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). 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
America’s Got Talent (NBC)	12.989	7.6/15	2.27/10	1.4/9	3.2/12	59.6
Beat Shazam (F) (Fox)	2.335	1.5/3	0.77/4	0.4/3	0.9/4	50.0
Castaways (F) (ABC)	1.612	1.1/2	0.35/2	0.2/1	0.5/2	56.2
Love Connection (F) (Fox)	1.750	1.2/2	0.50/2	0.3/2	0.7/2	52.9
Paley Center Salutes ‘This Is Us’ (S) (NBC)	4.425	2.8/6	0.83/4	0.5/4	1.2/4	59.1

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
America’s Got Talent (NBC)	2.6/11	1.9/9	1.6/10	1.2/9	3.6/13	2.8/10
Beat Shazam (F) (Fox)	0.8/4	0.7/4	0.5/3	0.4/3	1.0/4	0.9/3
Castaways (F) (ABC)	0.5/2	0.3/1	0.2/1	0.1/1	0.6/2	0.4/1
Love Connection (F) (Fox)	0.6/2	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.2/2	0.8/3	0.6/2
Paley Center Salutes ‘This Is Us’ (S) (NBC)	1.0/5	0.6/3	0.7/5	0.3/2	1.5/5	0.8/3

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
MAYANS M.C.	FX	0.79	2.100
WWE SMACKDOWN	USA NETWORK	0.78	2.281
CHALLENGE: FINAL RECKONING	MTV	0.51	0.811
PURGE, THE	USA NETWORK	0.44	1.131
SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS	TLC	0.37	1.436
OUTDAUGHTERED	TLC	0.36	1.598
TOSH.O	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.34	0.635
WRECKED	TBS NETWORK	0.30	0.910
MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF)	LIFETIME	0.30	0.898
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW	MSNBC	0.30	3.340
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.29	1.292
INK MASTER	PARAMOUNT	0.29	0.649
CHOPPED	FOOD NETWORK	0.28	0.967
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.27	1.423
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION	ESPN	0.27	0.766
DESERT FLIPPERS	HGTV	0.26	1.219
SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L	ESPN	0.26	0.518
OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH	TLC	0.26	0.928
RISE OF THE TMNT	NICKELODEON	0.25	0.970
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.23	1.309
BELOW DECK	BRAVO	0.20	0.648
FLIPPING OUT	BRAVO	0.20	0.674
THE FIRST 48	A&E NETWORK	0.19	0.606
AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF	HISTORY	0.17	1.012
JIM JEFFERIES SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.17	0.405
I AM FRANKIE	NICKELODEON	0.16	0.748
SEVEN YEAR SWITCH	LIFETIME	0.15	0.464
EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.14	0.484
THE FIRST 48	A&E NETWORK	0.14	0.468
LIFE BELOW COMPILATION	NAT GEO	0.13	1.023
FASTEST CARS IN THE DIRTY	VELOCITY	0.13	0.430
IRON RESURRECTION	VELOCITY	0.13	0.495
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.11	0.372
QUIZNEY	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.11	0.538
MAFS: UNFILTERED	LIFETIME	0.11	0.481
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.09	0.267
PAID OFF	TRUTV	0.07	0.119
RUNNING WILD: OFF THE MAP	NAT GEO	0.07	0.393
HOLMES AND HOLMES	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.389
STRANGE EVIDENCE	SCIENCE	0.06	0.360
LOUD HOUSE	NICKTOONS	0.06	0.198
BIZARRE FOODS W/ ANDREW Z	COOKING CHANNEL	0.05	0.125
CARTER	WGN AMERICA	0.04	0.218

Source: Nielsen Media Research