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August 16, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, and the reruns of THE FLASH and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW all lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 15.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN again led Tuesday cable, down 0.03 from last week to 0.77, with lead-out SHOOTER up a tick to 0.34.  On OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS gained 0.02 to 0.64, and it was followed by the first night of the GREENLEAF midseason premiere at 0.46, which was down quite a bit from last year’s June 2016 Tuesday premiere at 0.84 (after 0.84 for HAVES AND HAVE NOTS), but almost steady with the March 2017 season premiere’s 0.48.  On MTV, THE CHALLENGE lost 0.02 to 0.55, and FEAR FACTOR was down 0.05 to 0.24.  Spike’s INK MASTER rose 0.03 to 0.50, and the REDEMPTION after-show was down 0.02 to 0.21.  The season premiere of A&E’s LEAH REMINI: REDEMPTION  was at 0.49, compared to 0.71 for last year’s series premiere, and lead-out MURDER OF LACI PETERSON was at 0.36.  It was another busy news day, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 took the demo at 0.47/1.9M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.43/3.3M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.30/2.6M. TBS’s WRECKED ticked up to 0.40.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM rose 0.04 to 0.39.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK dropped 0.14 to 0.45, and A NIGHT WITH MY EX was down 0.04 to 0.16.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH edged up 0.02 to 0.45, and MANHUNT: UNABOMBER was steady at 0.25. Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 slipped 0.02 to 0.34 was down 0.04 to 0.16.  On HGTV, GOOD BONES gained 0.03 to 0.33. On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED fell a tenth to 0.30, and RATTLED was down 0.09 to 0.22.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS shed 0.03 to 0.30. History’s CARS THAT MADE AMERICA was at 0.30 was down 0.02 to 0.28.  On ID, I AM HOMICIDE climbed 0.04 to 0.29, and 6 DEGREES OF MURDER ticked down to 0.22.  Food Network’s CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS held at 0.27. Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS gained 0.03 to 0.27, and SO SHARP was at 0.13.  BET’s BEING MARY JANE sank by 0.03 to 0.25.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS lost 0.04 to 0.25, and THE BOLD TYPE was down 0.04 to 0.13.  Syfy’s FACE OFF rose 0.02 to 0.23.  On Tru, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING jumped 0.08 to 0.21, and YOU CAN DO BETTER was down 0.02 to 0.07.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 15.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 15, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.77 2,530
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.64 2,400
3 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.55 877
4 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.50 1,027
5 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.49 1,405
6 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.47 1,877
7 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.46 1,812
8 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.45 1,164
9 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.45 1,677
10 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.45 1,629
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.43 3,297
12 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.40 1,013
13 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.40 1,577
14 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.39 1,157
15 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.38 1,469
16 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.36 1,584
17 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.36 1,354
18 MURDER OF LACI PETERSON A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 64 0.36 1,143
19 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.34 2,785
20 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.34 1,194
21 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.34 658
22 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,711
23 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.32 1,628
24 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.30 2,596
25 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.30 1,199
26 HARD KNOCKS 17-TAMPA BAY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.30 612
27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,675
28 TIME MACHINE: CARS THAT MADE AMERICA PT3 HISTORY 8:00 PM 122 0.30 1,601
29 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.30 2,130
30 I AM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,078
31 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,163
32 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:02 PM 63 0.28 893
33 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 839
34 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,316
35 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 4:00 PM 30 0.27 1,350
36 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.27 2,240
37 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.27 787
38 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.25 584
39 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.25 612
40 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 63 0.25 940
41 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.24 1,344
42 FEAR FACTOR MTV MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.24 472
43 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 701
44 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.22 903
45 SIX DEGREES OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 890
46 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.21 521
47 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.21 840
48 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 392
49 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,686
50 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,127
51 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.20 511
52 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,934
53 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,602
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 904
55 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.18 408
56 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 947
57 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.18 378
58 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.17 416
59 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 622
60 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,604
61 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 887
62 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.16 424
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 817
64 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.16 376
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,640
66 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 858
67 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 343
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,501
69 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,503
70 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 884
71 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,352
72 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,508
73 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,283
74 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L: FANTASY DRAFT SPECIAL ESPN 7:00 PM 240 0.15 276
75 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 300
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 772
77 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 11 0.14 414
78 ZHUZHUS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 30 0.14 736
79 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 299
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,747
81 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.13 294
82 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,089
83 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,493
84 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,085
85 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 294
86 SO SHARP LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.13 396
87 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 271
88 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,148
89 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 463
90 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 634
91 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,346
92 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,213
93 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 800
94 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 293
95 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.12 256
96 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 120 0.12 337
97 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,108
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,049
99 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE HBO PRIME 4:40 PM 108 0.11 249
100 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 533
101 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,092
102 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.10 215
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,009
104 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN 6:00 AM 240 0.10 235
105 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.10 226
106 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.10 189
107 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 224
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,060
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.10 195
110 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,048
111 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,015
112 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 198
113 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.09 216
114 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: JUNO FREEFORM 6:00 PM 120 0.09 239
115 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 162
116 SNAP DECISION GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.09 307
117 COPA MX – L: CRUZ AZUL / ATLETICO ZACATEPEC UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.09 184
118 NFL PROGRAMMING L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 179
119 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.08 180
120 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 388
121 FANTASY SHOW   L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 175
122 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 8:27 AM 26 0.07 252
123 UCL PLAYOFFS L: HOFFENHEIM/LIVERPOOL FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.07 184
124 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.07 150
125 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: DETROIT TIGERS/TEXAS RANGERS FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 211 0.07 397
126 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.07 170
127 HAUNTED TOWNS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.07 265
128 COPA MX – L: CELAYA / MONTERREY UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.07 135
129 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 114
130 100 MEXICANOS DIJIE..TU9P GALAVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.07 191
131 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.07 134
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 231
133 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 8:00 AM 30 0.07 207
134 DIVIDED GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.06 265
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 252
136 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.06 184
137 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 8:30 AM 30 0.06 211
138 AMATEUR SOFTBALL        L: SALISBURY, NC/FLOYDS KNOBS, IN ESPN2 9:30 PM 120 0.06 265
139 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.06 116
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 242
141 DIVIDED GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.06 226
142 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.06 342
143 SNAP DECISION GSN 9:30 PM 30 0.05 201
144 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 286
145 HENRY DANGER TEENNICK 8:00 PM 60 0.05 208
146 SPORTSNATION        L: N/A ESPN2 5:00 PM 120 0.05 92
147 AMATEUR SOFTBALL        L ESPN2 7:00 PM 109 0.05 234
148 CHASING CLASSIC CARS VELOCITY 9:30 PM 30 0.05 335
149 X GAMES ESPN2 11:30 PM 90 0.05 125
150 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY G HBO PRIME 2:45 PM 110 0.05 133

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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.