UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.31.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  All of NBC’s line-up fell in final numbers, THE NIGHT SHIFT by 0.2 and both the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT recap show and new hour by 0.1.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, while the reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS, BLACK-ISH, THE MIDDLE and the 10PM MODERN FAMILY declined 0.1.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of OWN’s GREENLEAF led Wednesday cable, up 0.09 to 0.73.  With yet another reminder that there’s no question who the ratings leader is in the presidential race, Donald Trump’s immigration speech propelled Fox News’s HANNITY to the #2 slot at 0.65, with CNN’s coverage in the same hour at 0.43 (in the older-skewing Total Viewers metric, the result was far more lopsided, with Fox News ahead 5.2M vs. 2.3M), and Fox News was also strong in the lead-in hour, giving THE KELLY FILE 0.45 in the 18-49 demo and 4.4M in Total Viewers.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC fell a tenth to 0.61.  On Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN franchise, ATLANTA ticked down to 0.53, and LA was down 0.06 to 0.52.  On USA, SUITS gained 0.05 to 0.47, and MR. ROBOT dropped 0.04 to 0.26.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL rose 0.08 to 0.41, PROPERTY BROTHERS was down 0.04 to 0.39, and HOUSE HUNTERS ticked up to 0.37.  ID’s HOMICIDE HUNTER climbed 0.03 to 0.39, and BETRAYED was up 0.05 to 0.28.  On History, two episodes of PAWN STARS at 0.35/0.32 compared to last week’s 0.43/0.40.  MTV’s CATFISH fell 0.15 to 0.35, and UNLOCKING THE TRUTH was down 0.04 to 0.17.  On Food Network, CAMP CUTTHROAT added a tick to 0.34. Discovery’s DUAL SURVIVAL ticked down to 0.33.  NFL Network aired a Washington v. Tampa Bay NFL PRESEASON game at 0.33.  E!’s HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM was up 0.05 to 0.39. On Syfy, GHOST HUNTERS was up a tick to 0.27, and PARANORMAL WITNESS gained 0.02 to 0.24.  FX’s TYRANT added 0.03 for 0.24.  TLC’s TODDLERS & TIARAS was up 0.04 to 0.22, while LOVE AT FIRST KISS was down 0.04 to 0.14.  VH1’s DATING NAKED dropped 0.04 to 0.21. FXX’s YOU’RE THE WORST returned at 0.17, just a hundredth off last season’s premiere, and up 0.08 from the 2015 finale.  Freeform’s CHEER SQUAD was at 0.07.  Sundance’s GOMORRAH fell 0.01 to 0.02/99K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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