.  

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