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August 6, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.5.2015

And now, better late than never…….

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of 0.1 increases in final numbers, but not for either half-hour of MR. ROBINSON.  The bumps went to the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT clip show, LAST COMIC STANDING, BIG BROTHER, and MASTERCHEF.  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY kept its hold on Wednesday cable, slipping 0.02 to 0.75, with lead-outs WAHLBURGERS up an enormous two-tenths to 0.70 (special event?), DONNIE LOVES JENNY up 0.14 to 0.49, and LACHEY’S BAR up 0.03 to 0.29.  THE GAME (BET) was in 2d place by a tick, up 0.05 to 0.74.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS gained 0.09 to 0.65, with TIME MACHINE premiering at 0.32.  Comedy Central’s penultimate Jon Stewart-hosted THE DAILY SHOW (heavily sponsored by Arby’s, which was showcasing its sense of humor about itself) was at 0.61, with lead-ins KEY & PEELE up 0.18 to 0.47 and WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURRESS up 0.05 to 0.22.  On USA, SUITS rose 0.04 to 0.59, and MR. ROBOT gained 0.05 to 0.47.  MTV’s CATFISH dropped 0.07 to 0.53 and AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW lost almost half of last week’s premiere audience, down 0.19 to 0.21.  A FOX Sports 1 soccer match hit the Top 10 at 0.50.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN LA fell 0.09 to 0.42, with TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY at 0.33/0.27, down from last week’s 0.45/042.  At ABCFamily, the series finale of MELISSA & JOEY rose 0.04 to 0.41, and BABY DADDY dropped 0.07 to 0.36, with newcomer JOB OR NO JOB looking like it’ll soon be unemployed, premiering at an awful 0.06 with 138K total viewers.  Bravo’s FLIPPING OUT was up 0.02 to 0.38, and MILLION DOLLAR LISTING was steady at 0.25.  THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW fell 0.05 to 0.16 on Nick At Nite and 0.01 to 0.14 on TV Land, IMPASTOR lost 0.03 to 0.14 on Nick At Nite but gained 0.03 to 0.11 on TV Land, and THE EXES dropped 0.03 to 0.09 in its TV Land-only run, with 343K total viewers.  DEUTSCHLAND 83 (Sundance) finished its run up 0.02 to 0.03 with 107K total viewers.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.05/100K.

The DAM report:  IMPACT WRESTLING dropped 0.03 to 0.08/327K at 9PM, and added 0.01/42K at midnight (down 0.01).  RING OF HONOR aired only at 11PM, and was down 0.01 to 0.03/151K.

Due to our late text today, there were several accumulated requests:  the 10:30PM IDIOTEST on GSN was at 0.08/275K.  FANTOMWORKS (Velocity) was at 0.09/409K.  GAMER’S GUIDE (Disney XD) was at 0.06/633K.  CAR MATCHMAKER (Esq) was at 0.06/127K.  There was no listing for anything called UNSING HOLLYWOOD.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.05 Aug 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 5, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 09:00 PM 31 0.75 2,072
2 GAME, THE S9 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.74 1,769
3 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 09:31 PM 30 0.70 1,529
4 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.65 2,907
5 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.61 1,821
6 SUITS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 0.59 2,083
7 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN4B MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.53 900
8 COPA LIB FINALS: RIVER PLATE VS TIGRES FOX DEPORTES 09:00 PM 144 0.50 979
9 DONNIE LOVES JENNY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.49 1,207
10 KEY & PEELE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.47 807
11 MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 65 0.47 1,150
12 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.42 1,128
13 MELISSA & JOEY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 31 0.41 935
14 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.40 1,720
15 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.38 980
16 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 04:00 PM 30 0.37 2,088
17 BABY DADDY ABC FAMILY 08:31 PM 31 0.36 909
18 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.35 1,007
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.34 1,698
20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,961
21 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 30 0.33 1,030
22 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.32 1,221
23 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 25 0.32 1,552
24 LAND RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.30 917
25 LACHEYS BAR A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.29 773
26 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.29 684
27 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 09:30 PM 30 0.29 1,105
28 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 61 0.28 1,072
29 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.28 509
30 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 838
31 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: BOSTON/NEW YORK YANKEES ESPN 07:00 PM 181 0.28 860
32 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.27 2,450
33 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.27 894
34 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.27 654
35 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:01 PM 31 0.26 870
36 SOUTHERN JUSTICE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 942
37 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:32 PM 30 0.26 897
38 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING SF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.25 705
39 PERFECT MURDER, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,043
40 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,914
41 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:31 PM 30 0.24 715
42 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.24 923
43 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.23 504
44 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:01 PM 59 0.23 583
45 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.23 498
46 DATING NAKED 2 VH1 09:00 PM 60 0.23 568
47 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.23 473
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.23 478
49 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.23 479
50 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:00 PM 31 0.22 685
51 WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURESS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.22 428
52 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S7 MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.22 432
53 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.21 2,844
54 AMERICA BEST DANCE CREW 8 MTV 11:02 PM 61 0.21 452
55 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.20 423
56 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.20 445
57 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.20 798
58 X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST HBO PRIME 08:00 PM 131 0.20 407
59 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.19 427
60 SKIN WARS GSN 09:00 PM 60 0.19 517
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.19 374
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 349
63 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.18 409
64 PLAYBOOK: FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF T SPIKE TV 09:07 PM 127 0.18 504
65 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.17 354
66 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.17 427
67 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.17 391
68 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.16 403
69 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.16 558
70 LAB RATS DISNEY XD 08:30 PM 60 0.16 968
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.15 1,018
72 INTL SOCCER FRIENDLY   L: TOTTENHAM/AC MILAN ESPN2 12:00 PM 122 0.14 251
73 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 09:00 PM 60 0.14 335
74 BLUE COLLAR MILLIONAIRES CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.14 360
75 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.14 599
76 COPA LIB PREVIA FOX DEPORTES 08:00 PM 60 0.14 257
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 312
78 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.14 406
79 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.14 321
80 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.14 472
81 MONSTER IN MY FAMILY LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.14 399
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 308
83 WINX CLUB NICK JR 07:00 PM 30 0.14 594
84 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.14 1,362
85 FAMELESS TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.13 389
86 CONCACAF LC – L: AMERICA / MOTAGUA UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:00 PM 120 0.13 234
87 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.13 1,958
88 FOOD PARADISE INTERNATNL TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.13 307
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.12 704
90 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.12 699
91 INTL SOCCER FRIENDLY   L: REAL MADRID/BAYERN MUNICH ESPN2 02:30 PM 127 0.12 266
92 BLUE COLLAR MILLIONAIRES CNBC 10:30 PM 30 0.12 310
93 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.12 360
94 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:00 PM 30 0.12 264
95 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.12 1,889
96 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 258
97 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.11 374
98 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,340
99 WOLVERINE, THE: WOLVERINE, THE HBO PRIME 05:15 PM 126 0.11 193
100 IMPASTOR TV LAND 10:30 PM 31 0.11 484

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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.