SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2015 CABLE TV RATINGS

Select Ratings from Original Cable telecasts on Sunday August 30, 2015:

Week two of AMC's FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was victorious in the ratings on a very busy Sunday on cable. The show scored a strong 4.1 adults 18-49 rating and 8.2 million viewers despite being down about eight-tenths in the demo from last week's 4.93 premiere and nearly 2 million viewers (10.1 million). It also led the day in adults 18-34 (3.41 rating), adults 25-54 (4.23), and ranked second in females 12-34 (2.79) behind MTV's run of the MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS (4.56) which itself ranked second in P18-34 (3.32). The VMA PRESHOW was at 2.37/1.64 in those respective demos. Other top F12-34 and P18-34 performers came from Adult Swim's RICK & MORTY (0.96/1.34 respectively), VH1's BASKETBALL WIVES (1.01/0.65), and MTV's CATFISH SPECIAL (0.77/0.60). Elsewhere, at FX, THE STRAIN bounced back from last week's viewership series low (949K) to 1.4 million while at Showtime, both RAY DONOVAN and MASTERS OF SEX pulled in their second-highest viewership totals of the season with 1.4 million & 688,000 respectively. Finally, Smithsonian premiered their new show THE MISSING EVIDENCE to 0.02 in adults 18-49 and 120,000 viewers.

THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS pulled in a cumulative 9.827 million viewers across 10 different channels: MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic, TV Land, Comedy Central, BET, Centric, Logo, and CMT. MTV pulled in the most viewers with 5 million, followed by VH1 with 1.1 million. On Twitter, the show pulled in 21.4 million tweets (up from 12.6 million tweets last year).

SHOW	CHANNEL	Viewers (millions)	18-49
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD	AMC	8.184	4.10
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	MTV	5.025	2.59
2015 VMA PRESHOW	MTV	2.840	1.33
RICK & MORTY	ADULT SWIM	1.905	1.01
NAKED AND AFRAID XL	DISCOVERY	2.424	0.89
THE LAST SHIP	TNT	2.960	0.80
BASKETBALL WIVES LA 4	VH1	1.457	0.72
FALLING SKIES	TNT	2.394	0.63
STRAIN	FX	1.360	0.61
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FOREVER	ADULT SWIM	1.237	0.61
MLB : CHICAGO/LA DODGERS	ESPN	2.063	0.54
DONT BE TARDY	BRAVO	1.247	0.53
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	VH1	1.108	0.52
YOUR PRETTY FACE/HELL	ADULT SWIM	1.044	0.48
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	TV LAND	0.975	0.48
GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE 6	FOOD NETWORK	1.586	0.48
CATFISH SPECIAL	MTV	0.901	0.48
GUYS GROCERY GAMES	FOOD NETWORK	1.680	0.47
BAR RESCUE	SPIKE TV	1.141	0.46
RAY DONOVAN S3	SHOWTIME	1.442	0.46
BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT-8:30P	HGTV	1.933	0.46
I AM CAIT	E!	1.110	0.43
MARRIED TO MEDICINE	BRAVO	1.051	0.43
INTERVENTION	A&E NETWORK	0.969	0.42
ICE ROAD TRUCKERS	HISTORY	2.076	0.42
NFL: VIKINGS/COWBOYS	NFL NETWORK	1.204	0.42
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.842	0.39
MANZOD WITH CHILDREN	BRAVO	0.947	0.37
SUNDAY BEST 8	BET	1.364	0.37
BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT-8:00P	HGTV	1.630	0.37
CUTTHROAT KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	1.106	0.36
AIR JAWS: WALKING WITH	DISCOVERY	1.033	0.36
VACATION HOUSE FOR FREE	HGTV	1.484	0.35
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	BET	0.943	0.33
ON THE CASE WITH PZ	ID	1.317	0.33
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE	TLC	1.617	0.33
WICKED TUNA: OUTER BANKS	NAT GEO	1.040	0.32
CATCH A CONTRACTOR	SPIKE TV	0.802	0.31
LITTLE LEAGUE WS: TEXAS/BAJA CALI	ESPN	1.016	0.27
NFL: EAGLES/PACKERS	NFL NETWORK	0.536	0.22
SPORTS REPORTERS	ESPN	0.526	0.21
MLS: SEATTLE/PORTLAND	ESPN	0.438	0.21
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS	ESPN	0.611	0.19
ICE LAKE REBELS	ANIMAL PLANET	0.949	0.18
GIADA IN ITALY	FOOD NETWORK	0.782	0.18
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	MTV2	0.399	0.17
BREAKING THE SILENCE	TLC	0.577	0.17
INDYCAR SERIES L: SONOMA	NBCSN	0.841	0.16
PORT PROTECTION	NAT GEO	0.689	0.16
CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE	ESPN	0.345	0.13
HUNT	CNN	0.561	0.13
MASTERS OF SEX S3	SHOWTIME	0.688	0.13
HEISMAN TROPHY PREVIEW	ESPN	0.346	0.13
NCWTS RACING L: MOSPORT	FOX SPORTS 1	0.793	0.12
BIG TIME RV	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.389	0.12
NFL: SEAHAWKS/CHARGERS	NFL NETWORK	0.261	0.11
STEWARTS & HAMILTONS	E!	0.307	0.11
PGA TOUR	GOLF CHANNEL	0.783	0.11
ANSWERED PRAYERS	TLC	0.505	0.11
TEACHERS PILOT SNEAK PEEK	TV LAND	0.228	0.10
2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	CMT	0.272	0.10
AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL.	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.310	0.10
NFL: BROWNS/BUCCANEERS	NFL NETWORK	0.237	0.10
SHOW ME A HERO: PARTS 5 & 6	HBO	0.426	0.10
BIKINIS & BOARDWALKS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.414	0.10
AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL.	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.311	0.09
MLB: BOSTON/NEW YORK METS	TBS NETWORK	0.432	0.09
EXPLORER	NAT GEO	0.523	0.09
ATTIC GOLD	DIY NETWORK	0.420	0.07
2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	CENTRIC	0.118	0.06
2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	LOGO	0.082	0.03
2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	VH1 CLASSIC	0.063	0.03
THE MISSING EVIDENCE	SMITHSONIAN	0.120	0.02

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & TV Media Insights