UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2017

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NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, the preliminary ratings were more or less useless because of NFL preemptions, so we’ll do a full network rundown here.

NBC:  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s summer Weekend Update series debuted at a solid 1.2, well above its 0.7 lead-in from THE WALL (down 0.3 from 2 weeks ago), and the 0.5 for THE NIGHT SHIFT (down 0.3).  The night also included a rerun of GREAT NEWS at 0.5.

ABC:  BOY BAND was steady at 0.5, and the conclusion of THE STORY OF DIANA held Wednesday’s 0.7.

CBS:  After reruns at 0.9/0.8, BIG BROTHER remained at last Thursday’s 1.9, while ZOO rose 0.2 from last week to 0.6.

FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM (0.7) and LOVE CONNECTION (0.5) were each down 0.1.

CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (0.3) and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY (0.3) were each down 0.1, with a rerun WHOSE LINE at 0.3 as well.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of NASHVILLE was steady on CMT at 0.15 (the Nick At Nite run was down 0.03 to 0.15/455K), and CMT lead-out DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS ticked up to 0.10.  Discovery’s FIRST IN HUMAN premiered at 0.11.  

Preseason NFL topped Thursday cable, with the NFL Network telecast at 0.60.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS dropped 0.04 to 0.47, and the AFTER-PARTY was down a more substantial 0.13 to 0.25.  The 2d week of TBS’s THE GUEST BOOK held all of its 0.45 premiere rating (last week also included another episode at 0.33).  On MTV, WILD N OUT rose 0.04 to 0.39, and SAFEWORD was up 0.04 to 0.28. USA’s just-renewed QUEEN OF THE SOUTH climbed 0.07 to 0.38.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP gained 0.05 to 0.36, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.35, DESERT FLIPPERS rose 0.06 to 0.34, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.03 to 0.30.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING added 0.03 for 0.34. MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW again led cable news with 0.33/2.7M, compared to Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.26/2.4M, and CNN’s CNN TONIGHT at 0.24/1M.  On We, GROWING UP HIP-HOP grew by 0.03 to 0.26, and the season finale of BOSSIP remained at 0.14. E!’s BOTCHED jumped 0.07 to 0.26. On ID, BAD BLOOD dropped 0.04 to 0.22, and MURDER AMONG FRIENDS was up 0.04 to 0.21. Lifetime aired a ROAD TO THE RUNWAY special at 0.21.  Spike’s THE MIST ticked up to 0.12. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING gained a tick to 0.07.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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