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June 15, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.12.2015

 

Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE:  The WOMENS WORLD CUP match adjusted up by 0.1 to 1.6 in final numbers.  WHAT WOULD YOU DO also received a 0.1 bump, as did the rerun of BLUE BLOODS.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE took the night’s top cable slot, down 0.02 from last week to 0.95.  Lead-out CATCHING MONSTERS was up 0.02 to 0.39.  CHILDRENS HOSPITAL was up 0.05 to 0.55.  Disney Channel had 2 shows in the top 10, primetime’s GIRL MEETS WORLD up a tenth to 0.49, and a 9AM airing of MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE at 0.33.  Animal Planet’s TANKED was up 0.08 to 0.42.  Food Network had AMERICAN DINER REVIVAL steady at 0.40.  We’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP dropped 0.08 to 0.37.  Syfy debuted DARK MATTER at 0.31, a tenth better than BITTEN did in the timeslot last week.  However, DEFIANCE had a weak start in its move to Fridays, its 0.23 little more than half the ratings it was getting last summer on Thursday.  History’s HANGAR 1 lost 0.03 to 0.24.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER upticked to 0.22, and VICE gained 0.04 to 0.18. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable FRI.12 Jun 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday June 12, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.95 3,611
2 CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.55 1,193
3 GIRL MEETS WORLD DISNEY CHANNEL 08:30 PM 30 0.49 2,036
4 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 62 0.42 980
5 AMERICAN DINER REVIVAL FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.40 1,120
6 CATCHING MONSTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.39 1,484
7 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 09:00 PM 60 0.37 762
8 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 25 0.33 1,617
9 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.31 738
10 DARK MATTER SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,279
11 DOG WITH A BLOG DISNEY CHANNEL 08:00 PM 30 0.31 1,698
12 PHINEAS AND FERB DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 55 0.29 1,665
13 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.25 568
14 PHINEAS AND FERB DISNEY XD 09:00 PM 60 0.25 1,275
15 FACING EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:30 PM 30 0.24 742
16 HANGAR 1: HISTORY HISTORY 10:00 PM 63 0.24 1,192
17 DEFIANCE: 301/302 THE WORLD WE SEIZE/LAST UNICORNS SYFY 08:00 PM 120 0.23 1,111
18 WALLYKAZAM! NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.23 1,023
19 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.23 454
20 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.22 1,041
21 DARE TO WEAR TLC 10:05 PM 61 0.22 783
22 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.22 451
23 FIFA WOM WORLD CUP L: JAPAN/CAMEROON FOX SPORTS 1 09:38 PM 138 0.22 615
24 RHNY FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:12 PM 12 0.21 467
25 FACING EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.21 766
26 RHOC FIRST LOOK BRAVO 09:58 PM 14 0.21 468
27 ARCHER COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.21 365
28 LOVE LUST OR RUN TLC 09:00 PM 34 0.21 875
29 UNCLE GRANDPA THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.21 1,231
30 ARCHER COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 32 0.21 344
31 FIFA WOM WORLD CUP L: SWITZERLAND/ECUADOR FOX SPORTS 1 06:52 PM 124 0.21 587
32 DORA AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.20 886
33 VACATION HOUSE FOR FREE HOME AND GARDEN TV 06:00 PM 60 0.20 638
34 THE SOUP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.20 432
35 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.19 461
36 FIFA WOM WORLD CUP L: AUSTRALIA/NIGERIA FOX SPORTS 1 04:50 PM 122 0.19 631
37 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.19 394
38 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 439
39 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.19 429
40 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 376
41 VICE HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 29 0.18 677
42 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 369
43 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 90 0.18 419
44 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.17 414
45 MARRIED TO MEDICINE FL BRAVO 10:24 PM 12 0.17 389
46 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 346
47 PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS: PBC: LARA VS RODRIGUEZ SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 125 0.16 446
48 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.16 342
49 BRIDES GONE STYLED TLC 09:34 PM 31 0.16 736
50 LOVE LUST OR RUN: COUNTDO: N/A TLC 07:00 PM 120 0.15 649
51 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.15 342
52 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.15 320
53 GANGSTERS: AMERICANS EVIL SPIKE TV 02:59 PM 60 0.15 407
54 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,283
55 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.15 313
56 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 06:00 AM 240 0.14 283
57 SPORTSCENTER PRIME   L ESPN 10:04 PM 56 0.14 344
58 GANGSTERS: AMERICANS EVIL SPIKE TV 03:59 PM 60 0.14 375
59 COPA AMERICA MX – L: MEXICO VS. BOLIVIA BEIN SPORT 07:22 PM 128 0.14 341
60 MOTHER FUNDERS FIRST LOOK BRAVO 10:36 PM 13 0.13 318
61 COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD L: OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ESPN 07:30 PM 154 0.13 579
62 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 02:30 PM 30 0.13 322
63 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 03:00 PM 30 0.13 319
64 FLIPPING SHIPS ANIMAL PLANET 08:00 PM 61 0.12 476
65 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.12 1,480
66 PACIFIC RIM: PACIFIC RIM HBO PRIME 05:45 PM 131 0.12 232
67 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.12 647
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,228
69 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.11 1,095
70 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.11 504
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.11 955
72 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.11 1,871
73 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,238
74 EUROPEAN QUALIFIER       L: CROATIA/ITALY ESPN2 02:30 PM 150 0.11 237
75 BET AWARDS: CHARGED UP! BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.11 265
76 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.11 1,908
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 AM 60 0.10 707
78 BN/PRISON WRKER ARRAIGNED CNN 11:04 PM 29 0.10 338
79 OTHER WOMAN, THE (2014) HBO PRIME 01:31 PM 109 0.10 212
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 05:00 PM 60 0.10 585
81 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.10 342
82 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.10 264
83 PRISON WIVES CLUB LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 60 0.10 337
84 NEW MONEY E! 10:30 PM 30 0.09 195
85 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.09 452
86 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 955
87 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 11:04 PM 10 0.09 363
88 RON WHITE SALUTE TRP 2015 CMT 09:30 PM 90 0.09 442
89 THE OREILLY FACTOR SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.09 1,843
90 EXTREME HOMES (2012) HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.09 450
91 CNTD UNFINISHED BUSINESS: SPIKE TV 11:05 PM 31 0.09 215
92 WEED: DR SANJAY GUPTA RPT CNN 11:00 PM 31 0.09 306
93 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.08 1,421
94 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.08 1,104
95 PREACH LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 62 0.08 292
96 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,098
97 ISLE OF MAN TT VELOCITY 11:00 PM 60 0.08 195
98 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.08 168
99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 09:00 AM 60 0.08 468
100 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.08 288

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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.