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June 16, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.13.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up by 0.2 to a final 1.7.  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage stayed at 0.5. 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday night cable winner isn’t actually on the chart below, because Adult Swim’s DRAGON BALL Z is technically a rerun, although the current versions of the episodes haven’t been shown in the US before.  It was at 0.64, up 0.02 from last week.  The rest of the Adult Swim late-night block was strong as well, with KILL LA KILL down 0.04 to 0.52, SWORD ART ONLINE up 0.05 to 0.49, and INUYASHA THE FINAL ACT down 0.02 to 0.43.  POWER (Starz) has already been renewed for its 3rd season, and no wonder, as the 2d episode of Season 2 was at 0.52, down 0.09 from the season premiere.  The Comedy Central special JEFF ROSS ROASTS CRIMINALS was at 0.51.  Lifetime’s original movie was at 0.42.  HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION was at 0.41.  The other 3 slots in the Top 10 went to morning cartoons, with Cartoon Network’s POKEMON at 0.40 (up 0.03) and its TRANSFORMERS at 0.37 (up 0.02), and NICKELODEON’s RABBIDS INVASION also at 0.37 (up 0.02).  TBS’s airing of the AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD special (the awardee was Steve Martin) was at 0.30.  The day’s highest-rated sports event was FX’s UFC PPV PRELIMINARIES at 0.35, and HBO’s BOXING AFTER DARK was at 0.19-0.22 over its various segments.  On BBCAmerica, ORPHAN BLACK fell 0.05 to 0.11, and the premiere of JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORELL was at 0.07 in 18-49s, with 342K total viewers.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable SAT.13 Jun 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday June 13, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 KILL LA KILL ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.52 1,138
2 POWER 2 STARZ PRIMARY 09:00 PM 58 0.52 1,119
3 JEFF ROSS ROASTS CRIMNALS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 79 0.51 932
4 SWORD ART ONLINE II ADULT SWIM 01:00 AM 30 0.49 1,059
5 INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT ADULT SWIM 01:30 AM 30 0.43 897
6 SATURDAY MOVIE III: I KILLED MY BFF LIFETIME TELEVISION 08:00 PM 122 0.42 1,413
7 HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.41 1,686
8 POKEMON THE SERIES XY THE CARTOON NETWORK 08:00 AM 30 0.40 1,256
9 TRANSFORMERS:ROBOTS/DISGU THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:30 AM 30 0.37 845
10 RABBIDS INVASION NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.37 1,477
11 UFC PPV PRELIMS L: 188:VELASQUEZ/WERDUM FX 08:00 PM 120 0.35 727
12 LIVING BIG SKY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.33 1,252
13 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.30 1,387
14 AFI LIFETIME ACHVMT AWARD TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 90 0.30 1,300
15 LIVING BIG SKY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.27 1,244
16 SP OUTRAG WED CAKE 2 FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.26 940
17 TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 10:30 AM 30 0.26 1,270
18 KITCHEN AT FN, THE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.23 1,202
19 GET ON UP: GET ON UP HBO PRIME 07:30 PM 138 0.22 768
20 HBO BAD: 6/13/15 WALTERS HBO PRIME 11:16 PM 47 0.22 588
21 MSNBC INVESTIGATES MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 569
22 HBO BAD: 6/13/15 WALTERS HBO PRIME 10:15 PM 39 0.22 611
23 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L: MICHIGAN FOX SPORTS 1 01:30 PM 143 0.22 1,358
24 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A ESPN 09:00 AM 170 0.21 450
25 MY CAT FROM HELL ANIMAL PLANET 08:00 PM 61 0.21 669
26 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:36 PM 24 0.21 511
27 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.21 483
28 EUROPEAN QUALIFIER      L: AREMENIA/PORTUGAL ESPN 11:50 AM 130 0.20 439
29 SHO CH BOX: 2015 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:39 PM 39 0.20 678
30 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: MIAMI/FLORIDA ESPN 08:00 PM 216 0.20 789
31 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: VIRGINIA/ARKANSAS ESPN 03:00 PM 191 0.20 782
32 DEIONS FAMILY PLAYBOOK OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.20 640
33 HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR HUSB INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.19 901
34 HBO BAD: 6/13/15 WALTERS HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 14 0.19 475
35 HBO BAD: 6/13/15 WALTERS HBO PRIME 10:54 PM 22 0.19 502
36 NICKY, RICKY, DICKY &DAWN NICKELODEON 08:30 PM 30 0.19 1,099
37 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.18 476
38 DEAD FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 601
39 TABLOID INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.18 851
40 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.18 426
41 100 THINGS TO DO NICKELODEON 08:00 PM 30 0.17 1,131
42 FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP L: QTRFNL:USA/SERBIA FOX SPORTS 1 12:55 AM 143 0.17 382
43 TREETOP CAT RESCUE ANIMAL PLANET 09:01 PM 30 0.17 595
44 ARMAGEDDON: ARMAGEDDON HBO PRIME 09:45 AM 150 0.17 382
45 MY HAUNTED HOUSE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.17 526
46 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 961
47 FIFA WOM WORLD CUP L: BRAZIL/SPAIN FOX SPORTS 1 03:53 PM 130 0.16 535
48 URBAN COWBOY: RISE & FALL: RISE & FALL OF GILLEYS CMT 09:00 PM 120 0.16 532
49 SHO CH BOX: 2015 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:07 PM 32 0.16 530
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:11 PM 109 0.16 442
51 HAUNTING OF…, THE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 561
52 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 880
53 ELBOW ROOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:30 AM 30 0.15 734
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 30 0.15 746
55 COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD L: N/A ESPN2 05:00 PM 155 0.15 534
56 WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 114 0.14 498
57 WHEN CALLS THE HEART: WHEN CALLS THE HEART 2007 HALLMARK CHANNEL 08:00 PM 120 0.14 1,777
58 LIFE STORY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 585
59 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 08:00 AM 60 0.14 715
60 FIFA WWC TODAY L FOX SPORTS 1 06:03 PM 55 0.14 408
61 LIFE STORY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.14 532
62 ELBOW ROOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 AM 30 0.13 618
63 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 01:00 PM 30 0.13 675
64 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 07:00 AM 60 0.13 618
65 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 09:25 AM 35 0.12 717
66 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF APE: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF APE HBO PRIME 12:15 PM 130 0.12 315
67 SMERCONISH CNN 09:00 AM 25 0.12 606
68 FIFA WOM WORLD CUP L: KOREA REPUBLIC/COSTA RICA FOX SPORTS 2 06:50 PM 126 0.12 310
69 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.12 1,039
70 OPRAH: WATN EXTRA OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.12 426
71 ORPHAN BLACK BBC-AMERICA 09:00 PM 60 0.11 401
72 BULLS & BEARS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 30 0.11 1,071
73 FORBES ON FOX FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 30 0.11 940
74 VANILLA ICE PROJECT DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.11 281
75 HILLBILLY BLOOD DESTINATION AMERICA 09:30 PM 30 0.11 254
76 COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD: NCAA MENS OUTDOOR CHAMP ESPN2 02:30 PM 150 0.10 301
77 SHO CH BOX: 2015 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:18 PM 14 0.10 400
78 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.10 1,156
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 01:00 PM 60 0.10 696
80 SHO CH BOX: 2015 SHOWTIME PRIME 09:15 PM 52 0.10 381
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 732
82 24 HOURS OF LE MANS L FOX SPORTS 1 06:58 PM 62 0.10 310
83 REAL GIRLS KITCHEN COOKING CHANNEL 01:00 PM 30 0.10 219
84 CAVUTO ON BUSINESS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:30 AM 30 0.10 964
85 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:00 AM 30 0.10 236
86 DISTURBIA MAXPRIME 04:30 PM 104 0.09 208
87 WONDER PETS NICK JR 01:00 PM 30 0.09 480
88 CASHIN IN FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:30 AM 21 0.09 881
89 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: LAD AT SD MLB NETWORK 10:00 PM 161 0.09 297
90 BREAK HBO PRIME 09:48 PM 13 0.09 253
91 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 30 0.09 431
92 HILLBILLY BLOOD DESTINATION AMERICA 09:00 PM 30 0.09 279
93 FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP L: QTRFNL:BRAZIL/PORTUGAL FOX SPORTS 2 08:56 PM 168 0.09 183
94 COPA AMERICA GS – L: ARGENTINA VS. PARAGUAY BEIN SPORT 05:19 PM 130 0.09 213
95 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.09 860
96 GET ON UP: GET ON UP HBO PRIME 01:39 AM 138 0.09 242
97 FIRST TIME FLIPPERS DIY NETWORK 09:00 PM 30 0.09 251
98 THAT 70S SHOW NICK JR 01:30 AM 30 0.09 160
99 20, THE VH1 10:00 AM 60 0.08 172
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.08 523

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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.