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July 16, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.15.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (Footnote:  after EXTANT sets its series low 0.6 this morning, CBS announced that beginning next week, it will move to 9PM with BIG BROTHER as its lead-in, rather than following a CRIMINAL MINDS rerun.)  MASTERCHEF also received an 0.1 bump, as did the rerun of SUPERNATURAL.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY topped Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.78, and with lead-out WAHLBURGERS at 0.47, then DONNIE LOVES JENNY at 0.38, and LACHEY’S BAR at 0.25.  On USA, SUITS stayed at 0.62, but MR. ROBOT (airing its strangest episode yet, loaded with extended hallucination sequences) fell a heavy 0.16 to 0.43.  Univision Cable had a big showing with the COPA ORO MATCH at 0.56.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS was at 0.51 and lead-out THE WOODSMEN at 0.38.  BET’s THE GAME dropped 0.11 to 0.49, while FRANKIE & NEFFE was down just a hundredth to 0.35.  CATFISH (MTV) fell 0.12 to 0.44.  Cartoon Network, in its non-Adult Swim guise, hit the top 10 with an episode of STEVEN UNIVERSE at 0.43.  TLC’s I AM JAZZ was at 0.42, preceded by 0.38 for LEAH REMINI: IT’S ALL RELATIVE.  ABCFamily’s BABY DADDY shed 0.02 to 0.34, and MELISSA AND JOEY gained 0.01 to 0.33.  On Comedy Central, KEY & PEELE crashed by 0.16 to 0.30, and WHY? WITH HANNIBAL BURRESS dropped 0.14 to 0.17.  It’s difficult to know what to make of the debuts of THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW and IMPASTOR, since both had aired before as “sneaks” (although with a different episode in GAFFIGAN’s case) and each aired on 2 networks.  For GAFFIGAN, the Nick At Nite score was 0.24 and TV Land was 0.20; for IMPASTOR, it was 0.19/0.13.  THE EXES followed on TV Land only at 0.15.  On Bravo, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING dropped by half to 0.13, and FLIPPING OUT fell 0.07 to 0.22.  BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.07/155K.

DAM Report:  IMPACT WRESTLING 0.08/293K at 9PM and 0.02/72K at midnight; RING OF HONOR 0.02/80K at 8PM, 0.02/89K at 11PM.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.15 Jul 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 15, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 09:00 PM 31 0.78 2,310
2 SUITS USA NETWORK 09:00 PM 61 0.62 2,377
3 COPA ORO 2015 18 UMA: MEXICO / TRINIDAD & TOBAGO UNIVISION DEPORTES 08:19 PM 133 0.57 1,117
4 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.51 2,819
5 GAME, THE S9 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.49 1,229
6 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 09:31 PM 30 0.47 1,266
7 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN4B MTV 10:00 PM 63 0.44 738
8 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 06:00 PM 30 0.43 1,827
9 MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 64 0.43 1,274
10 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.42 1,358
11 WOODSMEN, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.38 1,665
12 DONNIE LOVES JENNY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.38 1,053
13 LEAH REMINI: ITS ALL REL TLC 09:00 PM 62 0.38 1,139
14 UFC FIGHT NIGHT L: MIR/DUFFEE FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 184 0.38 801
15 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.38 1,822
16 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.36 791
17 FRANKIE & NEFFE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.35 917
18 BABY DADDY ABC FAMILY 08:31 PM 31 0.34 713
19 ESPY COUNTDOWN SHOW   L ESPN 07:01 PM 59 0.34 665
20 MELISSA & JOEY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 31 0.33 627
21 AMERICAS MOST DES KITCHEN HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:00 PM 30 0.33 1,229
22 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 09:30 PM 30 0.33 1,167
23 HOUSE HUNT INTL WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.32 1,745
24 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 2,022
25 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 09:00 AM 25 0.31 1,765
26 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 HBO PRIME 08:00 PM 108 0.31 562
27 KEY & PEELE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.30 613
28 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.30 2,421
29 AIRPLANE REPO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.28 950
30 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 61 0.28 486
31 SPORTSNATION ESPN 05:00 PM 60 0.28 441
32 SONIC BOOM THE CARTOON NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.27 1,274
33 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S7 MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.27 668
34 UNSUNG TV ONE 08:00 PM 60 0.26 518
35 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.26 628
36 EVERY WITCH WAY NICKELODEON 07:00 PM 30 0.25 1,363
37 TALIA IN THE KITCHEN NICKELODEON 07:30 PM 30 0.25 1,164
38 UNIVISION DEPORTES FC GC UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:32 PM 28 0.25 535
39 LACHEYS BAR A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.25 598
40 HIS & HERS ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.24 434
41 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S2 TV ONE 09:00 PM 60 0.24 445
42 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 29 0.24 2,071
43 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.24 731
44 SOUTHERN JUSTICE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 844
45 FUTBOL CENTRAL UNIVISION DEPORTES 08:02 PM 17 0.23 422
46 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.22 467
47 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.22 704
48 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.21 452
49 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.21 2,746
50 LEAH REMINI: COUNTDOWN TO TLC 08:00 PM 60 0.20 698
51 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIM L: MIR/DUFFEE FOX SPORTS 1 08:00 PM 120 0.20 543
52 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.20 850
53 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.19 443
54 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.19 1,715
55 IMPASTOR NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.19 534
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L: N/A ESPN 11:00 AM 180 0.19 397
57 COPA ORO 2015 17 UMA: CUBA / GUATEMALA UNIVISION DEPORTES 05:50 PM 132 0.18 321
58 BASEBALL TONIGHT ESPN 10:42 PM 18 0.18 496
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:01 AM 59 0.18 327
60 PERFECT MURDER, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.18 958
61 WHY WITH HANNIBAL BURESS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.17 352
62 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.17 708
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 09:00 AM 61 0.16 330
64 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.16 309
65 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.15 752
66 DIRECT FROM PLUTO (62 MIN SCIENCE 10:00 PM 62 0.15 669
67 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.15 357
68 EXES, THE TV LAND 11:02 PM 30 0.15 537
69 BREAK HBO PRIME 09:48 PM 12 0.15 258
70 EGYPTIAN VICE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.14 408
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.14 960
72 IMPASTOR TV LAND 10:30 PM 32 0.13 619
73 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING SF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.13 430
74 FOOD PARADISE INTERNATNL TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.13 376
75 SKIN WARS GSN 09:00 PM 60 0.13 516
76 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 365
77 PLAYER GET PLAYED OXYGEN MEDIA 09:00 PM 60 0.13 250
78 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.12 222
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.12 1,266
80 MTV SPECIAL MTV 11:03 PM 60 0.12 238
81 EGYPTIAN VICE SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 60 0.12 361
82 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.12 1,104
83 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.11 623
84 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.11 358
85 NOT EXACTLY NEWS MTV2 11:30 PM 31 0.11 252
86 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 09:00 PM 60 0.11 342
87 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 414
88 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.11 1,793
89 LAB RATS DISNEY XD 09:00 PM 30 0.11 688
90 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.11 1,669
91 GOOD EATS COOKING CHANNEL 11:30 PM 30 0.11 323
92 IDIOTEST GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.10 375
93 TRIP FLIP TRAVEL CHANNEL 08:00 PM 30 0.10 307
94 WOLF CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.10 482
95 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2015 STAGE 11 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 08:00 AM 210 0.10 387
96 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,265
97 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.10 1,742
98 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.10 521
99 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.09 269
100 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,031

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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.