UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.9.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ran without commercials, Nielsen doesn’t cover it in its final numbers for the broadcast networks.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.3 to 0.9 (probably its early number was inflated by a sports event), ONCE UPON A TIME lost 0.1 to 1.2, and thanks to the national NFL overrrun, 60 MINUTES dropped half a point to 2.6.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Nielsen does include DEBATE ratings for cable networks, and it’s fair to assume that Trump voters were less interested in this round than Clinton’s, since CNN not only won in 18-49s (its 3.99 was higher than the preliminary numbers for any of the broadcast networks, and beat Fox News’s 1.94 handily), but unusually it also beat Fox News in total viewers, 11.4M vs. 9.9M.  MSNBC trailed at 1.17/5.6M

HBO made its entire line-up (except for LAST WEEK TONIGHT) available online before Sunday, so its numbers may not be indicative of where its shows will be next week.  But for now, WESTWORLD held well, down a tenth from last week’s premiere to 0.67.  The news was much more dire for the high-profile DIVORCE, which launched at just 0.14.  With that lead-in, INSECURE didn’t look so bad at 0.11.  LAST WEEK TONIGHT was steady at 0.42.

On Showtime, SHAMELESS slipped 0.04 to 0.45, and MASTERS OF SEX lost 0.04 to 0.11.  On Starz, the already-renewed ASH VS EVIL DEAD dropped 0.03 from last week’s premiere to 0.18, and BLUNT TALK ticked down to 0.05/135K.  FX’s THE STRAIN added a tick to 0.36.  The season finale of CHESAPEAKE SHORES dropped 0.03 to 0.30. 

The only non-debate telecast to break into the Top 10 for the night was VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES, down 0.08 to 0.72.  On E!, ROB & CHYNA fell two-tenths to 0.50, and WAGS was down 0.15 to 0.24.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY fell 0.21 to 0.49, and MANZOD WITH CHILDREN was down 0.11 to 0.25.  On Food Network, HALLOWEEN WARS lost 0.09 to 0.46, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was down 0.03 to 0.32, and WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA ticked up to 0.32.  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE edged down 0.03 to 0.41, with the HAPPILY EVER AFTER after-show down 0.09 to 0.34.  Spike’s BAR RESCUE shrank by 0.04 to 0.25. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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