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June 19, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.18.2015 (Now Updated with All Charts)

 

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

NOTE TO READERS:  We’re posting a preliminary version of the Top 40 chart for now, to be replaced later this afternoon by the final chart in its regular format.  UPDATE: Top 40 with demographics chart now posted.

NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s US OPEN coverage grew by 0.1 in final numbers, and the same was true for the night’s reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and MIKE & MOLLY.  There were no adjustments to ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB, MISTRESSES, AQUARIUS, HANNIBAL or BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a quiet night on cable, too, with Syfy’s WWE telecast on top, down 0.08 from last week to 0.65, while its lead-out OLYMPUS gained 0.04 to 0.14. BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES (We) rose 0.06 to 0.56, and CUTTING IT IN THE ATL lost a tick to 0.32.  On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS grew by 0.06 to 0.50.  History’s MOUNTAIN MEN returned at 0.47, with lead-out ALONE at 0.40.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.04 to 0.43, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL stayed at 0.37.  USA’s new COMPLICATIONS debuted at an blah 0.41.  An atypically serious edition of THE DAILY SHOW (Comedy), which got quite a bit of social media attention, hit the Top 10 at 0.39.  Food Network’s BEAT B FLAY was at 0.38.  A 6PM Cartoon Network run of STEVEN UNIVERSE rounded out the Top 10 at 0.38.  THE COMEDIANS (FX) rose 0.05 to 0.21.  Despite the attention given to President Obama appearing on Marc Maron’s podcast, the comic’s MARON (IFC) fell 0.02 to 0.03, with 92K total viewers.  If we didn’t mention SMALL TOWN BIG DEAL (RFD), we’d probably be asked about it, and it continued its meager way with a zero 18-49 rating and 49K total viewers. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable THU.18 Jun 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday June 18, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: 061815 SYFY 08:00 PM 120 0.65 2,466
2 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 09:00 PM 61 0.56 1,142
3 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN6 MTV 10:00 PM 32 0.50 1,050
4 MOUNTAIN MEN HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.47 2,371
5 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 2,134
6 COMPLICATIONS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 117 0.41 1,910
7 ALONE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.40 1,582
8 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.39 1,134
9 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.38 1,357
10 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.38 1,732
11 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.37 1,826
12 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: LSU/TCU ESPN 08:00 PM 208 0.35 1,245
13 CUTTING IT: IN THE ATL WETV 10:01 PM 60 0.32 727
14 WOMEN IN PRISON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,032
15 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.29 1,353
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.28 691
17 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.27 754
18 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.26 587
19 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 08:00 PM 60 0.26 1,612
20 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,485
21 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.26 995
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,041
23 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:30 AM 30 0.25 530
24 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:28 PM 62 0.25 664
25 PRISON BREAK: KILLERS ON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.25 993
26 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.24 1,956
27 HOARDERS: FAMILY SECRETS LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.24 731
28 US OPEN L: FIRST ROUND FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 480 0.23 1,539
29 FIRST LOOK: BOTCHED E! 09:00 PM 30 0.21 468
30 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 1,052
31 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.21 2,278
32 COMEDIANS FX 10:00 PM 32 0.21 532
33 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.21 1,041
34 SITUATION ROOM CNN 06:00 PM 60 0.21 837
35 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.21 1,049
36 SPIKE GUYS CHOICE 2015: 1 SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 124 0.20 410
37 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.20 455
38 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L: N/A ESPN 06:00 PM 120 0.19 399
39 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.18 1,076
40 SEVENTIES CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.18 901
41 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 33 0.18 378
42 WOLF CNN 01:00 PM 60 0.18 947
43 YOU, ME AND DUPREE HBO PRIME 07:00 PM 109 0.18 312
44 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: MILWAUKEE BREWERS/KANSAS CITY ROYALS FOX SPORTS 1 08:00 PM 170 0.18 645
45 PARTY DOWN SOUTH II S2 CMT 09:00 PM 60 0.17 428
46 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,290
47 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.17 421
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.17 1,007
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 05:00 PM 60 0.17 981
50 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 974
51 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.16 406
52 DEAD END EXPRESS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 843
53 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.16 317
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 09:00 AM 60 0.15 809
55 OLYMPUS SYFY 11:00 PM 60 0.14 416
56 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.14 335
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 838
58 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.14 318
59 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.13 314
60 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,268
61 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 01:00 AM 60 0.13 571
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,376
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.13 1,233
64 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.13 1,004
65 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.12 1,517
66 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 AM 60 0.12 460
67 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.12 264
68 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.12 1,664
69 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.11 242
70 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.11 1,689
71 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: TEX AT LAD/SF AT SEA MLB NETWORK 10:08 PM 179 0.11 335
72 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 244
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 02:01 PM 29 0.11 253
74 NEW DAY CNN 08:00 AM 60 0.11 591
75 BLADES OF GLORY MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 93 0.11 190
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:00 PM 61 0.10 237
77 BRINGING UP BATES UP 09:00 PM 30 0.10 262
78 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 09:00 PM 60 0.10 1,029
79 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.10 1,102
80 INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO BRAVO 08:00 PM 60 0.10 460
81 DR DREW HLN 09:00 PM 60 0.10 402
82 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 04:00 PM 60 0.10 1,335
83 BREAK HBO PRIME 08:49 PM 11 0.10 172
84 NEW HIGH: EXTRM SPORTS CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 268
85 FIRST LOOK: RICHKIDS BH E! 10:30 PM 30 0.09 237
86 METROPOLIS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 379
87 BBQ PITMASTERS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.09 215
88 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.09 1,342
89 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 02:30 PM 30 0.09 233
90 NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA GALAVISION 11:32 PM 53 0.09 192
91 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 208
92 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 261
93 DAILY SHARE HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 170
94 NEW DAY CNN 07:00 AM 60 0.09 529
95 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES BBC-AMERICA 09:00 PM 60 0.09 193
96 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.08 174
97 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.08 295
98 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 03:00 PM 30 0.08 227
99 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 718
100 METROPOLIS TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.08 372

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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.