UPDATED CHARTS: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.16.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost 0.05 to 0.55, and DEAD OF SUMMER was up 0.03 to 0.20.  On History, COUNTING CARS’ 0.47/0.44 compared to last week’s 0.35/0.33, and BIG EASY MOTORS’ 0.31/0.30 compared to 0.26/0.23. RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS coverage peaked on NBC Sports Net in primetime at 0.39, with CNBC and USA at 0.13, and MSNBC at 0.05.  A Donald Trump Town Hall episode of FOX News’ HANNITY hit the Top 10 at 0.38, but it was the night’s highest-rated show in total viewers and was by far the most watched among the network’s core M50+ viewership.  A 5PM Cartoon Network airing of AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL was right behind Trump in 18-49s at 0.35, and a 5:30PM ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS on Nickelodeon was just out of the Top 10 at 0.29.  A&E’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT fell 0.05 to 0.32, while BORN THIS WAY rose 0.06 to 0.27.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was down 0.03 to 0.28, CHOPPED JR dropped 0.02 to 0.24.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS lost 0.02 to 0.28.  TLC’s TODDLERS & TIARAS returned at 0.22.  The season finale of MTV’s SCREAM added a tick to 0.19, and an AFTER-SHOW was at 0.08.  BET’s MUSIC MOGULS gained 0.03 to 0.15.  

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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