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[10/17/11 - 03:23 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Game 5 of NLCS Keeps TBS on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 14, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

MLB Playoffs: NLCS, Game 5 (TBS, 7:57-11:23) (5.461 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)

Make Your Mark (4.200 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

Wizards of Waverly Place (4.101 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #4)

Jessie (3.921 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

WWE Smackdown (3.167 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2)

American Restoration (9:30) (2.279 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #3)

American Restoration (9:00) (1.960 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1.665 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.406 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress: The Big Day (1.329 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Sanctuary (1.323 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Hairy Bikers (10:00) (1.309 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.251 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.144 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Man, Woman, Wild (1.081 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Hairy Bikers (10:30) (1.032 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

The Soup (0.942 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Fashion Police (0.796 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

I Shouldn't Be Alive (10:00) (0.638 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

I Shouldn't Be Alive (9:00) (0.582 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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