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July 29, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.28.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fell 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s DEADLIEST CATCH ruled Tuesday cable, up 0.14 to 1.00, and with its lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT at 0.49.  THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN) rose 0.08 to 0.89.  On Spike, INK MASTER and TATTOO NIGHTMARES returned at 0.80-0.52.  TNT’s RIZZOLI & ISLES (recently renewed for a shortened 13-episode season) lost 0.03 to 0.76, yet PROOF gained 0.06 to 0.30.  On ABCFamily, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost 0.05 to 0.74 (and was down a tenth in F12-34s to 1.79), and STITCHERS made a case that its renewal was justified by jumping 0.13 to 0.36 (and up 0.15 in the demo to 0.69).  History’s COUNTING CARS rose 0.09 to 0.52, and LEEPU & PITBULL squeezed out an extra hundredth to 0.50.  On TBS, CLIPPED climbed 0.08 to 0.47.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC fell 0.05 to 0.46.  The season premiere of Syfy’s FACE OFF was at 0.43.  DANCE MOMS (Lifetime) was steady at 0.42.  FX’s TYRANT gained 0.03 to 0.40.  On TLC, MY GIANT LIFE dropped 0.12 to 0.40, and LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD fell 0.08 to 0.39.  USA’s WWE TOUGH ENOUGH lost 0.05 to 0.35.  The just-renewed SCREAM (MTV) fell 0.04 to 0.29, and was down 0.03 in the F12-34 demo to 0.74.  On A&E, STORAGE WARS dropped 0.05 to 0.28, and BIG SMO was at 0.18/0.15 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.20.  ANOTHER PERIOD (Comedy) lost most of last week’s gain, down 0.12 to 0.22.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.07/123K.   

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable TUE.28 Jul 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday July 28, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 61 1.00 2,520
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.89 3,012
3 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.80 1,577
4 RIZZOLI & ISLES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 09:00 PM 60 0.76 4,403
5 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 61 0.74 1,584
6 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 09:31 PM 32 0.52 1,711
7 TATTOO NIGHTMARES SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.52 1,106
8 LEEPU & PITBULL HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.50 1,449
9 DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.49 1,433
10 CLIPPED TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.47 1,261
11 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.46 1,110
12 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS 2 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.45 1,365
13 COUNTING CARS: BEST OF HISTORY 09:00 PM 31 0.45 1,452
14 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.44 1,801
15 FLIP OR FLOP FOLLOWUP HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 30 0.43 1,605
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.43 940
17 FACE OFF SYFY 09:00 PM 60 0.43 1,178
18 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.42 1,335
19 TOTAL DIVAS E! 09:00 PM 60 0.42 1,083
20 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.41 1,189
21 TYRANT FX 10:00 PM 72 0.40 1,203
22 MY GIANT LIFE TLC 10:01 PM 60 0.40 1,441
23 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 09:00 PM 61 0.39 1,572
24 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.38 2,146
25 STITCHERS ABC FAMILY 09:01 PM 61 0.36 842
26 FX MOVIE PRIME: OBLIVION FX 07:00 PM 180 0.36 1,156
27 WWE TOUGH ENOUGH USA NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 0.35 980
28 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.32 768
29 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:30 PM 30 0.32 1,875
30 HENRY HUGGLEMONSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 15 0.30 1,501
31 PROOF TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,111
32 SCREAM: THE TV SERIES MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.29 751
33 DOC MCSTUFFINS DISNEY CHANNEL 09:45 AM 15 0.28 1,536
34 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 09:30 PM 31 0.28 1,216
35 NELLYVILLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 584
36 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.26 531
37 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.25 539
38 DANCE MOMS THROWBACK LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.24 842
39 ESCAPING POLYGAMY LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.24 483
40 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.23 836
41 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.23 699
42 ANOTHER PERIOD COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.22 435
43 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.22 2,543
44 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 62 0.22 465
45 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.22 479
46 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:30 PM 30 0.22 555
47 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.22 2,239
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.21 426
49 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 08:00 PM 60 0.21 886
50 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: NEW YORK YANKEES/TEXAS RANGERS FOX SPORTS 1 08:00 PM 229 0.21 823
51 EVERY WITCH WAY NICKELODEON 07:00 PM 30 0.20 1,221
52 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.19 441
53 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 30 0.19 554
54 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 58 0.19 407
55 BIG SMO A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.18 582
56 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 369
57 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:30 PM 30 0.18 586
58 MAZE RUNNER, THE HBO PRIME 07:00 PM 113 0.18 390
59 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.18 452
60 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.18 381
61 EVIL KIN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.17 697
62 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.16 365
63 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.16 669
64 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 30 0.16 492
65 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.16 398
66 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.16 312
67 BIG SMO A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.15 431
68 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,584
69 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.15 646
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.14 554
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.14 1,198
72 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.14 291
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:02 AM 58 0.13 270
74 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN DISNEY XD 08:00 PM 30 0.13 429
75 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,191
76 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.13 950
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 268
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 260
79 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 01:00 AM 60 0.13 408
80 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.13 250
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.13 263
82 TALIA IN THE KITCHEN NICKELODEON 07:30 PM 30 0.12 794
83 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.12 263
84 TAMMY HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 96 0.12 250
85 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,254
86 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 500
87 SPECIAL OLYMPICS L ESPN 07:00 PM 30 0.12 304
88 SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP OXYGEN MEDIA 09:00 PM 60 0.12 251
89 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.12 555
90 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 07:00 PM 60 0.12 559
91 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,131
92 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 276
93 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,058
94 SEVEN YEAR SWITCH FYI 09:00 PM 61 0.11 237
95 SITUATION ROOM CNN 05:00 PM 60 0.11 615
96 NEIGHBORS (2014) HBO PRIME 12:40 AM 96 0.11 201
97 HOLLYWOOD CYCLE E! 10:00 PM 60 0.11 230
98 MARIA DE TODOS 2 PR III GALAVISION 08:55 PM 30 0.11 201
99 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.10 239
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.10 577

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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.