
The season premiere of The Walking Dead was Sunday's top cable show with a giant 5.8 adults 18-49 rating, up from a 3.8 for the season 2 premiere on October 16, 2011. Thehighest rated non-Walking Dead program was the Space Jump Live special with a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating.
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Selected Sunday cable ratings: (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Show | Net | Time | Viewers (000) (Live + SD) | Adult 18-49 Rating (Live + SD) |
| Walking Dead | AMC | 9:00 PM | 10872 | 5.8 |
| Walking Dead MARATHON | AMC | 7:59 PM | 4360 | 2.1 |
| Walking Dead | AMC | 10:01 PM | 3533 | 1.9 |
| SPACE JUMP LIVE | DISC | 1:35 PM | 4213 | 1.7 |
| REAL HSWIVES OF NJ | BRVO | 10:00 PM | 3306 | 1.6 |
| MLB ALCS | TBSC | 4:00 PM | 5040 | 1.4 |
| BREAKING AMISH | TLC | 10:00 PM | 3214 | 1.3 |
| TALKING DEAD | AMC | 11:00 PM | 2143 | 1.2 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 6:57 PM | 2477 | 1.2 |
| LONG ISLAND MEDIUM | TLC | 9:30 PM | 3086 | 1.1 |
| LONG ISLAND MEDIUM | TLC | 9:00 PM | 2967 | 1.0 |
| Dexter S7 | SHO1 | 9:00 PM | 1984 | 1.0 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2354 | 1.0 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 5:50 PM | 2032 | 0.9 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 6:00 PM | 1912 | 0.9 |
| Watch What Happens Live | BRVO | 11:00 PM | 2029 | 0.9 |
| NFL COUNTDOWN L | ESPN | 10:00 AM | 1871 | 0.9 |
| WALKING DEAD SNEAK | AMC | 6:52 PM | 1920 | 0.9 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 10:00 PM | 1510 | 0.9 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 4:48 PM | 1914 | 0.8 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 8:00 PM | 1759 | 0.8 |
| Boardwalk Empire | HBOM | 9:02 PM | 2191 | 0.8 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1944 | 0.8 |
| SECRET AMERICA | DISC | 2:22 PM | 1612 | 0.7 |
| ROAD TO SPACE JUMP LIVE | DISC | 11:25 AM | 1626 | 0.7 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 3:47 PM | 1600 | 0.7 |
| Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 3662 | 0.7 |
| Mythbusters | DISC | 8:00 PM | 1598 | 0.7 |
| GREATEST EVENT IN TV HIST | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 1679 | 0.7 |
| INSIDE THE MLB | TBSC | 7:31 PM | 1916 | 0.7 |
| Shake It Up | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 3879 | 0.6 |
| WALKING DEAD SNEAK | AMC | 12:31 PM | 1337 | 0.6 |
| KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1495 | 0.6 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 2:39 PM | 1487 | 0.6 |
| COMIC BOOK MEN | AMC | 11:30 PM | 995 | 0.6 |
| Homeland S2 | SHO1 | 10:00 PM | 1480 | 0.6 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 8:00 AM | 1799 | 0.6 |
| AUSTIN & ALLY | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 3686 | 0.6 |
| HALLOWEEN WARS | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 1649 | 0.6 |
| FX MOVIE LATE | FX | 12:00 AM | 971 | 0.6 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 1:38 PM | 1265 | 0.6 |
| WALKING DEAD SNEAK | AMC | 3:42 PM | 1471 | 0.6 |
| LONG ISLAND MEDIUM | TLC | 11:00 PM | 1412 | 0.6 |
| PLAYING WITH SKULLY | DSNY | 8:25 AM | 2164 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 3:30 PM | 2357 | 0.6 |
| JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P | DSNY | 8:30 AM | 2249 | 0.6 |
| FX MOVIE WKND AFTERNOON | FX | 2:30 PM | 1278 | 0.5 |
| LONG ISLAND MEDIUM ON THE | TLC | 8:00 PM | 1766 | 0.5 |
| REAL HSWIVES OF NJ | BRVO | 11:30 PM | 1203 | 0.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L | ESPN | 9:00 AM | 1168 | 0.5 |
| TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES | TNT | 8:00 PM | 1496 | 0.5 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 7:30 PM | 2282 | 0.5 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 12:36 PM | 1221 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 9:00 AM | 1661 | 0.5 |
| WALKING DEAD | AMC | 12:00 AM | 850 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 10:00 PM | 2059 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 8:00 PM | 1561 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1359 | 0.5 |
| BREAKING AMISH | TLC | 7:00 PM | 1409 | 0.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L | ESPN | 8:00 AM | 1144 | 0.5 |
| BREAKING AMISH | TLC | 12:00 AM | 1079 | 0.5 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 3:00 PM | 2269 | 0.5 |
| COMEDY CENTRAL MOVIE | CMDY | 9:00 PM | 961 | 0.5 |
| BREAK | HBOM | 9:59 PM | 1336 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 8:00 AM | 2002 | 0.5 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 11:30 AM | 1081 | 0.5 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1788 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1601 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 9:30 PM | 1438 | 0.5 |
| BITE SIZE ADV. OF SAM | DSNY | 8:55 AM | 2105 | 0.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER 1AM L | ESPN | 12:30 AM | 995 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 10:00 AM | 1585 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 9:00 PM | 2146 | 0.5 |
| SUNDAY MOVIE | FAM | 6:00 PM | 1197 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 8:30 PM | 1408 | 0.5 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1974 | 0.5 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 10:30 PM | 1224 | 0.5 |
| LONG ISLAND MEDIUM | TLC | 11:30 PM | 1331 | 0.5 |
| TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES | TNT | 10:30 PM | 974 | 0.4 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 7:30 PM | 1310 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 7:00 AM | 1555 | 0.4 |
| CUPCAKE WARS | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 1269 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 11:00 AM | 1526 | 0.4 |
| WALKING DEAD MARATHON | AMC | 10:28 AM | 857 | 0.4 |
| Mythbusters | DISC | 7:00 PM | 1072 | 0.4 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 7:00 PM | 1535 | 0.4 |
| Iron Chef America | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 1091 | 0.4 |
| HALLOWEEN WARS | FOOD | 12:00 AM | 887 | 0.4 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1621 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 8:00 PM | 1966 | 0.4 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 6:00 PM | 1334 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 12:00 PM | 1480 | 0.4 |
| PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) | HGTV | 11:00 AM | 1280 | 0.4 |
| TNT SUNDAY MOVIES | TNT | 3:00 PM | 1309 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 1:00 AM | 887 | 0.3 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 7:00 PM | 1739 | 0.3 |
| LOVE IT OR LIST IT | HGTV | 12:00 PM | 1231 | 0.3 |
| LAW & ORDER | TNT | 6:00 AM | 1303 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:30 AM | 926 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:00 AM | 980 | 0.3 |
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Thank you so much (as always) for the data, Nick!
Lol, wow. Ninja Turtles quickly quickly plummeting. TMNT is a huge franchise because of how long it has been around. Nickelodeon may regret acting so fast on ordering a second season, just based on the premiere. The premiere wasn’t even that great either, considering more than 3 months of nonstop advertisement.
Nickelodeon should fire their marketing team or whoever is in charge of their failing shows and the awful advertisement. (They only advertise TMNT and it still fails.) It will continue to drop as fans of the old show continue to give up on this show.
Maybe it’s the time slot. 11/10c is a HORRIBLE time slot for a Saturday morning. Not all people get up that early. It just shows how INCREDIBLE of a show The Legend of Korra is. It was not advertised until 12 hours before each episode aired, many times people weren’t sure if there even was a new episode cause of mistakes in advertisement and TV guide being incorrect, but Korra is such a great show that it STILL managed to keep great ratings. Even in a horrible time slot.
Can’t imagine how well Korra would do in a primetime slot.
Thanks @Nick
Nick’s ratings would be so great if they advertised their cartoons. Instead of promoting Tuff Puppy ( A Great Cartoon ), they promote crappy music shows ( How To Rock ), and game shows that are 20 yrs. old ( Figure It Out ).
Tuff Puppy averages (When promoted ) 3.6 million viewers. How To Rock (When promoted) averages lower than Robot and Monster. They didn’t even promote SpongeBob, the show on 9 freaking times a day, for SEE DAD RUN? I think Viacom forgot Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite are two separate channels.
Its about time Disney opened the 9:00 slot back. The 7:30 thing never worked and never will. 9pm will help Shake it Up grow and became wayyy more popular. Disneys Sundays are more stable than ever and they should keep it that way.
the episode deserved the ratings it got 100% , i could not be happier for them
I agree. SIU is an awesome show and Fire It Up was one of my favorite episodes.
Thanks Nick!
@Nick, thank you.
So…. Walking Dead is certain to be cancelled?
Are the ratings for TNA’s Countdown to Bound for Glory on Spike at 7pm available?
TMNT is doing good. Still on the Top beating any other kids shows, so that’s great but let’s hope the Series stays at 3 million at least
TMNT 2012 is the best literation of the Turtles so I want to see it do good!
I don’t know. Mad Men and Homeland both do just fine.