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September 22, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.21.2015

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but LIFE IN PIECES dropped 0.1.  After adjustment for the football preemption in NY, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were each down 0.1, and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER fell 0.2 to a horrific 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated the night, of course, with MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, which at 4.65 was nevertheless much below last week’s 5.94/5.31 season openers.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP HOLLYWOOD jumped 0.33 to 1.44, while BLACK INK CREW gained a tenth to 1.10.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.18-1.10, very close to last week’s 1.18-1.06.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY was down 0.04 to 0.79, and LADIES OF LONDON climbed 0.08 to 0.41.  On Discovery, FAST N LOUD dropped 0.05 to 0.55, and RUSTED DEVELOPMENT fell 0.07 to 0.28.  On MTV,  AWKWARD lost 0.09 to 0.28 (and in the F12-34 demo, it was much worse, down 0.35 to 0.61), and FAKING IT was up 0.03 to 0.21 (but down 0.04 in the demo to 0.50), then the rejiggered remainder of the line-up had GIRL CODE LIVE at 0.14 in its new 10PM slot, TODRICK at 0.06/162K at 10:30PM, and GIRL CODE at 0.07/176K at 11PM.  On ABCFamily, SWITCHED AT BIRTH collapsed by two-tenths to 0.27 in 18-49s, but held better in the F12-34 demo by losing 0.12 to 0.49, while CHASING LIFE fell 0.09 in 18-49s to 0.19, and was down 0.15 in F12-34s to 0.36.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/106K.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable MON.21 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday September 21, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON      L: NY JETS/INDIANAPOLIS ESPN 8:15 PM 202 4.65 12,479
2 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 2 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.44 2,562
3 SPORTSCENTER:           L ESPN 11:37 PM 83 1.37 3,120
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.18 3,420
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 67 1.15 3,260
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.10 3,368
7 BLACK INK CREW 3 VH1 9:00 PM 60 1.10 2,049
8 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.79 1,850
9 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN  L ESPN 6:00 PM 75 0.78 1,877
10 FAST N LOUD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.55 1,571
11 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.53 1,187
12 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.47 976
13 LADIES OF LONDON BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.41 1,002
14 HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,299
15 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.34 1,318
16 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.32 732
17 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,216
18 WABBIT THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.31 1,236
19 R.RAY KIDS COOK OFF FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.30 945
20 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.29 598
21 AWKWARD SSN 5 MTV 9:00 PM 31 0.28 532
22 RUSTED DEVELOPMENT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.28 979
23 NFL PRIMETIME     L ESPN 1:30 PM 60 0.28 544
24 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.27 598
25 SWITCHED AT BIRTH ABC FAMILY 8:00 PM 61 0.27 701
26 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.27 780
27 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.27 511
28 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.26 573
29 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.25 629
30 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.24 589
31 KILLER INSTINCT WITH CH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 879
32 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,743
33 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.23 1,186
34 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,364
35 FAKING IT SSN 2B MTV 9:31 PM 31 0.21 401
36 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.21 414
37 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.21 463
38 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.21 498
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 510
40 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,257
41 CHASING LIFE ABC FAMILY 9:01 PM 60 0.19 538
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 419
43 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,081
44 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.18 519
45 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.17 2,391
46 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,518
47 FASHION POLICE WEEKLY E! 8:00 PM 60 0.17 524
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,570
49 GRAVITY FALLS DISNEY XD 8:00 PM 30 0.16 909
50 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,258
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,207
52 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.14 330
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,203
54 GIRL CODE LIVE MTV 10:02 PM 31 0.14 260
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,499
56 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.14 251
57 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 565
58 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 394
59 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 7:00 PM 30 0.13 247
60 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 7:30 PM 30 0.13 275
61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 579
62 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 594
63 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.13 357
64 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.13 287
65 BUSTED ON THE JOB SPIKE TV 3:00 PM 60 0.12 339
66 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.12 289
67 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 469
68 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,365
69 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 222
70 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.11 283
71 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,306
72 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 718
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 638
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 759
75 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 980
76 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 315
77 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,138
78 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 843
79 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 478
80 STAR VS FORCES OF EVIL DISNEY XD 8:30 PM 30 0.10 678
81 FRESH BEAT BAND OF SPIES NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.10 538
82 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 555
83 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.09 321
84 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,408
85 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.09 259
86 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.09 484
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 646
88 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 813
89 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 351
90 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 562
91 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 341
92 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 646
93 36 HOURS TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 233
94 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.09 172
95 BLADES OF GLORY HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 93 0.09 172
96 AROUND THE NFL NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.09 223
97 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 318
98 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 321
99 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 633
100 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.08 326

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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.