NETWORK FINALS: NBC’s PRESEASON NFL game and CBS’s BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY, THE SIMPSONS and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: MTV’s own airing of the 2016 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS crashed by 0.81 from last year to 1.78 (that puts it down a shocking 2.38 from just 2 years ago, a 57% drop). Naturally, MTV’s spin on this is to emphasize the show’s online gains, but between this rating and the Olympics, it’s clear that live events are no longer a sure thing on linear TV. Meanwhile, here’s the full rundown of the show’s airing on the other Viacom networks: 0.41 on VH1, 0.24 on Comedy Central, 0.20 on Spike, 0.19 on BET, 0.11 on MTV2, 0.11 on TV Land, 0.07 on CMT, 0.05/105K on Centric, 0.05/104K on MTV Classic, and 0.03/72K on Logo. (Note: MTV ran a special pre-VMAs episode of TEEN MOM at 0.68.)

THE STRAIN returned to FX at 0.62, down 0.16 from last summer’s premiere, but up 0.08 from the season finale. On AMC, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was down 0.03 to 1.59, TALKING DEAD fell 0.09 to 0.48, and GEEKING OUT was up 0.02 to 0.12. The surprise of the night, though, may have been the 0.86 for the (series?) finale of HBO’s THE NIGHT OF, up a mighty 0.17 from last week to 0.86, with BALLERS (airing 45 minutes later than usual) down 0.16 to 0.48, and VICE PRINCIPALS (ditto) down 0.11 to 0.30. Starz’s POWER dropped 0.12 to 0.84, and SURVIVOR’S REMORSE was down 0.08 to 0.33. On Showtime, RAY DONOVAN fell 0.08 to 0.24, and the ROADIES finale was down 0.03 to 0.08. On Adult Swim, SQUIDBILLIES ticked up to 0.58, and BRAD NEELY’S HARG NALLIN ticked down to 0.49. On TNT, THE LAST SHIP grew by 0.03 to 0.50, and MURDER IN THE FIRST lost 0.03 to 0.22. Hallmark’s CHESAPEAKE SHORES remained at 0.30. USA’s MOTIVE rose 0.04 to 0.20.

The MTV shows aside, Discovery’s NAKED & AFRAID led the unscripted realm, up 0.02 to 0.83. NBC Sport Net’s NASCAR race was at 0.68. VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES was steady at 0.56. Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY was down 0.06 to 0.50. On Food Network, COOKS VS CONS jumped 0.12 to 0.50, GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE was at 0.49, and GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was up 0.07 to 0.43. E!’s KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS plunged 0.31 to 0.38, but that was probably due in part to a pair of its stars appearing simultaneously on MTV, while WAGS was down 0.09 to 0.20. TLC’s RETURN TO AMISH gained 0.06 to 0.36, and MY BIG FAT AMERICAN GYPSY WEDDING was up 0.02 to 0.26. On A&E, ESCAPING POLYGAMY held at 0.32, and INTERVENTION was up 0.04 to 0.28. History’s OZZY & JACK’S WORLD DETOUR fell 0.05 to 0.26.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday August 28, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 2016 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS: 2016 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV 9:00 PM 175 1.78 3,273 2 FEAR THE WALKING DEAD AMC 9:00 PM 61 1.59 3,661 3 2016 VMA PRESHOW MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.99 1,896 4 NIGHT OF, THE HBO PRIME 9:03 PM 95 0.86 2,158 5 POWER 3 STARZ PRIMARY 9:02 PM 57 0.84 1,839 6 NAKED AND AFRAID XL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 62 0.83 2,386 7 TEEN MOM SSN 6 MTV 7:00 PM 60 0.68 1,128 8 NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE L: MICHIGAN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:25 PM 152 0.68 3,377 9 STRAIN FX 10:00 PM 63 0.62 1,353 10 SQUIDBILLIES ADULT SWIM 11:30 PM 15 0.58 1,226 11 BASKETBALL WIVES LA 5 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.56 1,163 12 NASCAR SPRINT CUP START L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:00 PM 25 0.53 2,659 13 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.50 1,352 14 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.50 1,407 15 LAST SHIP, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.50 2,544 16 BRAD NEELYS HARG NALLIN S ADULT SWIM 11:45 PM 15 0.49 1,052 17 GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE 7 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.49 1,363 18 TALKING DEAD: FEAR AMC 10:01 PM 59 0.48 1,218 19 BALLERS HBO PRIME 10:46 PM 30 0.48 1,014 20 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.43 1,320 21 MEXICO LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.43 2,033 22 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS VH1 9:00 PM 175 0.41 893 23 MEXICO LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.40 1,936 24 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 9:00 PM 61 0.38 866 25 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.38 2,028 26 RETURN TO AMISH: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 122 0.36 1,338 27 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.36 1,876 28 FLEA MARKET FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 30 0.35 1,551 29 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT L: KANSAS CITY/BOSTON ESPN 8:00 PM 216 0.35 1,459 30 TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT12 NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.35 1,397 31 FLEA MARKET FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:30 PM 30 0.35 1,618 32 SURVIVORS REMORSE 3 STARZ PRIMARY 10:02 PM 29 0.33 753 33 ISLAND HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,653 34 ESCAPING POLYGAMY A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.32 792 35 NASCAR SPRINT CUP POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:57 PM 63 0.31 1,445 36 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.30 673 37 CHESAPEAKE SHORES HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 2,179 38 VICE PRINCIPALS HBO PRIME 11:18 PM 30 0.30 620 39 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.30 1,256 40 NASCAR SC COUNTDOWN GREEN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:28 PM 32 0.29 1,330 41 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: GOODLETTSVILLE, TN/AGUADULCE, PANAMA ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.29 914 42 ISLAND HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,394 43 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.28 640 44 INTERVENTION CA A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 827 45 ON THE CASE WITH PZ INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,207 46 OZZY & JACKS WORLD DETOUR HISTORY 10:00 PM 63 0.26 1,048 47 FRIENDS OF HEARTLAKE CITY DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 90 0.26 1,226 48 MY BIG FAT AMERICAN GYPSY TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.26 794 49 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 175 0.24 480 50 RAY DONOVAN S4 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:02 PM 48 0.24 1,001 51 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM L ESPN 12:00 PM 30 0.23 741 52 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:36 PM 84 0.22 545 53 PREMIER LEAGUE L: WEST HAM/MANCHESTER CITY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:54 AM 126 0.22 493 54 MURDER IN THE FIRST TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,496 55 IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: IN THE HEART OF THE SEA HBO PRIME 6:55 PM 122 0.22 588 56 NFL PRESEASON: 2016 – PHI VS. IND NFL NETWORK 10:00 AM 180 0.21 524 57 2016 VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 175 0.20 441 58 WAGS E! 10:01 PM 59 0.20 432 59 MOTIVE USA NETWORK 11:00 PM 61 0.20 893 60 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 175 0.19 487 61 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS ESPN 12:30 PM 30 0.19 575 62 BRUNCH AT BOBBYS FOOD NETWORK 12:30 PM 30 0.18 687 63 T.FLORENCE TEST KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.17 709 64 NASCAR SPRINT CUP PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:00 PM 28 0.17 777 65 BBCA MOVIE: AUSTIN POWERS: GOLDMEMBER BBC-AMERICA 7:00 PM 120 0.17 354 66 GIADA IN ITALY FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.17 674 67 HEISMAN TROPHY PREVIEW ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.16 464 68 RELIABLE SOURCES CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 885 69 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.15 297 70 DECLASSIFIED CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 701 71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 661 72 MARVELS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DISNEY XD 8:30 AM 30 0.15 433 73 FARMERS MARKET FLIP FOOD NETWORK 11:30 AM 30 0.15 699 74 MLB REGULAR SEASON: CUBS/DODGERS TBS NETWORK 4:00 PM 207 0.15 548 75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 849 76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 689 77 POWERNATION: ENGINE POWER SPIKE TV 9:30 AM 30 0.14 370 78 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 867 79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 789 80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 650 81 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 641 82 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 626 83 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE ESPN 1:30 PM 60 0.13 320 84 HUNT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 646 85 F1 RACING L: BELGIUM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:30 AM 147 0.13 526 86 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,430 87 ROBIN WILLIAMS BEHIND CLO: 101: ROBIN WILLIAMS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.13 536 88 BSBL TONIGHT: SUN CTDWN L ESPN 7:02 PM 58 0.13 375 89 GODDAMN COMEDY JAM COMEDY CENTRAL 11:55 PM 58 0.13 262 90 NASCAR VICTORY LAP NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.13 457 91 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.13 388 92 POWERNATION: EXT OFF ROAD SPIKE TV 9:00 AM 30 0.12 272 93 NFL PRESEASON: 2016 – NYG VS. NYJ NFL NETWORK 7:30 AM 150 0.12 316 94 GEEKING OUT AMC 12:01 AM 30 0.12 308 95 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,237 96 BROOKLYN HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 112 0.12 310 97 LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT HBO PRIME 3:15 PM 104 0.12 313 98 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 549 99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 755 100 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,392 101 RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS: RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS HBO PRIME 1:00 PM 131 0.11 281 102 FOX REPORT SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,299 103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 736 104 SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,277 105 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS TV LAND 9:00 PM 175 0.11 311 106 SUN NIGHT MUST WATCH MOVI: LAST SAMURAI, THE SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 210 0.11 321 107 LIGA MX L: SANTOS / LEON UNIVISION DEPORTES 6:53 PM 127 0.11 218 108 MLS REGULAR SEASON L: PORTLAND TIMBERS/SEATTLE SOUNDERS ESPN 4:49 PM 133 0.11 253 109 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV2 9:00 PM 175 0.11 199 110 NAT GEO MOVIE: THIRTEEN DAYS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 8:00 PM 180 0.11 650 111 MEDIA BUZZ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,175 112 SNAPPED OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.10 478 113 NFL PRESEASON: 2016 – SD VS. MIN NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.10 225 114 BBCA MOVIE: NATL LAMPOONS CHRISTMAS BBC-AMERICA 10:00 AM 135 0.10 260 115 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 12:00 PM 90 0.10 680 116 FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,093 117 NFL PRESEASON NFL NETWORK 6:00 AM 90 0.10 208 118 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:30 AM 24 0.10 227 119 SALVAGE DAWGS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.10 556 120 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 299 121 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.09 285 122 F1 EXTRA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:57 AM 33 0.09 315 123 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,012 124 HUNT HLN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 492 125 MEET THE PRESS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 631 126 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 284 127 BBCA MOVIE: AUSTIN POWERS:INTER. MAN BBC-AMERICA 5:00 PM 120 0.09 207 128 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 468 129 CATCHING KELCE-SP E! 11:00 PM 30 0.09 184 130 WEEKENDS WITH ALEX WITT: N/A MSNBC 12:00 PM 120 0.09 611 131 GC PREGAME LI GOLF CHANNEL 1:30 PM 30 0.09 534 132 BROOKLYN HBO PRIME 11:00 AM 112 0.09 207 133 MLS REGULAR SEASON L: NY RED BULLS/NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION ESPN 2:30 PM 139 0.08 186 134 AM JOY: N/A MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.08 579 135 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 261 136 ROADIES S1 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:00 PM 66 0.08 308 137 IT TAKES A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 30 0.08 393 138 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: STAR KICKOFF: CENTENNIAL VS. FRISCO NFL NETWORK 5:30 PM 153 0.07 150 139 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.07 948 140 NASCAR WHELEN MOD TOUR NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.07 175 141 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.07 190 142 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 440 143 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.07 310 144 YOUR BUSINESS MSNBC 7:30 AM 30 0.07 243 145 TRNING PT W DR D JEREMIAH USA NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.07 254 146 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2016 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CMT 9:00 PM 175 0.07 163 147 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 772 148 33, THE: 33, THE HBO PRIME 8:50 AM 127 0.07 158 149 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 446 150 JOEL OSTEEN USA NETWORK 8:30 AM 30 0.07 287

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