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June 2, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.30.2015

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Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.5, and FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage adjusted to 0.4 nationwide.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s MARILYN: THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE led Saturday cable at 0.50, and its BEYOND THE HEADLINES follow-up was close behind at 0.42.  Adult Swim’s late-night line-up returned solidly after skipping last week, with KILL LA KILL at 0.49 (down a hundredth from 2 weeks ago), SWORD ART ONLINE at 0.41 (up 0.03) , INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT at 0.40 (up 0.05), and (not on the chart, because it’s technically a rerun, although it hadn’t aired in the current form before in the US) DRAGON BALL Z at 0.62 (up an impressive 0.25).  The leading sports programming was ESPN’s COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES at 0.45 (0.33 for late-night coverage), and Fox Sports 1’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.40 (0.31 for PRELIMINARIES).  The NICK SWARDSON: TASTE IT special on Comedy Central was at 0.25.  The season finale of Starz’s OUTLANDER fell 0.05 to 0.19 after having taken the preceding week off.  ORPHAN BLACK (BBCAmerica) was steady at 0.10.  HBO’s ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY was at 0.17, with 665K total viewers.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable SAT.30 May 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday May 30, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 SATURDAY MOVIE III: SECRET LIFE MARILYN, PT 1 LIFETIME TELEVISION 08:00 PM 122 0.50 2,309
2 KILL LA KILL ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.49 1,077
3 COLL SOFTBALL WRLD SRS  L: UCLA/AUBURN ESPN 07:00 PM 260 0.45 1,612
4 BEYOND THE HEADLINES LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.42 1,876
5 SWORD ART ONLINE II ADULT SWIM 01:00 AM 30 0.41 907
6 LIVING BIG SKY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.41 1,447
7 UFC FIGHT NIGHT L: CONDIT/ALVES FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 175 0.40 813
8 INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT ADULT SWIM 01:30 AM 30 0.40 846
9 LIVING BIG SKY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.38 1,315
10 NCAA STUDIO UPDATE  L ESPN 11:20 PM 18 0.37 1,028
11 POKEMON THE SERIES XY THE CARTOON NETWORK 08:00 AM 30 0.36 1,233
12 FAMILY FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 30 0.35 1,308
13 COLL SOFTBALL WRLD SRS  L: ALABAMA/LSU ESPN 11:38 PM 132 0.33 869
14 USA SOCCER WOMEN        L ESPN 05:06 PM 114 0.31 998
15 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIM L: CONDIT/ALVES FOX SPORTS 1 08:00 PM 120 0.31 713
16 K.C. UNDERCOVER DISNEY CHANNEL 08:00 PM 30 0.31 1,824
17 HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR HUSB INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 929
18 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.29 1,419
19 COLL SOFTBALL WRLD SRS  L: OREGON/ALABAMA ESPN 02:56 PM 130 0.28 1,100
20 TRANSFORMERS:ROBOTS/DISGU THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:30 AM 30 0.27 633
21 NICK SWARDSON: TASTE IT COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 386
22 DEIONS FAMILY PLAYBOOK OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.25 590
23 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A ESPN 09:00 AM 180 0.24 504
24 BELLA AND THE BULLDOGS NICKELODEON 08:00 PM 30 0.24 1,388
25 COLL SOFTBALL WRLD SRS  L: AUBURN/TENNESSEE ESPN 12:00 PM 156 0.23 870
26 TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 10:30 AM 30 0.23 1,172
27 KITCHEN AT FN, THE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.23 1,153
28 YARD CRASHERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:30 AM 30 0.22 620
29 RHNY FIRST LOOK BRAVO 08:17 PM 10 0.22 424
30 NICKY, RICKY, DICKY &DAWN NICKELODEON 08:30 PM 30 0.22 1,512
31 MY CAT FROM HELL ANIMAL PLANET 08:00 PM 60 0.22 774
32 NCAA STUDIO UPDATE  L ESPN 02:36 PM 20 0.21 790
33 TREETOP CAT RESCUE ANIMAL PLANET 09:00 PM 30 0.20 715
34 100 THINGS TO DO NICKELODEON 09:00 PM 30 0.20 1,224
35 ELBOW ROOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 AM 30 0.20 694
36 DANCE CRASH OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.20 506
37 HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR HUSB INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.19 795
38 OUTLANDER STARZ PRIMARY 09:01 PM 58 0.19 981
39 MY HAUNTED HOUSE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.19 491
40 SYFY MOVIE: JOYRIDE 3: ROADKILL SYFY 09:00 PM 120 0.19 650
41 DEAD FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 598
42 TREETOP CAT RESCUE ANIMAL PLANET 09:30 PM 30 0.18 696
43 SECRETS AND WIVES FL BRAVO 08:27 PM 14 0.18 378
44 MSNBC INVESTIGATES MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 521
45 AMISTOSO FRIENDLY MAT5/30: MEXICO / GUATEMALA UNIVISION DEPORTES 05:50 PM 132 0.17 408
46 2015 ROCK AND ROLL HALL O: N/A HBO PRIME 08:01 PM 173 0.17 665
47 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:50 AM 60 0.17 436
48 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:00 AM 30 0.17 568
49 HAUNTING OF…, THE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 474
50 SHAHS FIRST LOOK BRAVO 08:41 PM 11 0.16 316
51 COPA DEL REY            L ESPN2 03:25 PM 116 0.15 404
52 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:30 AM 30 0.14 446
53 FOX SPORTS LIVE L FOX SPORTS 1 12:55 AM 65 0.14 249
54 KANDIS SKIP TRIP FL BRAVO 08:52 PM 12 0.13 328
55 PETER RABBIT NICK JR 01:30 PM 30 0.13 578
56 SPORTSCENTER MORNING ESPN 06:00 AM 23 0.13 262
57 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 06:06 AM 37 0.12 228
58 COMEDIANS FX 01:31 AM 31 0.12 268
59 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:50 AM 60 0.11 317
60 BLOOD, SWEAT & HEELS FL BRAVO 09:04 PM 10 0.11 282
61 PETER RABBIT NICK JR 01:00 PM 30 0.11 496
62 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 08:00 AM 30 0.11 339
63 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,190
64 WHEN CALLS THE HEART HALLMARK CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.11 1,625
65 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 05:00 AM 60 0.11 359
66 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 04:00 AM 60 0.11 331
67 HILLBILLY BLOOD DESTINATION AMERICA 09:30 PM 30 0.11 465
68 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFGHT L FOX SPORTS 1 07:13 PM 47 0.10 205
69 GRAHAM NORTON SHOW BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 75 0.10 331
70 HILLBILLY BLOOD DESTINATION AMERICA 09:00 PM 30 0.10 435
71 DECKED OUT DIY NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.10 250
72 WERE THE MILLERS MAXPRIME 01:35 AM 109 0.10 156
73 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 08:30 AM 30 0.10 288
74 ORPHAN BLACK BBC-AMERICA 09:00 PM 60 0.10 372
75 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 06:00 AM 60 0.09 368
76 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.09 899
77 E! NEWS E! 10:00 AM 60 0.09 203
78 BLENDED MAXPRIME 06:15 PM 117 0.09 193
79 BELLE HBO PRIME 02:15 PM 103 0.09 184
80 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 05:21 PM 99 0.09 212
81 SCARY MOVIE HBO PRIME 04:25 AM 88 0.09 208
82 20, THE VH1 10:00 AM 60 0.09 185
83 GOOD LIE, THE HBO PRIME 12:30 AM 109 0.08 211
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 01:00 PM 60 0.08 507
85 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM L ESPNEWS 02:00 PM 60 0.08 158
86 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS/MILWAUKEE BREWERS FOX SPORTS 1 04:00 PM 186 0.08 285
87 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.08 309
88 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 07:00 AM 60 0.08 444
89 HANGOVER PT III, THE HBO PRIME 02:25 AM 100 0.08 164
90 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,040
91 BULLS & BEARS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 30 0.08 877
92 UNIVISON DEPORTES FC UNIVISION DEPORTES 08:02 PM 60 0.08 154
93 LOUIE FX 02:02 AM 32 0.07 197
94 FIRST TIME FLIPPERS DIY NETWORK 09:30 PM 30 0.07 268
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 616
96 MY CLASSIC CAR VELOCITY 08:30 AM 30 0.07 221
97 VANILLA ICE PROJECT DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.07 265
98 GOOD LIE, THE HBO PRIME 06:00 PM 109 0.07 340
99 FORBES ON FOX FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 30 0.07 880
100 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 01:00 PM 90 0.07 617

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.
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