SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.1.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for AQUARIUS to an even-worse 0.2.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We’re informed by fans that the Adult Swim late-night Saturday line-up is full of shows that while not technically “originals” (so they don’t appear on the charts below) had never before been shown in their current versions on US TV.  That being the case, although it’s not on the chart, DRAGON BALL Z actually led Saturday cable with a 0.73 rating in 18-49s and 1.6M total viewers.  MICHIKO & HATCHINI followed at 0.51/1.1M.  Then SWORD ART ONLINE, as noted on the chart, fell 0.04 to 0.47, with 1M viewers, and NARUTO was at 0.41/1M.  ONE PIECE followed at 0.41/878K, with ATTACK ON TITAN at 0.36/793K.  (Note:  since all of these except SWORD ART are listed by the network as reruns, we’ll have no way of knowing when Adult Swim re-airs its own episodes.) 

In the live-action world, the preliminaries to the UFC pay-per-view Ronda Rousey match gave Fox Sports 1 the nightly win at 0.60.  Starz’s POWER dropped 0.07 to 0.50.  ESPN’s PREMIER BOXING was at 0.42.  A pair of children’s shows cracked the Top 10:  Nickelodeon’s PIG GOAT BANANA CRICKET at 0.40, and Cartoon Network’s POKEMON at 0.30.  An original episode of COPS on Spike was at 0.34.  Food Network’s PIONEER WOMAN returned at 0.33, while KITCHEN AT FN dropped 0.09 to 0.19.  HELL ON WHEELS (AMC) gained 0.05 to 0.30.  On Discovery, MYTHBUSTERS lost 0.06 to 0.24.  Hallmark’s CEDAR COVE was at 0.15.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/114K.

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