The season premiere of Discovery's Gold Rush (formerly Gold Rush: Alaska) led the night with a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. Don't be confused by the second place "Gold Rush Alaska" and it's 1.0 in the table below, it was a special in-between seasons prelude episode "The Off-Season" with the old name.
Against Game 7 of the World Series Friday Night Smackdown! was down another tenth to a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating. TBS' Tyler Perry's House of Payne drew a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating for each of its two half hours, that's up 0.2 and 0.1 respectively from last week's airings.
Syfy's Sanctuary was up down 0.2 from last week to a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating at 10pm.
Not in the table below, but up against Game 7 of the World Series Starz' Boss had 391,000 viewers at 10pm, down from last week's premiere that drew 659,000 viewers at 1opm. While I scoff at the notion that Live+SD numbers aren't great indicators for broadcast networks and most basic cable channels, I buy the notion for premium cable channels who are only concerned with happy subscribers and getting more of them. Last week Boss had 1.7 million viewers in all its weekend airings, which surged to 3 million viewers in Live+3 viewing. This week its weekend viewings had 1.1 million viewers, and if it grows over 2 million in the L+3, I'm guessing Starz will be happy with the numbers. Boss has already been renewed for a second season.
We only receive the top 100 cable shows for adults 25-54 for the whole day from our primary source. If you don’t see an original episode of a show here, it’s because it wasn’t in the top 100. I attempt to filter out repeats, kids shows, and most non-primetime shows. Will add extras that I see later.
Selected Friday cable ratings (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Program | Net | Time | Viewers (000) | 18-49 Rating |
| Gold Rush | DISC | 9:00 PM | 3327 | 1.3 |
| Gold Rush: Alaska | DISC | 8:00 PM | 2289 | 1.0 |
| WWE FRI NIGHT Smackdown | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 2843 | 0.8 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1998 | 0.7 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1668 | 0.7 |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 3435 | 0.6 |
| VERY FUNNY NEWS | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 1196 | 0.6 |
| Flying Wild Alaska | DISC | 10:09 PM | 1621 | 0.6 |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 1313 | 0.6 |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 1228 | 0.6 |
| JESSIE | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 3934 | 0.5 |
| ThunderCats (2011) | TOON | 8:30 PM | 1576 | 0.5 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 9:30 PM | 1649 | 0.5 |
| GHOST ADVENTURES | TRAV | 9:00 PM | 931 | 0.5 |
| Say Yes to the Dress | TLC | 9:00 PM | 1441 | 0.5 |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 10:30 PM | 1348 | 0.5 |
| STAR WARS:CLONE WARS | TOON | 8:00 PM | 1776 | 0.5 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 931 | 0.5 |
| WIPEOUT | TRU | 8:00 PM | 1254 | 0.5 |
| A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 3221 | 0.4 |
| BEN 10: ULTIMATE ALIEN | TOON | 7:30 PM | 1892 | 0.4 |
| CRAVE | FOOD | 11:30 PM | 1148 | 0.4 |
| BRIDES OF BEVERLY HILLS | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1288 | 0.4 |
| The Soup | ENT | 10:00 PM | 840 | 0.4 |
| Meet the Browns | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 916 | 0.4 |
| Meet the Browns | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 854 | 0.4 |
| Fashion Police Weekly | ENT | 10:30 PM | 751 | 0.4 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 1104 | 0.4 |
| SANCTUARY | SYFY | 10:00 PM | 1201 | 0.3 |
| HAIRY BIKERS | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1119 | 0.3 |
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