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July 27, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.26.2016

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments today.  THE BACHELORETTE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  However, NBC’s Convention coverage, COUPLED, both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and ZOO all lost the same.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2016 Jul TUE.26

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN retained its DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ratings crown, topped by 1.35 in the 10PM hour. MSNBC was also in the night’s Top 10, with 0.71 in its 10PM hour. (Fox News viewers had no interest in watching Democrats, with 0.36 in the 10PM hour.)  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led the non-convention programming, although its 0.97 was down 0.21 from last week. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS rose 0.14 to 0.94.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH was steady at 0.60.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK held at 0.58.  TBS’s WRECKED lost a tick to 0.42.  On Food Network, CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS fell 0.07 to 0.40, CHOPPED AFTER HOURS was down 0.07 to 0.29, and CHOPPED JR shed 0.05 to 0.26.  Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 lost a tick to 0.39, and NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER dropped 0.07 to 0.18.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM was down 0.04 to 0.38. History’s COUNTING CARS was at 0.37/0.33, compared to last week’s 0.41/0.37, and BIG EASY MOTORS was at 0.28/0.27, compared to 0.36/0.32.  TLC’s MY GIANT LIFE grew by 0.06 to 0.33, and LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD ticked down to 0.32.  E!’s BOTCHED lost 0.06 to 0.32, and FAMOUSLY SINGLE was down a tenth to 0.19.  On A&E, BORN THIS WAY returned at 0.28, preceded by MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT’s 0.27, with that show’s pre-show at 0.23.  On BET, MUSIC MOGULS remained at 0.17, and F IN FABULOUS ticked down to 0.12.  Without its usual PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lead-in, Freeform’s DEAD OF SUMMER fell 0.06 to 0.16.  MTV’s SCREAM was a hundredth quieter at 0.15. AMC’s FEED THE BEAST, with one more episode to air, dropped 0.03 to 0.10.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2016 Jul TUE.26

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday July 26, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 10:00 PM 60 1.35 6,105
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.97 2,743
3 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.94 3,053
4 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.90 4,422
5 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.87 3,800
6 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.71 3,966
7 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.68 3,477
8 DEADLIEST CATCH: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 123 0.60 1,940
9 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 75 0.58 1,312
10 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.48 2,965
11 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.48 2,616
12 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.45 2,570
13 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.44 2,521
14 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.42 1,221
15 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.42 1,619
16 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.40 1,090
17 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.39 690
18 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.38 2,614
19 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.38 1,227
20 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.37 2,337
21 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.37 1,274
22 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.36 2,947
23 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.34 2,227
24 SANJAY & CRAIG NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 15 0.34 1,469
25 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.34 2,293
26 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.33 3,275
27 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:00 PM 31 0.33 1,221
28 MY GIANT LIFE TLC 10:02 PM 61 0.33 1,212
29 BOTCHED E! 9:00 PM 60 0.32 920
30 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.32 750
31 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.32 1,461
32 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.31 777
33 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.31 1,310
34 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,636
35 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.30 2,218
36 CHOPPED AFTER HOURS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.29 857
37 DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 1,060
38 BORN THIS WAY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.28 751
39 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 10:33 PM 30 0.28 893
40 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.27 994
41 CNN TONIGHT CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.27 1,077
42 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 76 0.27 731
43 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.26 1,264
44 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.26 2,465
45 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.26 788
46 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.25 534
47 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.24 2,294
48 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,138
49 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.23 1,467
50 MAFS SPECIALS (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 45 0.23 646
51 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.23 590
52 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.22 1,617
53 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.21 1,282
54 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:30 PM 30 0.21 789
55 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,593
56 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.21 769
57 BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.21 1,121
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.21 1,055
59 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 468
60 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: CHICAGO CUBS/CHICAGO WHITE SOX ESPN 7:00 PM 190 0.21 665
61 WOMEN IN PRISON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.20 617
62 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:01 PM 60 0.20 454
63 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,720
64 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 2,053
65 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.19 482
66 FAMOUSLY SINGLE E! 10:00 PM 60 0.19 460
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,935
68 COPA MX – L: AMERICA / MINEROS DE ZACATECAS UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:54 PM 126 0.18 344
69 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 343
70 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,045
71 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 440
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 1,027
73 NOT SAFE W/ NIKKI GLASER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.18 339
74 SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: ICE SHARKS SYFY 9:00 PM 120 0.18 785
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,667
76 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 380
77 CNN TONIGHT CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 809
78 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,521
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 917
80 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 905
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,881
82 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 829
83 MUSIC MOGULS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 291
84 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 875
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,441
86 DEAD OF SUMMER FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.16 349
87 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 347
88 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:00 AM 60 0.16 881
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 805
90 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 751
91 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 61 0.16 327
92 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.16 359
93 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.15 937
94 GREATEST EVER TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.15 293
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,770
96 SCREAM:THE TV SERIES SSN2 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.15 352
97 REAL STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,510
98 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.15 299
99 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,641
100 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 425
101 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:10 PM 50 0.15 373
102 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 379
103 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 684
104 USA BASKETBALL L: USA/CHINA NBA-TV 10:00 PM 138 0.14 294
105 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,082
106 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:01 AM 59 0.14 266
107 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,128
108 NO MAN LEFT BEHIND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 512
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 305
110 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.13 342
111 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 276
112 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:02 PM 61 0.13 563
113 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 294
114 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.13 228
115 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 637
116 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 276
117 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 329
118 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 272
119 NATIONAL TREASURE: NATIONAL TREASURE HBO PRIME 1:30 PM 131 0.12 265
120 BEN AND HOLLYS LITTLE KIN NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.12 570
121 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 848
122 F IN FABULOUS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 33 0.12 226
123 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 267
124 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 258
125 HEY DUGGEE NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.11 562
126 SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.11 207
127 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 228
128 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 254
129 MORNING JOE: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 852
130 WILD N ON TOUR MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.11 203
131 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 860
132 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 977
133 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 772
134 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.10 562
135 LOST AT COMIC CON SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 60 0.10 194
136 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:15 PM 30 0.10 331
137 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 836
138 FEED THE BEAST AMC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 337
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 315
140 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 8:45 PM 75 0.10 256
141 COPA MX – L UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 119 0.10 178
142 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 857
143 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.10 514
144 MAFS: UNFILTERED FYI 10:00 PM 15 0.09 243
145 BERMUDA TRIANGLE: SCIENCE SCIENCE 9:01 PM 61 0.09 389
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 316
147 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.09 424
148 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 770
149 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 175
150 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.09 160

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.