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August 2, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.1.2017

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The rich got richer in final numbers, as AMERICA’S GOT TALENT climbed 0.2 to a towering 2.9.  (Note that SOMEWHERE BETWEEN did retain its preliminary 0.4 in finals, for what it’s worth.)

 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Fast Demo 2017 Aug 01.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s MANHUNT: UNABOMBER debuted at an OK 0.35 (plus 0.27 for a simulcast on ID), below all of last Tuesday’s SHARK WEEK programming.  We don’t have an hourly breakdown of the rating.  On Discovery, MANHUNT was preceded by a DEADLIEST CATCH episode at 0.41.

USA was back on top of Tuesday cable, with WWE SMACKDOWN down a tick to 0.76, and SHOOTER up a tick to 0.33.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS slipped a tick to 0.59.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK dropped 0.02 to 0.53, and A NIGHT WITH MY EX was down 0.02 to 0.21.  Spike’s INK MASTER rose 0.07 to 0.53, and the REDEMPTION after-show was up 0.02 to 0.28.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE lost 0.04 to 0.50, and AMERICAN RIPPER was down 0.08 to 0.30.  On MTV, THE CHALLENGE gained 0.02 to 0.49, and FEAR FACTOR was down 0.04 to 0.26.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM climbed 0.03 to 0.39.  Cartoon Network’s 6PM TEEN TITANS GO was at 0.39.  TBS’s WRECKED rose 0.04 to 0.38.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED ticked up to 0.38, and RATTLED was down 0.03 to 0.23. Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 was steady at 0.35, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was up 0.06 to 0.25. HGTV’s GOOD BONES gained 0.02 to 0.35. MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news at 0.33/2.6M, above Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.28/2.6M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.26/1.2M.  BET’s BEING MARY JANE ticked down to 0.33.  Food Network’s CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS debuted at 0.29.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS dropped 0.04 to 0.25, and THE BOLD TYPE was up 0.03 to 0.19.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS returned at 0.24.  On Tru, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING gained 0.03 to 0.22, and YOU CAN DO BETTER was up 0.04 to 0.11.  ID’s 6 DEGREES OF MURDER held at 0.20.  Syfy’s FACE OFF lost 0.02 to 0.18.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 01.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 1, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.76 2,569
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.59 2,304
3 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.53 1,393
4 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.52 1,084
5 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.50 1,304
6 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.49 838
7 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.41 1,502
8 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.39 1,208
9 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 10 0.39 1,587
10 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.38 1,080
11 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.38 1,449
12 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.35 649
13 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.35 1,523
14 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 122 0.35 1,250
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.33 2,571
16 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.33 788
17 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.33 1,155
18 OK K.O.!LETS BE HEROS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:10 PM 17 0.31 1,345
19 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.30 960
20 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.30 844
21 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.29 912
22 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.28 541
23 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,643
24 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER: N/A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 122 0.27 980
25 OK K.O.!LETS BE HEROS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:27 PM 33 0.27 1,249
26 OK K.O.!LETS BE HEROS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 15 0.26 1,228
27 FEAR FACTOR MTV MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.26 538
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,302
29 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,191
30 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.25 657
31 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.25 490
32 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.24 730
33 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,545
34 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,105
35 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,309
36 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,119
37 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,085
38 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.23 923
39 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 658
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,162
41 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 386
42 RUSTY RIVETS NICKELODEON 1:00 PM 30 0.22 995
43 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.21 556
44 CNN GLOBAL TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,093
45 SIX DEGREES OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.20 864
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,002
47 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,753
48 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 752
49 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.19 352
50 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.19 1,048
51 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,837
52 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L: BOEHEIMS ARMY/OVERSEAS ELITE ESPN 9:41 PM 124 0.19 411
53 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,730
54 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,927
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,079
56 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 621
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 377
58 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 390
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,589
60 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:45 PM 15 0.17 381
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,738
62 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L: TEAM CHALLENGE ALS/SCARLET & GRAY ESPN 7:00 PM 161 0.16 361
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,933
64 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 954
65 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 826
66 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.16 1,363
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,582
68 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 403
69 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 342
70 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 355
71 PROFIT 10 RULES 4 SUCCESS CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 418
72 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.15 335
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,368
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 919
75 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.14 307
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 786
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,204
78 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.14 302
79 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,165
80 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 444
81 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,365
82 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,393
83 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,567
84 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 453
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 281
86 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 730
87 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:01 PM 12 0.13 405
88 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,167
89 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 271
90 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 28 0.13 366
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 791
92 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 373
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,016
94 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,058
95 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.12 260
96 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 728
97 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.11 217
98 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,365
99 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,384
100 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 242
101 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 524
102 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 645
103 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 105 0.11 298
104 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 765
105 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 238
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 218
107 BBCA MOVIE: KING KONG (2005) BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 240 0.10 369
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 999
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 222
110 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 414
111 SHOWCASE GAME: CLE AT BOS/DET AT NYY MLB NETWORK 7:11 PM 221 0.09 374
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 992
113 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,268
114 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 421
115 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 170
116 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,010
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 270
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 856
119 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.08 282
120 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 896
121 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.08 199
122 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.08 151
123 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 396
124 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 161
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 226
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 245
127 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.07 426
128 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.07 136
129 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:52 PM 78 0.07 198
130 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 127
131 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY G HBO PRIME 10:06 AM 110 0.07 142
132 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.07 159
133 PARANORMAL SURVIVOR DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.07 186
134 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 149
135 100 MEXICANOS DIJIE..TU9P GALAVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.06 163
136 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 96
137 TOP RANK BOXING ESPN2 9:30 PM 45 0.06 159
138 TOP RANK BOXING ESPN2 8:30 PM 60 0.06 176
139 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.06 118
140 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 115
141 STRANGERS THE (2008) HBO PRIME 11:05 PM 85 0.05 141
142 COPA MX – L: TIJUANA / PUEBLA UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:00 PM 124 0.05 118
143 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.05 105
144 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 110
145 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 199
146 TOP RANK BOXING ESPN2 10:15 PM 45 0.05 147
147 UNDISPUTED L: 222 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 115
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 189
149 MLS HOMEGROWN GAME L: JOVENES MLS / CHIVAS U-20 UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 125 0.05 88
150 BIG BROTHER:  AFTER DARK: BBA-170134 BBAD EP 1234 8/1/17 POP 12:00 AM 180 0.05 145

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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.