FNC's coverage of the second Presidential Debate and Sons of Anarchy tied as Tuesday's top cable programs with a 22 adults 18-49 rating. SOA was down from a 2.3 last week.
Update: Lots of questions about Underemployed, it got a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating and 654,000 viewers at 10pm.
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 your show it was not in that top 100 list.
The list below is long but you can use your browsers "find on page" feature (usually CTRL+F or CMD+F) to search for specific shows.
Selected Tuesday cable ratings: (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Show | Net | Time | Viewers (000) (Live + SD) | Adult 18-49 Rating (Live + SD) |
| PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 11073 | 2.2 |
| Sons Of Anarchy | FX | 10:00 PM | 4032 | 2.2 |
| 2ND PRES DEBATE 2012 | CNN | 9:02 PM | 5803 | 2.1 |
| ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | FOXNC | 10:39 PM | 9988 | 2.0 |
| MLB ALCS | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 6180 | 2.0 |
| DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | CNN | 10:39 PM | 5514 | 1.9 |
| DEBATE | MSNBC | 9:02 PM | 4911 | 1.4 |
| DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | CNN | 11:00 PM | 3871 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2737 | 1.2 |
| PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CVG | FOXNC | 8:55 PM | 6705 | 1.1 |
| Hannity | FOXNC | 11:10 PM | 5321 | 1.1 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2638 | 1.0 |
| TOSH.O | CMDY | 10:00 PM | 1742 | 1.0 |
| Face Off | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 1792 | 0.9 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1914 | 0.8 |
| Covert Affairs | USA | 10:00 PM | 2757 | 0.8 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1759 | 0.8 |
| Sons Of Anarchy | FX | 11:06 PM | 1466 | 0.8 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 9:00 PM | 2199 | 0.8 |
| MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS | MSNBC | 10:39 PM | 2859 | 0.8 |
| INSIDE THE MLB | TBSC | 11:44 PM | 1951 | 0.8 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:15 AM | 1718 | 0.8 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 8:00 PM | 2176 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2070 | 0.7 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1456 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 2:00 AM | 1351 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1840 | 0.7 |
| DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | CNN | 12:00 AM | 1907 | 0.6 |
| ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | FOXNC | 12:00 AM | 3215 | 0.6 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 5:00 PM | 1619 | 0.6 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 5:30 PM | 1595 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 2754 | 0.6 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 1:30 AM | 1262 | 0.6 |
| THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 4775 | 0.6 |
| INK MASTER | SPIKE | 10:00 PM | 1007 | 0.6 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 4:30 PM | 1417 | 0.6 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 10:30 PM | 1671 | 0.6 |
| AQUA TEEN HUNGERFORCE | ADSM | 12:30 AM | 1372 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 2684 | 0.6 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1632 | 0.6 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 9:30 PM | 1729 | 0.6 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 7:00 PM | 1822 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 2523 | 0.6 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:30 PM | 1620 | 0.6 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 11:01 PM | 1439 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 6:00 PM | 1831 | 0.5 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 4:15 PM | 1293 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1612 | 0.5 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1002 | 0.5 |
| EXTREME CHEAPSKATES | TLC | 10:30 PM | 1237 | 0.5 |
| Chopped | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 1377 | 0.5 |
| TATTOO NIGHTMARES | SPIKE | 11:00 PM | 906 | 0.5 |
| ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 1007 | 0.5 |
| EXTREME CHEAPSKATES | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1280 | 0.5 |
| Storage Wars | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1600 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 5:00 PM | 1522 | 0.5 |
| BIG BANG THEORY, THE | TBSC | 3:30 PM | 1127 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 7:30 PM | 1423 | 0.5 |
| MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1572 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 11:01 PM | 1496 | 0.5 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 8:30 PM | 1453 | 0.5 |
| DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | CNN | 8:00 PM | 1663 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 12:01 AM | 1430 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 1:00 PM | 1172 | 0.4 |
| E:60 | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 916 | 0.4 |
| 19 Kids and Counting | TLC | 9:00 PM | 1217 | 0.4 |
| INK MASTER | SPIKE | 8:59 PM | 820 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 3:00 PM | 1345 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 2:00 PM | 1187 | 0.4 |
| ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER | DISC | 9:00 PM | 1202 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 4:00 PM | 1314 | 0.4 |
| Hardcore Pawn | TRU | 9:30 PM | 1184 | 0.4 |
| BIG BANG THEORY, THE | TBSC | 4:00 PM | 1040 | 0.4 |
| Conan SPECIAL | TBSC | 12:15 AM | 890 | 0.4 |
| MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 1878 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 7:00 PM | 1151 | 0.4 |
| SPORTSCENTER EARLY L | ESPN | 6:00 PM | 826 | 0.4 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 8:00 PM | 1177 | 0.4 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 11:31 PM | 1139 | 0.4 |
| Hardcore Pawn | TRU | 9:00 PM | 1209 | 0.4 |
| FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 1675 | 0.4 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 7:00 PM | 1761 | 0.4 |
| ABBYS ULTIMATE DANCE COMP | LIF | 9:00 PM | 894 | 0.4 |
| MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1435 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 929 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:12 AM | 810 | 0.4 |
| BREAKING AMISH | TLC | 8:00 PM | 990 | 0.4 |
| BONES | TNT | 5:00 PM | 1268 | 0.4 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 8:00 PM | 1523 | 0.4 |
| 19 Kids and Counting | TLC | 9:30 PM | 990 | 0.4 |
| Face Off | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 934 | 0.4 |
| STORAGE WARS | AEN | 7:30 PM | 1116 | 0.4 |
| SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | FOXNC | 6:00 PM | 2829 | 0.4 |
| 2ND PRES DEBATE 2012 | CNN | 12:30 AM | 941 | 0.4 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 954 | 0.4 |
| ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER | DISC | 8:00 PM | 1231 | 0.3 |
| Flipping Out | BRVO | 10:00 PM | 819 | 0.3 |
| The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | FOXNC | 7:00 PM | 2716 | 0.3 |
| FIVE, THE | FOXNC | 5:00 PM | 2344 | 0.3 |
| RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | 10:00 PM | 1546 | 0.3 |
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@Bryan
ION is not a cable channel, hence it can’t be in this list.
Wow…fox has such ancient viewers…
@Silvit – forgot. It’s just not as strong as WC
Underemployed was #1 with teen girls on cable and #3 on all TV. so, there’s that.