SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.17.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of THE SIMPSONS.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although it was far from the highest-rated show of the night, MAD MEN nevertheless got a fine send-off, jumping by 0.44 from last week to a 1.08 exit.  The lord of the evening, of course, was GAME OF THRONES, nevertheless down by 0.34 to 3.14.  The rest of the HBO line-up had SILICON VALLEY down 0.08 to 0.84, VEEP down 0.03 to 0.40, and LAST WEEK TONIGHT down 0.09 to 0.50.  E!’s KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS aired a special Bruce Jenner-centric episode, and had a big 0.35 gain to 1.40, but then the season finale of THE ROYALS lost 0.05 to 0.53.  On Showtime, PENNY DREADFUL rose 0.05 to 0.26, NURSE JACKIE fell a tick to 0.19, and HAPPYISH, while not even on the supplemental chart, managed to double its 18-49 rating to 0.08, and increased its total viewers by over 50K to 262K.  NAKED AND AFRAID (Discovery) rose 0.02 to 1.02.  A special REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA on Bravo wasn’t close to the real thing, down by almost half to 0.58, with BLOOD, SWEAT AND HEELS down 0.05 to 0.41, and FASHION QUEENS down 0.02 to 0.19.  Adult Swim’s CHINA, IL fell by 0.09 to 0.46.  INTERVENTION (A&E) also dropped by 0.09, to 0.32.  Lifetime’s LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES gained 0.04 to 0.26.  SALEM (WGN America) grew by 0.05 to 0.18.  A reader asked about BOOMTOWNERS (Smithsonian), and it barely rounded up to 0.01, with 42,000 total viewers.

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