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August 22, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.21.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Because of the many adjustments to the night’s ratings, a full analysis follows. Comparisons are to last week.

ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.03 to 1.3, and a BLACK-ISH rerun followed at 0.5.

NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (1.3) and MIDNIGHT, TEXAS (0.6) were each down 0.1.

FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was steady at 0.7.

CBS:  CBSN: ON ASSIGNMENT held at 0.4, after sitcom reruns at 0.5-0.7.

CW:  Reruns at 0.2/0.2.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast Aug 21.MON

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast topped the night at 1.21/1.14/1.10, compared to last week’s 1.21/1.15/1.05.  ESPN’s Preseason MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game was at 1.20.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped 0.09 to 1.06, and BALLER WIVES was down 0.16 to 0.63.  Cable news was dominated by the PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, which gave Fox News the night’s win at 0.62/5.1M, while CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 was at 0.51/2.4M during that hour, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at 0.42/3.1M.  On MTV, TEEN MOM gained 0.02 to 0.78, and SIESTA KEY was down 0.07 to 0.25.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY dipped 0.07 to 0.54, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS was down 0.07 to 0.26.  On TBS, AMERICAN DAD rose 0.02 to 0.50, and PEOPLE OF EARTH was up 0.02 to 0.30.  Discovery’s VEGAS RAT RODS was at 0.32.  On AMC, PREACHER fell 0.05 to 0.31, and LOADED was off the chart, down 0.01 to 0.04/178K.  HGTV’s TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING was at 0.31/0.27, compared to last week’s 0.28/0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.05 to 0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE ARE THEY NOW was at 0.28. Original episodes of COPS on Spike were at 0.30/0.28.  On ID, THE CORONER gained 0.02 to 0.28, and GONE held at 0.24. Food Network’s I HART FOOD climbed 0.03 to 0.26.  A&E’s ESCAPING POLYGAMY climbed 0.03 to 0.25, and INTERVENTION ticked up to 0.21.  TNT’s WILL was steady at 0.08.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable Aug 21.MON

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday August 21, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.21 3,581
2 NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL L: GIANTS/BROWNS ESPN 8:00 PM 186 1.20 3,574
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.14 3,416
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 72 1.10 3,216
5 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 4 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.06 2,043
6 TEEN MOM II SSN8 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.78 1,360
7 BALLER WIVES VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.63 1,361
8 PRES ADDRESS-AFGHANISTAN FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:01 PM 26 0.62 5,113
9 PRES ADDRESS/ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:27 PM 33 0.55 4,440
10 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.54 1,612
11 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 34 0.51 2,390
12 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.50 875
13 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:06 PM 54 0.47 1,155
14 CNN PAUL RYAN TOWN HALL CNN 9:34 PM 66 0.46 2,288
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:30 PM 30 0.42 3,125
16 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.41 1,847
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.37 3,124
18 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 9:00 PM 30 0.35 2,694
19 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN  L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.34 834
20 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.34 1,720
21 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.33 684
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:40 PM 20 0.33 1,601
23 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.32 1,560
24 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 55 0.32 2,822
25 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.32 995
26 VEGAS RAT RODS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.32 882
27 PREACHER AMC 9:00 PM 62 0.31 1,031
28 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.31 1,351
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,424
30 PEOPLE OF EARTH TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.30 615
31 GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE SCIENCE 1:00 PM 18 0.30 1,109
32 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.30 1,395
33 COPS (O) SPIKE TV 8:00 PM 30 0.30 961
34 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,546
35 COPS (O) SPIKE TV 8:30 PM 30 0.28 934
36 CORONER: I SPEAK FOR THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,219
37 HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,520
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.27 1,246
39 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.27 2,174
40 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.27 1,478
41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.27 1,925
42 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,410
43 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.27 1,625
44 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 709
45 GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE SCIENCE 12:00 PM 60 0.26 1,039
46 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.26 1,360
47 I HART FOOD FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 810
48 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.26 1,939
49 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.26 571
50 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.26 694
51 SIESTA KEY MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.25 438
52 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,952
53 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.25 2,185
54 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.25 1,647
55 ESCAPING POLYGAMY A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.25 620
56 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 524
57 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.25 2,078
58 GONE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,119
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,130
60 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.24 508
61 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,985
62 GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE SCIENCE 1:24 PM 36 0.23 832
63 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,727
64 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTLGY FL A&E NETWORK 8:28 PM 15 0.23 654
65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 1,069
66 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,762
67 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,607
68 INTERVENTION CA A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.21 593
69 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.20 1,256
70 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.20 1,875
71 SUNNY DAY NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.20 979
72 NEXO KNIGHTS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.20 566
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 387
74 COPS (O) 1000 EPS SPECIAL SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 676
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,734
76 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.19 1,407
77 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 371
78 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 1,061
79 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,693
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,101
81 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.17 759
82 MURDER LACI PETERSON FL A&E NETWORK 8:43 PM 17 0.17 536
83 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.17 488
84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,727
85 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 344
86 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 23 0.16 532
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,450
88 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,516
89 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,562
90 WATCHMEN: WATCHMEN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 162 0.16 376
91 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN2 9:15 PM 112 0.16 761
92 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 967
93 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 451
94 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,184
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 919
96 MAN V FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.15 430
97 MAN V FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.15 393
98 ZHUZHUS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 30 0.14 783
99 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,029
100 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,201
101 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,200
102 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.14 381
103 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: GROSSE POINTE, MI/EMILIA, ITALY ESPN 11:00 AM 120 0.14 477
104 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN2 6:31 PM 96 0.14 781
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN: US TOTAL ECLIPSE MSNBC 12:45 PM 135 0.14 1,211
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 291
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 669
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 291
109 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 795
110 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,142
111 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 945
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 855
113 GONE: THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 62 0.12 426
114 NFL LIVE ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 514
115 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN 3:23 PM 37 0.12 708
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,128
117 PREMIER LEAGUE L: EVERTON/MANCHESTER CITY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 131 0.12 296
118 GHOSTS OF SHEPHERDSTOWN DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.11 362
119 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 8:07 PM 68 0.11 488
120 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/REYNOSA, MEXICO ESPN 1:00 PM 143 0.11 567
121 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.11 236
122 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 705
123 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 536
124 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE HBO PRIME 4:10 PM 108 0.10 292
125 TIME MACHINE: NEW AGE OF TERROR: WITHOUT END HISTORY 9:00 PM 123 0.10 552
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 885
127 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 865
128 GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.09 434
129 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 896
130 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 189
131 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 45 0.09 943
132 GEORGE LOPEZ: THE WALL HBO PRIME 6:00 PM 60 0.09 241
133 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.09 208
134 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.08 207
135 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.08 229
136 AMERICAN GREED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 297
137 POOL KINGS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.08 258
138 WILL TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:00 PM 60 0.08 291
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 244
140 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.08 335
141 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 548
142 RUSH HOUR 3 HBO PRIME 10:25 AM 91 0.08 209
143 IT TAKES A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 11:00 PM 30 0.08 224
144 ENOUGH HBO PRIME 1:55 PM 115 0.07 217
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 228
146 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BOS AT CLE/ARI AT NYM MLB NETWORK 7:10 PM 220 0.07 332
147 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: JACKSON, NJ/RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA ESPN2 3:00 PM 136 0.07 333
148 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:04 PM 26 0.07 140
149 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.06 169
150 DORA AND FRIENDS NICK JR 3:30 PM 30 0.06 332

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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.