NETWORK FINALS: We didn’t have text for this morning’s preliminary numbers, so here’s a bit more detail than the afternoon usual. For all but CW, the night was mostly devoted to the VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, which was strongest on NBC, and that network also had the highest-rated post-debate commentary half-hour at 1.4. During the 8PM hour, THE VOICE was down 1.3 from last Tuesday’s 2-hour episode to 2.0, DANCING WITH THE STARS was up 0.1 to 1.4, NCIS (which adjusted up 0.1 in finals) was down 0.2 to 1.9, and FOX had sitcoms BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and NEW GIRL steady at 1.0. On CW, THE FLASH adjusted up 0.1 from prelims to 1.3, but the perhaps too aptly-named NO TOMORROW stayed at 0.5.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TBS’s telecast of the baseball American League WILD CARD GAME topped Tuesday cable at 1.36. CNN and FOX News both had strong numbers for the VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, which broke as usual, with CNN in the lead among 18-49s (1.15 vs. 0.90) and FOX News among total viewers (6.1M vs. 4.2M), and MSNBC trailed both at 0.58/3.1M. Comedy Central aired a live post-Debate edition of THE DAILY SHOW at 0.38. BET’s HIP-HOP AWARDS were at 0.78, with a 0.10 simulcast on MTV2. On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN lost 0.03 to 0.41, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST was down 0.06 to 0.61. Bravo’s BELOW DECK slipped 0.02 to 0.58. OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG ticked down to 0.57. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS jumped 0.14 to 0.48, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.19 to 0.47. Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 gained 0.11 to 0.47, and DRUNK HISTORY was up 0.05 to 0.30. Spike’s INK MASTER lost 0.06 to 0.46. History’s FORGED IN FIRE added a tick to 0.46. FX’s ATLANTA dropped a hundredth to 0.40. On A&E, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT fell 0.08 to 0.32, and BORN THIS WAY was down 0.04 to 0.22. Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS held at 0.32. TLC’s COUNTING ON was also steady at 0.32, and SWEET 16 was at 0.15. Food Network’s CHOPPED JR was up 0.08 to 0.29. Discovery’s TAKING FIRE gained 0.03 to 0.29, and DEADLIEST CATCH” DUNGEON COVE shed a tick to 0.28. Syfy’s AFTERMATH rose 0.03 to 0.19. AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE at least crept 0.03 in the right direction to 0.13.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday October 4, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 MLB WILDCARD: ORIOLES/BLUE JAYS TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 221 1.36 4,195 2 VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNN 9:03 PM 93 1.15 4,169 3 VP DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:03 PM 93 0.90 6,116 4 VP DEBATE ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:36 PM 24 0.82 5,291 5 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 10:36 PM 84 0.80 3,064 6 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: BET HIP HOP AWARDS 16 PREMIERE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 145 0.78 1,643 7 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.71 2,316 8 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.61 1,711 9 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.58 1,410 10 DEBATE MSNBC 9:04 PM 92 0.58 3,135 11 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.57 2,063 12 INSIDE THE MLB TBS NETWORK 11:41 PM 50 0.51 1,263 13 NBA PRE-SEASON L: LA CLIPPERS/GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ESPN 10:32 PM 159 0.51 1,202 14 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.48 2,062 15 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 63 0.48 1,948 16 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.47 836 17 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.47 1,968 18 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.46 3,221 19 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.46 1,041 20 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.46 1,234 21 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 37 0.40 827 22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.38 934 23 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.37 1,531 24 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:36 PM 84 0.37 2,298 25 FX MOVIE PRIME: EQUALIZER FX 7:00 PM 180 0.37 1,264 26 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.36 842 27 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:11 AM 49 0.34 741 28 MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW TBS NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.34 976 29 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 76 0.32 890 30 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.32 919 31 COUNTING ON TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.32 939 32 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 3,091 33 DRUNK HISTORY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.30 531 34 NBA PRE-SEASON L: NY KNICKS/HOUSTON ESPN 8:00 PM 152 0.29 770 35 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.29 856 36 E:60 ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.29 703 37 TAKING FIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.29 770 38 DC: DUNGEON COVE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 955 39 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.28 612 40 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,125 41 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.27 592 42 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.27 865 43 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:30 PM 30 0.26 1,085 44 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 503 45 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW MSNBC 8:00 PM 64 0.25 1,636 46 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.25 1,737 47 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 12 0.25 749 48 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 550 49 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.24 481 50 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,140 51 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.24 490 52 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.23 952 53 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,036 54 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.22 459 55 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.22 485 56 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 505 57 NFL LIVE L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.22 470 58 CAST AWAY: CAST AWAY HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 144 0.22 598 59 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:36 PM 30 0.22 406 60 STAR PLATES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.22 602 61 BORN THIS WAY SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.22 671 62 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.21 508 63 KUU KUU HARAJUKU NICKELODEON 4:00 PM 30 0.20 998 64 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.20 496 65 CONAN TBS NETWORK 12:31 AM 60 0.20 496 66 AMC PREMIERE EVENT: 2012 AMC 6:30 PM 210 0.19 676 67 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,112 68 AFTERMATH SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 755 69 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,058 70 FANTASY FTBL KICKOFF L ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.18 368 71 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 382 72 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 853 73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,268 74 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,885 75 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 8:45 PM 76 0.17 448 76 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,270 77 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.17 428 78 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: BET HIP HOP AWARDS 16 PREMIERE MTV 8:00 PM 145 0.17 337 79 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.17 374 80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 815 81 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 892 82 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 813 83 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.16 783 84 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 714 85 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:00 AM 64 0.16 1,047 86 BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.16 1,053 87 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,283 88 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,512 89 SWEET 15: QUINCEANERA TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.15 472 90 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 355 91 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,524 92 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,317 93 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.15 295 94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 801 95 MELTDOWN, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 12:06 AM 30 0.14 251 96 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.14 332 97 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,603 98 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 772 99 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.14 262 100 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 702 101 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,205 102 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.14 404 103 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.14 535 104 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 807 105 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 683 106 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.13 252 107 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 405 108 COUNTING ON: COUNTDOWN TO TLC 7:30 PM 30 0.13 336 109 HALT AND CATCH FIRE AMC 10:00 PM 65 0.13 366 110 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.12 457 111 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,416 112 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 680 113 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 855 114 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,585 115 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.11 316 116 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 766 117 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 290 118 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 460 119 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 597 120 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.11 719 121 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 692 122 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 384 123 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,456 124 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 784 125 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 684 126 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 575 127 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 513 128 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 614 129 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 653 130 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 485 131 NFL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.10 216 132 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.10 254 133 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.10 204 134 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: BET HIP HOP AWARDS 16 PREMIERE MTV2 8:00 PM 145 0.10 181 135 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 553 136 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 850 137 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 594 138 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 229 139 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 503 140 BEYOND BITCHIN RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.09 220 141 MAFS SHORT FYI 8:30 PM 15 0.09 234 142 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 492 143 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 632 144 SPORTSCENTER PRIME L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.08 221 145 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.08 589 146 STRUT OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.08 184 147 NFL REPLAY NFL NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.08 196 148 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.08 550 149 I AM LEGEND HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 100 0.08 202 150 MAFS: UNFILTERED FYI 10:01 PM 15 0.08 279

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