Top cable programs for Oct. 17-23

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen for the week of Oct. 17-23. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

1. NFL Football: Miami at N.Y. Jets (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), 8.95 million homes, 12.06 million viewers.

2. “Jersey Shore” (Thursday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 4.8 million homes, 6.83 million viewers.

3. “Walking Dead” (Sunday, 9 p.m.), AMC, 4.1 million homes, 6.7 million viewers.

4. “Western Republican Debate” (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CNN, 3.91 million homes, 5.49 million viewers.

5. “Jersey Shore Season 4 Reunion” (Thursday, 11 p.m.), MTV, 3.68 million homes, 5.03 million viewers.

6. “Anderson Cooper 360” (Tuesday, 9:52 p.m.), CNN, 3.6 million homes, 5.08 million viewers.

7. Movie: “Fred 2: The Movie” (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.53 million homes, 5.73 million viewers.

8. College Football: Tennessee at Alabama (Saturday, 7:15 p.m.), ESPN2, 3.24 million homes, 4.99 million viewers.

9. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.17 million homes, 4.63 million viewers.

10. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.03 million homes, 3.84 million viewers.

11. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.02 million homes, 4.31 million viewers.

12. “Storage Wars” (Wednesday, 9:30 p.m.), A&E, 2.988 million homes, 4.25 million viewers.

13. Movie: “Fred 2: The Movie” (Sunday, 11 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.980 million homes, 3.99 million viewers.

14. “NCIS” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), USA, 2.91 million homes, 3.86 million viewers.

15. Auto Racing: NASCAR Sprint Cup (Sunday, 2 p.m.), ESPN, 2.83 million homes, 4.07 million viewers.

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USA is owned by Comcast’s NBCUniversal. CNN is owned by Time Warner Inc. ESPN and ESPN2 are owned by the Walt Disney Co. MTV and Nickelodeon are owned by Viacom. AMC is owned by Cablevision Systems Corp. A&E is owned by the A&E Television Networks.

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