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August 9, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.8.2017

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  As it has before, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a terrible 0.3.  In addition, the WORLD OF DANCE season finale lost 0.1 as well.  On the other side of the ledger, the NCIS rerun gained 0.1.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 08.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another Tuesday cable win for USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN, up 0.04 to 0.80, with lead-out SHOOTER steady at 0.33.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS rose 0.03 to 0.62. On Bravo, BELOW DECK grew by 0.06 to 0.59, and A NIGHT WITH MY EX was down 0.01 to 0.20. MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.08 to 0.57, and FEAR FACTOR was up 0.03 to 0.29.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE ticked down to 0.49, and AMERICAN RIPPER held at 0.30.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH edged up 0.02 to 0.43, and MANHUNT: UNABOMBER was down 0.06 from last week’s series premiere to 0.29 (the latter was simulcast on ID at 0.25, down 0.02 from last week). Spike’s INK MASTER lost 0.05 to 0.47, and the REDEMPTION after-show was down 0.05 to 0.23.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED rose 0.02 to 0.40, and RATTLED was up 0.08 to 0.31.  TBS’s WRECKED ticked up to 0.39.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 added a tick to 0.36, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was down 0.05 to 0.20.  TNT’s newly-renewed ANIMAL KINGDOM fell 0.04 to 0.35.  The season premiere of HBO’s HARD KNOCKS was at 0.33.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news at 0.31/2.6M, above CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.27/1.1M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.24/2.5M.  HGTV’s GOOD BONES fell 0.05 to 0.30.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS gained 0.04 to 0.29, and THE BOLD TYPE was down 0.02 to 0.17.  BET’s BEING MARY JANE lost 0.05 to 0.28.  Food Network’s CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS dipped 0.02 to 0.27.  ID’s I AM HOMICIDE was at 0.25, and 6 DEGREES OF MURDER was up 0.03 to 0.23.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS was steady at 0.24.  Syfy’s FACE OFF gained 0.03 to 0.21.  On Tru, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING dropped 0.09 to 0.13, and YOU CAN DO BETTER was down 0.02 to 0.09.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 08.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 8, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.80 2,584
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.62 2,328
3 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.59 1,449
4 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.57 932
5 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.49 1,288
6 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.47 1,003
7 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.43 1,515
8 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.40 1,444
9 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.39 999
10 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.36 710
11 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 59 0.35 1,203
12 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.33 1,271
13 HARD KNOCKS 17-TAMPA BAY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.33 671
14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,555
15 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.31 1,078
16 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,576
17 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.30 894
18 FEAR FACTOR MTV MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.29 570
19 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 62 0.29 904
20 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.29 694
21 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.28 755
22 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 835
23 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,134
24 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,131
25 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,669
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,177
27 I AM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 61 0.25 1,161
28 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.25 937
29 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:01 PM 62 0.25 861
30 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,541
31 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,914
32 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.24 2,248
33 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 665
34 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,205
35 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.24 672
36 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.23 521
37 SIX DEGREES OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,122
38 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,074
39 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.21 869
40 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 630
41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,288
42 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.21 1,052
43 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,714
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.20 1,669
45 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 1,809
46 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,682
47 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 424
48 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.20 426
49 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.20 463
50 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 462
51 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,449
52 PROFIT: MARIJUANA MILLION CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 529
53 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,545
54 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 396
55 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 360
56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,049
57 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 762
58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 981
59 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 354
60 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 9:30 PM 90 0.17 371
61 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.17 723
62 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 8:00 PM 90 0.17 360
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,838
64 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,461
65 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.17 339
66 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 967
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,499
68 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 507
69 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,285
70 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.15 1,085
71 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.15 322
72 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,402
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 319
74 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:10 PM 20 0.15 445
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 314
76 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,400
77 COPA MX – L: AMERICA / UAEM UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.15 276
78 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 323
79 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,467
80 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 282
81 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 816
82 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.13 309
83 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,183
84 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,174
85 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,206
86 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.13 536
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 740
88 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: PEACHTREE CITY, GA/GOODLETTSVILLE, TN ESPN 3:00 PM 130 0.13 461
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 678
90 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: RIVER RIDGE, TX/SAN ANTONIO, TX ESPN2 8:00 PM 162 0.13 529
91 UEFA SUPER CUP L: REAL MADRID/MANCHESTER UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.12 315
92 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 274
93 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 10:42 PM 18 0.12 357
94 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 370
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 650
96 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS/KANSAS CITY ROYALS FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 198 0.12 620
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 667
98 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 232
99 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 13 0.12 353
100 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,084
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 231
102 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 770
103 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 603
104 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 710
105 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 920
106 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 715
107 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 235
108 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 778
109 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 802
110 MAX PAYNE HBO PRIME 8:15 PM 100 0.10 279
111 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.10 217
112 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.10 427
113 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 851
114 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 850
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 24 0.09 330
116 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 414
117 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.09 176
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 823
119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 872
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 911
121 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 11:00 PM 90 0.08 202
122 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.08 167
123 MYSTERIOUS WILDS OF INDIA: N/A ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 120 0.08 396
124 NFL LIVE ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.08 191
125 COPA MX – L: ZACATEPEC / TIGRES UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.08 156
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 247
127 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 8:27 AM 26 0.07 252
128 100 MEXICANOS DIJIE..TU9P GALAVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.07 140
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 277
130 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CHC AT SF/LAD AT ARI MLB NETWORK 10:00 PM 181 0.07 225
131 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.07 343
132 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.07 147
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 269
134 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 128
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 266
136 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.07 144
137 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 13 0.07 151
138 PARANORMAL SURVIVOR DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.06 195
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 267
140 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 113
141 TED 2 MAXPRIME 6:00 PM 115 0.06 128
142 SNAP DECISION GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 230
143 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 133
144 DIANA, OUR MOTHER:LIFE&LE HBO PRIME 11:30 PM 68 0.06 150
145 TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME: TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.06 156
146 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 141
147 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.06 157
148 LAST CHANCE HIGH VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.06 132
149 MICHAELA HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 200
150 ALMOST CHRISTMAS HBO PRIME 9:00 AM 111 0.05 140

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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.