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September 11, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.10.2015

 

 

NETWORK UPDATE:   The NFL Kickoff Game (Steelers vs Patriots on NBC) did not lift as much as we thought from the fast nationals to the official nationals (from 8.8 to 10.3), but the ratings were very good, as we expect from the NFL.  The 27,398,000 viewer 2+ number last night is above the recent average for the opening game and the best since 2010.  The demographics were closer to recent averages — still very good ratings.

 

NFL Opening Night 2010 to 2015

Elsewhere, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s TEEN MOM held at 0.98, and without any college football games on cable, that was enough for the win.  Lead-out ONE BAD CHOICE was up 0.04 to 0.36.  Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY ticked up to 0.67.  On Syfy, WWE was also up a hundredth to 0.53, while DOMINION took a (season finale?) 0.11 leap to 0.28, and GEEKS WHO DRINK was up 0.02 to 0.12.  History’s MOUNTAIN MEN rose 0.05 to 0.47.  Nickelodeon’s afternoon ALVINNN AND THE CHIPMUNKS!!! continued to have a home in the Top 10, down a tick to 0.45.  On A&E, BEHIND BARS was up 0.03 to 0.39.  Food Network’s CHOPPED gained 0.03 to 0.38.  (The remaining 3 slots in the Top 10 went to daily ESPN telecasts, with a 4th at #11.)  Without a BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES lead-in, We’s LA HAIR fell 0.12 to 0.27.  USA’s GRACELAND dropped 0.03 to 0.22.  On FX, SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL lost 0.07 to 0.17, and MARRIED was down 0.06 to 0.13.  REVIEW (Comedy) collapsed by 0.11 to 0.09, with 203K total viewers.  On IFC, DOCUMENTARY NOW was up 0.01 to 0.03, with 89K total viewers, and COMEDY BANG BANG at least managed to get to 0.01, with 39K total viewers.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.05/133K.

 

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

NOTE: Many small cable network are missing from the data below.  The complete data will be posted when available. The charts are now complete with all measured cable networks eligible for inclusion.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable THU.10 Sep 2015 ALL Nets

 

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday September 10, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 TEEN MOM II SSN6 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.98 1,689
2 PROJECT RUNWAY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.67 2,249
3 WWE SMACKDOWN: 091015 SYFY 8:00 PM 120 0.53 2,040
4 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.49 1,072
5 MOUNTAIN MEN HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.47 2,321
6 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.45 1,938
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.43 740
8 BEHIND BARS: ROOKIE YEAR A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 62 0.39 887
9 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.38 1,261
10 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.38 776
11 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.37 987
12 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.36 1,312
13 ONE BAD CHOICE MTV 11:01 PM 61 0.36 663
14 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.34 643
15 HOUSE HUNTERS OFF GRID HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,712
16 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.33 737
17 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.33 1,392
18 FANTASY SHOW   L ESPN 7:30 PM 30 0.32 851
19 KICKOFF SIMULCAST NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 60 0.31 727
20 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.31 1,506
21 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,629
22 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.29 1,365
23 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.29 625
24 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.29 581
25 DOMINION SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 836
26 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.27 1,527
27 LA HAIR WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 647
28 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,319
29 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.26 458
30 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 3,064
31 DESCENDANTS: SET IT OFF! DISNEY CHANNEL 7:30 PM 30 0.25 1,351
32 DONT BE TARDY FL BRAVO 9:42 PM 13 0.25 590
33 SHAUN THE SHEEP THE CARTOON NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.24 479
34 NOWHERE TO HIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 784
35 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.23 469
36 RHOC FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:37 PM 11 0.22 588
37 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.22 464
38 NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 788
39 PARTY DOWN SOUTH S4 CMT 9:00 PM 58 0.22 421
40 GRACELAND USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.22 815
41 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 1,463
42 POWER & ICE HISTORY 11:03 PM 58 0.20 738
43 NFL GAMEDAY: NFL GAMEDAY KICKOFF NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 150 0.19 419
44 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.19 364
45 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 342
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,294
47 DORA AND FRIENDS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.18 594
48 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 9:12 PM 30 0.18 443
49 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.17 444
50 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 337
51 SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL FX 10:00 PM 32 0.17 383
52 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 414
53 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 368
54 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.16 365
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 349
56 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.16 660
57 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.15 388
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,077
59 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,241
60 MANZOD FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:25 PM 12 0.14 381
61 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 297
62 BELOW DECK FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:48 PM 12 0.14 401
63 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 352
64 MARRIED FX 10:32 PM 30 0.13 251
65 MANZOD WITH CHILDREN BRAVO 9:55 PM 30 0.13 345
66 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,776
67 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 1:02 AM 59 0.13 285
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 313
69 LONE SURVIVOR: LONE SURVIVOR HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 121 0.12 291
70 FAMELESS TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.12 358
71 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.12 280
72 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 60 0.12 368
73 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 539
74 GEEKS WHO DRINK SYFY 11:00 PM 30 0.12 314
75 TITANIC: TITANIC HBO PRIME 1:30 PM 194 0.11 246
76 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC: 800 100TH EPISODE SPECIAL BRAVO 6:08 PM 122 0.11 267
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 280
78 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 292
79 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 2,105
80 CATHOUSE SEASON TWO HBO PRIME 11:30 PM 27 0.11 324
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 494
82 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 323
83 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 590
84 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,297
85 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.10 233
86 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 598
87 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,373
88 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.10 472
89 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 8:00 PM 30 0.10 239
90 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.10 525
91 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 357
92 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 805
93 AROUND THE NFL: AROUND THE NFL NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 120 0.10 218
94 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 669
95 DUMB AND DUMBER TO HBO PRIME 12:00 AM 109 0.10 163
96 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,580
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 508
98 TIME MACHINE: TARGETING BIN LADEN HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.09 270
99 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 288
100 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,317

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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.