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August 23, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.22.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  (Note:  for once, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN held onto its morning rating.)

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 22.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN had an easy victory on Tuesday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with lead-out SHOOTER steady at 0.34.  On OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS ticked up to 0.65, and OPRAH’S MASTER CLASS was at 0.20.  The Phoenix presidential rally was a bonanza for Fox News, which cruised to cable news victory via HANNITY at 0.54/4.6M, compared to MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.46/3.1M and CNN’s CNN TONIGHT at 0.42/2M.  On MTV, THE CHALLENGE lost 0.04 to 0.51, and the newly-renewed FEAR FACTOR remained at 0.24.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE returned from a break at 0.50, and AMERICAN RIPPER was up 0.01 to 0.29.  Spike’s INK MASTER ticked down to 0.49, and the REDEMPTION after-show was up 0.04 to 0.25.  A&E’s LEAH REMINI:  SCIENTOLOGY slipped 0.02 to 0.47, and MURDER OF LACI PETERSON was down a tick to 0.35.  Discovery’s DEADLIEST CATCH held at 0.45, and MANHUNT: UNABOMBER was up 0.03 to 0.28. TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM rose a tick to 0.40.  The season finale of TBS’s WRECKED lost a tick to 0.39. HGTV’s GOOD BONES climbed 0.05 to 0.38.  BET’s BEING MARY JANE jumped a tenth to 0.35 after a 0.26 lead-in from the BLACK GIRLS ROCK special.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED remained at 0.30, and RATTLED was up 0.02 to 0.24.  Food Network’s CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS was steady at 0.27. On ID, I AM HOMICIDE dropped 0.03 to 0.26.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS dipped 0.02 to 0.25, and SO SHARP was up 0.02 to 0.15.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS fell 0.07 to 0.23.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS lost 0.04 to 0.21, and THE BOLD TYPE ticked down to 0.12.  On Tru, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING stayed at 0.21, and YOU CAN DO BETTER was up 0.05 to 0.12.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY was at 0.19, and A NIGHT WITH MY EX was down 0.05 to 0.11.  Syfy’s FACE OFF dropped 0.08 to 0.15, and spin-off GAME OVER premiered at 0.11.  The 1AM episode of CMT’s STILL THE KING was at 0.05, and the 1:30AM episode was below the chart at 0.03/80K.    

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 22.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 22, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.87 2,685
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.65 2,516
3 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.54 4,578
4 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.51 831
5 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.50 1,300
6 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.49 968
7 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 62 0.47 1,402
8 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.46 3,088
9 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.45 1,718
10 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.42 2,006
11 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.40 1,215
12 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.40 3,545
13 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.40 1,929
14 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 31 0.39 1,076
15 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.38 1,688
16 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.36 2,535
17 MURDER OF LACI PETERSON A&E NETWORK 10:02 PM 61 0.35 1,061
18 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.35 881
19 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.34 1,198
20 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,844
21 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.32 1,652
22 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.30 1,245
23 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 2,711
24 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.29 867
25 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 930
26 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 62 0.28 928
27 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:32 PM 28 0.28 802
28 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 797
29 I AM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,135
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,305
31 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!: BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 2017 PREM BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 120 0.26 737
32 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.25 2,013
33 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,879
34 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 90 0.25 637
35 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.25 778
36 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.25 524
37 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,323
38 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.24 888
39 FEAR FACTOR MTV MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.24 456
40 HARD KNOCKS 17-TAMPA BAY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.23 481
41 CNN TONIGHT CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.22 1,173
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.22 1,937
43 NEXO KNIGHTS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.22 531
44 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.21 586
45 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 392
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 958
47 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:01 PM 60 0.21 508
48 MASTER CLASS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.20 1,130
49 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 8:30 PM 90 0.20 510
50 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,121
51 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,047
52 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 9:30 PM 30 0.19 553
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,040
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,524
55 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.18 387
56 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,676
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,692
58 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 492
59 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,570
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 917
61 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: REYNOSA, MEX/MARACAIBO, VEN ESPN 3:00 PM 125 0.17 745
62 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,467
63 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,185
64 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,456
65 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:05 PM 27 0.16 563
66 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,236
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,065
68 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.16 1,243
69 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,317
70 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.15 537
71 SO SHARP LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.15 407
72 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 480
73 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 759
74 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.15 408
75 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 610
76 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,339
77 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,300
78 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.14 603
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,483
80 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 301
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 269
82 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,280
83 MLB MON NIGHT – LATE    L: RANGERS/ANGELS ESPN 10:00 PM 247 0.13 331
84 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 373
85 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 10 0.13 408
86 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 632
87 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 764
88 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.12 280
89 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 974
90 ZHUZHUS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 30 0.12 658
91 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 235
92 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 696
93 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.12 492
94 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.12 238
95 INCREDIBLE HULK THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 112 0.12 276
96 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.12 230
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 672
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 838
99 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 339
100 FACE OFF: GAME FACE SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.11 408
101 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 681
102 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: SIOUX FALLS, SD/SYDNEY, AUS ESPN 11:00 AM 135 0.11 394
103 BASEBALL STUDIO L ESPN 1:15 PM 15 0.11 390
104 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 675
105 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.11 292
106 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 741
107 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 804
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 226
109 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 90 0.10 194
110 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 689
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 744
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 738
113 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 733
114 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 566
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 734
116 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 793
117 REAL SPORTS 17 HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 58 0.09 213
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 875
119 E! NEWS E! 11:32 PM 62 0.09 236
120 LIGA MX L: PACHUCA / VERACRUZ UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 129 0.09 193
121 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 249
122 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.08 191
123 HAUNTED TOWNS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.08 241
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 814
125 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.08 158
126 LIGA MX L UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:04 PM 119 0.07 151
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 236
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 253
129 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 1:30 PM 30 0.07 150
130 SUND MOVIE: SE7EN SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 180 0.07 191
131 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN2 1:30 AM 30 0.07 142
132 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.07 165
133 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.07 152
134 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 226
135 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 148
136 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 157
137 SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORL MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 112 0.07 116
138 FILTHY RICH GUIDE, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.07 234
139 UNDISPUTED L: 236 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 146
140 NFL LIVE ESPN2 7:30 PM 60 0.06 170
141 MUMMY, THE (1999): MUMMY, THE (1999) MAXPRIME 4:00 PM 125 0.06 141
142 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.06 158
143 MY COUSIN VINNY MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 119 0.06 157
144 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.06 137
145 ROCK STAR MAXPRIME 6:10 PM 106 0.06 111
146 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 10:00 PM 60 0.06 118
147 SPACES DEEPEST SECRETS SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.06 200
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 232
149 ROCKER THE HBO PRIME 4:45 PM 102 0.05 135
150 STILL THE KING CMT 1:00 AM 30 0.05 109

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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.