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September 8, 2017
 

UPDATED with BROADCAST: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.7.2017

 

 

 

Analysis to follow.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Sep 07.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for CNN (led by the 8PM ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.42).  ESPN’s coverage of the US OPEN was at 0.41.  The only regularly scheduled programming in the Top 10 was Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY, down 0.02 to 0.40.  TBS’s THE GUEST BOOK declined 0.03 to 0.37.  On Bravo, FLIPPING OUT was steady at 0.34, and GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO DIVORCE held at 0.13.  On History, MOUNTAIN MEN lost 0.03 to 0.29, and ICE ROAD TRUCKERS was down 0.05 to 0.23.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP rose 0.06 to 0.29, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.02 to 0.26, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.25, and DESERT FLIPPERS was up 0.03 to 0.25.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY climbed 0.06 to 0.26.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP rose 0.02 to 0.24.  On ID, KISS OF DEATH ticked down to 0.24, and GUILTY RICH was down 0.06 to 0.24.  On MTV, WILD N OUT fell 0.07 to 0.23.  CMT’s DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS ticked up to 0.10.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING was steady at 0.05. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Sep 07.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday September 7, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.58 2,368
2 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.52 2,333
3 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.51 2,211
4 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.48 2,204
5 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.46 2,114
6 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.42 1,874
7 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.41 1,805
8 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: WOMENS SEMIFINAL ESPN 7:00 PM 264 0.41 1,955
9 PROJECT RUNWAY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.40 1,546
10 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.39 1,761
11 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.38 2,082
12 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.38 2,208
13 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.37 1,907
14 GUEST BOOK, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.37 977
15 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.37 1,548
16 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.36 1,911
17 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.36 2,137
18 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.35 1,627
19 KICKOFF SIMULCAST NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 60 0.35 948
20 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.34 984
21 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.34 1,739
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.33 1,432
23 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.32 1,871
24 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.32 1,772
25 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.31 1,212
26 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.31 1,344
27 MOUNTAIN MEN HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.29 1,914
28 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.29 1,770
29 FLIP OR FLOP ATLANTA HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,272
30 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.28 2,616
31 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.28 1,731
32 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,612
33 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.27 1,321
34 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.27 1,428
35 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.26 1,491
36 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 826
37 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.26 1,024
38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.26 1,432
39 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,428
40 DESERT FLIPPERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.25 1,318
41 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.25 1,242
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.24 1,977
43 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 874
44 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.24 1,674
45 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.24 1,322
46 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 541
47 GUILTY RICH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,051
48 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,396
49 KISS OF DEATH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 950
50 PROJECT RUNWAY FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 15 0.23 955
51 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,270
52 ICE ROAD TRUCKERS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.23 1,173
53 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 779
54 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.23 969
55 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S9 MTV 11:00 PM 31 0.23 418
56 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 1,111
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.23 1,020
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 1,149
59 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.22 1,147
60 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 609
61 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 88 0.22 512
62 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,237
63 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,220
64 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,230
65 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,817
66 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.21 1,160
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.21 1,968
68 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,093
69 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.20 848
70 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 457
71 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,685
72 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.19 793
73 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,624
74 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,850
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,598
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,835
77 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.19 767
78 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:30 AM 30 0.19 438
79 PROJECT REWIND LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.19 813
80 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.18 939
81 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.18 917
82 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.17 452
83 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: CRAZY STUPID LOVE FREEFORM 8:20 PM 160 0.17 369
84 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,520
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.17 1,249
86 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.17 394
87 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,663
88 NFL GAMEDAY: NFL GAMEDAY KICKOFF NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 150 0.16 400
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 315
90 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:24 PM 38 0.15 430
91 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,481
92 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 362
93 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,247
94 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 347
95 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,597
96 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 24 0.14 405
97 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 346
98 DAILY FANTASY SHOW ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.13 294
99 GIRLFRND GUIDE TO DIVORCE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.13 425
100 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,320
101 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 273
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,030
103 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,136
104 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 998
105 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:01 AM 59 0.12 276
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,075
107 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 61 0.12 248
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,020
109 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.12 247
110 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,377
111 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 988
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,061
113 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 221
114 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 948
115 DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 12 CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.10 243
116 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 298
117 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 999
118 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 504
119 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.09 323
120 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.09 470
121 AUSTIN POWERS:SPY WHO SHA HBO PRIME 5:55 PM 95 0.09 180
122 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 77 0.08 185
123 JACKIE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 100 0.08 250
124 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 261
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 234
126 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.07 189
127 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.07 215
128 DRIVEN TO LOVE WETV 11:00 PM 60 0.07 153
129 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 153
130 I LOVE KELLIE PICKLER CMT 11:00 PM 30 0.07 145
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 251
132 DIVIDED GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 240
133 DIVIDED GSN 9:30 PM 30 0.06 247
134 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.06 154
135 FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 133 0.06 157
136 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 161
137 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 161
138 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.05 474
139 UNDISPUTED L: 247 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 134
140 ETERNAL REDZONE NFL NETWORK 2:30 PM 30 0.05 104
141 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 91
142 MICHAELA HLN 4:00 PM 60 0.05 164
143 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:06 AM 54 0.05 106
144 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.05 266
145 E! NEWS: DAILY POP II E! 1:00 PM 60 0.05 106
146 WHAT ABOUT BOB: WHAT ABOUT BOB POP 10:00 PM 150 0.05 115
147 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 103
148 IMPACT WRESTLING: 236 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.05 227
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 229
150 PEARL HARBOR: PEARL HARBOR HBO PRIME 2:15 PM 183 0.04 115

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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.