NETWORK FINALS: Once again, local NFL PRESEASON games shook up the preliminary ratings. Since the night was mostly reruns, there’s no need for detailed analysis. Here’s the summary: there were 0.2 drops for BH90210, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and 0.1 drops for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, MASTERCHEF, THE BIG STAGE, HYPNOTIZE ME and the new WHAT WOULD YOU DO.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A&E’s LIVE PD had a commanding lead on Friday cable, even with a 0.07 drop to 0.61, with the lead-in recap hour down 0.07 to 0.23. NFL Network’s national NFL PRESEASON game was at 0.28. On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER ticked up to 0.25, and A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW held at 0.09. On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP fell 0.08 to 0.23. Food Network’s DINER’S DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.23/0.23, compared to last week’s 0.22. HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME slipped 0.02 to 0.22, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.03 to 0.21, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.03 to 0.21. ESPN’s LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.20/0.18-/13. MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS dropped 0.04 to 0.19. Nickelodeon’s 9AM BLAZE & THE MONSTER was at 0.16. On Discovery, BATTLEBOTS shed 0.03 to 0.16. Fox News’s THE FIVE led cable news at 0.17/0.30/2.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.15/0.28/2.4M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.11/0.17/700K. On History, UNXPLAINED fell 0.07 to 0.14, and ANCIENT ALIENS was down 0.03 to 0.13. Syfy’s KILLJOYS fell 0.04 to 0.04.

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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday August 16, 2019 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 LIVE PD: 230 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.61 2,027 2 NFL PRESEASON (LIVE): 2019 – CHI VS. NYG NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 188 0.28 1,054 3 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 57 0.25 1,425 4 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.23 1,003 5 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.23 584 6 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.23 776 7 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.23 760 8 SP MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.22 1,332 9 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 12:30 AM 30 0.22 565 10 SP HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 1,274 11 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,284 12 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: ELIZABETH,NJ/SALEM/OR ESPN 7:00 PM 131 0.20 946 13 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN14 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.19 457 14 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN 4:00 PM 115 0.18 889 15 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 403 16 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,407 17 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.16 551 18 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 2,398 19 BATTLEBOTS: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 122 0.16 802 20 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 10:38 PM 22 0.16 655 21 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST: ROB LOWE COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 120 0.15 353 22 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.15 2,362 23 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,927 24 GET UP L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 349 25 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN 10:00 AM 111 0.14 409 26 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.14 856 27 AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 557 28 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / CRUZ AZUL TUDN 10:01 PM 127 0.14 363 29 NASCAR XFINITY RACE L: BRISTOL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:47 PM 133 0.14 909 30 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 5:55 PM 65 0.14 473 31 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.13 841 32 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,867 33 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 316 34 NFL LIVE L ESPN 2:50 PM 70 0.13 412 35 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 357 36 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 276 37 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,724 38 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN 1:00 PM 110 0.13 646 39 COMEDY CELLAR COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.13 268 40 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.12 603 41 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 289 42 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 2,160 43 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,383 44 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,559 45 VAMPIRINA DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.12 506 46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,541 47 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,349 48 DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 14 CMT 9:00 PM 60 0.11 335 49 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 1,614 50 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,606 51 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 AM 25 0.11 424 52 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,121 53 NFL PRESEASON: 2019 – BUF VS. CAR NFL NETWORK 11:00 PM 180 0.11 368 54 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,129 55 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,271 56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 688 57 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,238 58 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 9:00 PM 92 0.10 674 59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,235 60 GHOST BROTHERS HAUNTED TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 444 61 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,350 62 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 748 63 NASCAR XFINITY START L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 14 0.10 656 64 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,371 65 SPORTSCENTER PRIME L ESPN 10:10 PM 50 0.10 267 66 FIRST LOOK:FLIP IT DISICK E! 11:47 AM 11 0.10 268 67 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 713 68 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:32 PM 28 0.10 585 69 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,262 70 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.10 338 71 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 409 72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 710 73 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.09 644 74 BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, A HBO PRIME 11:01 PM 27 0.09 351 75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 706 76 UFC PPV PREVIEW ESPN 9:11 PM 59 0.09 267 77 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:51 AM 69 0.09 230 78 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.08 752 79 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 984 80 NFL PRESEASON: 2019 – OAK VS. ARI NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 180 0.08 214 81 SHOWCASE GAME: CLE AT NYY/LAD AT ATL MLB NETWORK 7:09 PM 162 0.08 391 82 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,346 83 UNDISPUTED SP L: 734:MCINTYRE/PARKER/JENNINGS FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 190 84 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 612 85 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.08 514 86 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 783 87 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 684 88 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 7:30 PM 90 0.07 240 89 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.07 656 90 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: HOME ABDUCTION LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.07 339 91 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 1,201 92 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 1,328 93 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.07 462 94 PGA TOUR: 2019 BMW CHP GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 240 0.07 676 95 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 627 96 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.07 639 97 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 476 98 FIRST TAKE L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.07 175 99 SP HGTV SMART HOME GIVEWA HOME AND GARDEN TV 1:00 PM 30 0.06 368 100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 614 101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 585 102 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 533 103 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 1,128 104 HERD L: 1049 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 152 105 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.06 348 106 NFL PRESEASON: 2019 – PHI VS. JAX NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 180 0.06 189 107 NASCAR CUP SERIES QUAL L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:30 PM 90 0.05 394 108 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 1,180 109 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / PACHUCA TUDN 7:30 PM 151 0.05 140 110 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 908 111 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 131 112 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 222 113 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 414 114 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:08 AM 52 0.05 109 115 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 736 116 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 724 117 MONEYBALL: MONEYBALL POP 6:00 PM 180 0.05 119 118 NASCAR XF COUNTDOWN GREEN NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 33 0.05 431 119 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 774 120 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPNEWS 5:35 PM 102 0.04 207 121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 235 122 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 874 123 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 91 124 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.04 146 125 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 435 126 RACING WIVES CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.04 125 127 USA BASKETBALL L: USA/SPAIN NBA-TV 10:00 PM 120 0.04 108 128 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 802 129 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 60 0.04 120 130 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 499 FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 AM 180 0.04 101 131 KILLJOYS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.04 294 132 NFL PRESEASON: 2019 – NYJ VS. ATL NFL NETWORK 10:00 AM 180 0.04 120 133 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 364 134 MANSON: THE WOMEN: 100 SPECIAL OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 120 0.04 215 135 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 767 136 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 394 137 UFC WEIGH-IN/PRESS CONF L ESPN2 5:20 PM 15 0.04 162 138 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.03 214 139 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.03 91 140 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 9:51 PM 76 0.03 189 141 BEST EVER TRIVIA SHOW GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.03 342 142 RAINBOW BUTTERFLY UNICORN NICKTOONS 8:30 PM 30 0.03 130 143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 223 144 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.03 263 145 NASCAR XFINITY QUALIFY L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:00 PM 63 0.03 224 146 NASCAR AMERICA PRAC/QUAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:03 PM 27 0.03 213 147 TOP RANK BOXING: CRAWFORD/KHAN ESPNEWS 10:00 PM 180 0.03 169 148 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.03 79 149 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.03 93 150 MAX ON BOXING ESPN2 5:35 PM 25 0.03 99

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