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. 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
20/20 (ABC)	2.374	1.6/4	0.46/2	0.2/2	0.7/3	58.9
Dateline (NBC)	4.830	3.3/7	0.80/4	0.4/3	1.2/5	61.2
Masters of Illusion (CW)	0.872	0.6/1	0.17/1	0.1/1	0.2/1	59.9
TKO: Total Knock Out (CBS)	2.169	1.4/3	0.44/2	0.3/2	0.6/2	58.4

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
20/20 (ABC)	0.6/3	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.1/1	0.9/4	0.4/2
Dateline (NBC)	1.0/5	0.6/3	0.4/3	0.3/3	1.5/6	0.9/4
Masters of Illusion (CW)	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.1/1	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
TKO: Total Knock Out (CBS)	0.5/2	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.7/3	0.5/2

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (000)
LIVE PD: 144 LIVE PD	A&E NETWORK	0.64	1,904
COLL FOOTBALL: WASH ST/USC	ESPN	0.51	1,644
COLL FOOTBALL: FLA ATLANTIC/UCF	ESPN	0.40	1,295
LIVE PD AC	A&E NETWORK	0.39	1,186
MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME	HGTV	0.35	1,783
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW	MSNBC	0.32	2,899
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.32	1,697
COLL FOOTBALL: PENN ST/IL	FOX SPORTS 1	0.30	1,170
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.28	1,493
PAW PATROL	NICKELODEON	0.26	1,028
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.25	1,382
NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 12	MTV	0.25	439
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES	FOOD NETWORK	0.23	963
NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 12	MTV	0.22	402
TREASURE QUEST: SNAKE	DISCOVERY	0.22	1,004
DEADLY WOMEN	ID	0.22	948
BATTLEBOTS	DISCOVERY	0.22	979
IN PLAIN SIGHT	ID	0.21	745
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.19	833
I AM FRANKIE	NICKELODEON	0.19	811
RAVENS HOME	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.19	824
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.17	576
MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS	WETV	0.15	423
ELENA OF AVALOR	DISNEY JUNIOR	0.15	618
DEAD FILES POPUPS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.14	507
HAUNTED LIVE	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.13	458
QUIZNEY	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.12	532
BUNKD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.12	650
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.11	460
LONG LOST DAUGHTER	LMN	0.11	560
PJ MASKS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.10	458
BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 205	PARAMOUNT	0.10	346
KILLJOYS	SYFY	0.10	482
KINDRED SPIRITS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.10	322
VICE	HBO PRIME	0.09	243
PAYNES	OWN	0.09	402
TREEHOUSE MASTERS	ANIMAL PLANET	0.07	376
TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE	DIY NETWORK	0.07	442
ANIMALS.	HBO PRIME	0.06	226
SNAKE CITY	NAT GEO WILD	0.06	232
ELEAGUE	TBS NETWORK	0.06	131
DAVID TUTERA CELEBRATIONS	WETV	0.05	242
OUTCAST	CINEMAX	0.03	93

Source: Nielsen Media Research