or


[10/31/11 - 05:13 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Discovery's "Gold Rush" Returns as Demo King
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 28, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jessie (3.934 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Wizards of Waverly Place (3.435 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Gold Rush (3.327 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1)

A.N.T. Farm (3.221 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

WWE Smackdown (2.843 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #3)

Gold Rush: The Off-Season (2.289 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1.776 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

American Restoration (9:30) (1.649 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Flying Wild Alaska (1.621 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

ThunderCats (1.576 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

American Restoration (9:00) (1.524 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.441 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.410 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

House of Payne (9:30) (1.313 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Brides of Beverly Hills (10:00) (1.288 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

House of Payne (9:00) (1.228 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Sanctuary (1.201 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Brides of Beverly Hills (10:30) (1.189 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Hairy Bikers (10:00) (1.119 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Real Time With Bill Maher (0.929 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Meet the Browns (8:30) (0.916 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Meet the Browns (8:00) (0.854 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

The Soup (0.840 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Fashion Police (0.751 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Boss (0.391 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: N/A, #)

Oprah's Lifeclass (0.181 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.1, #25)

Ask Oprah's All-Stars (0.171 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T26)

Oprah's Lifeclass Live (0.161 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T26)

Source: Nielsen Media Research




  [october 2011]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[10/21/26 - 04:01 PM]
USA Sports' Coverage of Dream-Valkyries Game 2 Is Most-Watched WNBA Finals Game 2 Ever on Cable
Monday night's coverage averaged 1.33 million viewers across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network, CNBC and E!).
[10/21/26 - 03:15 PM]
It's Back to School at "Abbott Elementary" as Show Returns with Over 6 Million Total Viewers
The premiere episode scored the show's best streaming performance since Season 4, based on views over seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
[10/21/26 - 02:31 PM]
Commanders-49ers on "Monday Night Football" Delivers 17.9 Million Viewers
Six weeks into ESPN's Super Bowl LXI season, "Monday Night Football" is up 23% compared to the same point in 2025, averaging 19 million viewers.
[10/21/26 - 11:01 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of October 12
"Carrie," "Neagley," "Reacher," "Off Campus," and "Sterling Point" led all original series worldwide.
[10/21/26 - 06:39 AM]
NFL Network's London Slate Culminates with 6.4M Viewers for Jaguars-Texans
Season to date, through three games in London, NFL Network is averaging 6.9M viewers, up 15% vs. the network's six-game International Series average last season.
[10/21/26 - 06:30 AM]
NBC and Peacock Deliver Most-Watched WNBA Finals Game 1 Ever
Led by Gabby Williams' 26 points, Golden State's 68-64 win over Atlanta peaked at 3.0 million viewers for the game's exciting conclusion from 5:45 - 5:55 p.m. ET.

[10/20/26 - 03:19 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Its Third Most-Watched Regular-Season Episode Ever from BYU
ESPN networks had 3 of the top 4 games this week, the second most-watched regular season Saturday on record (based on minutes).
[10/20/26 - 03:08 PM]
Ohio State's Win Over Indiana Scores Most-Watched College Football Game of the Week
Viewership peaked at 14,269,000 viewers from 3:30-3:45 PM ET on FOX.
[10/20/26 - 12:54 PM]
"Lioness" Roars to Record-Breaking Season Three
Viewership climbed every week of the eight-episode season, culminating in a series-record finale, which drew 9.7 million viewers in its first seven days, the largest audience for any episode in the show's history.
[10/20/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of October 12 - Get the Ransom Ready: "Animals" Takes the No. 1 Spot for a Second Week
"Below" stayed at the top of the English TV list with 21.2 million views - the highest viewership in a single week for a Canadian original title.
[10/19/26 - 10:19 AM]
2026 NLCS on FOX & FS1 Pulls in Best Average Viewership for an LCS on Any Network Since 2015
On FS1, Game 4 averaged 6,135,000 viewers.
[10/16/26 - 02:30 PM]
Brewers Triumph on FS1 Delivers Most-Watched LCS Game 3 Telecast Since 2016
On FS1, Game 3 averaged 6,460,000 viewers.
[10/16/26 - 11:45 AM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Scores with Show's "Super Bowl Night"
In fact, among Adults 18-49, "Dancing with the Stars" grew for the fourth telecast in a row, hitting a season high and posting the show's best non-finale episode in over nine years.
[10/16/26 - 10:42 AM]
ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late Night
"20/20: Born to Kill" ranked as Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.
[10/15/26 - 02:55 PM]
Super Bowl Season Success: Bills-Rams Thriller Propels "Monday Night Football" to Best Five-Week Start of ESPN Era
The matchup featuring the NFL's two most recent MVPs averaged 19.8 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network and ESPN Deportes.