SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.14.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–Because of the NFL preseason preemptions on Friday night, comparisons are to last Friday’s numbers rather than the Saturday morning preliminaries.  ABC:  the SHARK TANK rerun was steady at 0.9, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 were each down 0.1 to 0.9 and 0.8.  CBS:  all the reruns were down, ELEMENTARY and HAWAII 5-0 by 0.2 to 0.04 and 0.5, and BLUE BLOODS by 0.1 to 0.6.  NBC:  the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and DATELINE were each down 0.2 to 0.6 and 0.9.  FOX:  the MASTERCHEF rerun dropped 0.3 to 0.5, but the GOTHAM rerun gained 0.1 to 0.4.  CW:  no changes from last week, as MASTER OF ILLUSION and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US were at 0.4, 0.3 and 0.3.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s TREASURE QUEST took the lightly-watched night, down 0.09 to 0.51, and with lead-in EDGE OF ALASKA at 0.46.  BRING IT (Lifetime) dropped a tick to 0.50, and ATLANTA PLASTIC fell 0.05 to 0.23.  NFL Network’s pair of NFL exhibition games were both at 0.50, Denver vs. Seattle and Tennessee vs. Atlanta.  3 family shows hit the Top 10:  Disney Channel’s GIRL MEETS WORLD (steady at 0.49) and BUNKD (up 0.02 to 0.37), and Nickelodeon’s ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS (down 0.03 to 0.31).  In all, Disney Channel had 6 of the day’s top-rated 20 shows.  MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP (We) gained 0.07 to 0.38.  TNT’s afternoon coverage of the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP was the top-rated sports telecast at 0.32.  Syfy’s trio of scripted shows remained tightly bunched:  DARK MATTER and DEFIANCE both at 0.21 (respectively down 0.04 and 0.09), and KILLJOYS at 0.20 (down 0.06).  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER lost 0.02 to 0.20.  COLD JUSTICE (TNT) fell a deep 0.14 to 0.19, and COLD JUSTICE: SEX CRIMES fell a similar 0.12 to 0.14.  Cinemax’s STRIKE BACK dropped 0.03 to 0.07, with 221K total viewers.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/123K.  In response to reader requests, WINX CLUB (Nick Jr) was at 0.07/365K,

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