THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 2015 CABLE TV RATINGS

NFL Network coverage of NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL between the Packers & Patriots won the Thursday cable ratings race with a 0.91 adults 18-49 rating, a 1.08 adults 25-54 rating, and 2.5 million viewers. The other game, Cowboys/Chargers, was a bit behind at 0.55 & 0.63 in those respective demos and 1.56 million viewers. Over at MTV, TEEN MOM II easily topped the adults 18-34 (0.94) and females 12-34 demos (1.21) with the closest compeitsh in the former coming from the Packers/Patriots PRESEASON GAME (0.79) and the closest primetime competish in the latter coming from Lifetime's PROJECT RUNWAY (0.58). Over at History, MOUNTAIN MEN led in total viewership (2.65 million) and ranked second in men over 50 (1.85 rating) just behind Fox News's THE O'REILLY FACTOR (1.89). MEN's lead-out ALONE actually lost more than a half-million viewers from its lead-in (1.9 million), but performed a tenth better in adults 18-49 (0.58 vs. 0.48). Other programs of note that aired today include TruTV's IMPRACTICAL JOKERS (923,000), USA's COMPLICATIONS (1.4 million) & GRACELAND (745,000), Syfy's DOMINION (919,000), and FX's MARRIED (290,000). Finally, among the low-rated, Pop's DON'T BLINK dropped to a minuscule 0.01 in the demo, but was up 5K viewers to 77,000. 

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
The Astronaut Wives Club	ABC	2.3/4	0.64/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	3.198
Mistresses	ABC	2.1/4	0.72/3	0.5/2	1.0/3	2.976
Rookie Blue	ABC	2.3/4	0.57/2	0.4/2	0.8/2	3.342
Big Brother 17	CBS	3.5/6	1.95/7	1.4/7	2.3/7	6.079
Under the Dome	CBS	2.4/4	0.81/3	0.6/3	1.2/4	3.734
Food Fighters	NBC	2.2/4	0.73/3	0.5/2	1.1/4	3.491
Dateline Mystery	NBC	3.2/6	0.91/3	0.5/2	1.3/4	4.669
Boom!	FOX	1.1/2	0.47/2	0.4/2	0.6/2	1.744
Beauty and the Beast	CW	0.6/1	0.25/1	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.924

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Big Brother 17	1.7/7	1.2/6	2.3/8	1.6/6

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	Viewers (millions)	18-49
NFL PRESEASON: PACKERS/PATRIOTS	NFL NETWORK	2.523	0.91
TEEN MOM II SSN6	MTV	1.358	0.78
ALONE	HISTORY	1.939	0.58
WWE SMACKDOWN: 081315	SYFY	2.083	0.56
NFL: COWBOYS/CHARGERS	NFL NETWORK	1.556	0.55
PROJECT RUNWAY	LIFETIME	1.934	0.54
LIP SYNC BATTLE	SPIKE TV	1.027	0.49
MOUNTAIN MEN	HISTORY	2.652	0.48
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	0.923	0.45
ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU	NICKELODEON	2.074	0.43
BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT	A&E NETWORK	1.109	0.42
BEHIND BARS: ROOKIE YEAR	A&E NETWORK	1.101	0.42
BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES	WETV	0.960	0.42
COMPLICATIONS	USA NETWORK	1.397	0.34
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	1.054	0.34
LA HAIR	WETV	0.791	0.32
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	1.650	0.30
ONE BAD CHOICE	MTV	0.501	0.28
AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL	CARTOON NET	1.545	0.26
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.733	0.26
GRACELAND	USA NETWORK	0.745	0.25
CLARENCE	CARTOON NET	1.379	0.25
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP	TNT	1.396	0.23
UNCLE GRANDPA	CARTOON NET	1.464	0.23
DOMINION	SYFY	0.919	0.23
SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL	FX	0.508	0.21
FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE	TRUTV	0.417	0.19
LOVE LUST OR RUN	TLC	0.686	0.19
REVIEW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.282	0.18
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-7P	ESPN	0.820	0.18
LITTLE CHARMERS	NICK JR	0.674	0.18
JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.338	0.18
NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR	ID	0.740	0.17
RHOA RH AWARDS	BRAVO	0.471	0.17
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.332	0.17
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-9:30P	ESPN	0.781	0.16
LOVE LUST OR RUN: EXTRA	TLC	0.577	0.16
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-3P	ESPN	0.485	0.15
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-5P	ESPN2	0.491	0.14
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.469	0.14
UNTOUCHABLE:POWER CORRUPT	ID	0.736	0.14
DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 10	CMT	0.285	0.14
SEVENTIES	CNN	0.837	0.13
MARRIED	FX	0.290	0.12
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS	NAT GEO	0.723	0.12
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-1:45P	ESPN	0.425	0.12
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS-11A	ESPN	0.325	0.11
CHASE, THE	GSN	0.578	0.11
MLB: PIT/STL OR NYY/CLE	MLB NETWORK	0.300	0.10
CHAIN REACT MC	GSN	0.437	0.10
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.288	0.10
GEEKS WHO DRINK	SYFY	0.307	0.09
BRINGING UP BATES	UP	0.294	0.07
WHAT'S MY CAR WORTH	VELOCITY	0.232	0.07
BBQ PITWARS	DEST AMERICA	0.155	0.05
MARON	IFC	0.117	0.05
BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK	POP	0.119	0.04
RECTIFY	SUNDANCE TV	0.149	0.03
COMEDY BANG! BANG!	IFC	0.050	0.03
DON'T BLINK	POP	0.077	0.01

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & TV Media Insights