UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.20.2018

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NETWORK FINALS:  THE PROPOSAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did both the new and rerun episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Viacom specials mean simulcasts, and in this case it was of the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.  On its home network, it fell 0.28 to 1.08 (the pre-show was down 0.06 to 0.54).  Elsewhere, it was at 0.54 on VH1, 0.16 on Comedy Central, 0.13 on BET, 0.13 on Paramount, 0.09 on TV Land, 0.07 on MTV2, 0.07 on CMT, 0.05 on MTV Classic, 0.01/40K on Logo, and 0.01/36K on BET Her.  It was down on most of them, although there was a 0.18 bump on VH1, where it had a 0.99 lead-in (up 0.02 from last week) from LOVE & HIP-HOP.

USA’s WWE telecast led the night at 1.09/0.05.1.04, compared to last week’s 0.98/0.97/0.95.  ESPN’s PRESEASON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game was at 0.81.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS edged up 0.02 to 0.60, and DIESEL BROTHERS was up 0.04 to 0.46.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY rose a tenth to 0.58, and SOUTHERN CHARM was down 0.02 to 0.16.  On AMC, BETTER CALL SAUL was steady at 0.43, and LODGE 49 held at 0.11.  On HGTV, LOVE IT OR LIST IT dropped 0.05 to 0.34, HOUSE HUNTERS FAMILY was at 0.29, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.27.  On ID, EVIL LIVES HERE ticked up to 0.30, and PAMELA SMART: AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY was at 0.28.  Fox News’s HANNITY and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW tied in the demo, Hannity at 0.30/0.53/3.2M, and Maddow at 0.30/0.47/2.9M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.23/0.32/1.2M.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS lost 0.05 to 0.28.  On Food Network, KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP dropped 0.09 to 0.26, and REALITY CUPCAKES was at 0.15/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.21/0.19.  TLC’s COUNTING ON was at 0.24, compared to last week’s 0.25/0.24.   On Lifetime, ESCAPING POLYGAMY fell 0.06 to 0.16, and LIVE PD was at 0.15/0.15 compared to last week’s 0.18/0.17.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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