UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.23.2018

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NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.8.  In addition, the SWAT rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s season premiere of JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION easily topped Thursday cable, although at 0.83/0.83, it was far below last season’s 1.49/1.42 premiere.  It’s been a great week for MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, which again led cable news at 0.42/0.63/3.7M, with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.34/0.49/1.6M, and Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.26/0.47/2.9M.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS rose 0.08 to 0.37, and INSIDE JOKES was up a tenth to 0.30.  On USA, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH edged up 0.02 to 0.37, and SHOOTER was down 0.05 to 0.17.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP dropped 0.07 to 0.37, HOUSE HUNTERS FAMILY was at 0.33, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.28.  FX’s SNOWFALL los t0.03 to 0.36.  On Food Network, GREAT AMERICAN FOOD TRUCK RACE was steady at 0.30, and BEAT BOBBY FLAY was up 0.02 to 0.27.  On ID, SOMEONE YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ticked up to 0.28, and THE PERFECT MURDER ticked down to 0.23.  On A&E, NIGHTWATCH NATION fell a big 0.19 to 0.27, with lead-in THE FIRST 48 at 0.26/0.23 (far below last week’s 0.51 for LIVE PD in that slot).  On History, MOUNTAIN MEN dropped 0.08 to 0.26, and ALONE aired a special at 0.14.  Bravo’s SHAHS OF SUNSET fell 0.08 to 0.26.  We’s BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES ticked up to 0.19.  Discovery’s TREASURE QUEST was at 0.19.  Lifetime’s BRING IT was at 0.15/0.15, compared to last week’s 0.15/0.13.  BET’s THE GRAND HUSTLE lost 0.03 to 0.12.  E!’s BOSSIP held at 0.09.  CMT’s DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS fell 0.07 to 0.07.  The season finale of Paramount’s AMERICAN WOMAN ticked down to 0.06.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked down to 0.05, and SWEDISH DICKS was at 0.01/67K and 0.03/80K, compared to last week’s 0.01/0.01.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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