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

NETWORK UPDATE: NBC’s PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (Arizona vs. Oakland) adjusted up by half a point to 2.4 in final numbers. In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS rerun (which had a football overrun as its lead-in).

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was of course the behemoth of the night, falling a very acceptable 0.83 from its premiere to 4.1, down 15-20% across the board.

Completists want to know (of course) the rating of MTV’s VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS across all of the Viacom networks that simulcast the show, and we’re crazy enough to give it to you. Here’s the rundown: MTV: 2.59 (down a brutal 1.57 from last year, although it’s cushioned a bit by the other networks [however, there was also simulcasting last year], and preceded by 1.33 for the PRESHOW special, which was down 0.53 from last year); VH1: 0.52; TV Land: 0.48; Comedy Central: 0.39; BET: 0.33; MTV2: 0.17; CMT: 0.10; Centric: 0.06/118K; Logo: 0.03/82K; and VH1 Classics: 0.03/63K.

Outside of zombies, musical and otherwise, Adult Swim’s RICK & MORTY slipped 0.05 to 1.01, and AQUA TEEN HUNGER FOREVER fell 0.23 to 0.61, with YOUR PRETTY FACE was at 0.48. NAKED & AFRAID (Discovery) dropped 0.18 to 0.89. On TNT, THE LAST SHIP gained a tenth to 0.80, and the series finale of FALLING SKIES jumped 0.16 to 0.63. VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES, pushed back an hour to be the lead-in to the VMA telecast, merely lost a hundredth to 0.72. THE STRAIN (FX) bounced back beautifully from last week, up 0.21 to 0.61. On Bravo, DON’T BE TARDY rose 0.09 to 0.53, and MARRIED TO MEDICINE gained 0.02 to 0.43, with MANZOD WITH CHILDREN up 0.09 to 0.37. On E!, I AM CAIT was up 0.03 to 0.43, and STEWARTS & HAMILTONS lost 0.02 to 0.11.

On pay cable, Showtime’s RAY DONOVAN grew by 0.03 to 0.46, and MASTERS OF SEX was also up 0.03 to 0.13. The final 2 hours of SHOW ME A HERO stayed at 0.10 for HBO.

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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday August 30, 2015 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 FEAR THE WALKING DEAD AMC 09:00 PM 61 4.10 8,184 2 2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS: 2015 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV 09:00 PM 150 2.59 5,025 3 2015 VMA PRESHOW MTV 08:00 PM 60 1.33 2,840 4 RICK & MORTY ADULT SWIM 11:30 PM 30 1.01 1,905 5 NAKED AND AFRAID XL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.89 2,424 6 LAST SHIP, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 09:00 PM 60 0.80 2,960 7 BASKETBALL WIVES LA 4 VH1 08:00 PM 60 0.72 1,457 8 FALLING SKIES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 66 0.63 2,394 9 STRAIN FX 10:00 PM 63 0.61 1,360 10 AQUA TEEN HUNGER FOREVER ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.61 1,237 11 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT L: CHICAGO/LA DODGERS ESPN 08:00 PM 179 0.54 2,063 12 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.53 1,247 13 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS VH1 09:00 PM 150 0.52 1,108 14 YOUR PRETTY FACE/HELL ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.48 1,044 15 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS TV LAND 09:00 PM 150 0.48 975 16 GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE 6 FOOD NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.48 1,586 17 CATFISH SPECIAL MTV 07:00 PM 60 0.48 901 18 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 08:00 PM 60 0.47 1,680 19 BAR RESCUE SPIKE TV 09:00 PM 60 0.46 1,141 20 RAY DONOVAN S3 SHOWTIME PRIME 09:02 PM 48 0.46 1,442 21 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:30 PM 30 0.46 1,933 22 I AM CAIT E! 08:00 PM 60 0.43 1,110 23 MARRIED TO MEDICINE BRAVO 09:00 PM 60 0.43 1,051 24 INTERVENTION A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.42 969 25 ICE ROAD TRUCKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.42 2,076 26 NFL PRESEASON: 2015 – MIN VS. DAL NFL NETWORK 12:00 PM 180 0.42 1,204 27 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS COMEDY CENTRAL 09:00 PM 150 0.39 842 28 MANZOD WITH CHILDREN BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.37 947 29 SUNDAY BEST 8 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 08:00 PM 60 0.37 1,364 30 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 08:00 PM 30 0.37 1,630 31 CUTTHROAT KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,106 32 AIR JAWS: WALKING WITH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:01 PM 61 0.36 1,033 33 VACATION HOUSE FOR FREE HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 60 0.35 1,484 34 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 09:00 PM 150 0.33 943 35 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER UNITED/SWANSEA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:57 AM 123 0.33 745 36 ON THE CASE WITH PZ INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,317 37 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 10:59 PM 91 0.33 822 38 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TLC 09:00 PM 60 0.33 1,617 39 WICKED TUNA: OUTER BANKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.32 1,040 40 CATCH A CONTRACTOR SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.31 802 41 RHOC FIRST LOOK BRAVO 08:47 PM 13 0.29 610 42 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM L ESPN 12:34 PM 38 0.28 854 43 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.27 625 44 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: PEARLAND, TX/MEXICALI BAJA CALIFORNIA ESPN 10:00 AM 154 0.27 1,016 45 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 03:00 PM 60 0.27 780 46 DUMB AND DUMBER TO HBO PRIME 10:45 AM 109 0.23 408 47 NFL PRESEASON: 2015 – PHI VS. GB NFL NETWORK 09:00 AM 180 0.22 536 48 BSBL TONIGHT: SUN CTDWN L ESPN 07:00 PM 60 0.21 523 49 SPORTS REPORTERS ESPN 08:30 AM 30 0.21 526 50 MLS REGULAR SEASON L: SEATTLE/PORTLAND ESPN 04:30 PM 150 0.21 438 51 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 126 0.20 456 52 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS ESPN 01:12 PM 28 0.19 611 53 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WKND ESPN 08:00 AM 30 0.18 422 54 ICE LAKE REBELS ANIMAL PLANET 10:03 PM 61 0.18 949 55 GIADA IN ITALY FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 30 0.18 782 56 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS MTV2 09:00 PM 150 0.17 399 57 LIGA MX (EF) SUN: GUADALAJARA / JAGUARES UNIVISION DEPORTES 06:18 PM 132 0.17 426 58 BREAKING THE SILENCE TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 577 59 INDYCAR SERIES L: SONOMA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 05:00 PM 145 0.16 841 60 PORT PROTECTION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 689 61 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:26 AM 31 0.16 295 62 PREMIER LEAGUE L: NORWICH/SOUTHAMPTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 08:23 AM 123 0.16 351 63 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 07:00 PM 60 0.15 316 64 BREAK HBO PRIME 12:34 PM 11 0.14 246 65 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.13 345 66 KILL THE MESSENGER HBO PRIME 06:00 PM 111 0.13 379 67 HUNT CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.13 561 68 MASTERS OF SEX S3 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:02 PM 50 0.13 688 69 HEISMAN TROPHY PREVIEW ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.13 346 70 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:00 AM 30 0.12 338 71 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 245 72 NCWTS RACING L: MOSPORT FOX SPORTS 1 01:31 PM 149 0.12 793 73 BIG TIME RV TRAVEL CHANNEL 08:00 PM 30 0.12 389 74 TRANSFORMERS: TRANSFORMERS MAXPRIME 12:50 PM 143 0.11 296 75 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.11 1,215 76 NFL PRESEASON: 2015 – SEA VS. SD NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.11 261 77 STEWARTS & HAMILTONS E! 09:00 PM 60 0.11 307 78 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 07:00 AM 60 0.11 360 79 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.11 1,174 80 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 12:00 PM 90 0.11 783 81 ANSWERED PRAYERS TLC 01:00 PM 60 0.11 505 82 TEACHERS PILOT SNEAK PEEK TV LAND 11:30 PM 25 0.10 228 83 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWAR: 2015 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CMT 09:00 PM 150 0.10 272 84 AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL. TRAVEL CHANNEL 07:00 PM 30 0.10 310 85 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 07:30 AM 30 0.10 267 86 LUCY MAXPRIME 11:20 AM 89 0.10 311 87 LUCY MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 89 0.10 272 88 UP W/STEVE KORNACKI: N/A MSNBC 08:00 AM 120 0.10 398 89 NFL PRESEASON: 2015 – CLE VS. TB NFL NETWORK 06:00 AM 180 0.10 237 90 SHOW ME A HERO: PARTS 5&6 HBO PRIME 08:03 PM 127 0.10 426 91 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 01:00 PM 60 0.10 219 92 COFFEE TOWN HBO PRIME 06:00 AM 87 0.10 186 93 GRACE IS GONE HBO PRIME 08:15 AM 85 0.10 184 94 BIKINIS & BOARDWALKS TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.10 414 95 INDYCAR CENTRAL PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 04:00 PM 60 0.09 531 96 AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL. TRAVEL CHANNEL 07:30 PM 30 0.09 311 97 MLB REGULAR SEASON: BOSTON/NEW YORK METS TBS NETWORK 01:00 PM 195 0.09 432 98 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 08:00 AM 30 0.09 515 99 TASHI AND THE MONK HBO PRIME 07:30 AM 41 0.09 169 100 EXPLORER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 08:00 PM 60 0.09 523

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