UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.19.2021

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BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

ABC:  The line-up declined:  HOLEY MOLEY by 0.04 to 0.40, WHEN NATURE CALLS by 0.04 to 0.20, and THE HUSTLER by a tick to 0.25. 

CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.09 to 1.01.  Reruns followed at 0.20-0.36.

NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.40/0.28 compared to last week’s premiere 0.39/0.32.  MAKING IT ticked down to 0.23.  A LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME rerun ended the night at 0.17. 

FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM was at 0.45, followed by a rerun FANTASY ISLAND at 0.27.

CW:  CORONER returned at 0.08, and THE OUTPOST lost 0.02 to 0.05.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s PRESEASON NFL game led Thursday cable at 0.47.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.31/0.50/3.5M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.16/0.29/2.3M, and CNN’s LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER at 0.15/0.21/900K.  History’s ALONE rose 0.07 to 0.29.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE gained 0.03 to 0.26, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA was up 0.03 to 0.10.  On HGTV, CHRISTINA ON THE COAST climbed 0.04 to 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS increased by 0.03 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.19.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 grew by 0.06 to 0.20, and ACCUSED was at 0.15.  ESPN’s LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.20/0.18/0.15/0.12.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS slipped 0.02 to 0.17.  On Food Network, BOBBY & GIADA IN ITALY rose 0.04 to 0.17.  On ID, AMERICAN DETECTIVE was at 0.15 and DEADLY WOMAN was at 0.15.  On USA, GROWING UP CHRISLEY ticked down to 0.15, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST was down 0.03 to 0.15.  TBS’s THE CUBE was at 0.14.  On Food Network, RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE was steady at 0.14, and THE GLOBE was at 0.14.  We’s BRAT LOVES JUDY was up 0.03 to 0.14, and MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EAZY-E ticked up to 0.08. Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING ticked down to 0.12, and TOP CHEF AMATEURS down a tick to 0.05.  Freeform’s GROWN-ISH held at 0.11.  

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