UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.20.2015

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NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1 in final numbers, down 0.9 from last Sunday’s game.  FOX’s MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT lost 0.1.  After adjustments for the late afternoon NFL overrun, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1, and UNDERCOVER BOSS climbed 0.2.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Either Showtime or Nielsen mislabeled the season finales of HOMELAND and THE AFFAIR as reruns, which is why they’re not on the chart below.  Both did quite well:  HOMELAND rose 0.11 to a season-high 0.70, and AFFAIR set a new series high, up a tenth to 0.34.  Meanwhile, Starz’s FLESH & BONE (which has its limited series finale next week) doubled to 0.06.

It’s going to be interesting to see what AMC does with INTO THE BADLANDS.  Although the 0.83 it rated for the season finale is still a strong number, the show didn’t just plunge when it lost its WALKING DEAD lead-in, but continued to slide week by week, down 0.13 for the finale.  The network that brought back TURN and HALT AND CATCH FIRE isn’t going to turn its back on a show that triples those ratings, but BADLANDS is hardly looking like a self-starter.  (By comparison, the season finale of BETTER CALL SAUL, which only aired behind WALKING DEAD once, was at 1.19.)

The Sunday action, however, was largely in the unscripted realm.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA edged down 0.03 but was still dominant at 1.36, with WORK OUT NY down 0.07 to 0.25.  On E!, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS slipped 0.06 to 0.88, followed by a 0.02 rise for THE ROYALS to 0.30.  Discovery’s ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER gained 0.07 to 0.76.  TLC’s JILL & JESSA lost 0.08 to 0.69, and MARRIED BY MOM & DAD lost 0.12 to 0.26.  A bit lower, Hallmark’s CHRISTMAS LAND movie was at 0.60.  On Food Network, HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP climbed 0.06 to 0.53, CUTTHROAT KITCHEN rose 0.11 to 0.46, and GUY’S GROCERY GAMES gained 0.02 to 0.40.  Adult Swim’s MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES was at 0.50.  On TNT, THE LIBRARIANS dropped 0.12 to 0.48, while the recently canceled AGENT X fell 0.04 to 0.24.  Spike’s BAR RESCUE dropped 0.09 to 0.38.  History’s AX MEN lost 0.08 to 0.36.  Logo’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE was at 0.02/77K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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