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August 10, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.9.2016

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage increased by 0.1 to 10.0 in final numbers.  In addition, MADTV lost 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2016 Aug TUE.09

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN and USA switched slots from last Tuesday’s cable ratings, with OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS on top, down 0.04 to 0.85, and USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN below, down 0.12 to 0.81.  RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS coverage was led by the NBC Sports Net evening telecast at 0.66, with CNBC at 0.30, USA at 0.13, and Bravo at 0.12.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS rose 0.06 to 0.60, and DEAD OF SUMMER was down 0.06 to 0.17.  The season finale of TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM was up 0.02 to 0.46.  Comedy Central had a pair of season finales:  TOSH.0 up a hundredth to 0.37, and NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER down 0.03 to 0.21.  Cartoon Network’s hit STEVEN UNIVERSE kept that network in the Top 10 with 0.37.  A&E’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT gained 0.06 to 0.37, while BORN THIS WAY fell 0.06 to 0.21.  On History, a pair of COUNTING CARS episodes were at 0.35/0.33 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.36, and BIG EASY MOTORS was at 0.26/0.23 compared to 0.33/0.33.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was at 0.31, and CHOPPED JR was steady at 0.26, with CHOPPED AFTER HOURS down 0.05 to 0.26.  The season premiere of HBO’s HARD KNOCKS was at 0.30.  MTV’s SCREAM was up 0.03 to 0.18.  On BET, MUSIC MOGULS lost 0.03 to 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2016 Aug TUE.09

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 9, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.85 2,885
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.81 2,455
3 S OLY PRIME: N/A NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:03 PM 297 0.66 1,870
4 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 60 0.60 1,159
5 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.48 1,510
6 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.37 689
7 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.37 1,451
8 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 76 0.37 856
9 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:00 PM 31 0.35 1,293
10 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.33 1,215
11 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.31 910
12 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.31 1,477
13 S OLY WEEKDAY: N/A CNBC 5:00 PM 180 0.30 779
14 HARD KNOCKS 16 – LA RAMS HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.30 509
15 S OLY WEEKDAY: N/A NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:59 AM 604 0.29 895
16 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.26 927
17 CHOPPED AFTER HOURS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.26 719
18 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.26 759
19 WOMEN IN PRISON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 774
20 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.25 685
21 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.24 812
22 BIG EASY MOTORS HISTORY 10:33 PM 30 0.23 910
23 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 636
24 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,258
25 BORN THIS WAY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.21 580
26 NOT SAFE W/ NIKKI GLASER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.21 412
27 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,008
28 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,554
29 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 951
30 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,140
31 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,837
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.19 882
33 SCREAM:THE TV SERIES SSN2 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.18 347
34 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,041
35 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,874
36 DEAD OF SUMMER FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.17 412
37 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,377
38 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.17 422
39 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.16 316
40 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 417
41 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 354
42 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,010
43 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,281
44 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,501
45 TED 2 HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 115 0.14 307
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,555
47 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 257
48 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,281
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,067
50 GREATEST EVER TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.14 299
51 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 757
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 310
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.14 356
54 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,305
55 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 369
56 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 284
57 S OLY WEEKDAY: N/A USA NETWORK 9:00 AM 480 0.13 492
58 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,124
59 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,349
60 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 778
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,473
62 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 824
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 292
64 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 759
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,390
66 S OLY PRIME: N/A BRAVO 7:00 PM 180 0.12 414
67 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 282
68 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,295
69 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 8:45 PM 76 0.12 349
70 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 880
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 278
72 MUSIC MOGULS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 65 0.12 248
73 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,156
74 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,174
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,210
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 923
77 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.11 261
78 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 667
79 S OLY WEEKDAY: N/A MSNBC 12:00 PM 300 0.11 474
80 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 249
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 956
82 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 953
83 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 211
84 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 238
85 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.10 215
86 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 792
87 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: LAKE CHARLES, LA/SAN ANTONIO, TX ESPN 8:00 PM 139 0.10 397
88 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 220
89 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.10 190
90 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 788
91 INDEPENDENCE DAY: INDEPENDENCE DAY HBO PRIME 1:35 PM 145 0.09 241
92 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 222
93 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 228
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 811
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 651
96 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 403
97 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.09 236
98 SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.09 173
99 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 203
100 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 800
101 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.08 276
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 557
103 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 197
104 OBSTACLE COURSE ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 172
105 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:19 PM 41 0.08 234
106 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.08 203
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 465
108 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 265
109 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 266
110 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 257
111 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 669
112 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 501
113 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 184
114 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.07 254
115 UEFA CL SUPERCOPA: REAL MADRID VS SEVILLA FOX DEPORTES 2:20 PM 197 0.07 163
116 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: PEACHTREE CITY, GA/BRIDGEPORT, WV ESPN 3:00 PM 120 0.07 269
117 S OLY WEEKDAY: N/A BRAVO 9:30 AM 570 0.07 322
118 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 185
119 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 636
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 606
121 MAFS: UNFILTERED FYI 10:01 PM 15 0.06 201
122 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:02 PM 61 0.06 307
123 TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME: TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.06 122
124 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.06 155
125 CELEBRITY PAGE REELZCHANNEL 1:00 AM 30 0.06 132
126 GARFIELD SHOW, THE BOOMERANG 10:00 AM 30 0.06 197
127 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.06 168
128 MAFS SHORT FYI 8:30 PM 15 0.06 177
129 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 412
130 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYY AT BOS/CLE AT WAS MLB NETWORK 7:09 PM 194 0.06 310
131 SUND MOVIE: DANTES PEAK SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 150 0.05 267
132 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 8:00 AM 27 0.05 352
133 S OLY PM: N/A NBC UNIVERSO 3:00 PM 303 0.05 132
134 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 143
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 209
136 YOUTH: YOUTH HBO PRIME 11:30 PM 123 0.05 111
137 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 229
138 WILD N ON TOUR MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.05 141
139 UEFA SUPER CUP L: REAL MADRID/SEVILLA FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 181 0.05 109
140 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 5:37 PM 23 0.05 108
141 BEE MOVIE HBO PRIME 6:55 AM 91 0.05 108
142 PRISON BREAK S2 NBC UNIVERSO 9:03 PM 60 0.04 79
143 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.04 108
144 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.04 269
145 BOY MEETS WORLD TEENNICK 9:30 PM 30 0.04 126
146 MICHAELA HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 198
147 RENOVATION RAIDERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 6:30 AM 60 0.04 117
148 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLB TONIGHT MLB NETWORK 10:23 PM 157 0.04 164
149 THEORY OF EVERYTHING, THE HBO PRIME 6:00 AM 53 0.04 81
150 INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.04 89

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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.