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October 27, 2015
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.24.2015

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s Utah vs. USC COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.0, while ABC’s Ohio State vs. Rutgers game stayed at 1.6.  48 HOURS also gained 0.1.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Broadcast Finals 2015 Oct SAT.24

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  This being a fall Saturday, 6 of the day’s Top 10 were COLLEGE FOOTBALL (topped by 0.93 for ESPN’s primetime game) or other sports-related programming.  Adult Swim’s anime block in the middle of the night remained solid:  DRAGON BALL Z (not on the chart as a quasi-original) slipped 0.02 from last week to 0.72 with 1.48M total viewers; AKAME GA KILL downticked to 0.58; PARASYTE slipped 0.03 to 0.47; MICHIKO & HATCHINI was steady at 0.42/910K; NARUTO fell 0.03 to 0.37/783K; and ONE PIECE was also down 0.03, to 0.34/681K.  (We don’t have a listing for KILL LA KILL this week.)  Elsewhere, Spike’s COPS gained 0.08 to 0.49.  On BBCAmerica, DOCTOR WHO jumped 0.13 to 0.44, and THE LAST KINGDOM more than doubled, up 0.08 to 0.15.  Syfy’s original movie THE HOLLOW was at 0.31, Hallmark’s original GOOD WITCH HALLOWEEN was at 0.27, and BET’s original SISTER CODE was at 0.26.  On Starz, the season finale of SURVIVOR’S REMORSE almost doubled, up 0.07 to 0.15, but the season finale of BLUNT TALK fell 0.01 to 0.04 (161K total viewers), while the final season premiere of DAVINCI’S DEMONS was at 0.07/238K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable 2015 Oct SAT.24

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday October 24, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: TEXAS A&M/OLE MISS ESPN 7:07 PM 224 0.93 2,775
2 SATURDAY MOVIE: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY ABC FAMILY 8:30 PM 150 0.83 2,182
3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: WASHINGTON/STANFORD ESPN 10:51 PM 163 0.78 2,098
4 COLLEGE GAMEDAY         L: N/A ESPN 9:00 AM 180 0.68 1,713
5 AKAME GA KILL ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.58 1,183
6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: FLORIDA STATE/GEORGIA TECH ESPN2 7:17 PM 177 0.57 1,943
7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L: IOWA STATE/BAYLOR ESPN 12:00 PM 213 0.56 1,653
8 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:34 AM 86 0.52 1,016
9 COPS (O) SPIKE TV 8:00 PM 30 0.49 1,479
10 PARASYTE- THE MAXIM ADULT SWIM 1:00 AM 30 0.47 1,026
11 DOCTOR WHO SEASON 9 BBC-AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.44 988
12 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L: NORTHWESTERN/NEBRASKA ESPN2 12:00 PM 212 0.41 1,747
13 AMC FEARFEST: LEPRECHAUN 2 AMC 9:00 PM 120 0.41 1,088
14 JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 AM 25 0.40 1,684
15 AMC FEARFEST: LEPRECHAUN AMC 7:00 PM 120 0.39 1,156
16 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: WESTERN KENTUCKY/LSU ESPNU 7:30 PM 190 0.38 1,247
17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L ESPN 3:33 PM 7 0.38 1,520
18 WCB: 10/24/15 CRAWFORD/JE HBO PRIME 11:17 PM 39 0.37 1,071
19 POKEMON THE SERIES XY THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 AM 30 0.36 1,177
20 AMC FEARFEST: LEPRECHAUN 3 AMC 11:00 PM 120 0.36 919
21 MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 AM 25 0.36 1,476
22 WCB: 10/24/15 CRAWFORD/JE HBO PRIME 11:56 PM 11 0.36 950
23 NFL MATCH-UP ESPN 4:00 AM 30 0.35 611
24 COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD ESPN 3:00 AM 60 0.35 650
25 WCB: 10/24/15 CRAWFORD/JE HBO PRIME 10:23 PM 31 0.34 797
26 SCOOBY-DOO:G GOALS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.34 1,344
27 WCB: 10/24/15 CRAWFORD/JE HBO PRIME 10:54 PM 23 0.34 891
28 KITCHEN AT FN, THE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.34 1,273
29 SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: HOLLOW, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 120 0.31 978
30 SCOOBY-DOO & SPOOKY SC THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.31 1,265
31 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.30 1,486
32 JAIL: LAS VEGAS SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,204
33 STAR WARS DROID TLS-MISSI DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 30 0.29 1,299
34 PATRICIA HEATON PARTIES FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.29 1,097
35 CHOPPED IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.28 916
36 GHOST ADVENTURES TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 742
37 SCOOBY-DOO MM MENACE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.28 1,061
38 AMC FEARFEST: LEPRECHAUN 4 AMC 1:00 AM 120 0.28 597
39 COLL FOOTBALL: BIG 12 L: KANSAS ST/TEXAS FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 217 0.28 904
40 SONIC BOOM THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.27 709
41 HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: GOOD WITCH HALLOWEEN HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.27 2,684
42 SCOOBY-DOO & BEACH B THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.27 1,258
43 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L: VARIOUS ESPN2 3:36 PM 221 0.26 876
44 BET ORIGINAL MOVIE: SISTER CODE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 120 0.26 676
45 POWER RANGERS DINO NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.26 1,105
46 PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/WEST HAM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:53 AM 136 0.25 536
47 GAME SHAKERS NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.25 1,666
48 FARMHOUSE RULES FOOD NETWORK 10:30 AM 30 0.24 1,193
49 FATAL VOWS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.24 742
50 HELL HOUSE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 769
51 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 2:00 PM 60 0.23 690
52 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 6:30 AM 25 0.23 966
53 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:09 PM 23 0.23 478
54 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 120 0.23 560
55 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.23 569
56 IYANLA, FIX MY LIFE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 701
57 100 THINGS TO DO NICKELODEON 9:00 PM 30 0.21 1,365
58 BUBBLE GUPPIES NICK JR 11:00 AM 30 0.20 878
59 COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD    L ESPNU 10:40 PM 12 0.20 509
60 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L: DUKE/VIRGINIA TECH ESPNU 3:30 PM 240 0.20 722
61 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 3:00 PM 60 0.19 648
62 WCB: 10/24/15 CRAWFORD/JE HBO PRIME 9:34 PM 40 0.19 505
63 PITBULLS AND PAROLEES ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 63 0.19 620
64 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 1:02 AM 67 0.17 301
65 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 362
66 BUBBLE GUPPIES NICK JR 11:30 AM 30 0.17 711
67 UNWRAPPED 2.0 FOOD NETWORK 8:30 PM 30 0.16 640
68 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.16 454
69 LEGENDS:OWN AT THE APOLLO OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 797
70 HALF HOUR COMEDY CENTRAL 12:30 AM 32 0.16 337
71 AMC FEARFEST: RE-ANIMATOR AMC 3:00 AM 120 0.16 363
72 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: WYOMING/BOISE STATE ESPN2 10:19 PM 190 0.16 605
73 HALF HOUR COMEDY CENTRAL 12:00 AM 30 0.16 390
74 BAD WORDS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 88 0.16 480
75 LAST KINGDOM BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 75 0.15 406
76 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT    L: PITTSBURGH/SYRACUSE ESPNU 12:00 PM 201 0.15 589
77 2 DAYS: CANELO ALVAREZ HBO PRIME 12:11 AM 13 0.15 438
78 UNWRAPPED 2.0 FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.15 671
79 SURVIVORS REMORSE 2 STARZ PRIMARY 9:30 PM 26 0.15 324
80 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPNEWS 12:00 AM 60 0.14 298
81 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPNEWS 1:00 AM 28 0.14 298
82 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L ESPNEWS 10:35 PM 17 0.14 348
83 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 463
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 854
85 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,342
86 LIGA MX L: MONTERREY / TIJUANA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:57 PM 127 0.13 330
87 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.13 380
88 COLL FOOTBALL: BIG 12 L: KANSAS/OKLAHOMA STATE FOX SPORTS 1 3:37 PM 203 0.13 433
89 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,226
90 LIGA MX SAT: AMERICA / QUERETARO UNIVISION DEPORTES 5:55 PM 122 0.12 291
91 FORBES ON FOX FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 30 0.12 1,159
92 MSNBC INVESTIGATES MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 405
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 837
94 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 2:09 AM 60 0.11 207
95 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 7:02 PM 62 0.11 285
96 HOBBIT, THE: THE BATTLE O: HOBBIT, THE: THE BATTLE O HBO PRIME 5:30 PM 144 0.11 233
97 CASHIN IN FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:30 AM 30 0.11 1,128
98 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 3:09 AM 60 0.11 217
99 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 824
100 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 8:00 AM 30 0.10 316

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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.