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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

MLB Playoffs Help TBS Win The Week On CableTV


President Trump reached 11.7 million viewers for his “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday — or just over half the audience that Stormy Daniels had on the CBS newsmagazine last spring, according to The Associated Press citing Nielsen data.

Daniels, the porn star who alleged an affair with Trump before he became president, drew 22.1 million for her interview last March. The president called Daniels “horseface” on Twitter Tuesday in reaction to a judge’s ruling dismissing her defamation lawsuit.

The president did earn bragging rights against another nemesis. “Saturday Night Live,” which featured actor Alec Baldwin giving his first Trump impersonation of the fall, was seen by 6.2 million people last weekend.

NBC won the week in prime time, averaging 7.8 million viewers. CBS had 7.3 million viewers, Fox had 5.3 million, ABC had 5.2 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.24 million, ION Television had 1.18 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

TBS was the week’s most popular cable network with the baseball playoffs, averaging 3.94 million viewers. Fox News Channel had 2.54 million, ESPN had 2.53 million, MSNBC had 1.46 million and Hallmark had 1.19 million.



ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million.

According to TVNewser, NBC's Lester Holt remains No. 1 in the advertiser-friendly A25-54 demo with a +3 percent lead on ABC World News Tonight. It has now ranked No. 1 in the demo for 14 of the last 15 weeks. That said, the newscast was -1 percent in total viewers and down -2 percent in the A25-54 demo vs. the comparable week last year.

CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor posted a -1 percent decline in total viewers and was -4 percent in A25-54 vs. last year.

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 8-14:

1. NFL Football: Kansas City at New England, NBC, 21.11 million.
2. NFL Football: Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Fox, 14.76 million.
3. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 13.68 million.
4. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.95 million.
5. “NFL Post-Game,” CBS, 12.63 million.
6. “NCIS,” CBS, 12.37 million.
7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.73 million.
8. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 11.19 million.
9. NFL Football: Washington at New Orleans, ESPN, 10.74 million.

10. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 9.85 million.
11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.58 million.
12. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 9.22 million.
13. “FBI,” CBS, 9.18 million.
14. “Thursday Night Pre-Kick,” Fox, 9.04 million.
15. “This is Us,” NBC, 8.92 million.
16. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.41 million.
17. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.31 million.
18. “Mom,” CBS, 8.21 million.
19. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.15 million.
20. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.91 million.

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