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.

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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.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday October 9, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 2ND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNN 9:03 PM 94 3.99 11,356 2 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 10:37 PM 83 2.14 7,054 3 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:03 PM 94 1.94 9,938 4 PRES DEBATE/ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:37 PM 23 1.74 8,593 5 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 8:00 PM 63 1.31 4,519 6 DEBATE MSNBC 9:04 PM 93 1.17 5,575 7 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 1.02 5,177 8 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.85 3,169 9 BASKETBALL WIVES LA 5 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.72 1,608 10 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MSNBC 10:37 PM 143 0.71 3,409 11 NFL COUNTDOWN L: N/A ESPN 11:00 AM 120 0.67 1,519 12 WESTWORLD HBO PRIME 9:01 PM 59 0.67 1,496 13 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.62 3,192 14 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.57 2,350 15 MLB DIVISION SERIES: RANGERS/BLUE JAYS TBS NETWORK 7:30 PM 223 0.57 2,121 16 NFL INSIDERS: SUNDAY L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.57 1,253 17 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.53 3,546 18 ROB & CHYNA E! 9:00 PM 61 0.50 1,042 19 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.49 1,373 20 HALLOWEEN WARS 6 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.46 1,359 21 SHAMELESS S7 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:03 PM 47 0.45 1,105 22 LAST WEEK TONIGHT HBO PRIME 11:04 PM 40 0.42 1,079 23 90 DAY FIANCE TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.41 1,168 24 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.39 877 25 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW: N/A MSNBC 7:00 PM 124 0.37 2,259 26 STRAIN FX 10:00 PM 60 0.36 815 27 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.35 1,494 28 MLB NL DIVISION SERIES L: LA DODGERS/WASHINGTON 2 FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 PM 248 0.35 1,242 29 HAWAII LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.34 1,308 30 90 DAY FIANCE: HAPPILY EV TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.34 910 31 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 12:30 AM 90 0.34 697 32 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 1:00 AM 64 0.33 1,631 33 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.32 1,136 34 WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.32 917 35 HAWAII LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.31 1,269 36 CHESAPEAKE SHORES HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,718 37 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.29 700 38 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,061 39 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.27 1,368 40 GHOST PATROL DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,268 41 RELIABLE SOURCES CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.26 1,311 42 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.26 1,009 43 MANZOD WITH CHILDREN BRAVO 9:00 PM 30 0.25 698 44 RIDE ALONG 2 HBO PRIME 7:15 PM 101 0.25 570 45 BAR RESCUE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.25 585 46 WAGS MIAMI E! 10:01 PM 59 0.24 507 47 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.23 1,249 48 FANTASY SHOW L: N/A ESPN2 11:00 AM 120 0.23 441 49 NFL GAMEDAY MORNING: NFL GAMEDAY MORNING NFL NETWORK 9:00 AM 240 0.23 564 50 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.23 864 51 ON THE CASE WITH PZ INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 813 52 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.23 510 53 NASCAR SPRINT CUP START L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:00 PM 11 0.23 1,141 54 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:00 PM 90 0.21 453 55 NASCAR SPRINT NBC/NBCSN L: CHARLOTTE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:11 PM 233 0.21 1,148 56 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,959 57 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 7:30 PM 60 0.21 528 58 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,272 59 CAST AWAY: CAST AWAY HBO PRIME 9:30 AM 144 0.20 403 60 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,053 61 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,086 62 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,040 63 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,496 64 INSIDE THE MLB TBS NETWORK 11:13 PM 47 0.18 456 65 ASH VS EVIL DEAD 2 STARZ PRIMARY 8:02 PM 27 0.18 333 66 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,213 67 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 986 68 HART OF THE CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 30 0.17 373 69 MEDIA BUZZ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,445 70 BRUNCH AT BOBBYS FOOD NETWORK 12:30 PM 30 0.17 693 71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,059 72 NASCAR XFINITY START L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:10 PM 47 0.16 813 73 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 916 74 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,482 75 SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,387 76 NASCAR XFINITY RACE L: CHARLOTTE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:57 PM 124 0.16 905 77 AM JOY: N/A MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.16 935 78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,081 79 NASCAR SC COUNTDOWN GREEN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:43 AM 17 0.16 786 80 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 824 81 90 DAY FIANCE: MORE TO LO TLC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 522 82 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,132 83 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNBC 9:00 PM 96 0.15 396 84 POWERNATION: DETRO MUSCLE SPIKE TV 10:30 AM 30 0.15 471 85 MARVELS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DISNEY XD 8:30 AM 30 0.15 422 86 MOVIE: WATCHER, THE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.15 546 87 DIVORCE HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 33 0.14 570 88 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,073 89 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,331 90 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,035 91 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 862 92 POWERNATION: ENGINE POWER SPIKE TV 9:30 AM 30 0.14 384 93 MEET THE PRESS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,132 94 NFL GAMEDAY PRIME NFL NETWORK 11:47 PM 96 0.14 324 95 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.14 950 96 GUYS BIG BITES FOOD NETWORK 9:30 AM 30 0.14 630 97 NFL GAMEDAY HIGHLIGHTS NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 60 0.13 433 98 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,059 99 WALLYKAZAM! NICK JR 7:30 PM 30 0.13 692 100 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,521 101 WALLYKAZAM! NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.13 671 102 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 923 103 FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,164 104 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 609 105 NASCAR XFINITY POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:01 PM 17 0.12 597 106 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 370 107 YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE CNBC 10:36 PM 14 0.12 330 108 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,081 109 MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW TBS NETWORK 6:30 PM 60 0.12 443 110 NFL GAMEDAY LIVE: NFL GAMEDAY LIVE NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 210 0.12 363 111 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 660 112 INSECURE HBO PRIME 10:35 PM 28 0.11 371 113 MASTERS OF SEX S4 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.11 341 114 POLITICS NATION MSNBC 8:00 AM 60 0.11 634 115 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 553 116 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,316 117 BRIDE WARS HBO PRIME 1:00 PM 89 0.10 335 118 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 9:03 PM 94 0.10 572 119 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 991 120 FOOD PARADISE INTERNATNL TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.10 340 121 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.10 310 122 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,063 123 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 806 124 WORLD CUP QUAL MATCHES L: ICELAND/TURKEY ESPN 2:30 PM 150 0.09 194 125 LIFT EVERY VOICE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 AM 31 0.09 355 126 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 589 127 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 6:00 AM 13 0.09 192 128 POKER ESPN 8:30 PM 90 0.09 333 129 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 562 130 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: GD-DEATH AL DENTE HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.09 825 131 NFL GAMEDAY LIVE: NFL GAMEDAY LIVE NFL NETWORK 4:30 PM 180 0.09 300 132 SEVENTH SON HBO PRIME 6:15 AM 102 0.09 204 133 JOYFUL N. BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 AM 60 0.09 314 134 POKER ESPN 6:30 PM 60 0.08 342 135 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 315 136 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 357 137 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 522 138 HAUNTED CASE FILES DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.08 205 139 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 739 140 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.08 324 141 PRES DEBATE ANALYSIS FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 10:37 PM 23 0.08 443 142 NASCAR SPRINT CUP PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:00 AM 43 0.08 464 143 POKER ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.08 312 144 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.08 525 145 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 596 146 CAVUTO COAST TO COAST FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.08 417 147 POKER ESPN 5:00 PM 90 0.07 229 148 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 7:00 AM 30 0.07 354 149 NFL GAMEDAY OVERTIME NFL NETWORK 11:30 PM 17 0.07 179 150 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 360

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