UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2021

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BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunday on the broadcast networks is still tilted toward summer reruns, but original programming was dominated by CBS’s BIG BROTHER at 0.96, with LOVE ISLAND at 0.40.  A new CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD on ABC was at 0.61.  On the other end of the spectrum, at CW new episodes of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, WELLINGTON PARANORMAL and DEAD PIXELS were respectively at 0.06/0.02/0.02.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM was the top-rated scripted original of the night at 0.18.  Adult Swim’s TUCA & BERTIE was at 0.17.  On HBO, the season finale of THE WHITE LOTUS (already renewed for a Season 2 in an anthology format) was at 0.17, with LAST WEEK TONIGHT at 0.11 and 100-FOOT WAVE (also renewed) at 0.06.  On Starz, POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN was at 0.13, followed by the premiere of HEELS at a not-compatible 0.02/128K.  TBS’s LOVE LIFE isn’t really an “original,” being a repurposed HBO Max series, but it scored respectably at 0.12.  AMC aired an hour-long promo for next week’s start of THE WALKING DEAD’s final season at 0.09.  Hallmark’s CHESAPEAKE SHORES was at 0.08.  On Showtime, the final 2 episodes of THE END were at 0.01/40K & 0.02/58K, UFO was at 0.01/67K, and THE L WORD: GENERATION Q was at 0.01/16K (that Total Viewers number isn’t a typo). 

Sunday cable overall was led by TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE at 0.58, with YOU, ME & MY EX at 0.24.  NFL Network’s NFL PRESEASON game was at 0.34, followed by a TOP 100 PLAYERS OF 2021 special at 0.25.  NBC Sports Net’s PREMIER LEAGUE match was at 0.30.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE POTOMAC was at 0.30, with SHAHS OF SUNSET at 0.18.  ESPN’s MLB SUNDAY NIGHT game was at 0.30.  On Food Network, BUDDY VS DUFF was at 0.25, with BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS at 0.14.  On HGTV, BATTLE ON THE BEACH was at 0.23, with RENOVATION ISLAND at 0.22, and BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT at 0.17/0.17.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 was at 0.22, with INVISIBLE MONSTERS at 0.17.  Paramount’s BAR RESCUE was at 0.17.  On ID, EVIL LIVES HERE was at 0.17, with ON THE CASE at 0.13.  Discovery’s NAKED & AFRAID was at 0.16.  History’s MACHINES THAT BUILT AMERICA was at 0.14, with MODERN MARVELS at 0.12. 

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