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September 21, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.20.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, tying it with BULL as CBS’s highest-rated show of the night.  The BROOKLYN NINE-NINE premiere also rose 0.1.  In terms of quarter-hour tracks, BULL was admirably steady, dropping just 0.1 at the half-hour point.  THIS IS US was more front-loaded due to its big lead-in from THE VOICE, giving it a 3.3 for its first 15 minutes, which quickly dropped to 2.8.  After that, though, its downward trend was much softer, to 2.7/2.6.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA had 2 of the night’s Top 3 cable originals, although as was the case with most of cable, airing against all new broadcast competition, WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.18 to 0.73, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST dropped 0.15 to 0.58.  Between them was OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, down 0.12 to 0.68.  FX’s just-renewed ATLANTA was down 0.08 to 0.48.  Nickelodeon’s afternoon LOUD HOUSE was the exception at 0.47, up 0.14 from last Tuesday.  Spike’s INK MASTER lost 0.04 to 0.45, and REDEMPTION was also down 0.04 to 0.25.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK fell 0.05 to 0.43.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE dropped 0.06 to 0.38, and MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH was at 0.24/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.26/0.21.  ESPn’s WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY coverage was at 0.37. A&E’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT lost 0.08 to 0.36, and BORN THIS WAY was down 0.06 to 0.23.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS edged down 0.02 to 0.35, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.05 to 0.30.  TLC’s COUNTING ON grew by 0.03 to 0.32.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH: DUNGEON COVE dropped 0.18 to 0.29, and TAKING FIRE was down 0.08 to 0.29.  On Food Network, CHOPPED JR lost 0.07 to 0.27, and CHOPPED TEENS was down 0.08 to 0.26.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.26/0.24, compared to last week’s 0.30/0.27.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS shrank by 0.07 to 0.24.  AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE dropped 0.03 to 0.10.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 20, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.73 2,292
2 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.68 2,334
3 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.58 1,716
4 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 33 0.48 920
5 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.47 1,733
6 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.45 948
7 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.43 1,113
8 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.38 1,102
9 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY     L: CANADA/USA ESPN 7:57 PM 170 0.37 766
10 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 76 0.36 971
11 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.35 1,644
12 COUNTING ON TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.32 1,071
13 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.30 666
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,495
15 DC: DUNGEON COVE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.29 950
16 TAKING FIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.29 799
17 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:01 PM 31 0.29 764
18 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.27 741
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,272
20 CHOPPED TEENS 3 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.26 747
21 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.26 510
22 SWAMP MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,042
23 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.25 524
24 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.25 915
25 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.25 985
26 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.25 501
27 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,645
28 MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.24 730
29 WC OF HOCKEY STUDIO   L ESPN 7:30 PM 27 0.24 485
30 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,481
31 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.24 727
32 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.24 464
33 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.24 879
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.23 927
35 BORN THIS WAY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.23 680
36 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.22 446
37 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:47 PM 73 0.22 414
38 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 419
39 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 956
40 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.21 438
41 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,638
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 365
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 440
44 MILWAUKEE BLACKSMITH HISTORY 10:33 PM 30 0.20 614
45 LIGA MX (PT) TUE: NECAXA / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.20 388
46 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,479
47 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.20 517
48 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,156
49 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 1,035
50 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,650
51 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:30 PM 30 0.19 898
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.19 420
53 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.19 503
54 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.19 361
55 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 5:46 PM 104 0.19 448
56 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.18 429
57 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.18 429
58 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.18 386
59 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 978
60 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,821
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 368
62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 965
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,516
64 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 8:45 PM 76 0.17 414
65 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:32 PM 34 0.17 369
66 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.17 497
67 FANTASY FTBL KICKOFF   L ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.17 352
68 CRY WOLFE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 30 0.17 884
69 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 359
70 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,594
71 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: SAN FRANCISCO/LA DODGERS ESPN2 10:00 PM 227 0.16 424
72 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,491
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 925
74 PPG 2016 THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 15 0.16 760
75 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 290
76 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 993
77 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,809
78 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.15 304
79 COUNTING ON: COUNTDOWN TO TLC 7:30 PM 30 0.15 473
80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 811
81 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.14 337
82 RUSSIA AND THE WEST NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 444
83 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.14 332
84 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,052
85 BACKSTAGE DISNEY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 30 0.14 767
86 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 848
87 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,239
88 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 977
89 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 406
90 ONE SHOT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 63 0.14 272
91 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,698
92 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 879
93 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.14 338
94 ANDREW Z DRIVEN BY FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 466
95 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.13 300
96 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 756
97 SISTERS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.13 375
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 698
99 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,327
100 MAFS: UNFILTERED FYI 10:01 PM 15 0.13 351
101 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,435
102 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,265
103 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,464
104 FACING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 402
105 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,506
106 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,271
107 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 372
108 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 281
109 VH1 LIVE! VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.11 229
110 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 235
111 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.11 244
112 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 30 0.11 1,118
113 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.11 342
114 LIGA MX L: CRUZ AZUL / TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:50 PM 125 0.11 258
115 STRUT OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.11 220
116 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 309
117 HALT AND CATCH FIRE AMC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 280
118 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY     L: FINLAND/SWEDEN ESPN 3:00 PM 166 0.10 272
119 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.10 194
120 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 822
121 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 9:01 PM 61 0.09 392
122 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 792
123 THROUGH THE WORMHOLE SCIENCE 10:02 PM 61 0.09 332
124 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 770
125 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 529
126 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 9:30 PM 30 0.09 213
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 271
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 259
129 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 29 0.08 557
130 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 793
131 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 470
132 FANTASY AND FRIENDS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.08 159
133 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 618
134 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 668
135 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 10:29 AM 48 0.07 602
136 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 421
137 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 515
138 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:17 AM 43 0.07 598
139 BEYOND BITCHIN RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 193
140 MAFS SHORT FYI 8:30 PM 15 0.06 175
141 MICHAELA HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 193
142 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 166
143 NFL REPLAY NFL NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.06 160
144 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 592
145 UNDRAFTED NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.06 148
146 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 448
147 INSIDE THE NFL 16-17 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:00 PM 59 0.06 162
148 CHILD 44: CHILD 44 HBO PRIME 11:05 PM 137 0.06 145
149 SEASON WITH FSU SHOWTIME PRIME 9:59 PM 28 0.06 118
150 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.06 163

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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.