Live +3 and Live +7 Ratings: 9/17 - 9/23/2018

FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' led all of television in L+3 delayed viewing for the week ending September 23, 2018, rising 1.21 in the demo to 2.29, and up 2.4 million viewers to 4.63 million. In finales, USA's 'The Sinner' rose 0.38 to 0.63 in the demo and was up 1.6 million viewers to 2.7 million in L+3 for its final episode of the season, 'Suits' rose 0.23 to 0.49 and 1 million viewers to 2.1 million. The season finale of FX's 'Snowfall' ticked up 0.37 to 0.7 and jumped 840,000 viewers to 1.63 million in L+3. On the broadcast side, the season premiere of FOX's '9-1-1' led the week in raw L+7 gains, rising 1.04 in the demo to 3.61, and up 3.5 million viewers to 13.35 million. The season finale of 'America's Got Talent' rose 2.2 million viewers to 15.2 million for its Tuesday episode, and was up 1.9 million to 14.8 million for its Wednesday episode. Finally, the premiere episodes of NBC's 'I Feel Bad' rose to a seven-day total of 1.37/1.01 in the demo, and 6.8 million/4.9 million in total viewers. 

Live +3 and Live +7 Ratings: 9/10 - 9/16/2018

NBC's Tuesday edition of 'America's Got Talent' tied CBS's 'Big Brother' in the L+7 raw demo gains for the week ending September 16, 2018. Both shows rose 0.52 - the former to 2.44 and the latter to 2.14 (the top two shows on the week on broadcast). CBS's 'Elementary' had the largest viewership rise, up 2.5 million viewers to 5.68 million. The aforementioned episode of 'America's Got Talent' had the second highest viewership L+7 gain, rising 2.1 million viewers to 12.85 million. On the cable side, the season premiere of FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' easily led the cable L+3 ratings for the week, rising 1.25 in the demo to 2.71, and up 2.64 million viewers to 5.74 million. 'Mayans M.C.' (+0.84, +1.98M) and 'Better Call Saul' (+0.57, +1.59M) ranked second and third.  

Sunday September 23, 2018 Nielsen Finals

TLC'S '90 Day Fiancė' topped Sunday cable with a 0.82 A18-49 rating and 2.36 million total viewers. The show led cable in women 18-49 (1.14 rating), females 12-34 (0.68), people 18-34 (0.63), and people 25-54 (0.98). 'Unexpected,' which followed, had a 0.55 in W18-49 with 1.21 million viewers. On AMC, 'Fear the Walking Dead' took the second spot on the day with a 0.69 rating (0.72 in M18-49) and 2.03 million viewers, while on Hallmark Channel, 'Chesapeake Shores' averaged a 1.2 rating in P50+ with 1.67 million viewers. Among female-skewing programming, E!'s 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' notched a 0.76 W18-49 rating with 1.08 million viewers, 'Ashlee & Evan' was at 0.38 in that demo with 544,000 viewers, and Lifetime's 'You' had a 0.28 with 574,000 viewers. Three episodes of 'Ridiculousness,' on MTV, were at 0.29/0.24/0.24 in W18-49 (0.37/0.32/0.31 in M18-49) and at 779,000/651,000/600,000 in total viewers. On premium cable, HBO aired new episodes of 'The Deuce' (585,000), 'Ballers' (715,000), 'Insecure' (544,000), and 'Last Week Tonight' (1.01 million), while Showtime aired 'Shameless' (1.05 million) 'The Circus' (272,00), and 'Kidding' (303,000). Among lower-rated cables, STARZ had 'Warriors of Liberty' (82,000) and 'America to Me' (46,000).

Saturday September 22, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Coverage of college football dominated Saturday cable. The 'Georgia/Missouri' game, on ESPN, led everything on cable with a 1.12 A18-49 and 3.33 million viewers. The game notched the best ratings on the day in men 18-49 (1.57 rating), males 12-34 (1.21), people 18-34 (0.99), and people 25-54 (1.23). Outside of college sports, A&E's 'Live PD' continued to put up big numbers, scoring a 0.64 rating in the key demo (0.66 in F18-49, 0.62 in M18-49) with 1.9 million overall viewers. Oxygen's 'Cold Justice' averaged 625,000 viewers, while 'Unspeakable Crimes' managed 449,000; both were the same in the demo (0.11). Among children's programming, the return of 'Henry Danger' found 1.02 million viewers (last episode had 1.05 million), while 'Knight Squad' had 774,000 (last episode had 0.84M). Finally, the Hallmark movie 'Truly, Madly, Sweetly' had a cable-best 1.95 rating in P50+ and 2.69 million viewers. 

Friday September 21, 2018 Nielsen Finals

The return of A&E's 'Live PD' topped all of Friday cable with a 0.64 A18-49 rating and 1.9 million total viewers. The program was robust in women 18-49 (0.7 rating) and females 12-34 (0.42), leading cable in both demos. Two college football games on ESPN had 0.75/0.54 ratings in men 18-49 with 1.64 million and 1.3 million viewers. On HBO, 'Real Time with Bill Maher' stayed strong, averaging a 0.32 rating (0.38 in M18-49) with 1.7 million viewers; 'Vice' had 243,000 viewers and 'Animals.' managed 226,000. Syfy's numbers were rather abysmal: 'Wynnona Earp' struggled with only 460,000 viewers, while 'Killjoys' averaged only 482,000. In younger programming, Disney Channel's 'Raven's Home' notched a 0.31 rating in F12-34 and a 0.45 in T12-17, with 824,000 viewers, and 'Bunk'd' was even worse, at 0.26/0.41 in those demos with 650,000 viewers. Finally, Cinemax's 'Outcast' had 93,000 viewers and a 0.03 in the demo. 

Thursday September 20, 2018 Nielsen Finals

NFL Network's sole telecast of 'Thursday Night Football' between the Jets and Browns topped all of television (broadcast and cable) with a 3.04 adults 18-49 rating, a 5.21 HH rating, and 8.63 million total viewers. In addition to pulling huge numbers in major male demographics: men 18-49 (4.23 rating) and males 12-34 (2.62 rating), the game also averaged 10.3 million viewers in its final six minutes. Outside of sports, MTV's 'Jersey Shore Family Vacation' took a distant second on cable with a 0.76 A18-49 rating (0.99 in W18-49, 0.9 in F12-34) with 1.28 million viewers, and Bravo's 'Shahs of Sunset' had had 0.43/0.23 in those demos with 924,000 viewers. Elsewhere, TruTV's hit series 'Impractical Jokers' was strong with a 0.29 demo rating (about even between men and women) and 513,000 viewers, while the season finale of the recently-renewed 'Snowfall,' on FX, found 783,000 viewers and a 0.34 demo rating (0.39 M18-49 skew). 

Wednesday September 19, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Week two of FX's 'American Horror Story' fell to 1.07 in the 18-49 demo (from 1.45), and to 2.21 million viewers (from 3.08 million), but still remained atop the Wednesday cable ratings by a healthy margin. The show put forth big numbers in the women 18-49 demo (1.11 rating, #1), and the female 12-34 demo (0.85 rating, #1). VH1's 'Black Ink Crew Chicago' had a 0.83 rating in W18-49 at 8pm (#3) with 1.13 million viewers, while two episodes of 'Black Ink Crew' were at 0.93 (#2) and 0.78 (#4) in that demo with 1.31 million and 1.14 million viewers at 9pm and 10pm respectively. On Bravo, 'Real Housewives of Dallas' averaged a 0.36 rating in W18-49 with 683,000 viewers, and on OWN, 'Greenleaf' was at 0.43 in that demo with 1.42 million total viewers. Over on USA Network, both 'Suits' and 'The Sinner' finished their runs for the year (the former will return in the winter), both skewing female (0.29 in W18-49 for 'Suits,' and 0.31 for 'Sinner'), and averaging 1.08 million and 1.13 million viewers respectively. MTV aired 'Teen Mom: Where Mackenzie' and two episodes of 'Are You The One?' which were at 0.43/0.32/0.31 in W18-49 (0.31/0.34/0.36 in F12-34) and at 486,000/416,000/359,000 in total viewers. Finally, on FXX, 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' saw slight gains from last week, up to 0.25 in the demo with 420,000 viewers (from 0.2/390K). 

Tuesday September 18, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Week three of FX's 'Mayans M.C.' saw slight growth from last week, up 0.01 in the 18-49 demo to 0.79, and a rise of about 100K viewers to 2.1 million. The series has consistently been doing well in the major male demographics, scoring a cable-best 1.01 in M18-49 and a 0.48 in M12-34 (2nd). It also had the highest P25-54 rating on cable (1.03). USA Network's 'WWE Smackdown' took a very close second on the day with a 0.78 rating in the key demo (0.98 in M18-49) with 2.28 million viewers. 'The Purge' held a little more than half of it's 'Smackdown' lead-in, averaging 0.44 in the demo (about even between men and women) with 1.13 million viewers. Among more female-skewing shows, MTV's 'Challenge: Final Reckoning' averaged a cable-best 0.59 rating in women 18-49 (0.54 in F12-34) with 811,000 viewers. On Bravo, 'Below Deck' was at 0.27 in that demo with 648,000 viewers, and 'Flipping Out' had 0.26 with 674,000 viewers. Other scripted series of note include: TBS's 'Wrecked' (910,000), Nickelodeon's 'I Am Frankie' (748,000), and WGN America's 'Carter' (218,000). 

Live +3 and Live +7 Ratings: 9/3 - 9/9/2018

NBC's Tuesday edition of 'America's Got Talent' topped the broadcast Live+7 raw 18-49 gains, up 0.6 to 2.43 in the demo, and up 2.42 million viewers, to 13.12 million. ABC's Monday 'Bachelor in Paradise' took second on the week, up 0.59 in the demo to 1.7, and up 1.42 million viewers to 5.63 million. CBS's 'Elementary' saw the biggest viewership gains, rising  2.73 million viewers to 6.03 million, and up 0.49 in the demo to 0.96. The series-premiere of FOX's 'Rel' rose a modest 418K to 5.91 million. Over on cable, FX's new series 'Mayans M.C.' dominated the Live+3 gains, jumping 0.89 in the demo to 1.94 and up over 2.07 million viewers to 4.62 million. Other notables this week were: AMC's 'Better Call Saul' (+0.49, +1.48 million), FX's 'Snowfall' (+0.41, +926K), FXX's 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' (+0.35, +561K), and Showtime's 'Shameless' (+0.35, +800K). The season finale of STARZ's 'Power' rose 0.24 to 0.86 in the demo, and 603K viewers to 2.14 million.

Monday September 17, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' dominated Monday cable with a 3.99 adults 18-49 rating and 11.72 million viewers. The game led all of television (broadcast included) in the following demos: households (7.00), men 18-49 (5.66 rating), women 18-49 (2.34), females 12-34 (1.63), males 12-34 (3.76), people 18-34 (3.21), people 25-54 (4.63), and people over 50 (5.12). The game peaked with 13.377 million viewers, delivering a 31.1 local rating in Seattle and a 29.1 rating in Chicago. Three hours of USA Network's 'WWE Entertainment' were at 1.14/1.07/1.02 from 8pm - 10pm in the M18-49 demo and at 2.84M/2.75M/2.43M in total viewers. On VH1, 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood' delivered a 1.45 rating in W18-49 (ranked second on cable) with 1.95 million viewers while 'Real Housewives of OC' was at 0.82 in that demo with 1.54 million viewers. On the scripted side, AMC's 'Better Call Saul' rose slightly in the demo to a 0.41 rating (up from 0.39 last week), but fell to a series-low in viewership (1.35 million). 'Lodge 49' continued its descent, down to 0.08 in the demo with 355,000 viewers. 

Sunday September 16, 2018 Nielsen Finals

TLC's '90 Day Fiancė' led all of Sunday cable in both the key 18-49 demo (0.71 rating) and in total viewers (2.2 million), also leading the day in W18-49 (1.01 rating) and F12-34 (0.66 rating).  On AMC, 'Fear the Walking Dead' took second on the day with a 0.57 rating (0.64 in M18-49) and 1.87 million viewers, and 'Talking Dead: Fear' was at 0.22 with 761,000 viewers. On Showtime, 'Shameless' notched a 0.39 rating (0.42 in W18-49) with 1.12  million viewers, but 'Kidding' stumbled to 0.07 with 151,000 viewers. MTV's 'Ridiculousness' was at 0.31/0.28/0.26/0.22 in W18-49, 0.26/0.21/0.20/0.17 in F12-34, and at 609K/586K/551K/501K in total viewers. Over at TNT, 'The Last Ship' averaged a 0.84 rating in people over 50 with 1.31 million viewers, and on E!, 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' was at 0.64 in W18-49 with 919,000 viewers. Lifetime's 'No One Would Tell' had a 0.57 in W18-49 with 1.31 million viewers but 'You' rose to 0.35 in W18-49 with 768,000 viewers. Finally, HBO aired new episodes of 'Ballers' (870,000), 'Insecure' (665,000), and 'The Deuce' (605,000). 

Saturday September 15, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's coverage of 'College Football' between Alabama and Ole Miss easily topped Saturday cable with a 1.24 adults 18-49 rating with 4.11 million viewers. The game led all of cable in all the major sub demos: men & women 18-49 (1.57 and 0.92 ratings), males & females 12-34 (1.08 and 0.6 ratings), people 18-34 (0.98), people 25-54 (1.43), and people over 50 (1.92). On Hallmark Channel, an original movie, 'Love in Design' notched a 1.64 rating in people over 50 (0.38 rating in P25-54) with 2.22 million total viewers. FXX's airing of the 'Creative Arts Emmy Awards' brought little attention to either the show or the network, averaging only a 0.02 demo rating with 77,000 viewers. Finally, over on Oxygen, 'Cold Justice' was at 533,000 in total viewers and the premiere of 'Unspeakable Crimes' (Who Killed Jessica Chambers) was at 528,000. 

Friday September 14, 2018 Nielsen Finals

MSNBC's 'The Rachel Maddow Show' led another slow day on Friday cable notching a 0.57 rating in the key cable news demo, adults 25-54, and averaged 3.66 million viewers - the most on cable for the day. HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' notched a 0.39 rating in men 18-49 with 1.74 million viewers. Two episodes of MTV's 'Wild N Out' were at 0.27 & 0.24 in W18-49, 0.24 & 0.21 in F12-34, and at 440,000 & 415,000 in total viewers. Scripted series airing include: Syfy's 'Wynonna Earp' (490,000) & 'Killjoys' (428,000), Nickelodeon's 'I Am Frankie' (791,000), and Cinemax's 'Outcast' (98,000). 

Thursday September 13, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Due to Hurricane Florence, the Weather Channel's 'Weather Center Live' took up 17 spots in the top 50 on cable on Thursday. The highest-rated airing took seventh on the day with 2.009 million viewers. The top program of the day on cable was unsurprisingly NFL Network's 'Thursday Night Football' which notched a 2.58 adults 18-49 rating (3.81 in M18-49, 1.38 in W18-49), with 7.02 million viewers. The game also performed well in males 12-34 (2.47 rating), people 18-34 (2.05), and people 25-54 (2.89). MTV's 'Jersey Shore Family Vacation' had a 1.08 rating in both W18-49 and F12-34 with 1.47 million total viewers, while Bravo's 'Shahs of Sunset' had 0.45/0.19 in those demos with 913,000 viewers. Over at FX, 'Snowfall' was at a modest 0.36 A18-49 rating (0.47 in men) with 855,000 viewers, while over at E!, 'Model Squad' stayed low at 0.07 in 18-49s with 173,000 viewers. Finally, USA's Queen of the South' scored a 0.55 in women 18-49 with 1.22 million viewers, while 'Shooter' only managed 785,000 viewers. 

Wednesday September 12, 2018 Nielsen Finals

FX's 'American Horror Story' launched its eighth season to 1.45 adults 18-49 rating with 3.08 million viewers, topping Wednesday cable Although the numbers are still solid, this was the lowest-viewed season premiere of the show (previous low was 3.18 million for its series-premiere in 2011). The show had a 1.78 household rating, a 1.68 rating in women 18-49 (1.28 in M18-49), and a 1.41 rating in females 12-34 (0.94 in M12-34). VH1's 'Black Ink Crew Chicago' had a 0.63 rating in W18-49 with 995,000 viewers, Bravo's 'Real Housewives of Dallas' had a 0.45 in that demo with 721,000 viewers, and MTV's 'Teen Mom II' notched a 0.42 in that demo with 568,000 viewers. Over on USA Network, 'Suits' edged ahead of 'The Sinner' in adults 18-49 (0.25 vs. 0.24) and remained on top in total viewers (1.06 million vs. 1.04 million); both shows performed better in W18-49 (0.28/31) than M18-49 (0.23/0.17). The return of TBS's 'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee' notched a 0.33 adults 18-49 rating (0.34 in men, 0.31 in women) with 903,000 viewers. Finally, the second week of the season for FXX's 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' dropped to 0.20 with 390,000 viewers. 

Tuesday September 11, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Week Two of FX's 'Mayans MC' led all of Tuesday cable with a 0.78 adults 18-49 rating and 2.01 million viewers. The show performed particularly well in men 18-49 (1.03 rating), and people 25-54 (0.94), topping all of cable in both, and second only to 'America's Got Talent' on all of television in the former demo, and third to both 'AGT' and 'Bachelor in Paradise' in the latter. Although the show did lose 0.27 from its premiere last week, it still managed to stay on top of USA Network's 'WWE Smackdown' which had a 0.72 demo rating (0.82 in M18-49, 0.53 in M12-34) wth 2.23 million viewers. 'The Purge,' also on USA, lost only 0.09 from its premiere last week, to 0.46 in the demo (0.49 in M18-49, 0.42 in W18-49) with 1.27 million viewers. Bravo's 'Below Deck Mediterranean' found a 0.57 rating in women 18-49 with 1.28 million viewers, while MTV's 'Challenge: Vendettas' was at 0.54 in that demo with 719,000 viewers. On WGN America, 'Carter' rose to 0.05 with 266,000 viewers. 

Monday September 10, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' dominated a competitive day on Monday cable. The 7pm game notched a 3.78 adults 18-49 rating (5.42 rating in M18-49, 3.82 in M12-34, 4.25 in P25-54) with 10.34 million viewers. The 10pm game had a similar 3.68 key demo rating (5.34 in M18-49, 3.69 in M12-34, 4.07 in P25-54) with 9.61 million viewers. VH1's 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood' squeaked between Monday Night Football and three hours of 'WWE Entertainment,' hitting a 1.02 rating in A18-49 (1.57 in W18-49, 1.26 in F12-34) with 2.02 million viewers. The aforementioned three hours of USA's 'WWE Entertainment' ranged between 0.88 and 0.91 in A18-49 (1.07 to 1.14 in M18-49, 0.65 to 0.74 in M12-34) with between 2.6 and 2.82 million viewers. On Bravo, 'Real Housewives of OC' had a 0.85 rating in W18-49 (0.4 in F12-34) with 1.55 million viewers, and on MTV, 'Floribama Shore' hit a 0.47 rating in F12-34 with 571,000 viewers, while 'Teen Mom OG' had a 0.34 in that demo with 473,000 viewers. Finally, on AMC, 'Better Call Saul' tied its series-low 0.39 adults 18-49 rating and hit a new series-low 1.4 million viewers. 'Lodge 49' had only a 0.1 rating with 363,000 viewers. 

Sunday September 9, 2018 Nielsen Finals

TLC's '90 Day Fiance' topped all of cable on Sunday, notching a 0.62 rating in adults 18-49 (0.87 in women of that demo) with 1.96 million viewers. The season finale of STARZ's 'Power' took second on the day with the same 0.62 rating (0.65 in W18-49, 0.58 in M18-49) and 1.53 million viewers, its lowest-rated and lowest-viewed finale since season 1 back in 2014 (0.52 rating, 1.08 million viewers). 'Power' did however remain on par with its season premiere which also had a 0.62 rating with 1.55 million viewers. On AMC, 'Fear the Walking Dead' notched a 0.57 rating in the key demo (even between men and women 18-49) with 1.71 million viewers. Over on HBO, the season premiere of 'The Deuce' hit a series-low 636,000 viewers (0.16 rating), down from the first season premiere last year (830K) and last year's season finale (771K). 'Ballers' had 725,000 viewers (0.35 in M18-49), 'Insecure' had 563,000 (0.3 in W18-49), and 'Last Week Tonight' led the network with 901,000 viewers (0.37 in W18-49, 0.23 in men). The series-premiere of Showtime's 'Kidding' brought in a respectable 0.13 rating with 443,000 viewers behind its 'Shameless' (0.47, 1.31 million) lead-in. The premiere of Lifetime's 'You' had a 0.21 rating with 824,000 viewers (0.27 in W18-49). In F12-34s, 'Ridiculousness' was at 0.25, 0.26, 0.16 and 0.19 (0.29, 0.30, 0.19, 0.22 in W18-49). 'Kardashians' had a 0.72 in W18-49 and a 0.57 in F12-34.

Live +3 and Live +7 Ratings: 8/27 - 9/2/2018

AMC's 'Better Call Saul' topped the scripted Live +3 cable ratings for the week ending September 2, 2018 in both the 18-49 demo growth (up 0.54 to 0.92) and viewership growth (up 1.53 million to 3.06 million). Also on that network was 'Fear the Walking Dead,' which has officially entered mediocre-territory, up only 0.36 to 0.84 and up 985,000 to just over 2.5 million viewers. USA's 'The Sinner' was the only other scripted cable entry to rise more than 1 million viewers in three-day timeshifting, up 1.35 million viewers to 2.49 million and up 0.36 in the demo to 0.64. 'Power,' on STARZ, tied 'Sinner' in demo growth (also up 0.36), but rose only 760,000 viewers to a 3-day total of 2.18 million. 

On the broadcast side, CBS's 'Big Brother Thursday' (up 0.7 to 2.0) edged out NBC's Tuesday edition of 'America's Got Talent' (up 0.64 to 2.5) in the L+7 18-49 gain, but 'Talent' strolled to an easy victory in total viewership growth, up 2.58 million viewers to 13.36 million, compared to 'Brother's' 1.8 million viewership growth. CBS's 'Elementary' led all of the scripted entires on the week, rising 0.45 to 0.9 and 2.63 million to 6.2 million - the highest viewership growth among all of broadcast for the week.

Saturday September 8, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Saturday cable was filled with numerous college football games, including three that made their way into the top 5 of the day. The Clemson/Texas A&M game on ESPN took an easy victory on the day, notching a 1.39 adults 18-49 rating (1.87 in men 18-49, 1.31 in males 12-34, 2.06 in people over 50), with just under 4.5 million viewers. This game was lightyears ahead of the day's second-best game, Michigan State vs. Arizona State, which notched a 0.83 rating in the key demo (1.15 M18-49, 0.68 M12-34, 0.96 P50+) with 2.3 million viewers. On the scripted side, the only airing of note belonged to the Hallmark original movie, 'Wedding of Dreams' which had a 0.25 in adults 18-49 (0.32 in W18-49), a 1.43 in adults over 50, and just over 2 million viewers.