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September 17, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.16.2015

 

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, and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and A WICKED OFFER lost 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Donald Trump Show came to CNN, and the network basked in his ratings glow, with a massive 4.94 in 18-49s (and 14.98 in M50+, not to mention 23.1M total viewers) for the main debate itself, and 1.01 for the showdown of the also-ran candidates.  Pre- and post-shows also hit the Top 10, and so did Fox News’s O’REILLY FACTOR after the debate.  The night’s other winner was Comedy Central, which premiered the new season of SOUTH PARK at 1.04, and followed it with the premiere of MOONBEAM CITY, somewhat diminished at 0.37.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN LA slipped 0.03 to 0.48.  On VH1, DATING NAKED rose 0.06 to 0.36, and TWINNING gained 0.03 to 0.29.  HGTV’s shows were within a hundredth of each other, with PROP BROS BUY AND SELL and HOUSE HUNTERS at 0.34 (down 0.12 and 0.11 respectively), and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL at 0.33 (down 0.18).  Syfy’s GHOST HUNTERS was down 0.03 to 0.31.  On Bravo, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING ticked down to 0.31.  On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY dropped 0.13 to 0.28, and KEVIN FROM WORK fell another 0.03 to 0.09 (with 297K total viewers).  On FX, THE LEAGUE didn’t hold at all well from its season premiere, down 0.22 to 0.27, while YOU’RE THE WORST was far more stable, down a hundredth to 0.15.  THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW and IMPASTOR continued their dual runs, with GAFFIGAN at 0.23 on Nick At Nite (up 0.07) and 0.10 on TV Land (steady), and IMPASTOR at 0.16 on Nick At Nite (up 0.03) and at 0.08/384K on TV Land (up 0.02), while THE EXES (TV Land only) was up 0.02 to 0.10.  On DAM, IMPACT WRESTLING was down 0.01 to 0.07 (with 258K total viewers) at 9PM and down 0.01 to 0.01 (with 62K total viewers) at midnight, while RING OF HONOR fell 0.01 to 0.02 (with 89K total viewers).

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.16 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 16, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REAGAN GOP DEBATE FINAL: N/A CNN 8:19 PM 175 4.94 23,056
2 AC360 PRE DEBATE SPCL CNN 7:47 PM 23 1.91 10,890
3 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 11:14 PM 110 1.16 4,440
4 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 1.04 1,765
5 REAGAN GOP DEBATE FIRST CNN 6:26 PM 47 1.01 6,292
6 REAGAN GOP DEBATE 1ST-INT CNN 6:15 PM 11 0.66 4,521
7 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.48 1,243
8 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.37 2,563
9 MOONBEAM CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.37 608
10 DATING NAKED 2 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.36 788
11 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,274
12 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,584
13 GHOST HUNTERS SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.34 949
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,390
15 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.33 2,258
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.32 767
17 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.31 790
18 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.31 912
19 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.30 848
20 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:29 PM 31 0.30 615
21 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 861
22 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.29 570
23 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 8:00 PM 30 0.28 604
24 LEAGUE FXX 10:00 PM 33 0.27 382
25 CARNIVAL CRAVINGS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.27 846
26 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.26 533
27 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.25 695
28 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: CHICAGO CUBS/PITTSBURGH ESPN 7:00 PM 269 0.25 765
29 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:31 PM 30 0.25 729
30 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.25 463
31 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.24 1,085
32 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.24 430
33 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 894
34 DRUGS, INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 528
35 PARANORMAL WITNESS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 531
36 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 575
37 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.23 695
38 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.22 420
39 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 520
40 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 31 0.22 705
41 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 519
42 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.22 441
43 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 62 0.22 447
44 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.22 445
45 SUDDENLY ROYAL TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.21 594
46 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.20 435
47 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.20 479
48 UNSUNG TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.20 472
49 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:02 AM 58 0.20 390
50 UNDERWORLD INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 476
51 SUSPICION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 904
52 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 75 0.19 1,569
53 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.19 1,260
54 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.19 367
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:11 AM 49 0.18 338
56 UEFA CL GROUP STAGE – L: ROMA VS BARCELONA FOX DEPORTES 2:30 PM 133 0.18 355
57 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.18 331
58 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.18 507
59 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 544
60 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.16 359
61 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.16 377
62 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.16 526
63 OTR: 2016 ELECTION CVG. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,538
64 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 389
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,463
66 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:33 PM 31 0.15 267
67 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,930
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 343
69 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:00 PM 30 0.15 339
70 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 71 0.15 311
71 CANDIDLY NICOLE 2 VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.15 250
72 BLACK & SEXY TV BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.14 306
73 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,336
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,083
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,185
76 UEFA CL GROUP STAGE – D: LEVERKUSEN VS BATE BORISOV FOX DEPORTES 4:43 PM 125 0.13 245
77 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 368
78 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,642
79 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 396
80 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 60 0.12 348
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 935
82 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.12 206
83 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 30 0.12 208
84 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,186
85 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 237
86 RACE FOR WHITE HOUSE 2016 FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.11 1,276
87 MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: NEW YORK CITY FC/TORONTO FC ESPN2 7:30 PM 125 0.11 211
88 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,218
89 WILD HBO PRIME 8:30 PM 115 0.11 272
90 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,203
91 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN TV ONE 10:30 PM 30 0.11 279
92 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.11 256
93 ROAD TO 2016 ELECTION SP FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 803
94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,105
95 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 332
96 INSIDE THE NFL NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 90 0.10 216
97 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,218
98 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.10 426
99 EXES, THE TV LAND 11:01 PM 29 0.10 419
100 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 534

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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.