SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.13.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  (NOTE:  because of the NFL preemptions last night, comparisons are to last Thursday’s final ratings, not to this morning’s preliminaries.)  On ABC, ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB and ROOKIE BLUE remained at last week’s 0.6, while MISTRESSES climbed 0.1 to 0.7.  On CBS, the MOM reruns, at 0.7/0.8, were far below last week’s BIG BANG THEORY/MOM reruns at 1.5/1.2, while BIG BROTHER dropped 0.3 to 1.9, and UNDER THE DOME was steady at 0.8.  On NBC, FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE were each down 0.2, to 0.7 and 0.9.  On FOX, BOOM fell 0.2 to 0.5, but the BONES rerun was up 0.1 to 0.5.  On CW, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was up 0.1 to 0.3, and an ARROW rerun was at 0.2.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network ran a double feature of games, scoring the #1 and #4 cable shows of the night:  New England vs Green Bay at 0.91, and Dallas vs. San Diego at 0.55.  MTV’s TEEN MOM dropped 0.04 to 0.78, and ONE BAD CHOICE gained 0.02 to 0.28.  On History, ALONE grew by 0.08 to 0.58, but MOUNTAIN MEN shrank by 0.05 to 0.48.  Syfy’s WWE fell 0.12 to 0.56, and then DOMINION was off by 0.04 to 0.23, GEEKS WHO DRINK slid 0.02 to 0.09, and REACTOR was steady at 0.05 (with 170K total viewers).  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY added 0.07 to 0.54.  LIP SYNC BATTLE (Spike) rebounded from last week by a tenth to 0.49.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS gained 0.04 to 0.45.  Once again, an afternoon airing of ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS on Nickelodeon hit the Top 10 at 0.43.  On A&E, BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT shaved off 0.02 to 0.42, and BEHIND BARS: FIRST YEAR was stable at 0.42.  We’s BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES lost a tenth to 0.42, and LA HAIR was down 0.02 to 0.32.  The season finale of USA’s COMPLICATIONS rose 0.06 to 0.34, and GRACELAND was up 0.04 to 0.25.  On FX, SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL fell a tenth to 0.21, and MARRIED took a 0.7 tumble to 0.12.  The season finale of Sundance’s RECTIFY dropped 0.01 in 18-49s to 0.3, but grew by 36K total viewers to 149K.  On IFC, the season finale of MARON was at 0.05/117K, and COMEDY BANG BANG rose 0.02 to 0.03, with 50K total viewers.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/119K.

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