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September 24, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.23.2015

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

NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE only got bigger with final numbers, increasing by 0.2 to 6.7.  In addition, SURVIVOR gained 0.1, as did MODERN FAMILY and SVU, but NASHVILLE declined the same amount.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK led the night, down 0.17 from last week’s season premiere to 0.87.  The 2d episode of MOONBEAM CITY fell 0.09 to 0.28.  Food Network’s WORST COOKS returned at 0.51.  Syfy’s GHOST HUNTERS gained 0.07 to 0.41, and PARANORMAL WITNESS was at 0.30.  On FXX, THE LEAGUE climbed a tenth to 0.37, while YOU’RE THE WORST lost a tick to 0.14.  LITTLE WOMEN LA (Lifetime) dropped 0.13 to 0.35.  HGTV placed 3 shows in the Top 10, led by HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW and PROP BROS both at 0.34, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL at 0.33 (the latter two steady with last week).  ESPN’s MLB GAME was at 0.33.  On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY aired 2 episodes at 0.33/0.28, compared to last week’s 0.28.  Fox Sports 1’s ULTIMATE FIGHTER was also at 0.30.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING fell 0.05 to 0.26.  The season finale of THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW dropped 0.04 to 0.19 in Nick At Nite, and was followed by a “sneak peek” of the upcoming sitcom TEACHERS at 0.15, while on TV Land GAFFIGAN was up 0.02 to 0.12, and TEACHERS was also at 0.12.  On VH1, TWINNING aired without DATING NAKED and fell 0.11 to 0.18.  On DAM, IMPACT WRESTLING was steady at 0.07 (with 258K total viewers) at 9PM, and added 0.03 (up 0.02) and 122K at midnight, while RING OF HONOR gained 0.03 to 0.05 (168K total viewers).

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.23 Sep 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 23, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.87 1,492
2 WORST COOKS 7 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.51 1,303
3 GHOST HUNTERS SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.41 1,135
4 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.40 964
5 LEAGUE FXX 10:00 PM 31 0.37 547
6 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.35 931
7 HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,657
8 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,417
9 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,487
10 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: NY YANKEES/TORONTO ESPN 7:00 PM 188 0.33 1,053
11 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 8:00 PM 30 0.33 805
12 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.32 678
13 TOTAL DRAMA: RIDONC THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.31 1,188
14 PARANORMAL WITNESS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 760
15 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.30 533
16 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.29 871
17 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 8:30 PM 30 0.28 678
18 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 755
19 MOONBEAM CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.28 516
20 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.26 552
21 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.26 801
22 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.26 595
23 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.26 723
24 DRUGS, INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 531
25 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.26 471
26 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 3,026
27 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.24 652
28 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.23 531
29 SUSPICION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 813
30 UNDERWORLD INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 496
31 WABBIT THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.22 1,156
32 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,418
33 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE    L: ARIZONA/LA DODGERS ESPN 10:08 PM 155 0.21 557
34 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.21 433
35 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.21 582
36 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:02 AM 64 0.20 420
37 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 476
38 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:31 PM 30 0.20 613
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:02 PM 58 0.20 413
40 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 31 0.20 541
41 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 344
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:06 AM 56 0.19 392
43 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 884
44 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.19 530
45 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.19 649
46 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.18 469
47 TWINNING VH1 10:00 PM 59 0.18 396
48 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.18 472
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,075
50 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,805
51 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:43 AM 77 0.17 371
52 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.17 387
53 TITANIC: TITANIC HBO PRIME 7:15 PM 194 0.17 364
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,255
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,554
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 357
57 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.16 410
58 SP HGTV URBAN OASIS 15 HOME AND GARDEN TV 1:00 PM 60 0.16 518
59 TEACHERS PILOT SNEAK PEEK NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.15 445
60 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 60 0.15 432
61 POPE FRANCIS IN AMERICA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,557
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,420
63 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.14 241
64 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 725
65 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 372
66 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 284
67 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 713
68 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:31 PM 31 0.14 233
69 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 335
70 POPE FRANCIS IN AMERICA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,359
71 HARRY POTTER & GOBLET OF: HARRY POTTER & GOBLET OF HBO PRIME 2:50 PM 157 0.13 210
72 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,176
73 ROAD SPILL TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.13 313
74 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.13 270
75 SUDDENLY ROYAL TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.13 450
76 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 652
77 COPA MX – L: MONARCAS / CHIVAS UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:24 PM 126 0.12 273
78 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 5:30 PM 30 0.12 678
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 62 0.12 318
80 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.12 240
81 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,240
82 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 677
83 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:21 PM 39 0.12 1,922
84 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.12 473
85 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 295
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 758
87 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 852
88 POPE FRANCIS IN AMERICA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 21 0.12 1,674
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 651
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 878
91 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,589
92 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 294
93 CATCHING ODELL NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.11 261
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 880
95 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,141
96 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,125
97 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 635
98 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.11 229
99 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 802
100 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 726

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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.