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April 14, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.13.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY, CHICAGO MED and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SCANDAL and THE AMAZING RACE lost the same. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Apr 13.THU

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TruTV was at the top of a low Thursday for cable with IMPRACTICAL JOKERS, down 0.13 to 0.43, with INSIDE JOKES down 0.07 to 0.28.  ESPN’S 30 FOR 30 documentary was at 0.41.  Nickelodeon’s 5PM LOUD HOUSE was again high in the rankings at 0.36.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS ticked down to 0.36, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.03 to 0.31, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.02 to 0.30. History’s SWAMP PEOPLE plunged 0.17 to 0.36.  On Food Network, BEAT BOBBY FLAY rose 0.11 to 0.35.  A pair of Fox News series hit the Top 10, TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.33, and THE O’REILLY FACTOR at 0.32.  A&E’s 60 DAYS IN fell 0.08 to 0.31, and NIGHTWATCH was down 0.06 to 0.28.  ID’s FEAR THY NEIGHBOR gained 0.03 to 0.29, and REAL DETECTIVE was down 0.02 to 0.28.  On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES dropped 0.08 to 0.29, and HUSTLE & FLOW was down 0.05 to 0.18.  MTV’s WILD N OUT lost 0.03 to 0.19.  On Discovery, SACRED COD was at 0.15.  CMT’s SUN RECORDS ticked up to 0.11.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING dropped a tick to 0.07. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Apr 13.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday April 13, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 773
2 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: ONE AND NOT DONE ESPN 9:00 PM 120 0.41 924
3 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.36 1,750
4 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.36 1,572
5 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.36 1,771
6 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.35 1,028
7 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.33 2,894
8 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.32 3,111
9 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.31 804
10 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.31 1,729
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,608
12 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,706
13 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.30 1,282
14 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.30 699
15 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,145
16 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,429
17 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 65 0.29 802
18 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,324
19 NHL QTR FINALS L: NASHVILLE/CHICAGO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 PM 163 0.28 769
20 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 534
21 REAL DETECTIVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,230
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.28 644
23 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.28 2,821
24 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.28 716
25 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.27 1,355
26 FIRST 100 DAYS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.27 2,463
27 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,426
28 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,247
29 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.26 2,858
30 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.26 443
31 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.26 1,263
32 NHL QTR FINALS L: TORONTO/WASHINGTON USA NETWORK 7:00 PM 195 0.25 628
33 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.25 1,027
34 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.25 1,226
35 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.24 2,186
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,200
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,217
38 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.23 456
39 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,011
40 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.22 2,152
41 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.22 1,950
42 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.22 1,195
43 LIGA MX L: TOLUCA / CRUZ AZUL UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.21 401
44 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.20 349
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.20 1,638
46 NHL QTR FINALS L: CALGARY/ANAHEIM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:43 PM 173 0.20 445
47 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.20 2,089
48 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.20 933
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.20 1,942
50 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 452
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 1,995
52 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 390
53 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,519
54 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.19 904
55 NICK CANNON WILDN OUT S8B MTV 9:00 PM 30 0.19 388
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,809
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 378
58 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 342
59 HUSTLE & SOUL WETV 10:05 PM 61 0.18 543
60 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,338
61 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.18 301
62 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,447
63 WAR DOGS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 114 0.17 393
64 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 346
65 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 700
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 319
67 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,606
68 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 311
69 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.16 309
70 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,752
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 319
72 UNFORGIVEN: UNFORGIVEN HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 131 0.15 428
73 SACRED COD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 92 0.15 593
74 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.15 274
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 742
76 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 621
77 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 371
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 280
79 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.14 275
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,154
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 791
82 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 822
83 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 799
84 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 282
85 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 353
86 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 303
87 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 564
88 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 718
89 SYFY MOVIE SYFY 11:15 PM 114 0.11 430
90 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 263
91 SUN RECORDS CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.11 462
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 961
93 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 918
94 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.10 275
95 UEL QUARTERFINAL L: ANDERLECHT/MANCHESTER UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 2:56 PM 124 0.10 211
96 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 850
97 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 203
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 777
99 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.09 235
100 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.09 406
101 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 751
102 WNBA PREVIEW/REVIEW L ESPN2 7:00 PM 70 0.09 273
103 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 258
104 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 670
105 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 712
106 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 204
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 687
108 MECHANIC: RESURRECTION MAXPRIME 11:15 PM 99 0.08 190
109 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 642
110 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.07 274
111 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 244
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 704
113 PURGE, THE: ELECTION YEAR MAXPRIME 9:25 PM 109 0.07 179
114 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:36 AM 24 0.07 156
115 IMPACT WRESTLING: 215 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 302
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 787
117 SIMPSONS MOVIE HBO PRIME 11:10 AM 87 0.07 146
118 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.06 120
119 SPONGEBOB NICKTOONS 9:00 PM 30 0.06 269
120 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS NBC UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.06 152
121 ON THE STORY W/ HILL HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 156
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 263
123 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 136
124 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.06 264
125 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 121
126 LEGENDARY MOTORCAR VELOCITY 8:00 PM 30 0.05 280
127 10,000 B.C. HBO PRIME 2:15 PM 109 0.05 171
128 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 60 0.05 232
129 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BAL AT TOR/TB AT NYY MLB NETWORK 7:00 PM 174 0.05 282
130 MICHAELA HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.05 152
131 ER POP 5:00 PM 60 0.05 125
132 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.05 131
133 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLB TONIGHT MLB NETWORK 9:54 PM 130 0.05 195
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.05 137
135 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.05 406
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 261
137 MICHAELA HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 175
138 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 4:30 PM 60 0.05 113
139 FUTBOL CENTRAL L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 55 0.05 95
140 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN2 12:00 AM 30 0.05 120
141 CARNIVAL EATS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.05 162
142 LEY DE LAREDO NBC UNIVERSO 11:30 PM 30 0.05 76
143 IDIOTEST GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.05 228
144 JUST MARRIED HBO PRIME 12:40 PM 95 0.05 118
145 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.04 244
146 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 159
147 ON THE STORY W/ HILL HLN 2:00 PM 60 0.04 102
148 UNDISPUTED L: 152 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 98
149 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.04 336
150 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: LAD AT CHC/PIT AT BOS MLB NETWORK 2:20 PM 182 0.04 221

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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.