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October 23, 2015
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.22.2015

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 5.9 in final numbers, a point above last week’s game.  Elsewhere, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

   Broadcast Finals 2015 Oct THU.22

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL didn’t have the same bounce as the network portion, and only grew by 0.04 to 1.19.  (ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was farther back at 0.38.)  Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY gained a tick to 0.77, and FASHIONABLY LATE WITH RACHEL ZOE rose 0.07 to 0.26.  On Syfy, WWE lost a hundredth to 0.58, and HAVEN fell by the same amount to 0.18.  History’s PAWN STARS returned at 0.49/0.45.  On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS rose 0.11 to 0.42, and BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW gained 0.08 to 0.27.  HGTV’s TINY HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.41, the same number as Food Network’s CHOPPED IMPOSSIBLE.  The latter was followed by RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE at 0.35 and BEAT B FLAY at 0.29.  On Bravo, DON’T BE TARDY rose a tick to 0.33.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS took a heavy 0.17 fall to 0.32, but BILLY ON THE STREET stayed at 0.18.  We’s LA HAIR grew by 0.04 to 0.28.  On Comedy Central, NATHAN FOR YOU gained 0.03 to 0.18.  On IFC, BENDERS was outrated by many reruns of THAT 70S SHOW, staying at 0.03 with 72K total viewers–and then there’s COMEDY BANG BANG, which lost its only hundredth to achieve zero in the demo with 11K total viewers. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 40 Cable 2015 Oct THU.22

 

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box.

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday October 22, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL: 2015 WK 7 – SEA VS. SF NFL NETWORK 8:27 PM 156 1.19 2,810
2 NFLN THU NT FBALL-SUS NFL NETWORK 11:03 PM 17 1.09 2,420
3 PROJECT RUNWAY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.77 2,516
4 WWE SMACKDOWN: 102215 SYFY 8:00 PM 120 0.58 2,204
5 PAWN STARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.49 2,002
6 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.47 997
7 NFLN THU NT POST-GAME NFL NETWORK 11:27 PM 33 0.45 1,019
8 PAWN STARS HISTORY 9:00 PM 31 0.45 1,892
9 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.42 835
10 TINY HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.41 1,673
11 CHOPPED IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.41 1,315
12 NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2 NFL NETWORK 7:57 PM 23 0.38 907
13 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: CALIFORNIA/UCLA ESPN 8:55 PM 216 0.38 1,059
14 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.36 703
15 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,219
16 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.33 782
17 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 710
18 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.31 1,537
19 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.30 612
20 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,496
21 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:31 AM 64 0.29 594
22 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.29 1,022
23 LA HAIR WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.28 645
24 WITS ACADEMY NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.28 1,315
25 BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW SSN 2 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.27 496
26 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,128
27 FASHIONABLY LATE RACHEL Z LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.26 789
28 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:35 AM 60 0.25 469
29 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.25 576
30 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.25 784
31 NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF1 NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 27 0.25 619
32 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,698
33 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.24 486
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,836
35 PARTY DOWN SOUTH S4 CMT 9:00 PM 58 0.22 390
36 FIRST LOOK: BOTCHED E! 10:32 PM 15 0.21 460
37 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 61 0.21 382
38 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.21 2,325
39 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.20 465
40 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.20 361
41 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:01 PM 59 0.20 343
42 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,269
43 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.20 418
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,642
45 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.19 383
46 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.19 361
47 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: TEMPLE/EAST CAROLINA ESPN2 7:00 PM 213 0.19 679
48 BILLY ON THE STREET TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.18 396
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 2,128
50 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.18 2,335
51 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.18 2,232
52 WABBIT THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:30 AM 30 0.18 526
53 GREAT WILD NORTH HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.18 1,052
54 HAVEN SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.18 585
55 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,450
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,328
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 391
58 SURVIVING EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 668
59 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 2,186
60 EVIL TWINS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 734
61 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 2,246
62 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.17 435
63 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,816
64 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.16 285
65 BE COOL SCOOBY THE CARTOON NETWORK 4:00 PM 30 0.16 808
66 NBA EXHIBITION: GOLDEN STATE/LA LAKERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 153 0.16 436
67 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.16 342
68 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 11:30 PM 60 0.16 356
69 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.16 535
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,483
71 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 774
72 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.16 282
73 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 2,110
74 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 310
75 COLL FTBL COUNTDOWN L ESPN 8:00 PM 55 0.15 421
76 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 842
77 NATHAN FOR YOU COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.15 281
78 FIRST LOOK: DASH DOLLS E! 10:47 PM 15 0.15 363
79 SPIKE TV MOVIE: THE MATRIX SPIKE TV 3:30 PM 180 0.15 276
80 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,704
81 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SHOW MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.14 251
82 TICKETY TOC NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.14 719
83 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.13 356
84 INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.13 305
85 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 683
86 E:60 ESPN2 12:47 AM 60 0.12 202
87 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,599
88 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,175
89 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,213
90 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.12 233
91 FRIENDS OF HEARTLAKE CITY DISNEY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 30 0.12 497
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 697
93 TNF GAMEDAY NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 90 0.11 286
94 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 1,384
95 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 311
96 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,482
97 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 60 0.11 375
98 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 1,013
99 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,227
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 958

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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.