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August 30, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.29.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT was  down 0.2.  In addition, the LETHAL WEAPON rerun gained 0.1, and the  NCIS rerun dropped 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 29.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA made it 2 for 2, following Monday’s WWE cable win with WWE SMACKDOWN on Tuesday, despite SMACKDOWN being down 0.11 to 0.76, with lead-out SHOOTER up a tick to 0.35. On OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS rose 0.07 to 0.72, and BLACK LOVE debuted at 0.29.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE jumped 0.12 to 0.62, and the season finale of AMERICAN RIPPER was also up 0.12 to 0.41.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH climbed a tenth to 0.55, and MANHUNT: UNABOMBER was steady at 0.28.  Spike’s INK MASTER grew by 0.05 to 0.54, and the REDEMPTION after-show was again at 0.25.   A&E’s LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY & THE AFTERMATH shed 0.03 to 0.44, and MURDER OF LACI PETERSON was down 0.02 to 0.33.  The season finale of TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM rose 0.03 to 0.43.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.39/3M, above CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.35/1.6M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.34/3M.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE slipped 0.03 to 0.48, and lead-out DARE TO LIVE was at 0.12/0.09. BET’s BEING MARY JANE dipped 0.03 to 0.33.  HGTV’s GOOD BONES dropped 0.06 to 0.32.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS gained 0.03 to 0.28, and SO SHARP remained at 0.15.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS rose 0.04 to 0.27.  On Food Network, CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS held at 0.27, and CHOPPED JR was at 0.25.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED fell 0.03 to 0.27, and RATTLED was down 0.02 to 0.22.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS climbed 0.03 to 0.24, and THE BOLD TYPE was up 0.05 to 0.17. Tru’s ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING dropped 0.05 to 0.16.  Syfy’s FACE OFF: GAME OVER gained 0.04 to 0.15. Bravo’s A NIGHT WITH MY EX, airing without an original lead-in, stayed at 0.11.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 29.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 29, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.76 2,455
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.72 2,643
3 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.62 1,527
4 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.55 1,894
5 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.54 1,109
6 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.48 806
7 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 62 0.44 1,301
8 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.43 1,405
9 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.41 1,215
10 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.39 3,020
11 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.35 1,568
12 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.35 1,302
13 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.34 3,035
14 MURDER OF LACI PETERSON A&E NETWORK 10:02 PM 61 0.33 990
15 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.33 773
16 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.32 1,466
17 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.31 1,056
18 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.31 2,806
19 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.30 2,535
20 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.30 2,656
21 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,289
22 BLACK LOVE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,181
23 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,592
24 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,265
25 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.28 756
26 MANHUNT: UNABOMBER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 63 0.28 1,114
27 HARD KNOCKS 17-TAMPA BAY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.27 554
28 CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 845
29 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.27 2,238
30 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.27 2,290
31 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,677
32 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.27 1,233
33 DAILY FANTASY FOOTBALL ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.26 391
34 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.25 508
35 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,386
36 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.25 796
37 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.24 577
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.24 1,024
39 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.24 2,023
40 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.23 951
41 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.23 1,346
42 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.23 2,121
43 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 1,215
44 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: EARLY ROUND ESPN 7:00 PM 294 0.23 954
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.23 1,728
46 SUNNY DAY NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.23 799
47 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.22 1,917
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.22 2,063
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,278
50 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.22 860
51 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.22 2,352
52 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.22 2,100
53 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.22 1,292
54 CHOPPED AFTER HOURS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.22 648
55 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.21 775
56 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:54 PM 66 0.21 528
57 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,797
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,338
59 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,818
60 NEXO KNIGHTS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.20 553
61 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,846
62 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,325
63 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,238
64 MYSTICONS NICKELODEON 4:00 PM 30 0.19 851
65 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.19 333
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 1,285
67 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 697
68 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,721
69 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 386
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,153
71 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.17 360
72 DM: CHLOE DOES IT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.17 471
73 SPEED HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 116 0.16 363
74 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.16 357
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,238
76 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.16 456
77 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 885
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,044
79 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 974
80 SO SHARP LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.15 362
81 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.15 463
82 COPA MX – L: GUADALAJARA / SANTOS UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.15 269
83 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.15 416
84 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 512
85 FACE OFF: GAME FACE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.15 518
86 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.14 339
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.14 276
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 787
89 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 757
90 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 790
91 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 804
92 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 799
93 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.14 273
94 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 314
95 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,683
96 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 881
97 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 629
98 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 902
99 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 310
100 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 640
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 294
102 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 609
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,132
104 24/7 CANELO/GOLOVKIN HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 28 0.13 240
105 PAUL FINEBAUM SHOW  L ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.13 246
106 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,070
107 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:03 AM 57 0.13 215
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 984
109 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,541
110 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 258
111 DARE TO LIVE MTV 11:01 PM 31 0.12 228
112 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 12 0.12 314
113 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 961
114 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 955
115 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 768
116 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 610
117 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,186
118 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 577
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,101
120 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,069
121 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,076
122 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.11 298
123 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.11 318
124 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 192
125 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 246
126 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 708
127 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 570
128 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,298
129 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 678
130 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: EARLY ROUND ESPN 1:00 PM 300 0.11 513
131 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 262
132 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 471
133 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 448
134 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.10 721
135 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.10 243
136 HAUNTED TOWNS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.10 251
137 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 977
138 FILTHY RICH GUIDE, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.10 287
139 PLANETS: SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.09 326
140 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.09 401
141 DARE TO LIVE MTV 11:32 PM 31 0.09 163
142 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 465
143 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.09 189
144 E! NEWS E! 11:01 PM 63 0.08 258
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 63 0.08 169
146 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 422
147 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 256
148 TENNIS: US OPEN FILL  L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 346
149 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.08 351
150 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 125

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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.