Saturday, August 8, 2015

THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 2015 CABLE TV RATINGS

It was a huge night on the cable networks Thursday as Fox News's coverage of the first REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE smashed all competition from both broadcast & cable with a 5.27 adults 18-49 rating and 24 million viewers. This was also the highest-rated and most-viewed program in the history of Fox News Channel and is about 7x the number of viewers who turned in for the first Republican debate four years ago (3.2 million). The debate also easily led across the board in all major demos including females 12-34 (2.9), adults 18-34 (3.77 rating), both men & women 18-34 (4.41/3.13), men & women 18-49 (6.03/4.53), adults 25-54 (6.64), men & women 25-54 (7.48/5.83), and men over 50 (15.59). This provided a huge lift for lead-out THE KELLY FILE which logged a 2.13 adults 18-49 rating, a 2.79 in A25-54, and 10.9 million viewers. Outside of debate coverage was the series-finale of THE DAILY SHOW with Jon Stewart at the helm; the show ranked third on the day in the key demo (1.43 rating) and delivered 3.47 million viewers. This was the second-highest viewership mark ever for the show, behind only the Oct. 29, 2008 interview of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama which logged 3.577 million viewers (& a 1.7 rating). Elsewhere, MTV's TEEN MOM II stayed strong in females 12-34 (1.38) as did Lifetime's PROJECT RUNWAY (0.64), and WE's BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES (0.50). Other programs of note include USA's COMPLICATIONS (1.2 million) & GRACELAND (639,000), FX's MARRIED (401,000), and the penultimate episode of the season of Sundance's RECTIFY (113,000).

Broadcast finals:
ProgramNetHHA18-49A18-34A25-54Viewers
(millions)
The Astronaut Wives ClubABC2.5/50.60/20.4/20.9/33.527
MistressesABC1.8/30.62/20.4/20.8/22.536
Rookie BlueABC2.2/40.59/20.4/20.7/23.119
Big Brother 17CBS3.7/62.10/71.6/72.5/76.227
Under the DomeCBS2.5/50.83/30.4/21.2/43.877
Food FightersNBC2.3/40.87/30.6/31.1/43.699
Dateline MysteryNBC3.3/61.14/40.7/31.6/55.028
Beauty and the BeastCW0.6/10.20/10.2/10.2/10.786
DatesCW0.3/10.16/10.1/10.2/00.447

Subdemos:
ShowW18-34M18-34W18-49M18-49
The Astronaut Wives Club0.6/30.1/10.9/30.3/1
Mistresses0.6/30.2/10.9/30.3/1
Rookie Blue0.5/20.3/10.7/20.5/2
Big Brother 171.8/71.4/72.3/81.9/7
Under the Dome0.5/20.3/10.9/30.8/3

Cable finals:
SHOWCHANNELViewers
(millions)
18-49
REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE (8:50PM)FOX NEWS23.9975.27
THE KELLY FILEFOX NEWS10.9322.13
DAILY SHOWCOMEDY CENTRAL3.4711.43
THE OREILLY FACTORFOX NEWS6.5810.94
TEEN MOM II SSN6MTV1.4430.82
HANNITYFOX NEWS4.1700.82
REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE (5PM)FOX NEWS6.0610.77
WWE SMACKDOWNSYFY2.4050.68
MOUNTAIN MENHISTORY2.4410.53
BRAXTON FAMILY VALUESWETV1.0920.52
ALONEHISTORY1.8030.50
AT MIDNIGHTCOMEDY CENTRAL0.9780.50
PROJECT RUNWAYLIFETIME1.6610.47
BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHTA&E NETWORK1.1770.44
BEHIND BARS: ROOKIE YEARA&E NETWORK1.0600.42
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV1.6180.41
IMPRACTICAL JOKERSTRUTV0.8830.41
LIP SYNC BATTLESPIKE TV0.8120.39
HOUSE HUNTERS INTLHGTV1.3900.38
LA HAIRWETV0.8100.34
ROAD TO THE RUNWAYLIFETIME1.1850.34
SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLLFX0.7010.31
CONANTBS NETWORK0.7020.30
COMPLICATIONSUSA NETWORK1.1660.28
DOMINIONSYFY0.9410.27
BEAT B.FLAYFOOD NETWORK0.9360.27
CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS 2FOOD NETWORK0.8560.26
ONE BAD CHOICEMTV0.5110.26
GRACELANDUSA NETWORK0.6390.21
MARRIEDFX0.4010.19
NIGHTMARE NEXT DOORID0.6290.16
UNTOUCHABLE:POWER CORRUPTID0.5760.13
DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERSCMT0.2910.13
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERSNAT GEO0.7510.13
REVIEWCOMEDY CENTRAL0.3470.13
FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLETRUTV0.3290.12
MLB: BOS AT NYY/MIN AT TORMLB NETWORK0.4720.11
GEEKS WHO DRINKSYFY0.3730.11
LOVE LUST OR RUNTLC0.4550.11
BRINGING UP BATESUP0.3190.10
THE CHASEGSN0.5710.10
CHAIN REACTION (9PM)GSN0.3970.09
BBQ PITWARSDEST AMERICA0.1910.08
CHAIN REACTION (9:30PM)GSN0.3690.06
DON'T BLINK (10:30PM)POP0.1160.06
REACTORSYFY0.2290.05
RECTIFYSUNDANCE TV0.1130.04
BIG BROTHER AFTER DARKPOP0.1190.04
DON'T BLINK (11PM)POP0.0720.03
WAGS TO RICHESE!0.0550.01
COMEDY BANG! BANG!IFC0.0370.01

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & TV Media Insights

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