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September 14, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.13.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  As has been common on the last few Tuesdays, NBC’s AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BETTER LATE THAN NEVER swapped 0.1s in final numbers, respectively up and down.  Elsewhere, the BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, NCIS, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, REAL O’NEALS and AGENTS OF SHIELD reruns all dropped 0.1. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN topped Tuesday cable, up 0.12 to 0.91, with lead-out CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST up 0.07 to 0.73.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG had a 0.80 season premiere.  ID’s crack at the JonBenet story, AMERICAN MURDER, showed the appetite for the case is still strong at 0.60.  FX seems to have hit the sweet spot of critical raves and ratings success with ATLANTA, up 0.03 from its series premiere last week to 0.56.  Spike’s INK MASTER lost 0.04 to 0.49, with the REDEMPTION after-show down a tick to 0.29.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK dropped 0.07 to 0.48.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH: DUNGEON COVE was at 0.47, and TAKING FIRE was at 0.37.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE rose 0.06 to 0.44, and MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH was at 0.26/0.21, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.20.  On A&E, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT edged down 0.03 to 0.44, while BORN THIS WAY gained 0.06 to 0.29.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS fell 0.03 to 0.37, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.35.  On Food Network, CHOPPED TEENS and CHOPPED JR were both at 0.34, respectively down 0.02 and steady.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS fell 0.07 to 0.31.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.30/0.27, compared to last week’s 0.25/0.24.  TLC’s COUNTING ON rose 0.03 to 0.29, but CAKE BOSS dropped 0.05 to 0.13.  AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE was steady at 0.13. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 13, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.91 2,658
2 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.80 2,941
3 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.73 1,916
4 JONBENET:AMERICAN MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.60 2,321
5 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 35 0.56 1,074
6 FX MOVIE PRIME: 22 JUMP STREET FX 7:30 PM 150 0.55 1,025
7 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.49 1,041
8 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.48 1,370
9 DC: DUNGEON COVE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.47 1,541
10 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.44 1,215
11 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 76 0.44 1,087
12 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.42 981
13 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.37 1,780
14 TAKING FIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 62 0.37 1,062
15 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.35 1,713
16 CHOPPED TEENS 3 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.34 1,061
17 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.34 1,007
18 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.33 776
19 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.33 3,664
20 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.33 1,638
21 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.32 727
22 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.32 3,271
23 SPORTSNATION ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.32 640
24 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.31 667
25 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.31 651
26 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 70 0.31 878
27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,474
28 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.30 568
29 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.29 635
30 BORN THIS WAY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 65 0.29 784
31 FAIRLY ODD PARENTS NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.29 1,390
32 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.29 659
33 COUNTING ON TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.29 1,125
34 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:01 AM 59 0.27 556
35 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.27 533
36 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.27 519
37 MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.26 720
38 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 61 0.25 524
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.25 562
40 FACING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 592
41 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.24 642
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.24 515
43 FANTASY FTBL KICKOFF   L ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.24 514
44 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,782
45 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.23 458
46 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.23 474
47 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.23 560
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.22 505
49 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.21 430
50 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,567
51 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,404
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 982
53 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 488
54 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.21 442
55 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 458
56 MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH HISTORY 10:33 PM 30 0.21 626
57 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.20 491
58 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 396
59 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,447
60 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.20 375
61 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 8:45 PM 76 0.20 506
62 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 379
63 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 969
64 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY     L: FINLAND/USA ESPN 7:00 PM 157 0.19 439
65 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,316
66 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 831
67 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 893
68 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.18 585
69 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 846
70 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,692
71 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.17 392
72 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,655
73 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 733
74 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 824
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,793
76 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,541
77 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.15 424
78 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,625
79 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.14 333
80 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,499
81 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,271
82 WC OF HOCKEY STUDIO   L ESPN 9:37 PM 23 0.14 301
83 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,961
84 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,717
85 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,685
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,320
87 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.13 251
88 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:43 PM 34 0.13 314
89 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,463
90 CAKE BOSS TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.13 532
91 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.13 297
92 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 30 0.13 1,206
93 HALT AND CATCH FIRE AMC 10:00 PM 65 0.13 324
94 COUNTING ON: COUNTDOWN TO TLC 7:30 PM 30 0.13 424
95 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:17 PM 35 0.13 322
96 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.13 553
97 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:08 PM 35 0.12 273
98 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 9:01 PM 61 0.12 428
99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 807
100 ANDREW Z DRIVEN BY FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 416
101 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:52 PM 34 0.12 292
102 VH1 LIVE! VH1 11:00 PM 29 0.12 236
103 MOVIE: LETTER NEVER SENT LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.12 462
104 BACKSTAGE DISNEY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 30 0.11 752
105 BAD GIRLS CLUB SPECIAL OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.11 221
106 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 953
107 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:34 PM 34 0.11 225
108 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 738
109 MAFS: UNFILTERED FYI 10:01 PM 15 0.10 314
110 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.10 275
111 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.10 254
112 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 723
113 THROUGH THE WORMHOLE SCIENCE 10:02 PM 61 0.10 357
114 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:26 PM 34 0.10 265
115 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 887
116 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 705
117 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 800
118 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.10 233
119 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 654
120 SHOWCASE GAME: LAD AT NYY/BAL AT BOS MLB NETWORK 7:00 PM 192 0.09 367
121 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 235
122 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 230
123 THUNDERMANS NICKTOONS 8:30 PM 30 0.09 331
124 FOREST, THE HBO PRIME 6:15 PM 93 0.09 225
125 FANTASTIC FOUR, THE(2015) HBO PRIME 9:15 PM 100 0.09 231
126 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 571
127 SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.09 201
128 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 707
129 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.08 588
130 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 607
131 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.08 191
132 MAFS SHORT FYI 8:30 PM 15 0.08 265
133 ONE SHOT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 63 0.08 186
134 US OPEN CUP SOCCER L ESPN2 10:40 PM 94 0.08 172
135 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.08 453
136 BLACK MARKET: DISPATCHES VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.08 136
137 FANTASY AND FRIENDS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.08 184
138 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 486
139 AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR: 813 ESQUIRE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.07 247
140 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:12 PM 69 0.07 224
141 UNDRAFTED NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.07 182
142 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 575
143 UEFA CL GROUP STAGE – L: BARCELONA VS CELTIC FOX DEPORTES 2:30 PM 120 0.07 154
144 THUNDERMANS NICKTOONS 8:00 PM 30 0.07 283
145 WNBA BASKETBALL         L: MINNESOTA/CHICAGO ESPN2 8:00 PM 160 0.07 265
146 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 562
147 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.07 340
148 HENRY DANGER NICKTOONS 9:00 PM 30 0.07 318
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 279
150 BEYOND BITCHIN RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 210

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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.