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September 10, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.8.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same.  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS took the night, up 0.05 from last week.  Right behind was ESPN’s coverage of the high-profile Williams sisters match at the US OPEN at 0.95.  Spike aired a INK MASTER double feature, with the first hour up 0.04 to 0.86 and the 2d hour at 0.61.  There were a pair of soccer telecasts in the Top 10, Univision’s at 0.56 and ESPN2’s at 0.50.  Football also scored with 0.50 for HBO’s HARD KNOCKS.  History’s COUNTING CARS dropped 0.11 to 0.50, while OUTLAW CHRONICLES rose 0.03 to 0.44.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 lost 0.06 to 0.49, and DRUNK HISTORY gained 0.02 to 0.35.  E!’s TOTAL DIVAS held at 0.49, with WAGS down 0.04 to 0.35.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked down to 0.46.  FACE OFF (Syfy) gained 0.09 to 0.44.  BET’s REAL HUSBANDS grew by 0.06 to 0.43, and PUNKD by 0.08 to 0.37.  PUBLIC MORALS (TNT) continued sliding, down 0.03 to 0.22.  The 2-episode season finale of USA’s PLAYING HOUSE was down 0.02 to 0.21 in the 1st half-hour, then at 0.16 in the 2d.  On ABCFamily, MONICA THE MEDIUM eased by 0.02 to 0.17, and NEXT STEP REALTY lost 0.02 to 0.07 (152K total viewers).  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.06/124K.

 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable TUE.08 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 8, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.99 3,286
2 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: MENS/WOMENS QTRFINALS ESPN 7:07 PM 365 0.95 3,321
3 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.86 1,636
4 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.61 1,192
5 NATIONAL TEAM TUE 09/08: MEXICO / ARGENTINA UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:31 PM 129 0.56 1,154
6 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.50 1,726
7 USA SOCCER MEN          L: USA/BRAZIL ESPN2 8:15 PM 137 0.50 1,012
8 HARD KNOCKS 15 – HOUSTON HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.50 894
9 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.49 829
10 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.49 1,143
11 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.46 1,143
12 OUTLAW CHRON HELLS ANGELS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.44 1,313
13 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.44 940
14 REAL HUSBANDS S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 827
15 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.42 1,388
16 INTL SOCCER FRIENDLY   L: MEXICO/ARGENTINA ESPN2 10:32 PM 122 0.40 724
17 LPBW: MEET THE HAMILLS TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.39 1,428
18 CHOPPED TEENS 2 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.39 1,189
19 PUNKD BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.37 717
20 CAKE BOSS: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.36 1,154
21 DRUNK HISTORY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.35 611
22 WAGS E! 10:00 PM 60 0.35 625
23 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.34 690
24 EVIL KIN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,143
25 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.33 1,189
26 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.31 551
27 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.29 583
28 HOUSE HUNTERS OFF GRID HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,468
29 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.26 1,327
30 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,463
31 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: MENS/WOMENS QTRFINALS ESPN 12:00 PM 427 0.26 990
32 SHAUN THE SHEEP THE CARTOON NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.24 532
33 NATIONAL TEAM (PT) TUE: USA / BRAZIL UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:20 PM 131 0.24 555
34 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.24 514
35 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.23 417
36 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.23 473
37 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,928
38 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.22 439
39 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.22 588
40 PUBLIC MORALS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.22 962
41 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.22 426
42 PLAYING HOUSE USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.21 486
43 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.21 882
44 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.20 401
45 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 1:12 AM 64 0.20 496
46 MY FAB 40TH BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.19 476
47 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.18 487
48 HOTEL IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 440
49 SP HGTV URBAN OASIS 15 HOME AND GARDEN TV 1:00 PM 60 0.17 533
50 MONICA THE MEDIUM ABC FAMILY 8:00 PM 60 0.17 434
51 BET LIFE OF… BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 419
52 FANTASY FTBL KICKOFF L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.17 332
53 EUROPEAN QUALIFIER      L: ENGLAND/SWITZERLAND ESPN2 2:30 PM 133 0.17 352
54 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,136
55 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,777
56 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 60 0.17 349
57 MAN VS WILD BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.16 314
58 PLAYING HOUSE USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.16 368
59 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.16 392
60 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 372
61 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.15 367
62 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.15 301
63 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 75 0.15 353
64 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 593
65 TRUE LIFE MTV 10:00 PM 60 0.14 238
66 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.14 334
67 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.14 281
68 SIX DEGREES OF EVERYTHING TRUTV 11:01 PM 30 0.13 287
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 703
70 BOSS NAILS OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 30 0.13 274
71 AROUND THE NFL NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.13 257
72 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:49 PM 11 0.13 257
73 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.13 306
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,327
75 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,943
76 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,130
77 JAKES BUCCANEER COMPILATI DISNEY JUNIOR 2:00 PM 25 0.12 414
78 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:40 AM 20 0.12 294
79 MAN VS WILD BBC-AMERICA 11:00 PM 60 0.12 217
80 NFL GAMEDAY: NFL GAMEDAY SEASON PREVIEW NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.12 278
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,565
82 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 12:34 AM 60 0.12 209
83 LIVE FREE COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 343
84 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,200
85 DRAFT DAY HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 109 0.12 304
86 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 361
87 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 572
88 MAN VS WILD BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 60 0.11 242
89 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CHC AT STL/MIN AT KC MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 203 0.11 352
90 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,734
91 MAN VS WILD BBC-AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.10 248
92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,512
93 IT TAKES A SISTER OXYGEN MEDIA 9:30 PM 30 0.10 186
94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,239
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,057
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 534
97 MARIA DE TODOS 2 PR III GALAVISION 9:00 PM 30 0.09 164
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 651
99 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 332
100 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,231

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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.