TUESDAY AUGUST 18, 2015 CABLE TV RATINGS

DEADLIEST CATCH, on Discovery, edged out a Tuesday victory on cable among both adults 18-49 (0.93 rating) and adults 25-54 (1.22). Over at OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS won out in adults 18-34 (0.62) & females 12-34 (0.71) and ranked second in total viewers (3.1 million) behind TNT's RIZZOLI & ISLES (4.5 million) which also led in men over 50 (3.3 rating). Leading out of ISLES was PROOF which tumbled by more than half to 0.33 in adults 18-49, 1.6 in M50+, and 2.1 million viewers. It was a strong night overall for programs catering to young females with the following programs all scoring solid returns in females 12-34: Lifetime's DANCE MOMS REUNION (0.68 rating), MTV's SCREAM: THE TV SERIES (0.66), Bravo's REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC & E!'s TOTAL DIVAS (both 0.64), BET's REAL HUSBANDS (0.63), and Oxygen's BAD GIRLS CLUB (0.61). A few scripted programs of note include: TYRANT on FX (1.2 million) and CLIPPED on TBS (1.25 million) which were both down from last week; and PLAYING HOUSE on USA (440,000) which was up a bit (from 367K). Elsewhere, among lower-rated cables there was ABC Family's NEXT STEP REALTY (203,000) and STARTUP U (96,000), and Esquire's THE AGENT (90,000).  

SHOW	CHANNEL	Viewers (millions)	18-49
DEADLIEST CATCH	DISCOVERY	2.424	0.93
HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS	OWN	3.063	0.87
RIZZOLI & ISLES	TNT	4.520	0.74
INK MASTER	SPIKE TV	1.481	0.70
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	BRAVO	1.314	0.57
REAL HUSBANDS S4	BET	1.159	0.57
COUNTING CARS	HISTORY	1.854	0.50
CLIPPED	TBS NETWORK	1.254	0.47
PUNKD	BET	1.035	0.46
TOTAL DIVAS	E!	1.031	0.45
HARD KNOCKS 15 – HOUSTON	HBO	0.831	0.44
DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT	DISCOVERY	1.363	0.43
CHOPPED	FOOD NETWORK	1.274	0.43
COUNTING CARS	HISTORY	1.610	0.42
HOUSE HUNTERS OFF GRID	HGTV	1.772	0.41
TATTOO NIGHTMARES	SPIKE TV	0.866	0.41
STORAGE WARS	A&E NETWORK	1.594	0.40
K.HART: LET ME EXPLAIN	BET	0.818	0.40
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	1.585	0.40
HOMICIDE HUNTER LT	ID	1.582	0.38
LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD	TLC	1.470	0.38
TYRANT	FX	1.204	0.36
FACE OFF	SYFY	0.888	0.36
WWE TOUGH ENOUGH	USA NETWORK	0.998	0.35
FLIP OR FLOP FOLLOWUP	HGTV	1.507	0.35
OUTLAW CHRON HELLS ANGELS	HISTORY	1.384	0.35
PROOF	TNT	2.115	0.33
DANCE MOMS REUNION	LIFETIME	0.985	0.32
MY GIANT LIFE: AFTERSHOW	TLC	0.987	0.30
SCREAM: THE TV SERIES	MTV	0.645	0.30
BAD GIRLS CLUB	OXYGEN	0.561	0.29
WAGS	E!	0.477	0.22
LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM	TLC	0.759	0.21
PLAYING HOUSE	USA NETWORK	0.440	0.20
ANOTHER PERIOD	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.358	0.19
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.483	0.18
DANCE MOMS SPECIAL	LIFETIME	0.576	0.17
SEVEN YEAR SWITCH	FYI	0.311	0.16
ESCAPING POLYGAMY	LMN	0.420	0.16
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.336	0.15
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.427	0.15
MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES	NAT GEO	0.444	0.15
HACK MY LIFE	TRUTV	0.341	0.14
REAL SPORTS 15	HBO	0.350	0.13
HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS	SCIENCE	0.414	0.12
MICK DODGE: FOOT NOTES	NAT GEO	0.385	0.11
WEST TEXAS INVESTOR'S CLUB	CNBC	0.228	0.09
BOSS NAILS	OXYGEN	0.167	0.08
WORST POST EVER	OXYGEN	0.180	0.08
NEXT STEP REALTY	ABC FAMILY	0.203	0.07
STARTUP U	ABC FAMILY	0.096	0.06
IT TAKES A SISTER	OXYGEN	0.126	0.06
GARAGE SQUAD	VELOCITY	0.152	0.05
THE AGENT	ESQUIRE	0.090	0.04
BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK	POP	0.121	0.04

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & TV Media Insights