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October 29, 2015
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.28.2015

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2 adjusted up to 3.9 in final numbers.  Complete World Series ratings coverage in our Skedball Special Report.  Elsewhere, both THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1, as did SURVIVOR.  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, ARROW and SUPERNATURAL, though, all fell by the same margin.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Broadcast Finals 2015 Oct WED.28

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As expected, CNBC’s somewhat controversial REPUBLICAN DEBATE was the night’s big cable winner at 2.64 (even the debate’s lead-out THE PROFIT hit the Top 10 at 0.56), and because it skewed old, its total viewers number of 14M more than quadrupled the next-highest show of the night.  That was FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY, which lost 0.07 from last week despite this being the show’s Halloween episode, and was down a scary 0.70 from last year’s FREAK SHOW Halloween outing.  ESPN’s NBA BASKETBALL doubleheader scored a bigger 1.17 for its late-night game than the 0.76 for its primetime match-up, possibly because the latter conflicted with the debate and baseball.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK gained 0.06 to 0.82, and MOONBEAM CITY climbed 0.04 to 0.25.  Food Network’s WORST COOKS rose 0.08 to 0.51.  A LITTLE WOMEN LA REUNION special on Lifetime was at 0.48.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS fell 0.09 to 0.43.  ARE YOU THE ONE (MTV) added 0.05 to 0.39.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING edged down 0.02 to 0.37.  On Syfy, GHOST HUNTERS gained 0.04 to 0.32, and PARANORMAL WITNESS jumped 0.12 to 0.29.  VH1’s COUPLES THERAPY was up 0.04 to 0.31.  On FXX, THE LEAGUE rose 0.03 to 0.24, and YOU’RE THE WORST perked up by 0.04 to 0.15 (hopefully aiding the marginally-rated but tremendous show to a 3d season pick-up).  BET’s THE WESTBROOKS gained 0.02 to 0.23.  On DAM, IMPACT WRESTLING held at 0.06 at 9PM with 266K total viewers, and added 0.02/98K at midnight, while RING OF HONOR had a strong night, doubling in 18-49s to 0.06 and with 227K viewers. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable 2015 Oct WED.28

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday October 28, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE P2: N/A CNBC 8:15 PM 125 2.64 14,005
2 AMERICAN HORROR STORY FX 10:00 PM 70 1.60 3,045
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MINNESOTA/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:32 PM 166 1.17 2,361
4 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.82 1,349
5 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: SAN ANTONIO/OKLAHOMA CITY ESPN 8:05 PM 147 0.76 1,818
6 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:18 AM 60 0.69 1,275
7 WORST COOKS 7 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.61 1,549
8 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:29 PM 60 0.56 1,922
9 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.49 1,166
10 LITTLE WOMEN LA REUNION LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.48 1,152
11 DEBATE PRESHOW PART 2 CNBC 7:11 PM 64 0.45 3,270
12 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.43 2,131
13 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.42 3,159
14 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 65 0.40 829
15 ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 3 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.39 618
16 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.37 1,031
17 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.36 755
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,443
19 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.34 2,218
20 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.33 2,846
21 GHOST HUNTERS SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.32 902
22 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.32 626
23 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,249
24 COUPLES THERAPY 6 VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.31 586
25 PARANORMAL WITNESS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 587
26 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.28 830
27 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.27 674
28 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.27 1,254
29 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.26 479
30 UNDERWORLD INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 500
31 MOONBEAM CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.25 416
32 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 574
33 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.25 515
34 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.25 555
35 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.25 1,040
36 LEAGUE FXX 10:00 PM 31 0.24 405
37 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,109
38 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.23 504
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 460
40 WESTBROOKS, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.23 478
41 DRUGS, INC. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 471
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.23 447
43 HALLOWEEN PANIC DISNEY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 25 0.22 701
44 WITS ACADEMY NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.21 1,345
45 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.21 1,020
46 BE COOL SCOOBY THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.21 1,111
47 THUNDERMANS NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.21 1,331
48 DO NOT DISTURB:HOTEL HORR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 711
49 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 36 0.20 645
50 TRUE NIGHTMARES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 698
51 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE P1 CNBC 6:07 PM 64 0.19 1,637
52 HELLEVATOR GSN 8:00 PM 60 0.19 430
53 TOY STORY OF TERROR DISNEY JUNIOR 7:30 PM 30 0.19 863
54 BELLA AND THE BULLDOGS NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.19 1,209
55 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: PITTSBURGH/WASHINGTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:02 PM 163 0.19 462
56 UNSUNG TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.19 446
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.19 385
58 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 522
59 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 399
60 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 370
61 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.17 323
62 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.16 266
63 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 644
64 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.16 336
65 IDIOTEST GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.16 401
66 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.15 317
67 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 375
68 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:31 PM 32 0.15 240
69 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 2,125
70 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 2,321
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,588
72 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:01 AM 59 0.14 273
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 639
74 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.14 336
75 THE OREILLY FACTOR SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,500
76 X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST HBO PRIME 4:45 PM 131 0.14 258
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,238
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,394
79 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.13 366
80 BLACK & SEXY TV BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.13 297
81 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 418
82 THIS IS LIFE CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 449
83 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.13 599
84 STAR WARS REBELS DISNEY XD 9:30 PM 30 0.13 540
85 KELLY FILE SPECIAL, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 1,122
86 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 957
87 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,303
88 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,847
89 FIFA-SUB-17-38-UNVSO: MEXICO VS. CHILE 10/28 NBC UNIVERSO 3:48 PM 134 0.12 249
90 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,044
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 635
92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,572
93 IDIOTEST GSN 9:30 PM 30 0.11 312
94 CHRISTINA MILIAN: PRVW SP E! 10:31 PM 31 0.11 202
95 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 11:30 PM 61 0.11 304
96 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 706
97 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 582
98 ROAD SPILL TRUTV 11:01 PM 30 0.11 240
99 COPA MX – L: SF: CHIVAS / TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:54 PM 126 0.11 264
100 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 61 0.11 241

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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.