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August 11, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.10.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BACHELOR IN PARADISE POST-SHOW and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER both fell 0.1. 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP-HOP was in its accustomed place at the top of Monday cable ratings, down 0.05 to 1.41, but with a new lead-out this week, SHE’S GOT GAME, which premiered at 0.97, considerably better than the 0.70 for last week’s TI & TINY.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.30-1.26 for its 3 hours, within a few hundredths of last week’s 1.29-1.23.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY gained 0.08 to 0.82, and a 10PM episode of WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE made an unusual appearance in the night’s Top 10 at 0.53, far higher than the 0.28 for last week’s just-renewed ODD MOM OUT in that slot.  A special movie on Spike I AM CHRIS FARLEY was strong at 0.66.  The midseason finale of MAJOR CRIMES on TNT dropped 0.14 to 0.58, and MURDER IN THE FIRST slipped 0.04 to 0.32.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE climbed 0.09 to 0.53, following a PAWN STARS clip show (down 0.04 to 0.46).  DEVIOUS MAIDS (Lifetime) edged up 0.03 to 0.44.  MTV’s TEEN WOLF lost 0.07 to 0.43 (but was steady in the target F12-34 demo at 1.03), while the episodes of GIRL CODE that followed were at 0.13/0.10, down from 0.25 for last week’s WOLF WATCH special in that slot.  On ABCFamily, THE FOSTERS fell 0.14 to 0.40 (and by 0.13 in the F12-34 demo to 0.90), but CHASING LIFE was up 0.03 to 0.27 (and up 0.06 in the demo to 0.53), while the finale of BECOMING US dropped 0.03 to 0.06, with 200K total viewers.  On Discovery, CUBAN CHROME was down 0.02 to 0.34, and VEGAS RAT RODS took a 0.12 hit to 0.32.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.06/156K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable MON.10 Aug 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday August 10, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 4 VH1 08:00 PM 60 1.41 2,936
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 1.30 3,947
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 69 1.29 3,775
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 1.26 3,791
5 SHES GOT GAME VH1 09:00 PM 60 0.97 1,952
6 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.82 1,865
7 SPIKE TV MOVIE: I AM CHRIS FARLEY SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 120 0.66 1,314
8 MAJOR CRIMES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 09:00 PM 60 0.58 4,475
9 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.53 1,601
10 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.53 1,254
11 PAWN STARS: BEST OF HISTORY 09:31 PM 32 0.46 1,672
12 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 04:00 PM 30 0.45 2,171
13 DEVIOUS MAIDS LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.44 1,339
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.44 954
15 TEEN WOLF SSN 5 MTV 10:00 PM 63 0.43 1,104
16 FOSTERS, THE ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 61 0.40 1,065
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.39 1,949
18 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 30 0.37 1,398
19 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:30 PM 30 0.37 1,422
20 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 10:55 PM 66 0.35 787
21 CUBAN CHROME DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.34 935
22 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.33 652
23 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY     L: DETROIT/KANSAS CITY ESPN 08:00 PM 175 0.33 1,109
24 MURDER IN THE FIRST TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.32 2,023
25 VEGAS RAT RODS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 61 0.32 1,059
26 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.31 2,915
27 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.29 2,907
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.29 565
29 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,087
30 CAKE WARS FOOD NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 0.28 863
31 CHASING LIFE ABC FAMILY 09:01 PM 61 0.27 752
32 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:01 AM 59 0.27 556
33 DEADLY DEVOTION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.26 813
34 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.26 532
35 OVER MY DEAD BODY INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.26 822
36 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.25 590
37 AMC PREMIERE MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON AMC 09:00 PM 210 0.25 870
38 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.23 487
39 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 534
40 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.22 413
41 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 07:00 PM 60 0.21 525
42 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.21 589
43 GREAT AMERICAN FOOD FINDS FOOD NETWORK 09:30 PM 30 0.21 658
44 HENRY HUGGLEMONSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 15 0.19 1,163
45 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER CITY/WEST BROM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 02:53 PM 127 0.19 414
46 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.19 378
47 SP HGTV URBAN OASIS 15 HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.19 954
48 DIGGERS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 30 0.18 773
49 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.17 394
50 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 05:00 PM 30 0.16 300
51 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.16 340
52 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.16 2,064
53 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 325
54 MAZE RUNNER, THE HBO PRIME 09:00 PM 113 0.15 356
55 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.15 304
56 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.15 2,062
57 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.15 369
58 YUKON RIVER RUN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.15 866
59 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 245
60 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.14 2,234
61 DIRTY GREAT MACHINES SCIENCE 10:02 PM 60 0.14 376
62 SITUATION ROOM CNN 05:00 PM 60 0.14 662
63 SPIKE TV MOVIE: BLACK SHEEP SPIKE TV 04:30 PM 120 0.14 290
64 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.14 289
65 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.13 326
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,206
67 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE     L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.13 273
68 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 261
69 GIRL CODE SSN 4 MTV 11:03 PM 31 0.13 437
70 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.13 604
71 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 295
72 DIGGERS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:30 PM 30 0.13 586
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.13 995
74 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 04:00 PM 60 0.12 1,362
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.12 1,194
76 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.12 554
77 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.12 592
78 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.12 1,442
79 X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST HBO PRIME 03:00 PM 131 0.12 263
80 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 30 0.12 457
81 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.11 1,215
82 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.11 379
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.11 1,192
84 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.11 840
85 STAR VS FORCES OF EVIL DISNEY XD 08:30 PM 29 0.11 500
86 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 02:00 PM 60 0.11 1,173
87 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.11 644
88 EPIC ENGINEERING SCIENCE 09:01 PM 61 0.11 339
89 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,134
90 GIRL CODE SSN 4 MTV 11:34 PM 31 0.10 305
91 TOP GEAR BEST OF 14/15 BBC-AMERICA 09:00 PM 60 0.10 229
92 SPORTSNATION       L ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.10 187
93 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 07:00 PM 60 0.10 822
94 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 533
95 WINX CLUB NICK JR 07:00 PM 30 0.10 479
96 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.09 269
97 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 08:00 AM 60 0.09 279
98 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.09 281
99 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 01:00 AM 60 0.09 425
100 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 07:00 PM 60 0.09 205

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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.