Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE: The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of THE SIMPSONS.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Although it was far from the highest-rated show of the night, MAD MEN nevertheless got a fine send-off, jumping by 0.44 from last week to a 1.08 exit. The lord of the evening, of course, was GAME OF THRONES, nevertheless down by 0.34 to 3.14. The rest of the HBO line-up had SILICON VALLEY down 0.08 to 0.84, VEEP down 0.03 to 0.40, and LAST WEEK TONIGHT down 0.09 to 0.50. E!’s KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS aired a special Bruce Jenner-centric episode, and had a big 0.35 gain to 1.40, but then the season finale of THE ROYALS lost 0.05 to 0.53. On Showtime, PENNY DREADFUL rose 0.05 to 0.26, NURSE JACKIE fell a tick to 0.19, and HAPPYISH, while not even on the supplemental chart, managed to double its 18-49 rating to 0.08, and increased its total viewers by over 50K to 262K. NAKED AND AFRAID (Discovery) rose 0.02 to 1.02. A special REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA on Bravo wasn’t close to the real thing, down by almost half to 0.58, with BLOOD, SWEAT AND HEELS down 0.05 to 0.41, and FASHION QUEENS down 0.02 to 0.19. Adult Swim’s CHINA, IL fell by 0.09 to 0.46. INTERVENTION (A&E) also dropped by 0.09, to 0.32. Lifetime’s LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES gained 0.04 to 0.26. SALEM (WGN America) grew by 0.05 to 0.18. A reader asked about BOOMTOWNERS (Smithsonian), and it barely rounded up to 0.01, with 42,000 total viewers.

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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday May 17, 2015 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 GAME OF THRONES HBO PRIME 09:03 PM 54 3.14 6,244 2 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 09:00 PM 60 1.40 2,916 3 MAD MEN AMC 10:00 PM 77 1.08 3,287 4 NAKED AND AFRAID DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 1.02 2,368 5 BREAK HBO PRIME 08:52 PM 11 1.00 2,159 6 SILICON VALLEY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 29 0.84 1,535 7 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT L: DETROIT/ST. LOUIS ESPN 08:00 PM 187 0.58 2,319 8 RHOA KANDIS SKI TRIP BRAVO 08:00 PM 60 0.58 1,457 9 ROYALS, THE E! 10:00 PM 66 0.53 1,148 10 LAST WEEK TONIGHT HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 30 0.50 1,036 11 RIVER MONSTERS ANIMAL PLANET 09:00 PM 62 0.49 1,440 12 CHINA, IL ADULT SWIM 11:30 PM 30 0.46 1,016 13 CUTTHROAT EVILICIOUS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.45 1,272 14 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.45 1,527 15 WICKED TUNA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 66 0.44 1,288 16 LIGA MX L UNIVISION DEPORTES 09:10 PM 115 0.42 933 17 BLOOD, SWEAT & HEELS BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.41 919 18 TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT12 NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.41 1,695 19 RM: AFTERSHOW ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 10 0.40 1,177 20 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 0.40 1,221 21 VEEP HBO PRIME 10:31 PM 28 0.40 741 22 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:07 PM 88 0.40 906 23 LRC:2015 BILLBRD MUSC AWD: N/A E! 06:00 PM 120 0.39 1,037 24 LAKEFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:30 PM 30 0.39 1,661 25 FLEA MARKET FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:30 PM 30 0.37 1,536 26 FX MOVIE PRIME: LIFE OF PI FX 08:00 PM 150 0.36 1,132 27 RIVER MONST: JEREMYS FAVS ANIMAL PLANET 08:00 PM 60 0.35 1,116 28 LIGA MX (PT) SUN: ATLAS / GUADALAJARA UNIVISION DEPORTES 06:54 PM 136 0.35 802 29 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 180 0.35 698 30 PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/MANCHESTER UNITED NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:57 AM 130 0.34 726 31 FLEA MARKET FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 30 0.34 1,435 32 RIVER MONSTERS: REPCK SPC ANIMAL PLANET 10:12 PM 61 0.33 1,013 33 SPORTS REPORTERS ESPN 09:30 AM 30 0.33 854 34 LAKEFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:00 PM 30 0.32 1,277 35 INTERVENTION A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.32 798 36 ON THE CASE WITH PZ INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,137 37 BSBL TONIGHT: SUN CTDWN L ESPN 07:03 PM 57 0.30 809 38 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 08:00 AM 60 0.30 627 39 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WKND ESPN 09:00 AM 30 0.29 701 40 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: LSU/ARIZONA STATE ESPN 01:00 PM 152 0.28 723 41 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.27 612 42 PENNY DREADFUL S2 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:02 PM 55 0.26 639 43 LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.26 773 44 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: ARIZONA STATE/LSU ESPN 04:11 PM 172 0.25 688 45 POWERNATION: DETRO MUSCLE SPIKE TV 10:30 AM 30 0.23 610 46 IN THE LINE OF FIRE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.23 897 47 RM: AFTERSHOW ANIMAL PLANET 12:15 AM 10 0.23 656 48 SOFTBALL BASES LOADED L ESPN 03:32 PM 39 0.22 633 49 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L: IOWA FOX SPORTS 1 02:00 PM 164 0.22 1,244 50 INTERVENTION A&E NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.22 540 51 SUBMISSIVE WIVES GUIDE TO TLC 09:00 PM 60 0.21 556 52 BREADWINNERS NICKELODEON 06:00 PM 30 0.21 1,158 53 WOMENS INTL FRIENDLY L: USA/MEXICO FOX SPORTS 1 09:25 PM 134 0.21 457 54 POWERNATION: TRUCK TECH SPIKE TV 10:00 AM 30 0.20 495 55 REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA BRAVO 06:30 PM 90 0.19 425 56 FASHION QUEENS BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.19 529 57 RIVER MONSTERS: REPCK SPC ANIMAL PLANET 12:25 AM 61 0.19 488 58 NURSE JACKIE S7 SHOWTIME PRIME 09:02 PM 23 0.19 783 59 SALEM WGN AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.18 321 60 ULTIMATE HOMES DISCOVERY CHANNEL 02:00 PM 60 0.18 613 61 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:00 AM 30 0.18 390 62 SANJAY & CRAIG NICKELODEON 07:30 PM 30 0.17 1,218 63 FARMHOUSE RULES FOOD NETWORK 12:30 PM 30 0.17 881 64 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM HBO PRIME 07:45 AM 108 0.17 338 65 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.16 411 66 HARVEY BEAKS NICKELODEON 07:00 PM 30 0.16 1,108 67 POWERNATION: ENGINE POWER SPIKE TV 09:30 AM 30 0.16 413 68 GIADA AT HOME FOOD NETWORK 10:30 AM 30 0.16 663 69 INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE COMP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:06 PM 60 0.16 560 70 EPIC BAR BUILDS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 03:00 PM 60 0.16 375 71 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER CITY/SWANSEA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 08:23 AM 125 0.16 336 72 NO RESERVATIONS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 311 73 PARTS UNKNOWN CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.15 569 74 BESSIE HBO PRIME 07:00 PM 112 0.15 548 75 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:28 AM 29 0.14 296 76 RIVER MONST: JEREMYS FAVS ANIMAL PLANET 01:26 AM 60 0.14 364 77 MARVELS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DISNEY XD 08:30 AM 30 0.14 556 78 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:30 AM 30 0.13 289 79 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 01:30 PM 30 0.13 652 80 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 08:00 AM 60 0.13 337 81 REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA BRAVO 05:30 PM 60 0.13 285 82 MSNBC SPECIAL MSNBC 08:00 PM 60 0.12 363 83 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:05 PM 60 0.12 280 84 GARAGE GOLD DIY NETWORK 09:00 PM 30 0.12 401 85 THAT 70S SHOW NICK JR 11:30 PM 30 0.12 290 86 SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES OXYGEN MEDIA 09:00 PM 60 0.12 360 87 BREAKING BORDERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.12 206 88 ANNABELLE MAXPRIME 08:20 PM 98 0.12 240 89 INSPECTOR GADGET HBO PRIME 06:05 AM 78 0.11 182 90 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.11 308 91 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 998 92 SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 852 93 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 08:30 AM 30 0.11 337 94 LEGENDS & LIES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.11 965 95 BREAK HBO PRIME 09:33 AM 12 0.11 194 96 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE/BAYLOR ESPN2 07:19 PM 120 0.11 451 97 WCB: 5/16/15 GOLOVKIN/MON HBO PRIME 09:45 AM 76 0.11 221 98 RIDE VH1 10:00 AM 60 0.11 237 99 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 08:00 AM 30 0.11 239 100 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 01:00 PM 90 0.11 788

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