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August 3, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.31.2015

 

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

NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated.

NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE and the reruns of MASTERCHEF and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US fell by the same amount.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was Disney Channel’s night, with 2 shows in the Top 10 (and another at #11).  DESCENDANTS was the big winner with a dominating 1.40 18-49 rating and 3.20 among F12-34s.  (Not surprisingly, the numbers only went up as the demo age declined:  5.26 for 12-17s, and 7.57 for 2-11s.)  In 18-49s/F12-34s, that compares to 1.03/3.13 for TEEN BEACH 2.  Farther down the list, Disney’s lead-out BUNKD was at 0.75/2.11.  Nor were those the only family programming in the Top 10, as Cartoon Network’s WE BARE BEARS and TEEN TITANS TO were both at 0.39, and Nickelodeon’s MUTT & STUFF was up 0.06 from last week to 0.33.  The highest-rated adult-oriented line-up of the night belonged to Discovery, where ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE fell 0.16 to 0.81 and TREASURE QUEST was down 0.06 to 0.46.  Lifetime’s BRING IT returned at 0.44, with a lead-in special at 0.34 and new lead-out ATLANTA PLASTIC at 0.29.  At History, ANCIENT ALIENS was down a tick to 0.32, and MISSING IN ALASKA lost 0.02 to 0.18.  We’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP dropped 0.13 to 0.31.  COLD JUSTICE returned to TNT at 0.27, leading into the new COLD JUSTICE: SEX CRIMES at 0.19.  Syfy’s line-up remained closely packed:  DARK MATTER at 0.25 (down 0.04), DEFIANCE at 0.24 (down 0.05) and KILLJOYS at 0.23 (down 0.02).   LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (OWN) fell 0.05 to 0.18.  STRIKE BACK began its final Cinemas season at 0.09.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.06/182K.  In response to a reader request, the finale of DEGRASSI (Teen Nick) was at 0.07/212K in its first half-hour and 0.06/187K in the second, with a lead-in special at 0.07/208K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable FRI.31 Jul 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 31, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DESCENDANTS: DESCENDANTS DISNEY CHANNEL 08:00 PM 121 1.40 6,550
2 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE: LOST DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.81 3,016
3 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 31 0.75 4,236
4 TREASURE QUEST: SNAKE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.46 1,556
5 BRING IT! LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.44 1,398
6 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:30 PM 30 0.39 1,770
7 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.39 2,101
8 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.37 798
9 BRING IT SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 08:00 PM 60 0.34 980
10 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.33 1,585
11 JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 55 0.32 1,684
12 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.32 1,388
13 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 09:00 PM 60 0.31 659
14 BURGERS, BREW & QUE FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,064
15 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.30 1,308
16 ATLANTA PLASTIC LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.29 849
17 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,061
18 COLD JUSTICE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:00 PM 60 0.27 1,223
19 TREEHOUSE MASTERS: INTERN ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 61 0.26 907
20 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:00 PM 60 0.26 1,164
21 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 07:00 AM 55 0.25 1,193
22 DARK MATTER SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 922
23 DEFIANCE SYFY 08:00 PM 60 0.24 1,004
24 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.23 483
25 KILLJOYS SYFY 09:00 PM 60 0.23 841
26 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.21 432
27 REDWOOD KINGS ANIMAL PLANET 09:01 PM 61 0.21 697
28 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.20 464
29 TOTAL DIVAS FIRST LOOK E! 09:00 PM 16 0.20 441
30 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.20 432
31 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.20 441
32 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 05:00 PM 60 0.20 549
33 COLD JUSTICE: SEX CRIMES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 09:00 PM 60 0.19 1,152
34 MISSING IN ALASKA HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.18 968
35 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 438
36 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 09:00 PM 30 0.18 634
37 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.18 372
38 JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P DISNEY CHANNEL 06:00 AM 55 0.18 870
39 MICKEYS ADV IN WONDERLAND DISNEY JUNIOR 03:00 PM 55 0.17 799
40 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 372
41 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 108 0.17 358
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 61 0.17 388
43 FIRST LOOK: HOLLYWD CYCLE E! 09:16 PM 14 0.16 309
44 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 350
45 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 04:00 PM 60 0.15 519
46 LUCY MAXPRIME 08:30 PM 89 0.15 543
47 GANGSTERS: AMERICANS EVIL SPIKE TV 04:01 PM 61 0.15 333
48 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 358
49 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:01 PM 61 0.14 304
50 LIGA MX L: QUERETARO / PACHUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 08:00 PM 150 0.14 264
51 GANGSTERS: AMERICANS EVIL SPIKE TV 03:00 PM 61 0.13 308
52 THE OREILLY FACTOR SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.13 1,920
53 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.13 1,545
54 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.13 336
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 02:02 PM 58 0.13 356
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.13 289
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.13 1,180
58 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 03:00 PM 60 0.12 414
59 MYSTERIES AT THE MONUMENT TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.12 474
60 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 06:00 AM 180 0.12 228
61 THE SOUP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.12 305
62 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.12 267
63 AMERICAN GREED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 362
64 DESEAN JACKSON: HOME TEAM BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 276
65 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 03:00 PM 30 0.12 308
66 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 12:24 AM 36 0.11 259
67 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.11 569
68 SHOWCASE GAME: WAS AT NYM/KC AT TOR MLB NETWORK 07:00 PM 259 0.11 370
69 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.11 543
70 MLB NOW MLB NETWORK 04:11 PM 49 0.11 289
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,258
72 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,222
73 SPECIAL OLYMPICS L ESPN 07:00 PM 60 0.11 244
74 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 05:00 PM 30 0.10 200
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.10 518
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,220
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 03:30 PM 60 0.10 209
78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.10 867
79 ROAD TO 2016, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 1,042
80 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE: ON THE FIELD NFL NETWORK 12:00 PM 120 0.10 196
81 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 02:00 PM 60 0.10 333
82 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.09 1,112
83 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.09 1,655
84 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.09 226
85 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.09 576
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 AM 60 0.09 676
87 MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN TH HBO PRIME 12:50 AM 115 0.09 222
88 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.09 1,700
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.09 483
90 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.09 468
91 STRIKE BACK MAXPRIME 10:03 PM 48 0.09 237
92 MLB TONIGHT: TRADE DEADLINE 1P MLB NETWORK 01:00 PM 191 0.09 264
93 KINGIN WITH TYGA MTV2 11:30 PM 30 0.09 220
94 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.09 981
95 FRESH BEAT BAND OF SPIES NICK JR 07:00 PM 30 0.09 398
96 INTENTIONAL TALK MLB NETWORK 05:00 PM 60 0.08 219
97 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 11:19 PM 65 0.08 236
98 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN2 02:30 PM 60 0.08 173
99 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 01:18 PM 42 0.08 143
100 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.08 444

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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.