NETWORK FINALS: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage went up on all the networks: by 0.2 to 1.1 on NBC, by 0.1 to 0.9 on ABC, and by 0.1 to 0.8 on CBS. In addition, the 8PM episode of HOME FREE gained 0.1, while HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the LEGENDS OF TOMORROW rerun lost the same.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: CNN wishes the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION could be a continuing series, as it once again dominated the night and convention coverage with 5 of the Top 9 shows, peaking at 2.02 in the 10PM hour. MSNBC had the other 4 of the Top 9, peaking in an hour that started at 10:30PM (when Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech began) at 1.02. FOX News was highest in its 11PM hour at 0.52. See Mitch Metcalf’s special Convention Ratings Report for much more detail on these numbers. A special convention-themed REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO was at 0.20.

The highest-rated non-convention show was HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP, down 0.02 from last week to 0.61, with HOUSE HUNTERS down a tenth to 0.36, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL down 0.09 to 0.34. Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS rose 0.07 to 0.48, and INSIDE JOKES was at 0.32. History’s MOUNTAIN MEN returned at 0.42. USA’s QUEEN OF THE SOUTH climbed 0.03 to 0.42. On Food Network, BEAT BOBBY FLAY rose 0.06 to 0.39. MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.37/0.33, compared to last week’s 0.36/0.30. On A&E, THE FIRST 48 dropped 0.03 to 0.36, and a lead-out 15-minute 60 DAYS IN special was at 0.31. We’s BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES edged up 0.02 to 0.36, while CUTTING IT IN THE ATL was down 0.03 to 0.19. Bravo’s FLIPPING OUT fell 0.08 to 0.24. On Comedy Central, the 2d night of the JEFF ROSS ROAST BATTLE was at 0.23. Lifetime’s MY CRAZY EX dropped 0.04 to 0.16, and I LOVE YOU BUT I LIED lost 0.02 to 0.12. FX’s SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL was up 0.02 to 0.15. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.10. RIPPER STREET returned to BBCAmerica at 0.04/151K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday July 28, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 10:00 PM 60 2.02 7,783 2 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 11:00 PM 60 1.72 6,535 3 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 9:00 PM 60 1.31 5,658 4 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:30 PM 57 1.02 5,512 5 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.96 5,280 6 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.78 3,144 7 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:27 PM 33 0.77 4,109 8 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.73 3,638 9 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.68 4,248 10 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.61 2,403 11 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 42 0.52 2,991 12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:42 PM 18 0.50 2,927 13 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.48 1,026 14 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.48 3,055 15 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.45 2,223 16 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.45 3,030 17 CNN TONIGHT CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.43 1,579 18 MOUNTAIN MEN HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.42 2,254 19 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.42 1,220 20 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.39 1,121 21 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.39 3,459 22 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.37 791 23 FX MOVIE PRIME: OTHER WOMAN FX 7:30 PM 150 0.36 927 24 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.36 2,889 25 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.36 1,058 26 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.36 1,764 27 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.36 747 28 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.35 2,157 29 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.34 1,995 30 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.34 1,584 31 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN8 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.33 752 32 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.32 1,318 33 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.32 666 34 60 DAYS IN SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 15 0.31 761 35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.30 1,564 36 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 718 37 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.28 689 38 DEADLY SINS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 996 39 FIRST 48 MINI A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 15 0.27 825 40 MLS REGULAR SEASON L: MLS ALL-STARS VS. ARSENAL ESPN 7:30 PM 153 0.25 513 41 SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: OZARK SHARKS SYFY 9:00 PM 120 0.25 1,057 42 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,900 43 SANJAY & CRAIG NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 15 0.24 1,289 44 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.24 823 45 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:33 PM 35 0.24 523 46 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,971 47 CNN TONIGHT CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 971 48 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,244 49 SKIN TIGHT: TRANSFORMED TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 576 50 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.23 1,173 51 JEFF ROSS ROAST BATTLE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 455 52 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 2,454 53 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 527 54 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:00 AM 60 0.22 1,177 55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,334 56 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.21 1,014 57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.21 1,530 58 BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.20 1,388 59 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 11:28 PM 31 0.20 682 60 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.20 991 61 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.20 440 62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,106 63 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 407 64 CUTTING IT: IN THE ATL WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.19 454 65 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 90 0.18 395 66 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,165 67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 911 68 LONE STAR LAW ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 61 0.17 855 69 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: N/A TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:00 PM 360 0.17 977 70 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 373 71 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,585 72 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.17 349 73 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 934 74 SUB 23 PARTIDO AMISTOSO: MEXICO / ARGENTINA UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:02 PM 121 0.16 328 75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,833 76 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,572 77 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 296 78 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 12:08 AM 30 0.16 366 79 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 899 80 MY CRAZY EX LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.16 455 81 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.15 329 82 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 796 83 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 296 84 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,600 85 SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL FX 10:00 PM 31 0.15 416 86 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.15 641 87 NFL LIVE L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 315 88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 879 89 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 903 90 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:38 AM 30 0.15 280 91 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 272 92 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,248 93 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,754 94 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,683 95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 948 96 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 295 97 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 276 98 SPORTSCENTER PRIME L ESPN 10:03 PM 57 0.14 317 99 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.14 310 100 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 904 101 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 635 102 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 324 103 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,328 104 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 323 105 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.13 283 106 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 246 107 NORTH WOODS LAW ANIMAL PLANET 9:01 PM 61 0.13 641 108 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,218 109 DEFINATION OF FANTASIA… BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 65 0.12 305 110 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.12 249 111 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.12 234 112 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,351 113 I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.12 385 114 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CWS AT CHC/KC AT TEX MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 179 0.12 458 115 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 840 116 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 252 117 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 219 118 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,108 119 MORNING JOE-SPC MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,085 120 REAL STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,238 121 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ -DNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.10 512 122 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 944 123 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 867 124 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 882 125 HEY DUGGEE NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.10 642 126 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 818 127 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 207 128 MORNING JOE: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 981 129 IMPACT WRESTLING: 130 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.10 350 130 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 327 131 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 201 132 BEN AND HOLLYS LITTLE KIN NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.09 591 133 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 896 134 UFC RELOADED: 196:MCGREGOR/DIAZ FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 180 0.09 325 135 JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 2:03 PM 33 0.08 182 136 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.08 288 137 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.08 478 138 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 139 139 YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE CNBC 10:00 PM 95 0.08 287 140 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 157 141 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:03 AM 61 0.07 116 142 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCR 7/28/16: MLS ALL STARS / ARSENAL UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:52 PM 130 0.07 144 143 BACKYARD GOLDMINE DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.07 292 144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 238 145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 251 146 NFL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 151 147 TENNIS:US OPEN SRS MEN L: ROGERS MASTERS RD OF 16 ESPN2 1:00 PM 180 0.06 149 148 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.06 219 149 TINY LUXURY DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.06 277 150 TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME: TRAINING CAMP PRIMETIME NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.06 127

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