Monday Cable Ratings 10/5/20: Soulmates Bombs, Monday Night Football Drops Against Patriots/Chiefs Game, CNN Remains Above-Average as Trump Returns Home from Walter Reed

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Monday, 10/5/20. Items of note include the series premiere of Soulmates on AMC, Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network, and Monday Night Football on ESPN.
(Note: Click any show with its name in yellow or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL: Falcons v. Packers	ESPN	2.92	8.65
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.89	2.33
Monday Night Kickoff	ESPN	0.82	2.73
MLB Division: Yankees v. Rays	TBS	0.6	2.33
Happily Ever After Tell-All	TLC	0.57	2.26
WWE Raw	USA	0.56	1.79
WWE Raw	USA	0.52	1.67
WWE Raw	USA	0.49	1.60
Below Deck Mediterranean	Bravo	0.48	1.49
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.48	4.92
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.41	2.53
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.4	2.84
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.39	2.36
The Lead with Jake Tapper	CNN	0.37	2.55
The Lead with Jake Tapper	CNN	0.36	2.29
The Situation Room	CNN	0.36	2.40
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon	CNN	0.36	2.28
Happily Ever After Strikes Back	TLC	0.35	1.70
Monday Night Countdown	ESPN	0.35	1.10
The Story	Fox News	0.35	3.56
Hannity	Fox News	0.34	4.27
MLB Division: Astros v. Athletics	TBS	0.34	1.42
The Situation Room	CNN	0.33	2.28
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.33	3.58
Special Report w/ Bret Baier	Fox News	0.32	3.97

Highlights Below the Chart:
The Five	Fox News	0.29	3.90
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.29	3.60
Halloween Baking Championship	Food	0.27	1.20
Joe Biden Town Hall	MSNBC	0.22	2.67
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.19	2.35
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	MSNBC	0.17	2.31
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.17	2.33
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.16	0.61
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.16	2.93
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.14	1.70
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.12	1.60
Soulmates	AMC	0.06	0.25
The Third Day	HBO	0.01	0.11
We Are Who We Are	HBO	0.01	0.06

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.76	0.48	0.24	4.920
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.63	0.40	0.19	2.840
Hannity	FOX News	0.57	0.34	0.16	4.271
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.55	0.41	0.27	2.531
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.53	0.39	0.22	2.361
The Ingraham Angle	FOX News	0.53	0.33	0.14	3.582
CNN Tonight (10pm)	CNN	0.52	0.36	0.17	2.283
The Story with Martha MacCallum	FOX News	0.52	0.35	0.16	3.556
Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.50	0.29	0.10	3.596
2020 Biden Town Hall	MSNBC	0.36	0.22	0.12	2.672
The ReidOut (7:04pm)	MSNBC	0.31	0.19	0.08	2.350
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell	MSNBC	—	0.16	—	2.927