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August 13, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.12.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of BLACK-ISH, but AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL lost the same amount.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY retained its Wednesday title, up 0.09 to 0.84, although lead-out WAHLBURGERS lost 0.13 to 0.57, DONNIE LOVES JENNY was down 0.12 to 0.37, and LACHEY’S BAR fell 0.04 to 0.25.  On USA, SUITS climbed 0.09 to 0.68, while a particularly jaw-dropping episode of MR. ROBOT shed 0.03 to 0.44.  Food Network’s CAMP CUTTHROAT debuted at 0.56.  CATFISH (MTV) gained a tick to 0.54, and AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW rose 0.03 to 0.24.  An episode of TBS’s CONAN hit the Top 10 at 0.48, up a tremendous 0.21 from last Wednesday, which suggests some special event.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS dropped 0.18 to 0.47, and THE WOODSMEN returned to the 10PM slot at 0.30, around the same as TIME MACHINE’s 0.32 last week.  ALVINNNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS gave Nickelodeon a Top 10 berth at 0.46, up 0.09 from last week.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN LA edged up 0.03 to 0.45, and TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY was also up 0.03 to 0.36.  Comedy Central’s KEY & PEELE fell 0.17 to 0.30, and WHY? WITH HANNIBAL BURRESS held at 0.22.  FLIPPING OUT (Bravo) gained 0.01 to 0.39, and MILLION DOLLAR LISTING dropped 0.05 to 0.20.   ABCFamily’s new sitcom KEVIN FROM WORK didn’t have much of a premiere at 0.24. and things got worse with the 2d episode at 8:30PM, down an instant tenth to 0.14.  On TV Land, THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW (which was a quasi-“original”, as the episode had aired as a “sneak” after TV Land season finales) was up 0.02 to 0.16, and on Nick At Night it gained 0.08 to 0.24, while IMPASTOR was up 0.02 to 0.13 on TV Land and up 0.02 to 0.15 on Nick At Nite.  The newly-canceled THE EXES rose 0.02 to 0.11 on TV Land only.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.09/173K.

The DAM Report:  IMPACT WRESTLING was steady in 18-49s but down 57K total viewers at 0.08/270K in its 9PM run, and added 0.02/60K at midnight (up 0.01/16K), while RING OF HONOR was at 0.04/148K, respectively up 0.01 and down 3K.

We had several requests for Disney XD premiere numbers, so here they are:  KIRBY BUCKETS 0.08/374K, MIGHTY MED 0.07/433K, LAB RATS 0.09/581K, GAMER’S GUIDE 0.08/478K, WINX CLUB.  Also, on Nick Jr, WINX CLUB was at 0.10/586K. 

 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.12 Aug 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box.

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 12, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 09:00 PM 31 0.84 2,223
2 SUITS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 0.68 2,306
3 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 09:31 PM 30 0.57 1,309
4 CAMP CUTTHROAT FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.56 1,261
5 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN4B MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.54 989
6 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.48 1,002
7 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.47 2,699
8 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 04:00 PM 30 0.46 2,330
9 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.45 1,184
10 MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 65 0.44 1,238
11 KEY & PEELE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.40 647
12 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.40 1,918
13 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.39 1,050
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.38 1,813
15 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.37 1,236
16 DONNIE LOVES JENNY A&E NETWORK 10:04 PM 30 0.37 975
17 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.36 1,723
18 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 30 0.36 1,033
19 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,132
20 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 886
21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.34 743
22 CARNIVAL CRAVINGS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.33 915
23 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.33 957
24 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 25 0.33 1,640
25 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S7 MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.31 616
26 WOODSMEN, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.30 1,440
27 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.29 1,071
28 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.28 2,956
29 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:31 PM 30 0.25 634
30 DATING NAKED 2 VH1 09:00 PM 60 0.25 585
31 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY     L: PITTSBURGH/ST. LOUIS ESPN 08:00 PM 192 0.25 760
32 LACHEYS BAR A&E NETWORK 10:34 PM 31 0.25 589
33 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.25 537
34 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,186
35 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:01 PM 31 0.24 766
36 AMERICA BEST DANCE CREW 8 MTV 11:01 PM 61 0.24 497
37 KEVIN FROM WORK ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.24 583
38 BEACH EATS USA FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.24 788
39 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 11:12 PM 63 0.24 515
40 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.24 759
41 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.23 555
42 SOUTHERN JUSTICE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 870
43 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.23 451
44 WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURESS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.22 383
45 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:15 AM 45 0.22 423
46 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:00 PM 31 0.21 584
47 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.21 397
48 PUNKD LAUNCH SPECIAL BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:30 PM 30 0.21 420
49 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.20 517
50 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING SF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.20 574
51 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.20 432
52 LAND RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.20 670
53 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.20 2,594
54 SKIN WARS GSN 09:00 PM 63 0.19 637
55 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:32 PM 30 0.19 690
56 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.19 757
57 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.19 481
58 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.18 341
59 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 04:30 PM 30 0.18 333
60 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN2 03:30 PM 60 0.18 363
61 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.17 334
62 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 01:00 PM 60 0.16 291
63 TIES THAT BIND UP 09:00 PM 60 0.16 449
64 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.16 562
65 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.15 484
66 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 313
67 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE     L ESPN2 02:00 PM 30 0.15 247
68 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.14 336
69 KEVIN FROM WORK ABC FAMILY 08:30 PM 30 0.14 365
70 FAMELESS TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.14 464
71 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 09:00 PM 60 0.14 382
72 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN2 02:30 PM 60 0.13 253
73 GODZILLA (2014): GODZILLA (2014) HBO PRIME 07:26 PM 123 0.13 289
74 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.13 262
75 IMPASTOR TV LAND 10:30 PM 31 0.13 489
76 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 07:00 PM 60 0.13 311
77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.12 536
78 LIGA MX L: JAGUARES / CRUZ AZUL UNIVISION DEPORTES 09:54 PM 126 0.12 258
79 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.12 366
80 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 06:00 AM 240 0.12 259
81 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:00 PM 30 0.11 310
82 WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WR SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.11 311
83 POSEIDON HBO PRIME 05:15 PM 98 0.11 234
84 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: PINE BLUFF, AR/BOULDER, CO ESPN2 07:00 PM 129 0.11 524
85 EXES, THE TV LAND 11:01 PM 29 0.11 416
86 IDIOTEST GSN 10:03 PM 31 0.11 362
87 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.11 2,141
88 PROPERTY VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 30 0.11 468
89 CAR MATCHMAKER ESQUIRE NETWORK 09:00 PM 30 0.11 183
90 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 02:00 PM 60 0.11 280
91 PROPERTY VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 AM 30 0.11 514
92 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.11 639
93 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.11 1,286
94 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.11 513
95 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.11 2,207
96 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 61 0.11 280
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.10 510
98 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.10 314
99 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.10 342
100 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.10 1,068

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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.