UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.23.2020

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NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of LAST MAN STANDING, DUNCANVILLE, FAMILY GUY and NCIS: LA all lost 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE had an impressive season finale at 0.92, up 0.19 from last week’s episode and also up 0.33 from the 2019 finale, quite a feat in an era of steadily declining linear ratings.  (The CMT simulcast was at 0.10, down 0.02 from last week.)  On Showtime, the season finale of THI CHI was at 0.10, down 0.03 from last week and down 0.06 from 2019, with the rest of the network’s line-up off the chart, THE CIRCUS steady at 0.02/224K, WE HUNT TOGETHER down 0.02 to 0.02/117K, and DESUS & MERO steady at 0.03/54K.  The season finale of NOS4A2 was at 0.10 on AMC (steady with last week and down 0.06 from last season) and at 0.02/107K on BBCAmerica (up 0.01 from last week).  The finale of Freeform’s miniseries LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA was even more of a disaster than the first night, at 0.05 and 0.03/134K.  Meanwhile, on HBO, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY was steady at 0.23, followed by the premiere of THE VOW at 0.07, and LAST WEEK TONIGHT, up 0.05 to 0.21.

The few scripted networks that didn’t feature premieres or finales were led by Adult swim’s YOLO: CRYSTAL FANTASY at 0.23/0.18 compared to last week’s 0.23/0.21.  Syfy’s WYNONNA EARP ticked up to 0.08.

Sunday cable overall was topped by TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE, down 0.03 to 0.98 (the after-show up a tick to 0.41), with DARCEY & STACEY down 0.03 to 0.49.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 0.78/0.58.  NBC Sports Net’s NASCAR race was at 0.29.  ESPN’s MLB SUNDAY NIGHT was at 0.29.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE POTOMAC ticked down to 0.29.  On HGTV, RENOVATION ISLAND fell 0.16 to 0.27, CARIBBEAN LIFE was at 0.26/0.25 compared to last week’s 0.28/0.24, and MEXICO LIFE ticked down to 0.26.  TUDN’s UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE match was at 0.26.  On Discovery, ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE returned at 0.26, and EXPEDITION TO THE EDGE was at 0.11.  On Food Network, CHOPPED ticked up to 0.25, and BEAT BOBBY FLAY was down 0.06 to 0.22.  On ID, SIGNS OF A PSYCHOPATH was at 0.24, and EVIL LIVES HERE was at 0.24.  BET’s SUNDAY BEST rose 0.04 to 0.15. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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