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August 7, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.6.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BLESS THIS MESS rerun lost the same.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.63, with MIZ & MRS up 0.09 to 0.39, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY returning at 0.25.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY returned at 0.44, and lead-out FLIPPING EXES was at 0.14.  On Discovery, THE DEADLIEST CATCH came back from its SHARK WEEK break at 0.37, and UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE premiered at 0.30.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW dropped 0.05 to 0.36.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS had a 0.34 season premiere.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM ticked up to 0.33.  Fox News’s HANNITY topped cable news at 0.28/0.45/3.3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.26/0.38/2.6M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.19/0.28/1M.  On Food Network, CHOPPED jumped 0.09 to 0.27.  On ID, TIL DEATH DO US PART ticked down to 0.25, and WEB OF LIES was also down a tick to 0.22.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.06 to 0.25, GOOD BONES ticked down to 0.24, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.04 to 0.22.  TLC’s THE LITTLE COUPLE returned at 0.23.  A&E’s INTERVENTION: HEROIN HUB was at 0.22, and 60 DAYS IN NARCOLAND was down 0.07 to 0.18.  Paramount’s INK MASTER slipped 0.02 to 0.22.  TBS’s THE DETOUR tumbled 0.09 to 0.22.  MTV’s EX ON THE BEACH lost 0.06 to 0.19.  The season finale of Comedy Central’s DRUNK HISTORY climbed 0.06 to 0.18, and ALTERNATINO was up 0.02 to 0.11.  FX’s POSE edged up 0.02 to 0.17.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS gained 0.04 to 0.17.  OWN’s AMBITIONS was up 0.02 to 0.15.  The midseason finale of Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE grew by 0.02 to 0.11.  BET’s TALES fell 0.07 to 0.10.  Off the chart, WGN’s THE DISAPPEARANCE ticked down to 0.02/115K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 6, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.63 2,088
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.44 1,416
3 MIZ & MRS USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.39 1,057
4 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 64 0.37 1,499
5 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 5B VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.36 824
6 HARD KNOCKS 19 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 51 0.34 705
7 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.33 1,195
8 UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:04 PM 60 0.30 1,044
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,310
10 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.27 890
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,595
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,074
13 TIL DEATH DO US PART INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,165
14 GROWING UP CHRISLEY USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.25 739
15 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 1,425
16 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,422
17 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,533
18 LITTLE COUPLE: N/A TLC 9:00 PM 122 0.23 1,524
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 1,519
20 INTERVENTION: HEROIN HUB A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.22 604
21 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.22 580
22 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,045
23 DETOUR, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.22 707
24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.20 655
25 EX ON THE BEACH MTV SSN 3 MTV 8:00 PM 62 0.19 389
26 EPIC NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.19 777
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,028
28 GOOD BONES: DOWN TO STUDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,137
29 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.18 670
30 EPIC NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 90 0.18 649
31 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,088
32 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.18 539
33 DRUNK HISTORY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.18 338
34 60 DAYS IN: NARCOLAND A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.18 549
35 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,752
36 POSE FX 10:00 PM 73 0.17 508
37 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,438
38 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.17 602
39 LITTLE COUPLE: COUNTDOWN TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,064
40 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,667
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,543
42 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.16 407
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,117
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,992
45 AMBITIONS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.15 707
46 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:55 PM 65 0.15 367
47 INFINITY TRAIN THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.14 502
48 INFINITY TRAIN THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.14 534
49 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 870
50 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,839
51 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,446
52 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 339
53 FLIPPING EXES BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.14 440
54 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.13 349
55 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.13 248
56 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.13 466
57 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 760
58 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 336
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 786
60 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: MIDLAND, TX/TULSA, OK ESPN 7:00 PM 128 0.13 566
61 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 8:00 PM 62 0.13 808
62 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,498
63 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 382
64 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L ESPN 9:08 PM 107 0.12 385
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,520
66 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,411
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,334
68 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.11 468
69 ALTERNATINO COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.11 209
70 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 279
71 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.11 288
72 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.11 337
73 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.11 256
74 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,439
75 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,230
76 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,166
77 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,389
78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,118
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,409
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 763
81 TALES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 267
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 236
83 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: MAJOR LEAGUE PARAMOUNT 7:30 PM 150 0.10 352
84 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 248
85 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,472
86 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,192
87 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 261
88 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.09 207
89 SP FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 60 0.09 480
90 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.09 242
91 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,334
92 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 219
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 714
94 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 10:30 PM 30 0.09 412
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 738
96 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 746
97 EXP UNKNOWN REPACK: TEXU-SP74H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.09 521
98 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 659
99 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 801
100 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 238
101 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.09 207
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 961
103 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,354
104 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,098
105 CODE OF THE WILD TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 365
106 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 202
107 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 863
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,077
109 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.08 265
110 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 627
111 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.08 196
112 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 248
113 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 676
114 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 878
115 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 694
116 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 906
117 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 604
118 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 212
119 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 512
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 949
121 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 872
122 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: KICKS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:55 PM 120 0.07 171
123 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L ESPN2 9:00 PM 17 0.07 172
124 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:00 PM 30 0.07 418
125 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 10:00 PM 30 0.07 365
126 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 958
127 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 127
128 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 162
129 DATING: NO FILTER E! 11:00 PM 30 0.06 155
130 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.06 238
131 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:30 PM 30 0.06 383
132 UNDISPUTED L: 726 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 155
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 277
134 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.06 157
135 SUNDANCETV PREMIERE EVENT: CARRIE (2013) SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 135 0.06 153
136 HOW ITS MADE: SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 284
137 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:00 PM 30 0.06 355
138 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:30 PM 30 0.06 366
139 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 411
140 NEXT BIG THING, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.06 155
141 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 26 0.06 255
142 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.05 129
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 241
144 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 126
145 SALVAGE HUNTERS: CLASSIC MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 205
146 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: OAK AT CHC / ATL AT MIN MLB NETWORK 8:07 PM 158 0.05 274
147 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.05 126
148 PROFIT AN INSIDE LOOK CNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.04 198
149 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 125
150 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 109

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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.