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July 22, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.21.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:   Both the new KNOCK KNOCK LIVE and the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE clip show went up 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the FRESH OFF THE BOAT rerun gained 0.1, but the reruns of THE FLASH and IZOMBIE lost 0.1 each.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH had the Tuesday cable win, up 0.02 to 0.86.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS followed, down a steep two-tenths to 0.81.  On ABCFamily, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost 0.05 to 0.79 (and 0.03 in the F12-34 demo to 1.89), and the somewhat inexplicably renewed STITCHERS dropped .04 to 0.23 (down 0.03 in the demo to 0.54).  USA was led by two episodes of CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST at 0.63/0.58, up from last week’s single episode at 0.56, with lead-in WWE TOUGH ENOUGH up 0.03 to 0.40, and the ROYAL PAINS finale as lead-out, up 0.06 to 0.37.  On TNT, RIZZOLI & ISLES fell 0.11 to 0.57, and PROOF dropped 0.06 to 0.24.  TLC’s MY GIANT LIFE was up 0.03 to 0.52, and LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD gained 0.09 to 0.47.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC lost 0.09 to 0.51, with SECRETS & WIVES steady at 0.23.  History’s LEEPU & PITBULL rose 0.11 to 0.49, but COUNTING CARS lost about a tenth, down to 0.43/0.42 from last week’s 0.53/0.50.  A farewell visit from President Obama pushed THE DAILY SHOW into the day’s top 10 at 0.49, and lead-in ANOTHER PERIOD shot up 0.18 to 0.34.  E!’s TOTAL DIVAS lost a tick to 0.44.   DANCE MOMS (Lifetime) stayed at 0.42.  On TBS, CLIPPED gained 0.07 to 0.39.  FX’s TYRANT climbed 0.05 to 0.37.  The concluding 2 hours of TUT (Spike) was up 0.02 from Monday’s installment to 0.36.  Although we’ve seen some surprising renewals this summer, SCREAM (MTV) is moving in the wrong direction, down 0.06 to 0.33 in 18-49s and down 0.02 in F12-34s to 0.77.  On A&E, STORAGE WARS was at 0.33, and BIG SMO was at 0.24/0.20.  AN IDIOT ABROAD (Travel) was at 0.08/189K.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/93K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable TUE. 21 Jul 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday July 21, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.86 2,413
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.81 2,850
3 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 61 0.79 1,773
4 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 09:31 PM 30 0.63 1,878
5 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 31 0.58 1,774
6 RIZZOLI & ISLES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 09:00 PM 60 0.57 4,156
7 MY GIANT LIFE TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.52 1,474
8 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 09:00 PM 61 0.51 1,241
9 LEEPU & PITBULL HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.49 1,433
10 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.49 1,514
11 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS 2 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.48 1,345
12 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 09:00 PM 60 0.47 1,550
13 TOTAL DIVAS E! 09:00 PM 60 0.44 995
14 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 09:31 PM 32 0.43 1,794
15 FLIP OR FLOP FOLLOWUP HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 30 0.42 1,391
16 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 09:00 PM 31 0.42 1,592
17 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 62 0.42 1,169
18 WWE TOUGH ENOUGH USA NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 0.40 1,144
19 CLIPPED TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.39 1,188
20 TYRANT FX 10:00 PM 65 0.37 1,081
21 ROYAL PAINS USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.37 1,569
22 TUT: PART THREE: DESTINY SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 121 0.36 1,462
23 SONIC BOOM THE CARTOON NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.36 1,368
24 ANOTHER PERIOD COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.34 611
25 LAND RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,134
26 HENRY HUGGLEMONSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 15 0.33 1,458
27 SCREAM: THE TV SERIES MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.33 802
28 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 09:30 PM 31 0.33 1,336
29 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.32 898
30 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.32 751
31 NELLYVILLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.29 709
32 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 08:00 PM 60 0.28 1,024
33 NBA PLAYERS AWARDS: 2015 NBA PLAYERS AWARDS PREMIERE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 08:00 PM 120 0.27 722
34 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.26 923
35 NBA PLAYERS AWARDS: 2015 NBA PLAYERS AWARDS EN1 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 120 0.25 663
36 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS 2 FOOD NETWORK 01:00 AM 60 0.25 577
37 CLARENCE THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.25 1,560
38 PROOF TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,825
39 BIG SMO A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.24 615
40 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.23 408
41 STITCHERS ABC FAMILY 09:01 PM 61 0.23 684
42 SECRETS AND WIVES BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.23 533
43 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.22 2,476
44 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.22 2,148
45 INTERVENTION LMN LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.22 484
46 EVIL KIN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.21 729
47 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.21 395
48 BIG SMO A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.20 649
49 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.20 478
50 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.19 482
51 DANCE MOMS THROWBACK LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.19 639
52 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.19 472
53 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.19 432
54 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.19 354
55 EVERY WITCH WAY NICKELODEON 07:00 PM 30 0.19 1,300
56 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.18 1,939
57 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.18 434
58 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.18 381
59 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 08:00 PM 60 0.18 491
60 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.18 395
61 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.18 415
62 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.18 1,885
63 PROPERTY VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 AM 30 0.17 629
64 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.17 294
65 ESCAPING POLYGAMY LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.17 361
66 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 07:00 PM 30 0.17 318
67 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 07:30 PM 30 0.16 335
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.16 940
69 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 345
70 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 30 0.16 451
71 PROPERTY VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 30 0.16 589
72 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 310
73 SEVEN YEAR SWITCH FYI 09:00 PM 61 0.15 344
74 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 60 0.15 434
75 INTERNATIONAL CHAMP CUP L: LA GALAXY/BARCELONA FOX SPORTS 1 10:55 PM 123 0.15 335
76 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,197
77 SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP OXYGEN MEDIA 09:00 PM 61 0.15 280
78 HOLLYWOOD CYCLE E! 10:00 PM 61 0.15 285
79 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.14 593
80 TALIA IN THE KITCHEN NICKELODEON 07:30 PM 30 0.14 934
81 SPORTSCENTER PRIME   L ESPNEWS 07:00 PM 60 0.13 262
82 MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:30 PM 30 0.13 412
83 MELTDOWN, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 12:31 AM 33 0.13 307
84 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 486
85 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.13 292
86 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 HBO PRIME 12:00 AM 108 0.13 234
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.13 1,163
88 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.13 1,578
89 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,321
90 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.12 1,195
91 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 06:00 PM 30 0.12 214
92 SPORTSNATION       L ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.12 217
93 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 253
94 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.12 576
95 MARIA DE TODOS 2 PR III GALAVISION 09:00 PM 30 0.12 238
96 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 04:00 PM 60 0.12 1,223
97 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.12 248
98 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,069
99 ESPN FC ESPNEWS 06:00 PM 30 0.12 206
100 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.12 1,216

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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.