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November 23, 2011
 

The Sked: Cable Ratings November 15-21

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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>This past week in cable, ESPN’s Monday Night Football drifted down to a 4.9 rating with Adults 18-49, still the highest-rated cable program by far.  NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football rose to a 2.9 rating.

AMC’s Walking Dead continues to soften but remains the top-rated scripted series on cable.  About one rating point behind Walking Dead, FX’s Sons of Anarchy nonetheless continues to rise slowly.  Moving in completely the opposite direction, Hell on Wheels (Sundays at 10 on AMC after Walking Dead) is collapsing, from a 1.9 two weeks ago to a 1.2 this week.



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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.
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