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September 23, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.22.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MUPPETS, LIMITLESS, NCIS and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and BEST TIME EVER fell the same.  The 8PM rerun of THE FLASH was also down 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The biggest news of the cable night wasn’t at the top of the chart, as FX’s THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER was crushed in its 2d airing, down 0.44 from the premiere to 0.39.  In more pleasant news, OWN had a huge night with its Tyler Perry shows, airing HAVES AND HAVE NOTS and IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG back to back to 1.19/0.98 results, with the former an impressive four-tenths above last week’s episode.  Spike’s INK MASTER shows were at 0.70/0.61, respectively down 0.03 and up 0.06 from last week.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 gained 0.02 to 0.55, and DRUNK HISTORY rose 0.04 to 0.36.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK was up 0.02 to 0.50, and MY FAB 40TH held at 0.17.  CHOPPED TEENS (Food) climbed 0.03 to 0.50.  On History, a COUNTING CARS clip show was at 0.42 (up 0.01) and OUTLAW CHRONICLES was at 0.39 (up 0.06).  E!’s TOTAL DIVAS gained 0.03 to 0.40, while WAGS fell 0.21 to 0.17.  On Discovery, YUKON MEN ticked down to 0.39, and REBEL GOLD was at 0.34.  Syfy’s FACE OFF edged up 0.02 to 0.39.  BET’s REAL HUSBANDS fell 0.08 to 0.28, and PUNKD dropped 0.15 to 0.17.  On ABCFamily, MONICA THE MEDIUM rose 0.03 to 0.28, but NEXT STEP REALTY lost 0.02 to 0.05 (114K total viewers).  The elevator for TNT’s PUBLIC MORALS is still going straight down, this time by 0.03 to 0.12.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.02/88K.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable TUE.22 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 22, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.19 3,710
2 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.98 2,901
3 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.70 1,354
4 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.61 1,116
5 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.55 905
6 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.50 1,109
7 CHOPPED TEENS 2 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.50 1,271
8 COUNTING CARS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.42 1,393
9 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.41 958
10 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.40 795
11 YUKON MEN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.39 1,397
12 BASTARD EXECUTIONER FX 10:00 PM 76 0.39 1,092
13 OUTLAW CHRON HELLS ANGELS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.39 1,196
14 CHOPPED AFTER HOURS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.39 968
15 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.39 936
16 DRUNK HISTORY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.36 600
17 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.35 707
18 REBEL GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.34 977
19 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.34 689
20 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: NY YANKEES/TORONTO ESPN 7:00 PM 228 0.33 981
21 OUR LITTLE FAMILY TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.30 921
22 REAL HUSBANDS S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 590
23 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.28 581
24 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,068
25 CAKE BOSS TLC 9:00 PM 31 0.27 813
26 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 11:30 PM 30 0.27 739
27 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.27 620
28 HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.27 1,093
29 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.26 600
30 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.25 435
31 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.25 521
32 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.25 510
33 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 453
34 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:48 PM 12 0.24 698
35 DESCENDANTS: SET IT OFF! DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,365
36 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.23 463
37 CAKE BOSS TLC 9:31 PM 30 0.23 752
38 LIVE FREE OR DIE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 603
39 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.23 518
40 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.22 408
41 EVIL KIN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 740
42 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,325
43 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.22 362
44 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.21 394
45 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 62 0.21 381
46 WABBIT THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.19 1,077
47 FLIPPING VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.19 926
48 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.19 480
49 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,103
50 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 926
51 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.18 363
52 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,514
53 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 340
54 MONICA THE MEDIUM ABC FAMILY 8:00 PM 60 0.18 344
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:02 PM 58 0.18 358
56 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,327
57 PUNKD BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.17 405
58 BET LIFE OF… BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 422
59 WAGS E! 10:00 PM 60 0.17 376
60 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,520
61 MY FAB 40TH BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.17 370
62 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.17 346
63 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.17 438
64 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,096
65 FANTASY FOOTBALL KICKOFF ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.16 358
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,367
67 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.16 345
68 HOTEL IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 325
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 752
70 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.15 316
71 DIRTY ROTTEN SURVIVAL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 415
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 955
73 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 287
74 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.13 259
75 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 3:45 PM 15 0.12 892
76 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 695
77 PUBLIC MORALS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.12 632
78 MAN VS WILD BBC-AMERICA 11:00 PM 60 0.12 233
79 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 660
80 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,899
81 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 627
82 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.12 292
83 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 841
84 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 799
85 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 2,220
86 INCOME PROPERTY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 AM 30 0.11 343
87 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 2:30 AM 30 0.11 339
88 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,257
89 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 629
90 AROUND THE NFL NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.10 205
91 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.10 198
92 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM:SECRE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 97 0.10 261
93 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.10 2,039
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 697
95 REAL SPORTS 15 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.10 240
96 DEUCE BIGALOW:MALE GIGOLO MAXPRIME 8:30 PM 88 0.10 180
97 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,303
98 INCOME PROPERTY HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 30 0.09 344
99 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.09 406
100 SPECIAL PRESENTATION H2 11:00 PM 60 0.09 370

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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.