NETWORK FINALS: A couple of notes: because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers. Also, it appears that FOX didn’t air national analysis after the Debate, and the number we had for that this morning was the combination of ratings from local affiliates. Elsewhere, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1, and THE VOICE lost the same, as did the 8PM SUPERGIRL rerun. In terms of the post-Debate analysis half-hours, NBC and CBS each rose 0.1, and ABC dropped the same.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Even though the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired on many networks, the CNN telecast alone managed to beat MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (as well as all the broadcast networks except NBC) with 3.55. As for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, ESPN suffered a crushing 1.44 drop from last week, as millions chose a different spectator sport. Back to the Debate, as is usually the case, FOX News was considerably behind CNN in 18-49s at 2.35, but ahead in the older-skewing Total Viewers demo (11.4M vs. 9.9M), and even more so in the 50+ group (7.1M vs. 4.3M). CNN also had the edge in post-Debate commentary among 18-49s, 2.18 vs. 2.08, but was behind in Total Viewers at 10M vs. 6.9M. A live post-Debate DAILY SHOW on Comedy Central was at 0.35.

The only non-Debate, non-football telecast to hit the night’s Top 10 was VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP, down 0.07 from last week to 1.05. USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.97/0.79/0.74 (the first hour aired before the Debate began), compared to last week’s 0.93/0.91/0.90. On MTV, TEEN MOM was quite stable, down 0.03 to 0.66, with MARY & JANE down 0.03 to 0.19, and LOOSELY EXACTLY NICOLE down 0.02 to 0.11. Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY dropped 0.11 to 0.56. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL held at 0.27, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.03 to 0.24, while TINY HOUSE HUNTERS remained at 0.22. On Discovery, FAST N LOUD: DEMOLITION plunged four-tenths from last week’s regular FAST N LOUD to 0.24, and SACRED STEEL BIKES was down 0.13 to 0.19.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday September 26, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 1ST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNN 9:03 PM 95 3.55 9,935 2 NFL REGULAR SEASON L: ATLANTA/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 8:15 PM 202 3.10 8,047 3 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:03 PM 97 2.35 11,427 4 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 10:38 PM 82 2.18 6,923 5 PRES DEBATE/ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:40 PM 20 2.08 9,975 6 SPORTSCENTER: L ESPN 11:37 PM 83 1.27 2,650 7 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 63 1.16 3,781 8 DEBATE MSNBC 9:03 PM 97 1.11 4,914 9 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 1.08 5,366 10 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.05 2,102 11 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.97 2,850 12 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.88 3,154 13 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:40 PM 80 0.80 4,098 14 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.79 2,381 15 WWE ENTERTAINMENT 9-26 USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 70 0.74 2,203 16 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.73 4,842 17 TEEN MOM SSN 6 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.66 1,109 18 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L: N/A ESPN 6:00 PM 135 0.57 1,434 19 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.56 1,445 20 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.52 2,619 21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.40 1,011 22 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.39 1,474 23 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MSNBC 12:00 AM 123 0.35 1,884 24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.35 817 25 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.33 2,766 26 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW: N/A MSNBC 7:00 PM 123 0.32 1,791 27 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.30 706 28 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.30 1,677 29 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.29 1,142 30 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.28 603 31 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.27 610 32 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.27 1,033 33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.27 2,711 34 MIND OF A MURDERER, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.26 876 35 AMBER ROSE SHOW VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.25 495 36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 2,489 37 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,116 38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 957 39 FAST N LOUD: DEMOLITION DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.23 573 40 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.22 505 41 NFL PRIMETIME L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.22 518 42 TINY HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.22 917 43 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.22 584 44 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.21 518 45 HARVEY BEAKS NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.21 1,149 46 PAW PATROL NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.20 787 47 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 470 48 KILLER INSTINCT WITH CH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.20 847 49 SACRED STEEL BIKES DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.19 517 50 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.19 411 51 FOOD NETWORK STAR KIDS FOOD NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.19 689 52 MARY & JANE MTV 10:01 PM 31 0.19 324 53 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNBC 9:00 PM 99 0.19 525 54 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.19 882 55 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 392 56 NFL LIVE L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 487 57 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.18 351 58 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 391 59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,696 60 BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT SPIKE TV 5:00 PM 60 0.17 411 61 WICKED TUNA: OUTER BANKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 601 62 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.17 502 63 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 386 64 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,532 65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,594 66 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,632 67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,652 68 60 DAYS IN FL A&E NETWORK 9:03 PM 12 0.16 419 69 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 3:30 PM 60 0.15 653 70 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.15 335 71 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 786 72 BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT SPIKE TV 4:00 PM 60 0.14 337 73 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.14 352 74 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,429 75 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,365 76 BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT SPIKE TV 3:00 PM 60 0.13 315 77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,554 78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 697 79 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,327 80 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 678 81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,192 82 YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE CNBC 10:39 PM 10 0.13 384 83 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 594 84 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 911 85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 683 86 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.12 267 87 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 283 88 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 580 89 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 811 90 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 876 91 BEHIND BARS FL A&E NETWORK 9:15 PM 16 0.11 311 92 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 583 93 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 242 94 LOOSELY EXACTLY NICOLE MTV 10:32 PM 31 0.11 201 95 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 9:03 PM 97 0.11 682 96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 593 97 LIVE FREE OR DIE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 456 98 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 707 99 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 312 100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 539 101 BACKSTAGE – LN DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.10 716 102 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 90 0.10 253 103 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 325 104 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 327 105 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 585 106 CAVUTO COAST TO COAST FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 10:40 PM 20 0.09 525 107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 468 108 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 636 109 90 DAY FIANCE: 1ST LOOK TLC 10:07 PM 12 0.08 246 110 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 274 111 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.08 215 112 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 548 113 MICHAELA HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 277 114 90 DAY FIANCE: 1ST LOOK TLC 10:19 PM 11 0.08 224 115 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.08 190 116 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 678 117 FANTASY AND FRIENDS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.07 149 118 DINO DAN NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.07 265 119 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 413 120 NFL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.07 171 121 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.07 236 122 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 202 123 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 562 124 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 523 125 FAMELESS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.06 157 126 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 479 127 UNDISPUTED L: 15 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 112 128 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 484 129 ENCHUFE TV MON 10P GALAVISION 10:00 PM 30 0.06 114 130 NATIONAL TREASURE: NATIONAL TREASURE HBO PRIME 10:05 AM 131 0.06 120 131 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYM AT MIA/CLE AT DET MLB NETWORK 7:00 PM 234 0.06 203 132 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN2 1:00 AM 60 0.06 122 133 GHOST: GHOST HBO PRIME 1:25 PM 127 0.06 173 134 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.05 114 135 FANTASTIC FOUR, THE(2015) HBO PRIME 6:15 PM 100 0.05 139 136 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 130 137 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.05 137 138 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 255 139 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS NBC UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.05 112 140 FRONTERA S3 NBC UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.05 104 141 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.05 113 142 HERD L: 291 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 110 143 PREMIER LEAGUE L: WATFORD/BURNLEY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:54 PM 133 0.05 120 144 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 488 145 MICHAELA HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 201 146 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.05 141 147 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.05 119 148 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.05 126 149 STAR VS FORCES OF EVIL DISNEY XD 7:30 PM 30 0.05 273 150 FRONTERA S5 NBC UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.05 87

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