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August 27, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.26.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS are simulcast across Viacom-land, and it rated as follows:  on MTV itself, it dropped 0.17 to 0.91 (the pre-show was down two-tenths to 0.34), while it was at 0.35 on VH1 (down 0.19), 0.16/0.18 on Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite, 0.15 on Paramount (up 0.02), 0.16 on Comedy Central (steady), 0.09 on BET (down 0.04), 0.06 on MTV 2 (down 0.01), 0.06 on TV Land (down 0.03), 0.05 on CMT (down 0.02), 0.02/45K on MTV Classic (down 0.03), 0.01/45K on Logo (steady), and 0.01/47K on BET Her (steady).  On VH1, it had a 0.53 lead-in (down two-tenths from last week) from LOVE & HIP-HOP.

USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.85/0.83/0.71, compared to last week’s 0.85/0.79/0.79, and STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN was down 0.02 to 0.39.  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE: THE OTHER WAY was steady at 0.66, and THE FAMILY CHANTEL ticked down to 0.43.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK gained 0.04 to 0.60.  On Discovery, FAST N LOUD rose 0.06 to 0.36, and AARON NEEDS A JOB ticked up to 0.17.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD slipped 0.02 to 0.36.  On HGTV, LOVE IT OR LIST IT was at 0.28/0.25, HOUSE HUNTERS edged up 0.02 to 0.25, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.03 to 0.24.  On Food Network, KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP grew by 0.04 to 0.27, and FAMILY RESTAURANT RIVALRY was at 0.15.  Adult Swim’s FINAL SPACE lost 0.04 to 0.25.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS held at 0.22.  On ID, TWISTED SISTERS gained 0.03 to 0.22, and EXTREME MEASURES was down 0.04 to 0.13.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.20/0.37/3.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.19/0.34/2.7M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.12/0.19/1M.  A&E’s SCIENTOLOGY & THE AFTERMATH was at 0.20.  On AMC, THE TERROR dropped 0.03 to 0.07, and LODGE 49 was steady at 0.07.  HBO’s OUR BOYS rose 0.03 to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday August 26, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 2019 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS: 2019 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV 8:00 PM 178 0.91 1,926
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.85 2,637
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.83 2,686
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.71 2,260
5 90 DAY FIANCE: OTHER WAY TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.66 2,147
6 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.60 1,705
7 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 6 VH1 7:00 PM 60 0.53 1,173
8 FAMILY CHANTEL TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.43 1,624
9 STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN USA NETWORK 11:00 PM 31 0.39 987
10 FAST N LOUD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.36 1,071
11 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.36 684
12 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS VH1 8:00 PM 178 0.35 887
13 2019 VMA PRESHOW MTV 7:00 PM 60 0.34 752
14 90 DAY OTHER WAY: MORE TO TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.31 1,155
15 LOVE IT LIST IT:FAN FAVES HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.28 1,254
16 KIDS BAKING CHAMP FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,171
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 1,303
18 LOVE IT LIST IT:FAN FAVES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,133
19 FINAL SPACE ADULT SWIM 11:30 PM 30 0.25 534
20 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 1,284
21 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.22 1,592
22 TWISTED SISTERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 904
23 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: EARLY ROUND ESPN2 7:00 PM 293 0.21 1,237
24 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 3,196
25 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY: 310 WAITING FOR JUSTICE A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 124 0.20 711
26 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,664
27 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,875
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,530
29 KIDS BAKING CHAMP FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.18 670
30 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 118 0.18 504
31 MY FIRST PLACE (2019) HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.17 941
32 MLB WEEKDAY  L: ST. LOUIS/MILWAUKEE ESPN 7:00 PM 223 0.17 671
33 AARON NEEDS A JOB DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.17 585
34 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.17 1,027
35 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.16 497
36 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS PARAMOUNT 8:00 PM 178 0.15 399
37 FAMILY RESTAURANT RIVALS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.15 554
38 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,473
39 MLB WEEKDAY  L: NEW YORK YANKEES/SEATTLE ESPN 10:43 PM 145 0.15 554
40 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS COMEDY CENTRAL 8:00 PM 178 0.15 320
41 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 430
42 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.13 551
43 EXTREME MEASURES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.13 778
44 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 452
45 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 1:08 AM 61 0.13 328
46 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-13R1R10H TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.13 372
47 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.13 255
48 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,505
49 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,830
50 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,531
51 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,263
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,001
53 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 343
54 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,987
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,634
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.12 955
57 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 11:53 PM 67 0.11 339
58 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.11 923
59 WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS DRU NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 404
60 44 CATS NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.11 407
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,527
62 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 774
63 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,444
64 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,998
65 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,222
66 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,544
67 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,391
68 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 735
69 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.10 765
70 SURVIVING MAXIMUM SECURIT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 342
71 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,340
72 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,201
73 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,437
74 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.09 345
75 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,356
76 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 178 0.09 275
77 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,260
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 256
79 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,113
80 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,229
81 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.09 431
82 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,342
83 FX MOVIE PRIME: CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE FX 8:00 PM 120 0.09 271
84 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,108
85 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.09 239
86 BURIED IN THE BACKYARD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.08 350
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 692
88 UNDISPUTED L: 740 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 208
89 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 669
90 PUP ACADEMY DISNEY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 380
91 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 783
92 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 761
93 TERROR, THE AMC 9:00 PM 61 0.07 421
94 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 610
95 LODGE 49 AMC 10:01 PM 67 0.07 250
96 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: EARLY ROUND ESPN 12:00 PM 360 0.07 506
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 665
98 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.07 198
99 LIVING IN SIN A&E NETWORK 11:04 PM 59 0.07 243
100 STRANGE WORLD TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.07 257
101 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 382
102 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 177
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 982
104 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 231
105 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV2 8:00 PM 178 0.06 143
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 675
107 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 585
108 OUR BOYS HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 57 0.06 204
109 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.06 199
110 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 559
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 802
112 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:00 PM 30 0.06 155
113 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 766
114 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:36 AM 30 0.06 117
115 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 411
116 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 486
117 AMERICAN GREED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.05 244
118 HERD L: 1055 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 177
119 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 1:06 AM 60 0.05 342
120 POOL KINGS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.05 144
121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 234
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 235
123 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.05 449
124 SOUTHERN CHARM BRAVO 12:31 AM 61 0.05 146
125 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 103
126 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 823
127 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.05 240
128 ATL HOMICIDE TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.05 209
129 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CMT 8:00 PM 178 0.05 134
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 924
131 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:43 AM 17 0.05 817
132 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.04 144
133 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 10:33 AM 70 0.04 827
134 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.04 492
135 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.04 130
136 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.04 131
137 LIGA MX FEMENIL L: TIGRES / RAYADOS TUDN 8:55 PM 125 0.04 113
138 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 33 0.04 848
139 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 814
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 211
141 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 9:30 PM 30 0.04 311
142 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 239
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 172
144 DL HUGHLEY SHOW TV ONE 11:00 PM 60 0.03 99
145 MLB NOW MLB NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.03 95
146 WITNESS TO DISASTER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 AM 60 0.03 147
147 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 505 FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 AM 180 0.03 96
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 196
149 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPNEWS 7:30 PM 30 0.03 87
150 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.03 102

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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.