Thursday Cable Ratings 10/1/20: NFL Thursday Night Football and MLB Wild Card Drop, Hannity Beats Tucker Carlson

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Thursday, 10/1/20. Items of note include Thursday Night Football on NFL, The Bradshaw Bunch on E!, and MLB Wild Card on ESPN.
(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL: Broncos v. Jets	NFL	1.76	5.41
Thursday Night Football Sustainer	NFL	1.52	4.50
Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick	NFL	0.75	2.33
Thursday Night Football Post-Game	NFL	0.68	1.77
MLB Wild Card	ESPN	0.58	2.33
MLB Wild Card	ESPN	0.56	1.85
Hannity	Fox News	0.47	5.00
MLB Wild Card	ESPN	0.45	1.93
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.39	4.81
MLB Wild Card	ESPN	0.36	1.38
NFL Total Access	NFL	0.34	0.93
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.33	3.61
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.29	2.30
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.27	1.01
MLB Wild Card	ESPN	0.27	1.01
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon	CNN	0.26	1.98
The Five	Fox News	0.26	3.61
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon	CNN	0.25	1.66
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon	CNN	0.25	1.70
Thursday Night Football Showcase	NFL	0.25	0.75
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.24	0.66
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.23	2.91
Mom	Nick At Nite	0.23	0.55
Fox News @ Night	Fox News	0.23	1.99
The Story	Fox News	0.22	2.56

Highlights Below the Chart:
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.21	1.91
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.2	2.70
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	CNN	0.19	2.36
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.18	0.57
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.16	1.96
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.15	1.42
The Bradshaw Bunch	E!	0.14	0.54
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.13	2.17
The Situation Room	CNN	0.12	1.26
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.12	2.13
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.12	1.42
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.11	1.46
Ghost Adventures Screaming Room	Travel	0.07	0.27

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
Hannity	FOX News	0.78	0.47	0.26	5.004
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.64	0.39	0.22	4.808
The Ingraham Angle	FOX News	0.57	0.33	0.17	3.610
Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.47	0.27	0.13	3.493
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.46	0.29	0.14	3.610
CNN Tonight (10pm)	CNN	0.41	0.26	0.12	1.982
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.35	0.21	0.13	1.907
The Story with Martha MacCallum	FOX News	0.37	0.22	0.09	2.556
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell	MSNBC	0.37	0.20	0.13	2.703
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.27	0.16	0.06	1.956
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	—	0.15	—	1.422
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	—	0.13	—	2.171

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
CNN Tonight (1am)	CNN	0.39	0.25	0.13	1.701
CNN Tonight (11pm)	CNN	0.37	0.25	0.12	1.664
FOX News At Night (11pm)	FOX News	0.36	0.23	0.11	1.989
11th Hour with Brian Williams (11pm)	MSNBC	0.34	0.19	0.10	2.360
CNN Tonight (2am)	CNN	0.33	0.21	0.09	1.432
CNN Tonight (12am)	CNN	0.31	0.20	0.12	1.482
MSNBC Breaking News (1am)	MSNBC	0.31	0.18	0.05	1.618
11th Hour with Brian Williams (12am)	MSNBC	0.30	0.18	0.06	1.792
MSNBC Breaking News (2am)	MSNBC	0.24	0.15	0.05	1.190
Trump Test Positive—COVID (1am)	FOX News	—	0.12	—	1.227
Trump Test Positive—COVID (2am)	FOX News	—	0.10	—	1.035