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August 27, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.26.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost the same.  On ABC, CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP was down 0.1, and the MODERN FAMILY rerun was up the same. 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HGTV must have been using some secret sauce last night, placing 3 of the night’s top 5 cable originals.  HOUSE HUNTERS won the night at 0.71, HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL leaped 0.22 to 0.58, and PROP BROTHERS BUY AND SELL gained a tenth to 0.57.  The midseason finale of SUITS (an odd hour with a ton of flashbacks and a surprise finish) was up a hundredth to 0.62.  (Viewers of MR. ROBOT will already know that its season finale was pushed a week because a sequence has unfortunately echoes of yesterday’s on-air shooting.)  ESPN’s coverage of the LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES was at 0.59, with an afternoon game at 0.40.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS rose 0.11 to 0.56.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN LA was steady at 0.54, and TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY was up a bit, at 0.42/0.40 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.37.  CATFISH (MTV) ticked up to 0.53, and AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW gained 0.08 to 0.28.  Food Network’s CAMP CUTTHROAT slipped 0.02 to 0.42.  GHOST HUNTERS returned to Syfy at 0.38, and lead-out PARANORMAL WITNESS was at 0.28.  Without a DUCK DYNASTY lead-in, A&E’s WAHLBURGERS sagged by 0.21 to 0.37, DONNIE LOVES JENNY was at 0.27, and LACHEY’S BAR dropped 0.08 to 0.15.  On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY dropped 0.11 to 0.31 (and by 0.17 in F12-34s to 0.61), and KEVIN FROM WORK collapsed by half, down to 0.10 (and 261K total viewers).  VH1’s DATING NAKED lost 0.02 to 0.31, and TWINNING faded by 0.02 to 0.23.  On Comedy Central, KEY & POOLE fell 0.12 to 0.30, and WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURRESS lost 0.04 to 0.16.  THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW gained 0.03 to 0.23 on Nick At Nite, but fell 0.06 to 0.09 on TV Land (with 443K total viewers), while IMPASTOR was up 0.02 on Nick At Nite to 0.18, but was off by 0.04 on TV Land to 0.09 (351K viewers).  THE EXES, airing just on TV Land, held at 0.09, with 352K total viewers.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.03/89K.

The DAM Report:  IMPACT WRESTLING dropped by 0.03 to 0.06 at 9PM, with 279K total viewers, and added 0.01/83K at midnight (down 0.01/up 10K).  RING OF HONOR was at 0.02/149K (down 0.01/up 4K). 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.26 Aug 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 26, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.71 2,521
2 SUITS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 0.62 2,339
3 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: PEARLAND, TX/LEWISBERRY, PA ESPN 08:00 PM 134 0.59 2,308
4 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.58 2,212
5 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.57 2,224
6 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.56 2,895
7 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.54 1,560
8 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN4B MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.53 982
9 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 30 0.42 1,273
10 CAMP CUTTHROAT FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.42 997
11 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: BARQUISIMETO/TOKYO ESPN 04:00 PM 169 0.40 1,226
12 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.40 1,260
13 GHOST HUNTERS SYFY 09:00 PM 60 0.38 1,011
14 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 09:30 PM 31 0.37 895
15 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.36 2,705
16 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.36 1,124
17 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.36 3,120
18 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 851
19 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.33 770
20 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.31 596
21 DATING NAKED 2 VH1 09:00 PM 60 0.31 753
22 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,957
23 KEY & PEELE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.30 565
24 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:49 PM 11 0.30 899
25 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE     L: CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO ESPN 10:14 PM 161 0.29 914
26 AMERICA BEST DANCE CREW 8 MTV 11:01 PM 61 0.28 573
27 PARANORMAL WITNESS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 606
28 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.28 1,338
29 CARNIVAL CRAVINGS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.27 671
30 DONNIE LOVES JENNY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.27 643
31 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:00 PM 31 0.25 650
32 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:31 PM 30 0.25 682
33 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.24 1,119
34 I AM JAZZ: FAM TELLS ALL TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.24 780
35 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,067
36 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.23 813
37 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.23 739
38 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.23 547
39 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 411
40 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.23 851
41 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 02:00 PM 60 0.22 1,708
42 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.22 1,586
43 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 1,761
44 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING SF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.21 516
45 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.20 699
46 NFL PROGRAMMING ESPN 07:00 PM 30 0.20 486
47 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 09:00 PM 60 0.19 404
48 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.19 1,771
49 BEACH EATS USA FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.19 591
50 CNN TONIGHT CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.19 738
51 UNSUNG HOLLYWOOD TV ONE 08:00 PM 60 0.19 458
52 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,705
53 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.19 1,614
54 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 12:55 AM 65 0.18 434
55 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 843
56 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.18 855
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.18 833
58 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.18 637
59 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.18 877
60 WOLF CNN 01:00 PM 60 0.18 802
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 344
62 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.17 2,305
63 SPORTSCENTER AFT   L ESPN 03:30 PM 30 0.17 380
64 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.17 320
65 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 07:30 PM 30 0.16 482
66 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 826
67 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 300
68 WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURESS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.16 297
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 05:00 PM 60 0.16 769
70 UCL PLAYOFFS L: CLUB BRUGGE/MAN UTD FOX SPORTS 1 02:30 PM 150 0.16 303
71 SOUTHERN JUSTICE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 659
72 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.16 421
73 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.16 748
74 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 04:00 PM 60 0.16 1,630
75 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.15 317
76 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.15 2,129
77 KATRINA: 10 YEARS LATER BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 08:00 PM 60 0.15 429
78 LACHEYS BAR A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.15 348
79 CANDIDLY NICOLE 2 VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.14 300
80 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,649
81 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 324
82 NFL LIVE ESPN2 07:00 PM 60 0.14 273
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 685
84 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 284
85 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.14 291
86 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.14 618
87 MAKE ME A MLLNRE INVENTOR CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 344
88 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.12 416
89 SKIN WARS: FRESH PAINT GSN 08:00 PM 60 0.12 456
90 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.12 1,531
91 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 60 0.12 332
92 STEAMPUNKD GSN 09:00 PM 60 0.12 313
93 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE     L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.11 257
94 WHEELER DEALERS VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.11 391
95 PROPERTY VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 30 0.11 537
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 09:00 AM 60 0.11 668
97 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.11 205
98 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 09:00 PM 60 0.10 1,059
99 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:00 PM 30 0.10 240
100 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.10 215

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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.