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August 6, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.4.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CLAWS gained 0.03 to 0.28 on TNT, and was up 0.03 to 0.12 on TBS, the highest rated scripted show on Sunday cable (leaving aside the linear TV premiere of SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING on FX).  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT rose 0.05 to 0.24, and the season finale of EUPHORIA was up 0.02 to 0.21.  Hallmark’s GOOD WITCH dropped 0.04 to 0.18.  FX’s THE WEEKLY was steady at 0.17.  The 2-hour season premiere of AMC’s PREACHER was at 0.15, down 0.08 from the 2018 premiere, and down 0.14 from last season’s finale.  On Showtime, the just-renewed CITY ON A HILL climbed 0.02 to 0.08, and THE LOUDEST VOICE was steady at 0.04/419K.  On Starz, THE ROOK ticked down to 0.03/157K, and SWEETBITTER was also down a tick to 0.02/77K.  

TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE led Sunday cable, despite a 0.25 plunge to 0.58, with UNEXPECTED at 0.36, and that show’s post-hour at 0.27.  The premiere of Discovery’s SERENGETI was at 0.52, with lead-out ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE at 0.35.  ESPN’s MLB game was at 0.45.  NBC Sports Net’s NASCAR race was at 0.39.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE POTOMAC rose 0.05 to 0.37, and SOUTHERN CHARM ticked down to 0.20.  Food Network’s WORST COOKS IN AMERICA returned at 0.36.  Paramount’s BAR RESCUE jumped 0.09 to 0.33.  HGTV’s line-up was led by MEXICO LIFE, up a tick to 0.26.  On ID, EVIL LIVES HERE fell 0.07 to 0.26, and IMPACT OF MURDER was down 0.12 to 0.23.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS gained 0.04 to 0.26.  BET’s SUNDAY BEST grew by 0.05 to 0.21.  VH1’s WILD N OUT was at 0.19/0.18, compared to last week’s 0.17/0.14.  On E!, FLIP IT LIKE DISICK arrived at 0.16, and REVENGE BODY ticked down to 0.07.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday August 4, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 90 DAY FIANCE: BEFORE 90: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.58 1,897
2 FX MOVIE PRIME: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING FX 7:00 PM 180 0.54 1,439
3 SERENGETI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7:59 PM 62 0.52 2,351
4 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT        L: BOSTON/NY YANKEES ESPN 8:15 PM 198 0.45 2,206
5 NASCAR CUP SERIES RACE L: WATKINS GLEN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 3:27 PM 139 0.39 2,722
6 REAL HOUSEWIVES POTOMAC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.37 1,103
7 UNEXPECTED TLC 10:00 PM 63 0.36 1,248
8 WORST COOKS IN AMERICA FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,362
9 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.35 1,838
10 NASCAR CUP SERIES START L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 3:02 PM 25 0.34 2,146
11 BAR RESCUE PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 61 0.33 760
12 LEGEND OF DEEP BLUE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7:00 PM 59 0.32 1,056
13 NASCAR CUP SERIES POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:46 PM 24 0.29 1,860
14 CLAWS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.28 771
15 SP FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 6:00 PM 60 0.27 1,078
16 UNEXPECTED: BABY BUMPS TLC 11:03 PM 57 0.27 913
17 SP MEXICO LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,325
18 EVIL LIVES HERE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,067
19 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN14 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.26 585
20 GREAT WHITE ABYSS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.25 740
21 SP ISLAND LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,286
22 LAST WEEK TONIGHT HBO PRIME 11:07 PM 31 0.24 810
23 SP BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUN HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,289
24 IMPACT OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,152
25 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.23 1,440
26 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 1,345
27 BASEBALL RAIN DELAY    L ESPN 7:00 PM 75 0.22 1,416
28 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,026
29 EXP UNKNOWN: MEGALODON DISCOVERY CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 713
30 SUNDAY BEST 9 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 60 0.21 853
31 EXTINCT OR ALIVE: LOST DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 573
32 EUPHORIA HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 65 0.21 530
33 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.21 1,288
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,022
35 SOUTHERN CHARM NEW ORLEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.20 640
36 RELIABLE SOURCES CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,219
37 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 13 VH1 7:30 PM 30 0.19 404
38 SAVE THE LAST DANCE: SAVE THE LAST DANCE NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 155 0.19 524
39 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,226
40 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,223
41 GOOD WITCH HALLMARK CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.18 2,014
42 MONSTER MAKO: PREDATOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 489
43 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,016
44 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 13 VH1 7:00 PM 30 0.18 371
45 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 403
46 WEEKLY FX 10:00 PM 32 0.17 417
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,073
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,279
49 SHARKWRECKED: CRASH LAND DISCOVERY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 511
50 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:33 PM 87 0.17 673
51 LAWS OF JAWS: DANGEROUS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 509
52 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,123
53 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,213
54 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 434
55 BEAR VS SHARK DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 465
56 MURDER IN THE THIRST BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.16 627
57 SHARKS GONE WILD 2 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 404
58 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,502
59 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 349
60 MEDIA BUZZ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,645
61 SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,733
62 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 995
63 FLIP IT LIKE DISICK E! 9:00 PM 61 0.16 455
64 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,040
65 THE A&E MOVIE: POTC: DEAD MANS CHEST A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 182 0.15 449
66 E:60 ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 304
67 CARNIVOROUS FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.15 645
68 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,394
69 FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,318
70 PREACHER: 401/402 MASADA/LAST SUPPER AMC 9:00 PM 120 0.15 622
71 VALERIES HOME COOKING FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 30 0.15 777
72 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.15 864
73 LAWS OF JAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 421
74 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 873
75 FOX REPORT WITH JON SCOTT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,240
76 NASCAR CUP COUNTDOWN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:35 PM 27 0.14 1,029
77 SNAPPED OXYGEN MEDIA 6:00 PM 60 0.14 513
78 CARNIVOROUS FOOD NETWORK 1:30 PM 30 0.14 567
79 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,260
80 GORDON RAMSAY: UNCHARTED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 491
81 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 710
82 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX L: HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX ESPN2 9:05 AM 146 0.13 520
83 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 670
84 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,683
85 DELICIOUS MISS BROWN FOOD NETWORK 11:30 AM 30 0.13 666
86 WICKED TUNA: OUTER BANKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 609
87 HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: A. TEA – GAME CAT & MOUSE HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.13 1,343
88 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,707
89 CLAWS TBS NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.12 457
90 X-MEN MARATHON: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE AMC 6:30 PM 120 0.12 424
91 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.12 386
92 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,295
93 LIFE, LIBERTY AND LEVIN FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,322
94 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L: CARMENS CREW/OVERSEAS ELITE ESPN 12:00 PM 124 0.12 335
95 SHARK WEEK IMMERSION DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 268
96 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: HIS PERFECT OBSESSION LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 121 0.12 555
97 SUNDAY MOVIE: KINDERGARTEN COP FREEFORM 9:05 AM 155 0.12 363
98 NEXT REVOLUTION, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 1,428
99 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 300
100 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 10:30 AM 30 0.11 435
101 LEGENDARY LOCATIONS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 403
102 MLB REGULAR SEASON: BREWERS VS CUBS TBS NETWORK 2:00 PM 211 0.11 493
103 AM JOY: TWO MASS SHOOTINGS IN 24 HOURS MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.10 1,027
104 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 506
105 BAKUGAN:BATTLE PLANET THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.10 226
106 RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 445
107 SERENGETI ANIMAL PLANET 7:59 PM 62 0.10 611
108 NORTH WOODS LAW ANIMAL PLANET 9:01 PM 61 0.10 450
109 LEGENDARY LOCATIONS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 500
110 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 448
111 WICKED TUNA OBX CPL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 447
112 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: A. TEA-GAME OF CAT MOUSE HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.09 955
113 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 9:00 AM 60 0.09 273
114 LIGA MX L: FC JUAREZ / TOLUCA TUDN 7:45 PM 137 0.09 223
115 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L ESPN 2:04 PM 116 0.08 219
116 AMERICAN SWAMP MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 1,224
117 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 4:30 PM 15 0.08 341
118 CITY ON A HILL S1 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:01 PM 56 0.08 601
119 DORA THE EXPLORER NICK JR 9:00 AM 30 0.08 339
120 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 10:00 AM 30 0.08 322
121 TIME MACHINE: CARWEEK: BATTLE 80S SUPRCAR DH HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.08 300
122 SECRETS OF THE ZOO NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.08 481
123 POLITICS NATION MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 861
124 LICENSE TO KILL OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 60 0.08 368
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ K. GIBSON: TWO MASS SHOOTINGS IN 24 HOURS MSNBC 2:00 PM 120 0.08 823
126 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.08 224
127 KASIE DC: N/A MSNBC 7:00 PM 120 0.08 943
128 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 661
129 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.08 438
130 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION: TWO MASS SHOOTINGS IN 24 HOURS MSNBC 12:00 PM 120 0.08 939
131 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 4:45 PM 15 0.08 362
132 RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.08 311
133 IF WE BUILT IT TODAY SCIENCE 10:00 PM 59 0.08 407
134 DETROIT MUSCLE HISTORY 8:30 AM 30 0.08 251
135 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 864
136 LIGA MX SUN: UNAM / TIGRES TUDN 12:30 PM 150 0.08 177
137 MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: MINNESOTA/PORTLAND ESPN 4:00 PM 130 0.07 215
138 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS: TWO MASS SHOOTINGS IN 24 HOURS MSNBC 8:00 AM 120 0.07 664
139 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 300
140 WICKED TUNA: OBX OR BUST NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 326
141 NASCAR CUP SERIES PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:00 PM 95 0.07 569
142 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 341
143 RAINBOW RANGERS NICK JR 9:30 AM 30 0.07 315
144 REVENGE BODY W KHLOE K E! 10:01 PM 59 0.07 214
145 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 928
146 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.07 235
147 VENGEANCE: KILLER NGHBRS HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 382
148 TRNING PT W DR D JEREMIAH USA NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.07 224
149 BSBL TONIGHT: SUN CTDWN L ESPN 6:10 PM 50 0.07 336
150 AUTOPSY (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 450

 

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."