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February 15, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.14.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER reigned over Thursday cable, despite dropping a tenth to 0.69.  TNT’s NBA game was at 0.42.  On A&E, 60 DAYS IN ticked up to 0.36, HOMICIDE SQUAD ticked down to 0.35, and THE FIRST 48 was down 0.03 to 0.31.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF rose a tick to 0.33, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING held at 0.22, and BACKYARD ENVY ticked down to 0.07.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY gained 0.02 to 0.31.  On History, SWAMP PEOPLE was steady at 0.31, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA was up 0.04 to 0.30.  MTV’s EX ON THE BEACH ticked up to 0.31.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.31/0.48/3.2M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.27/0.44/3.2M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.26/0.36/1.5M.  Fox Sports 1’s NASCAR RACE was at 0.29.  On We, MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP rose 0.02 to 0.26, and GROWING UP HIP-HOP ticked up to 0.21.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.04 to 0.24, and FLIP OR FLOP was down 0.05 to 0.20.  Discovery’s BUILDING OFF THE GRID was steady at 0.17.  On Lifetime, BRING IT shed 0.02 to 0.17, and THE RAP GAME was down 0.05 to 0.16.  Freeform’s SIREN climbed 0.03 to 0.17.  Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE gained 0.03 to 0.16.  On Comedy Central, BROAD CITY dropped 0.04 to 0.14, and the just-renewed THE OTHER TWO was down 0.04 to 0.09.  On Tru, THE CARBONARO EFFECT was steady at 0.13, and INSIDE CARBONARO ticked up to 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday February 14, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DR. PIMPLE POPPER TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.69 2,847
2 NBA BASKETBALL: THUNDER/PELICANS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 141 0.42 1,091
3 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:21 PM 46 0.38 844
4 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.36 912
5 F48: HOMICIDE SQUAD ATL A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.35 1,060
6 TOP CHEF BRAVO 8:00 PM 61 0.33 978
7 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.31 958
8 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.31 1,608
9 EX ON THE BEACH MTV SSN 2 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.31 637
10 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.31 3,156
11 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.31 1,057
12 TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.30 962
13 NASCAR M.E. CUP RACING L: DUEL AT DAYTONA FOX SPORTS 1 7:01 PM 179 0.29 1,725
14 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.27 3,188
15 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,711
16 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,486
17 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.26 615
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 3,115
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 714
20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,331
21 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,332
22 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,428
23 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 9:01 PM 60 0.22 773
24 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 8:59 PM 61 0.21 525
25 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,289
26 FLIP OR FLOP NASHVILLE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.20 1,091
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.20 1,193
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 420
29 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,033
30 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 909
31 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 458
32 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 381
33 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.18 651
34 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,594
35 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.17 506
36 BUILDING OFF THE GRID DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 905
37 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,875
38 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.17 373
39 BRING IT! LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.17 481
40 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 941
41 SIREN FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.17 518
42 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: HOUSTON/CONNECTICUT ESPN 7:00 PM 132 0.17 419
43 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 360
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,381
45 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 934
46 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 32 0.16 420
47 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 293
48 ABBY HATCHER NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.16 654
49 RAP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 70 0.16 402
50 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,450
51 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.16 335
52 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 973
53 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 298
54 UNRIVALED FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.15 854
55 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 2,103
56 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 396
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,826
58 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 292
59 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,760
60 NBA TIP-OFF TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.14 321
61 UFC MAIN EVENT ESPN 10:02 PM 58 0.14 367
62 BROAD CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.14 269
63 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 546
64 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,542
65 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.13 296
66 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,730
67 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 328
68 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 264
69 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,759
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 820
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 276
72 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,603
73 INSIDE CARBONARO TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 278
74 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,724
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 698
76 NBA BASKETBALL RPT: THUNDER/PELICANS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:07 PM 142 0.12 320
77 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,599
78 UFC UNLEASHED ESPN 9:12 PM 50 0.11 316
79 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,138
80 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 262
81 FORMER GLORY HOME AND GARDEN TV 1:00 PM 30 0.11 559
82 VALENTINES DAY (2010): VALENTINES DAY (2010) HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 125 0.11 314
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 679
84 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 520
85 RAP GAME FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:18 PM 14 0.11 246
86 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,440
87 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,522
88 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 653
89 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,454
90 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:19 PM 107 0.10 337
91 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 431
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 707
93 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,467
94 ABBY HATCHER NICK JR 6:30 PM 30 0.10 461
95 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,758
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,119
97 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,112
98 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 15 0.09 331
99 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 722
100 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 234
101 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:45 PM 15 0.09 305
102 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 11:06 PM 116 0.09 330
103 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 741
104 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,124
105 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.09 257
106 OTHER TWO, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.09 192
107 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 693
108 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ILLINOIS/OHIO STATE ESPN2 7:00 PM 139 0.08 476
109 LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 419
110 EX ON THE BEACH: EXTRA ED MTV 7:00 PM 60 0.08 189
111 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:30 PM 30 0.08 571
112 DATING: NO FILTER E! 10:30 PM 30 0.08 151
113 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,607
114 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 965
115 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 975
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,015
117 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,009
118 BRING IT! FAN CHAT LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 56 0.07 185
119 BACKYARD ENVY BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.07 316
120 PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS BBC-AMERICA 11:00 PM 60 0.07 177
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 947
122 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.07 253
123 BRING IT! FAN CHAT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 56 0.07 234
124 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:00 PM 30 0.07 482
125 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 407
126 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.07 231
127 BUSY TONIGHT E! 11:00 PM 30 0.06 135
128 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 387
129 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 60 0.06 227
130 NASCAR RACEDAY L FOX SPORTS 1 5:30 PM 91 0.06 374
131 HES JUST NOT THAT INTO YO: HES JUST NOT THAT INTO YO HBO PRIME 3:30 PM 129 0.06 129
132 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 474
133 HOW ITS MADE: SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 317
134 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 110
135 NEVER BEEN KISSED HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 107 0.05 107
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 291
137 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 104
138 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 240
139 LOGAN: LOGAN HBO PRIME 11:05 PM 137 0.05 131
140 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 498
141 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.04 86
142 UNDISPUTED SP L: 608:MAGGIO/JENNINGS/PARKER/BROUSSARD FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 100
143 BECCAS BUNCH NICK JR 7:30 AM 30 0.04 162
144 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 138
145 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.04 176
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 231
147 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.04 194
148 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 126
149 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 90
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 236

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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.