The Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” continued to have a strong presence in the cable Live +3 ratings, this time for the week of July 23-29.
The Kevin Costner-led Western series scored the biggest audience of any cable show for the week with 4.34 million, up 2.39 million (+122%) from its original L+SD audience. It also managed to tick up 167% from a 0.3 L+SD rating in adults 18-49 to a 0.8 with delayed viewing.
Meanwhile, the season premiere of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” (1.4) was the highest-rated cable show of the week, with a 0.3 point gain from its original 1.1. Comedy Central’s Roast of Bruce Willis landed in the week’s top 3 as well, ticking up four-tenths to a 1.2.
Top 25 cable shows (including ties) in Live +3 adults 18-49 for July 23-29, 2018
| Rank | Show | Net | L+3 18-49 rating | Gain vs. Live + SD | % gain vs. Live + SD |
| 1 | LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 5 | VH1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 27% |
| 2 | TEEN MOM II SSN8B | MTV | 1.3 | 0.6 | 86% |
| 3 | COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST | CMDY | 1.2 | 0.4 | 50% |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 1.1 | 0.2 | 22% |
| WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 1.1 | 0.2 | 22% | |
| WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 1.1 | 0.2 | 22% | |
| 7 | REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC | BRVO | 1.0 | 0.5 | 100% |
| REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC | BRVO | 1.0 | 0.5 | 100% | |
| SOUTHERN CHARM | BRVO | 1.0 | 0.4 | 67% | |
| 10 | LIVE PD | AEN | 0.9 | 0.2 | 29% |
| BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN | BRVO | 0.9 | 0.4 | 80% | |
| GREAT WHITE ABYSS | DISC | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12% | |
| AIR JAWS: THE HUNTED | DISC | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12% | |
| LAWS OF JAWS | DISC | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12% | |
| CHALLENGE:FINAL RECKONING | MTV | 0.9 | 0.4 | 80% | |
| FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN2 | MTV | 0.9 | 0.4 | 80% | |
| 90 DAY FIANCE HEA: TELL A | TLC | 0.9 | 0.2 | 29% | |
| 18 | LIVE PD | AEN | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14% |
| NAKED AND AFRAID | DISC | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14% | |
| CUBAS SECRET SHARK LAIR | DISC | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0% | |
| GUY FIERIS FEEDING FRENZY | DISC | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0% | |
| SNOWFALL | FX | 0.8 | 0.4 | 100% | |
| YELLOWSTONE | PAR | 0.8 | 0.5 | 167% | |
| DR. PIMPLE POPPER | TLC | 0.8 | 0.3 | 60% | |
| CLAWS | TNT | 0.8 | 0.4 | 100% | |
| WWE SMACKDOWN | USA | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0% | |
| BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 4 | VH1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 33% |
Top 25 cable shows in Live +3 viewers for July 23-29, 2018
| Rank | Show | Net | L+3 viewers (000s) | Gain vs. Live + SD (000s) | % gain vs. Live + SD |
| 1 | YELLOWSTONE | PAR | 4,337 | 2,386 | 122% |
| 2 | HANNITY | FXNC | 3,536 | 75 | 2% |
| 3 | HANNITY | FXNC | 3,447 | 106 | 3% |
| 4 | HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE | HALL | 3,253 | 643 | 25% |
| 5 | HANNITY | FXNC | 3,190 | 52 | 2% |
| 6 | HANNITY | FXNC | 3,175 | 75 | 2% |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 3,112 | 287 | 10% |
| 8 | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE | FXNC | 3,099 | 64 | 2% |
| 9 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 3,094 | 266 | 9% |
| 10 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 3,061 | 120 | 4% |
| 11 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 3,061 | 85 | 3% |
| 12 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 3,025 | 317 | 12% |
| 13 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 2,984 | 118 | 4% |
| 14 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FXNC | 2,939 | 29 | 1% |
| 15 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 2,894 | 94 | 3% |
| 16 | MOUNTAIN MEN | HIST | 2,868 | 506 | 21% |
| 17 | HANNITY | FXNC | 2,856 | 117 | 4% |
| 18 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FXNC | 2,825 | 40 | 1% |
| 19 | LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 5 | VH1 | 2,793 | 665 | 31% |
| 20 | DR. PIMPLE POPPER | TLC | 2,787 | 770 | 38% |
| 21 | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE | FXNC | 2,767 | 69 | 3% |
| 22 | COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST | CMDY | 2,722 | 957 | 54% |
| 23 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FXNC | 2,697 | 50 | 2% |
| 24 | 90 DAY FIANCE HEA: TELL A | TLC | 2,685 | 545 | 25% |
| 25 | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE | FXNC | 2,677 | 48 | 2% |
Source: The Nielsen Company.