SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.18.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and ZOO gained 0.1 in final numbers, while both reruns of FRESH OFF THE BOAT declined by the same amonnt.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH climbed 0.13 to 0.93 and took Tuesday cable honors, with lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT up a tenth to 0.43.  THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN) lost 0.08 to 0.87.  On TNT, RIZZOLI & ISLES ticked down to 0.74, and the season finale of PROOF went in the wrong direction, down 0.07 to 0.33.  Spike’s INK MASTER was down 0.05 to 0.70, and TATTOO NIGHTMARES shed a hundredth to 0.41.  REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC (Bravo) rose a tick to 0.57, tying it with the non-Bravo (actually BET) REAL HUSBANDS, whose lead-out PUNKD premiered at 0.46.  On History, COUNTING CARS aired 2 episodes at 0.50/0.42, up from 0.44 for last week’s single new episode.  The season finale of TBS’s CLIPPED was down 0.05 to 0.47.  TOTAL DIVAS (E!) dropped 0.06 to 0.45.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS edged down 0.02 to 0.44.  FX’s TYRANT tumbled by 0.13 to 0.36.  FACE OFF (Syfy) ticked down to 0.35.  On USA, WWE TOUGH ENOUGH fell 0.05 to 0.35, and PLAYING HOUSE gained 0.03 to 0.20.  MTV’s SCREAM stayed at 0.30 in 18-49s and gained 0.03 in F12-34s to 0.65.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD fell 0.12 to 0.38, and was followed by a MY GIANT LIFE special at 0.30.  The just-renewed ANOTHER PERIOD (Comedy) lost 0.05 to 0.19.  ABCFamily’s attempt to extend its brand into unscripted programming is proving disastrous, as the 2d week of NEXT STEP REALTY plunged 0.19 to 0.07, and STARTUP U dropped 0.07 to 0.06.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/121K.  Some reader requests:  LITTLE CHARMERS (Nick Jr):  0.05/411K, DORAEMON (Disney XD): 0.04/200K, WORST. POST. EVER. (Oxygen): 0.08/180K.    

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