NETWORK FINALS: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION went down 0.2 at NBC and up 0.1 at CBS.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FOX News feasted on the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, with 4 shows in the night’s Top 10, led by the 10PM hour at 1.06. CNN, predictably dwarfed in the total viewers metric, was also well behind in 18-49s, with 0.67 at 10PM. (See Mitch Metcalf’s special Convention ratings post for much more detail on the numbers.) Meanwhile, a special convention-themed FULL FRONTAL on TBS was at 0.41.

The news for fans of USA’s MR ROBOT was depressing: although lead-in SUITS declined just 0.04 from last week’s season premiere to 0.49, MR ROBOT plunged 0.13 to 0.30. Considering its critical and Emmy pedigree, it’s not in any danger, but the result has to be a disappointment to USA. The highest-rated non-news show of the night was OWN’s GREENLEAF, up an impressive 0.12 to 0.64. On Freeform, BABY DADDY ticked down to 0.25, and YOUNG & HUNGRY dropped 0.04 to 0.23. FX’s TYRANT was steady at 0.19. Comedy Central’s ANOTHER PERIOD slipped 0.02 to 0.21. Sundance’s THE A WORD held at 0.02/48K.

The unscripted leader was Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN pair, with ATLANTA up 0.04 to 0.49, and LA down a tick to 0.46. Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC lost 0.04 to 0.45. MTV’s THE CHALLENGE upticked to 0.44, with the post-show down 0.05 to 0.21. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL rose 0.09 to 0.43, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.38, and PROPERTY BROTHERS remained at 0.34, with AMERICA’S MOST DESPERATE KITCHENS at 0.24/0.23, compared to last week’s 0.23/0.21. A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY was at 0.42/0.42, compared to last week’s 0.58/0.55, and WAHLBURGERS fell a tenth to 0.30. On TLC, MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE gained 0.04 to 0.34, and I AM JAZZ was up 0.01 to 0.32. Food Network’s CUTTHROAT KITCHEN gained 0.02 to 0.30. On VH1, DATING NAKED was up 0.07 to 0.28, and BARELY FAMOUS remained at 0.09. Discovery’s DUAL SURVIVAL dropped 0.04 to 0.28, and AMERICAN TARZAN held at 0.27. On El Rey, the first hour of LUCHA UNDERGROUND was up 0.01 to 0.05/127K, while the 2d hour was down 0.01 to 0.01/43K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 20, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ: RNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 1.06 7,337 2 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.78 5,568 3 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.77 4,874 4 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.67 3,504 5 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.64 2,170 6 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.64 3,389 7 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.58 2,725 8 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.57 4,534 9 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.49 1,186 10 SUITS USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.49 1,652 11 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.46 1,199 12 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.45 1,317 13 CHALLENGE: RIVALS III MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.44 798 14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.43 1,821 15 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 15 0.42 2,146 16 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.42 1,189 17 DUCK DYNASTY A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.42 1,218 18 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.41 2,625 19 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.41 1,062 20 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.39 2,200 21 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.39 1,763 22 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.38 1,817 23 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.38 3,363 24 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.38 1,410 25 PAWN STARS: BEST OF HISTORY 10:00 PM 32 0.35 1,460 26 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,537 27 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.34 1,083 28 I AM JAZZ TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.32 1,022 29 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.31 880 30 CUTTHROAT KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.30 715 31 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,980 32 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.30 859 33 MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 85 0.30 799 34 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.29 1,785 35 SANJAY & CRAIG NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 15 0.29 1,591 36 SIX DEGREES OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,215 37 DATING NAKED 3 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.28 589 38 DUAL SURVIVAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.28 837 39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.27 1,238 40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.27 2,986 41 AMERICAN TARZAN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.27 824 42 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.26 1,297 43 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ: RNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.25 1,383 44 BABY DADDY FREEFORM 8:30 PM 30 0.25 540 45 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 667 46 AMERICAS MOST DES KITCHEN HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.24 989 47 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,626 48 AMERICAS MOST DES KITCHEN HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.23 891 49 YOUNG & HUNGRY FREEFORM 8:00 PM 30 0.23 438 50 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.22 1,236 51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 2,768 52 SAN ANDREAS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 114 0.22 607 53 ANOTHER PERIOD COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.21 428 54 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,139 55 CHALLENGE: SPECIALS MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.21 385 56 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.20 614 57 CNN TONIGHT CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 778 58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,052 59 TYRANT FX 10:00 PM 72 0.19 743 60 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.19 578 61 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.19 1,287 62 PERFECT MURDER, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,008 63 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,329 64 NCWTS RACING L: ELDORA FOX SPORTS 1 9:01 PM 144 0.19 644 65 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 612 66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,767 67 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY L: SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON ESPN 7:00 PM 237 0.19 729 68 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.18 433 69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,059 70 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 426 71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,072 72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,017 73 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,244 74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,403 75 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ: RNC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.16 875 76 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.16 1,024 77 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 2,045 78 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,707 79 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:00 AM 60 0.15 800 80 NCWTS SETUP L FOX SPORTS 1 8:41 PM 20 0.15 479 81 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.15 328 82 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 849 83 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,700 84 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 10:57 PM 63 0.15 432 85 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 976 86 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., THE HBO PRIME 6:00 PM 116 0.15 399 87 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 277 88 SPIKE TV MOVIE: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE SPIKE TV 3:00 PM 150 0.14 385 89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 785 90 BASEBALL STUDIO L ESPN 5:12 PM 18 0.14 396 91 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 337 92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,698 93 NCWTS QUALIFYING L FOX SPORTS 1 7:10 PM 91 0.14 469 94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,662 95 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 349 96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 820 97 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 817 98 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,790 99 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.13 303 100 EJ NYC E! 9:00 PM 60 0.13 296 101 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,037 102 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,715 103 SPY: SPY HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 120 0.13 425 104 MLB BONUS GAME L: NY METS/CHICAGO CUBS ESPN 2:00 PM 192 0.13 411 105 HEY DUGGEE NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.12 610 106 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 734 107 REAL STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,713 108 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 952 109 COPA MX – L: VENADOS FC / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:25 PM 125 0.12 210 110 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 239 111 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 247 112 BEN AND HOLLYS LITTLE KIN NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.11 543 113 LIFE AND DEATH ROW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 540 114 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 233 115 WHEELER DEALERS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.10 358 116 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.10 305 117 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.10 222 118 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.10 264 119 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 234 120 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.10 251 121 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 504 122 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 574 123 SPORTSCENTER PRIME L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.10 181 124 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 232 125 OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENC SCIENCE 9:01 PM 61 0.10 265 126 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 865 127 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 205 128 MORNING JOE-SPC MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 818 129 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.09 189 130 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.09 203 131 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 669 132 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 779 133 SKIN WARS: FRESH PAINT GSN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 396 134 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 225 135 HOLLYWOOD DIVAS S3 TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.09 265 136 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 682 137 BARELY FAMOUS 2 VH1 10:59 PM 30 0.09 188 138 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 202 139 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 180 140 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.08 154 141 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 639 142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 292 143 ISKA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ESPN2 8:00 PM 60 0.08 186 144 MORNING JOE: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 775 145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 332 146 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 672 147 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.08 204 148 SPORTSNATION L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.07 194 149 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.07 459 150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 283

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