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September 25, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals ( & Network Update): 9.24.2015

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.0 in final numbers (last week’s TNF final was 7.5).  In addition, HEROES REBORN gained 0.1, as did SCANDAL.  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network part of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL topped Thursday cable at 1.40, down 0.43 from last week.  MTV’s TEEN MOM fell 0.24 to 0.88, with lead-out ARE YOU THE ONE at 0.54 (0.12 above last week’s TRUE LIFE in that slot).  Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY lost a tick to 0.63, but RUNWAY fans didn’t stick around for new lead-out FASHIONABLY LATE WITH RACHEL ZOE, which debuted at 0.14.  On Syfy, WWE edged up 0.02 to 0.58, then DOMINION gained back some of last week’s loss, up 0.09 to 0.25, and GEEKS WHO DRINK climbed 0.04 to 0.14.  On History, MOUNTAIN MEN gained 0.04 to 0.49.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game dropped 0.22 from last week’s to 0.41.  A&E’s BEHIND BARS lost 0.05 to 0.26.  REVIEW (Comedy) was steady at 0.11.  On FX, MARRIED rose 0.02 to 0.20.  On IFC, the 10:30PM DOCUMENTARY NOW was steady at 0.07 in the demo, although it fell by 57K total viewers to 104K, while the 10PM episode was at 0.06/109K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable THU.24 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday September 24, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL: 2015 WK 3 – WAS VS. NYG NFL NETWORK 8:27 PM 167 1.40 3,226
2 NFLN THU NT FBALL-SUS NFL NETWORK 11:14 PM 31 1.19 2,649
3 TEEN MOM II SSN6 MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.88 1,525
4 PROJECT RUNWAY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.63 2,177
5 WWE SMACKDOWN: 092415 SYFY 8:00 PM 120 0.58 2,138
6 NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2 NFL NETWORK 7:58 PM 22 0.55 1,291
7 ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 3 MTV 11:02 PM 67 0.54 922
8 MOUNTAIN MEN HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.49 2,765
9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: CINCINNATI/MEMPHIS ESPN 7:25 PM 254 0.41 1,242
10 NFLN THU NT POST-GAME NFL NETWORK 11:52 PM 33 0.41 893
11 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.38 729
12 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:39 PM 21 0.37 815
13 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.36 631
14 COLL FTBL COUNTDOWN L ESPN 7:00 PM 25 0.36 781
15 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.35 687
16 NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF1 NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 28 0.35 849
17 HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.35 1,420
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.34 890
19 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 701
20 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.32 1,386
21 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.32 1,035
22 WABBIT THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.31 1,377
23 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,441
24 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.28 1,369
25 FIRST LOOK: KARDASHIANS E! 10:00 PM 16 0.27 654
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,355
27 BEHIND BARS: ROOKIE YEAR A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 62 0.26 679
28 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.26 576
29 DOMINION SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 769
30 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.24 1,294
31 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,438
32 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.22 420
33 FIRST LOOK: DASH DOLLS E! 10:16 PM 14 0.22 539
34 PARTY DOWN SOUTH S4 CMT 9:00 PM 60 0.22 474
35 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 398
36 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 1,710
37 LA HAIR WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.21 554
38 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.21 464
39 MARRIED FX 10:00 PM 31 0.20 395
40 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,188
41 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,767
42 TOTAL DIVAS FIRST LOOK E! 10:30 PM 16 0.20 421
43 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 434
44 NOWHERE TO HIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.20 799
45 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.19 889
46 FLEA MARKET FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 AM 30 0.19 642
47 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.19 379
48 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 353
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,659
50 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 400
51 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.17 347
52 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.17 354
53 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 371
54 RHOC FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:45 PM 15 0.17 525
55 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.17 415
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 324
57 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.16 283
58 RHOC RH AWARDS BRAVO 8:12 PM 29 0.16 407
59 DONT BE TARDY FL BRAVO 10:11 PM 11 0.16 438
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,165
61 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,872
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 349
63 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,039
64 SPECIAL PRESENTATION H2 11:00 PM 60 0.15 342
65 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.15 324
66 GEEKS WHO DRINK SYFY 11:00 PM 30 0.14 384
67 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 340
68 DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 10 CMT 11:00 PM 60 0.14 256
69 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 274
70 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 284
71 MANZOD FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:22 PM 12 0.14 403
72 FAMELESS TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.14 334
73 FASHIONABLY LATE RACHEL Z LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.14 513
74 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,783
75 MDL LA FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:34 PM 11 0.14 460
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,350
77 TNF GAMEDAY NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 90 0.13 299
78 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,088
79 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 1:24 AM 60 0.13 259
80 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 434
81 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 880
82 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.12 273
83 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.11 311
84 REVIEW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.11 229
85 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 772
86 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,167
87 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 290
88 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 9:41 PM 30 0.11 293
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,043
90 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,282
91 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 61 0.11 348
92 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 275
93 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 933
94 POPE FRANCIS IN AMERICA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,474
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 731
96 POWER & ICE HISTORY 11:03 PM 58 0.10 628
97 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 8:00 PM 30 0.10 238
98 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 877
99 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 602
100 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.10 316

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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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