Cablemetrics: Atlanta, Queen Sugar, You're the Worst, Rizzoli & Isles

These numbers are current through Tuesday, September 6.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Broadcast TV seems to have left the early September premieres behind for the time being, but there are still some on cable. This week, FX gave its Tuesday 10/9c slot to Donald Glover's new comedy Atlanta, which started with a decent 0.53/0.48. It's a good bit behind the 0.83 where The Bastard Executioner started in this slot last fall, but Atlanta may be able to compare favorably going forward because Executioner had a rather epic post-premiere collapse, into 0.3 territory in the second half of the season.

• OWN added another entry to its deep drama stable with Queen Sugar (0.68) on Tuesday night. It's a good number but below where Greenleaf opened (0.84) in its post-The Haves and the Have Nots preview back in June.

• FXX began its fall with the return of acclaimed You're the Worst (0.17) last Wednesday, which was actually its highest raw rating on FXX (beating everything from last season, including 0.01 above the season two premiere). It may have had a good movie lead-in or something, but keep in mind that last year it led out of The League, which had a 0.49 on premiere night and averaged about a 0.3 for the season.

• Labor Day Weekend was bad for entertainment programs on the broadcasters and cablers alike. After a steady week two, Fear the Walking Dead plunged 22% to a 1.24, while The Strain had a 32% post-premiere drop to 0.42. However, Power (0.88) and Survivor's Remorse (0.34) on Starz each gained slightly, which may add to the theory that they were hurt by MTV's awards last week.

• And on Monday, the seven-season run of TNT institution Rizzoli and Isles came to an end with a 0.70. This was sort of like the end of the Mike and Molly run, which had a big spike shortly before the finale that made the finale rating itself seem underwhelming. But it was still a new season high, and Rizzoli's best rating since last September.

FULL TABLE:

Name	Net	Ep	A18-49	Last	Seas	Avg	y2y	Proj	ProjPlus	Skew	Male
Fear the Walking Dead	AMC	10	1.24	-22%	2	2.01	-48%	2.01	138	56%	53%
Power	STAR	8	0.88	+5%	3	0.89	+64%	0.93	64	59%	43%
The Haves and the Have Nots	OWN	23	0.90	+12%	3	0.83	-9%	0.84	58	36%	32%
Queen Sugar	OWN	1	0.68		1	0.68		0.49	34	32%
Talking Dead: Fear	AMC	10	0.45	-6%	1	0.65		0.57	39	53%	50%
Greenleaf	OWN	13	0.73	+14%	1	0.62		0.62	43	37%	29%
Rizzoli and Isles	TNT	13	0.70	+4%	7	0.58	-17%	0.58	40	17%	32%
The Strain	FX	2	0.42	-32%	3	0.52	-32%	0.41	28	56%
Atlanta	FX	2	0.50	-5%	1	0.50		0.44	30	63%
The Last Ship	TNT	12	0.48	-4%	3	0.50	-31%	0.50	34	29%	58%
Suits	USA	8	0.47	+12%	6	0.47	-22%	0.48	33	34%	49%
Major Crimes	TNT	11	0.52	+13%	5	0.46	-23%	0.46	32	16%	33%
Queen of the South	USA	11	0.30	-19%	1	0.39		0.37	26	40%	45%
Survivor's Remorse	STAR	7	0.34	+3%	3	0.37	+141%	0.35	24	55%	41%
Mr. Robot	USA	8	0.26	-13%	2	0.29	-40%	0.29	20	50%	58%
Murder in the First	TNT	10	0.27	+23%	3	0.23	-26%	0.23	16	22%	44%
Tyrant	FX	9	0.24	+14%	3	0.20	-45%	0.21	14	33%	56%
Motive	USA	23	0.21	+5%	3	0.20		0.19	13	32%
Killjoys	SYFY	10	0.18	-10%	2	0.18	-22%	0.18	12	35%
You're the Worst	FXX	1	0.17		3	0.17	+6%	0.14	9	62%
Dark Matter	SYFY	10	0.14	-36%	2	0.17	-31%	0.17	11	31%
SexDrugsRockRoll	FX	10	0.17	-23%	2	0.17	-37%	0.17	11	50%	52%
Halt and Catch Fire	AMC	4	0.13	-7%	3	0.13	-18%	0.13	9	47%

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