Thursday Cable Ratings 10/5/17: Ghost Wars Starts Low, Better Things Sinks

Below are the Top 25 Programs on cable on Thursday, 10/5/17. Items of note include Ghost Wars on Syfy, Better Things on FX, and Wild n Out on MTV.

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL Thursday Night Football	NFL	1.62	3.90
MLB: New York v. Cleveland	FS1	0.95	3.78
NFL Thursday Night Pre-Kick	NFL	0.76	2.03
NFL Post-Game	NFL	0.66	1.41
NFL Kick-Off	NFL	0.51	1.34
Project Runway	Lifetime	0.49	1.92
MLB Division Series Game	MLB	0.46	1.99
College Football: Louisville v. NC	ESPN	0.46	1.52
Impractical Jokers	Tru	0.39	0.74
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.36	0.91
NFL Kick-Off	NFL	0.36	0.89
Timeline	NFL	0.34	0.72
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.31	2.49
Flipping Out	Bravo	0.3	0.96
Hannity	Fox News	0.3	2.87
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.29	2.93
Wild n Out	MTV	0.29	0.50
MLB Post-Show	FS1	0.29	1.05
Fox News Tonight	Fox News	0.29	2.19
Fox and Friends	Fox News	0.28	1.89
The Story	Fox News	0.27	2.27
House Hunters	HGTV	0.27	1.38
Beat Bobby Flay	Food	0.27	0.89
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.27	0.66
America's Newsroom	Fox News	0.27	1.95

Off the chart, Ghost Wars started with a low 0.1. Better Things plunged to 0.11. MSNBC's Morning Joe was at 0.12, while Deadline: White House and Velshi & Ruhle were at 0.11. CNN's Wolf was at 0.17.