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December 20, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.19.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Dec 19.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.08 from last week to 0.85, with lead-out TIME MACHINE at 0.43.  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.04 to 0.75, and 2 episodes of CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST were at 0.41/0.34, compared to last week’s 0.52.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS returned at 0.61, with a pre-show at 0.24, and lead-out STRIPPED up 0.05 to 0.20.  On HGTV, FIXER UPPER dropped 0.08 to 0.46, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.04 to 0.32, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.28.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.42.  On TBS, JOKER’S WILD rose 0.04 to 0.40, and DROP THE MIC was down 0.04 to 0.26.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS fell 0.11 to 0.38, and BUSHCRAFT BUILD-OFF was down 0.02 to 0.26.  Adult Swim’s late-night TENDER TOUCHES was at 0.37/0.33.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news at 0.35/0.51/2.7M, over Fox News’s INGRAHAM ANGLE at 0.26/0.41/2.4M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.24/0.30/1.1M.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE climbed 0.03 to 0.35.  Food Network’s CHOPPED ticked down to 0.25.  On ID, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED slipped 0.02 to 0.28, and GRAVE SECRETS was down 0.03 to 0.25.  2 pivotal hours of MAJOR CRIMES on TNT were at 0.26/0.26, up from last week’s 0.20 hour.  The finale of BET’s THE MANE EVENT was steady at 0.22.  A&E’s WHO KILLED TUPAC rose 0.03 to 0.21.  A MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT special on Lifetime was at 0.17.  The finale of NatGeo’s LONG ROAD HOME gained 0.03 to 0.13.  Spike’s I AM SAM KINISON special was at 0.11.  TV Land’s TEACHERS grew by 0.03 to 0.11.  Tru’s AT HOME WITH AMY SEDARIS fell 0.04 to 0.09. The finale of HBO’s GUNPOWDER was at 0.07.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Dec 19.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday December 19, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.85 3,129
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.75 2,578
3 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.61 1,653
4 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.46 2,357
5 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.44 1,374
6 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.43 1,620
7 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: AKRON/FLORIDA ATLANTIC ESPN 7:00 PM 197 0.42 1,394
8 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.41 1,245
9 SNOOP DOGG JOKERS WILD TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.40 975
10 MOONSHINERS: SHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.38 1,282
11 TENDER TOUCHES ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 15 0.37 783
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 2,735
13 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:17 PM 103 0.35 806
14 CHALLENGE:CHAMPS VS STARS MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.35 593
15 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.34 1,085
16 TENDER TOUCHES ADULT SWIM 12:45 AM 15 0.33 676
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,643
18 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.31 656
19 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.29 640
20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.29 804
21 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.28 885
22 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,461
23 VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,231
24 DROP THE MIC TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.26 605
25 BUSHCRAFT BUILD-OFF DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.26 813
26 MAJOR CRIMES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.26 2,437
27 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,432
28 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: CLEVELAND/MILWAUKEE NBA-TV 8:00 PM 150 0.26 704
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,203
30 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,773
31 MAJOR CRIMES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:01 PM 61 0.26 2,330
32 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.25 548
33 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 3,052
34 GRAVE SECRETS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,140
35 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 562
36 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.24 607
37 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,051
38 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.23 516
39 STRIPPED BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.22 525
40 MANE EVENT, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.22 498
41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,533
42 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 812
43 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.21 434
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,480
45 WHO KILLED TUPAC A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.21 480
46 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,739
47 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 868
48 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,765
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.20 945
50 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.20 524
51 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 905
52 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,303
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 551
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,791
55 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 714
56 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 476
57 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,732
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,751
59 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 884
60 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.18 418
61 90 DAY FIANCE: CLIP SHOW: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 181 0.18 606
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 2,046
63 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,923
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 378
65 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,667
66 SR/SENATE TAX APPROVAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:44 AM 32 0.17 1,195
67 MAFS: JAMIE/DOUG SPECIAL: JAMIE & DOUG PLUS ONE EXTENDED LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 152 0.17 498
68 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,486
69 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 381
70 TEXAS METAL VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 561
71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 826
72 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,525
73 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 816
74 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,640
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 403
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 371
77 GONE IN 60 SECONDS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.15 329
78 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 10:30 PM 30 0.15 391
79 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.15 387
80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 790
81 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 451
82 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,329
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,629
84 BF DELICIOUS DEST REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.15 460
85 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.15 349
86 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 387
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,241
88 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 742
89 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,695
90 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 714
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 694
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,234
93 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 681
94 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 3:10 PM 123 0.13 365
95 LONG ROAD HOME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 611
96 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,686
97 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.13 426
98 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 587
99 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.12 409
100 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,017
101 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 632
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 876
103 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 478
104 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 939
105 BITCHIN RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.12 489
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 670
107 BROKEN SKULL CHALLENGE 5 CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.11 335
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 809
109 I AM SAM KINISON: I AM SAM KINISON SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 120 0.11 395
110 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 916
111 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,103
112 TEACHERS TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.11 521
113 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 896
114 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.10 385
115 PLAYERS ONLY NBA-TV 11:00 PM 60 0.10 246
116 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 753
117 STRANGE EVIDENCE SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.10 422
118 E! NEWS E! 6:59 PM 61 0.10 293
119 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 216
120 AT HOME W AMY SEDARIS TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.09 193
121 THOMAS & FRIENDS NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.09 476
122 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 810
123 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:09 PM 113 0.09 261
124 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 223
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 283
126 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: SOUTH CAROLINA/CLEMSON ESPN2 7:00 PM 129 0.08 244
127 LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, THE HBO PRIME 5:15 PM 104 0.08 204
128 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.08 186
129 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.08 124
130 UNDISPUTED L: 317 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 163
131 GUNPOWDER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 61 0.07 332
132 HAMILTONS PHARMACOPEIA VICELAND 10:00 PM 60 0.07 128
133 NBA PREGAME SHOW NBA-TV 7:30 PM 30 0.07 153
134 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.07 254
135 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.07 182
136 LONG ROAD HOME: HEROES OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 397
137 ESPNU STUDIO ESPN2 11:02 PM 29 0.06 153
138 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 132
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 232
140 21ST & PRIME NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.06 175
141 E! NEWS E! 10:31 PM 63 0.06 166
142 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 142
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 212
144 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 108
145 ER POP 4:08 PM 68 0.06 184
146 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 177
147 NFL POWER RANKINGS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.05 154
148 NFL REPLAY NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 231
149 LONG ROAD HOME: EXTRA MIL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 232
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 259

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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.