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May 21, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.20.2015

 

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

NETWORK UPDATE:   The MODERN FAMILY season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, still leaving it way behind last week and last season’s finale.  Also up 0.1:  the SURVIVOR finale and after-show.  In addition, note that the adjusted 18-49 number for the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN finale was 3.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led the way once again on Wednesday cable, with TNT’s Atlanta/Cleveland NBA PLAYOFFS game far and away the night’s leader at 2.79, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game next at 0.59.  STORAGE WARS (A&E) was up 0.06 to 0.45.  On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY rose a tenth to 0.43, and FREAK OUT gained 0.07 to 0.12, impressive in percentage, if not final number.  AMERICAN PICKERS (History) dropped 0.12 to 0.43.  LITTLE WOMEN NY (Lifetime) upticked to 0.41, and TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY wsa at 0.37/0.33, below last week’s 0.43/0.42.  On Adult Swim, FISHCENTER was at 0.36.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING fell 0.06 to 0.29.  BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD FL (Comedy) dropped a hundredth to 0.15.  On VH1, SWAB STORIES also lost a hundredth to 0.14, and WALK OF SHAME SHUTTLE stayed at 0.09.  QUEENS OF DRAMA (POP) rose 0.03 to 0.05.  RIPPER STREET (BBCAmerica) doubled to 0.04.  HOT IN CLEVELAND and SOUL MAN continued their multi-network runs:  on TV Land, SOUL MAN was down 0.09 to 0.11, and on Nick Jr. it lost 0.02 to 0.02, while CLEVELAND, which didn’t air last week, was at 0.10 on TV Land, and 0.02 on Nick Jr.  INSTANT MOM ran only on TV Land at 0.09 (down a tenth).

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.20 May 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 20, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- CONF FNLS L: CLEVELAND/ATLANTA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:30 PM 165 2.79 6,847
2 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:15 PM 47 1.39 2,963
3 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:00 PM 30 0.73 2,061
4 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: NY RANGERS/TAMPA BAY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 08:03 PM 186 0.59 1,650
5 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 30 0.46 1,464
6 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.45 1,082
7 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.45 1,401
8 HOUSE HUNTERS OFF GRID HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 1,698
9 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.43 973
10 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 62 0.43 2,210
11 LITTLE WOMEN NY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 62 0.41 1,014
12 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.40 1,548
13 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:30 PM 30 0.37 1,001
14 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.34 733
15 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 30 0.33 932
16 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.32 1,563
17 RM: UNHOOKED: MNSTR SIZED ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 64 0.30 813
18 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 58 0.30 717
19 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.30 606
20 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 10:00 PM 61 0.29 750
21 WALLYKAZAM! NICKELODEON 09:30 AM 30 0.28 1,168
22 KILLER HORNETS FROM HELL ANIMAL PLANET 08:00 PM 60 0.28 869
23 RM: AFTERSHOW ANIMAL PLANET 11:04 PM 10 0.28 745
24 RIVER MONSTERS: REPCK SPC ANIMAL PLANET 11:14 PM 60 0.27 597
25 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.27 627
26 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 07:00 PM 60 0.27 816
27 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.26 635
28 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 62 0.26 557
29 RM: UNHOOKED: MNSTR SIZED ANIMAL PLANET 12:14 AM 64 0.25 508
30 RIVER MONSTERS: REPCK SPC ANIMAL PLANET 09:00 PM 60 0.25 692
31 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.24 882
32 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.23 486
33 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.23 2,322
34 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.23 2,088
35 DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 778
36 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.23 555
37 MANSIONS & MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.21 934
38 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.21 455
39 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.21 566
40 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 03:00 PM 60 0.21 668
41 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 03:00 PM 30 0.21 388
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 02:00 PM 60 0.20 404
43 RM: AFTERSHOW ANIMAL PLANET 01:18 AM 10 0.20 417
44 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 06:00 PM 60 0.20 645
45 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 04:00 PM 60 0.20 734
46 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 09:00 AM 61 0.20 416
47 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.19 384
48 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.19 436
49 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:09 PM 51 0.19 454
50 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:03 PM 57 0.19 358
51 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 02:00 PM 60 0.19 558
52 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.19 416
53 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.19 340
54 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 05:00 PM 60 0.18 653
55 MY CRAZY EX LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.18 446
56 KILLER HORNETS FROM HELL ANIMAL PLANET 01:28 AM 60 0.18 425
57 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 342
58 THROUGH THE WORMHOLE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.16 467
59 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: TEXAS/BOSTON ESPN 07:00 PM 204 0.16 537
60 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:01 AM 59 0.15 329
61 BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.15 288
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 63 0.15 295
63 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.14 1,979
64 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.14 331
65 SWAB STORIES VH1 09:00 PM 30 0.14 266
66 YUKON GOLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 406
67 AIR PRESSURE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 454
68 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.14 1,878
69 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 01:00 AM 30 0.14 425
70 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 01:00 PM 60 0.13 422
71 MAN FINDS FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 30 0.13 305
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.13 930
73 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.13 273
74 FILTHY RICHES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.12 432
75 FREAK OUT ABC FAMILY 10:30 PM 30 0.12 323
76 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,257
77 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.12 1,409
78 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 09:00 PM 60 0.12 500
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 AM 60 0.12 1,268
80 MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: SPORTING KC/NEW ENGLAND ESPN2 08:00 PM 126 0.11 240
81 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 10:24 PM 36 0.11 321
82 SOUL MAN, THE TV LAND 10:30 PM 30 0.11 478
83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.11 1,159
84 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,084
85 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 06:00 AM 60 0.11 357
86 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 06:00 AM 240 0.10 206
87 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,256
88 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,033
89 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 06:00 PM 30 0.10 199
90 HOT IN CLEVELAND TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.10 667
91 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.10 230
92 INSTANT MOM TV LAND 11:00 PM 30 0.09 333
93 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.09 1,077
94 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.09 491
95 WALK OF SHAME SHUTTLE VH1 09:30 PM 30 0.09 225
96 PREMIER LEAGUE L: SUNDERLAND/ARSENAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 02:38 PM 135 0.09 183
97 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 30 0.09 199
98 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 02:30 PM 30 0.09 186
99 DESPERATE LANDSCAPES DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.09 263
100 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 02:00 PM 60 0.08 1,104

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.