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July 19, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.18.2017

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  CW’s reruns of THE FLASH and HOOTEN & THE LADY were preempted by baseball in NY, and both lost 0.1 in final numbers; however, it’s noteworthy that despite the adjustment, the HOOTEN rerun had the same rating as last week’s premiere. In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1, tying it with last week’s final rating.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Jul 18.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.05 from last week to 0.81, giving SHOOTER a healthy lead-in for its season premiere, which was at 0.41, down 0.09 from last year’s series premiere (on a night when SMACKDOWN was at 0.95), and down 0.08 from the season finale (on a night when SMACKDOWN was at 0.90).  BEING MARY JANE returned to BET at 0.27, down a big 0.29 from January’s premiere, but only down 0.04 from the March finale.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK rose 0.03 to 0.48, and A NIGHT WITH MY EX premiered at 0.23.  

OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS gained 0.06 to 0.66.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE jumped 0.16 to 0.51, and AMERICAN RIPPER ticked down to 0.28.  On MTV, THE CHALLENGE had an even bigger jump, up 0.24 to 0.49, and FEAR FACTOR was up 0.05 to 0.41. On Discovery, THE DEADLIEST CATCH slipped 0.02 to 0.40, and DEVIL’S CANYON was up 0.02 to 0.22.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM climbed 0.04 to 0.40. Spike’s INK MASTER fell 0.06 to 0.37, and the REDEMPTION after-show was down 0.05 to 0.19.  TBS’s WRECKED ticked up to 0.37.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED dropped 0.09 to 0.37, and RATTLED was down 0.07 to 0.27.  HGTV’s GOOD BONES rose 0.03 to 0.37.  On a night heavy with political news, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW dominated the demo at 0.36/2.6M, above Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/2.3M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.23/1M. On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 ticked down to 0.33, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW ticked up to 0.20. On Freeform, THE FOSTERS lost 0.03 to 0.30, and THE BOLD TYPE was at 0.13 after last week’s premiere 0.16/0.14.  Food Network’s CHOPPED gained 0.02 to 0.30.  On ID, I AM HOMICIDE was at 0.29, and 6 DEGREES OF MURDER was at 0.22. On Tru, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING rose 0.02 to 0.24, and YOU CAN DO BETTER held at 0.13.  BET’s TALES shed a tick to 0.18.  Syfy’s FACE OFF gained 0.02 to 0.17.  A&E’s BORN THIS WAY fell 0.05 to 0.17.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Jul 18.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday July 18, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.81 2,548
2 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.66 2,432
3 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.51 1,307
4 CHALLENGE: DIRTY 30 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.49 837
5 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.48 1,348
6 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.41 1,507
7 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 63 0.40 1,795
8 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.40 1,272
9 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.37 859
10 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.37 935
11 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.37 1,403
12 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,609
13 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.36 2,626
14 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.33 598
15 FEAR FACTOR MTV MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.31 631
16 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.30 687
17 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.30 903
18 I AM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,266
19 AMERICAN RIPPER HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.28 868
20 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 835
21 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.28 1,241
22 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,247
23 RATTLED TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.27 972
24 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 667
25 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 852
26 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 523
27 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 663
28 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,319
29 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,707
30 NIGHT WITH MY EX BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.23 590
31 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,044
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,061
33 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,233
34 DEVILS CANYON DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:03 PM 61 0.22 1,042
35 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,713
36 SIX DEGREES OF MURDER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 969
37 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,541
38 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 913
39 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.20 380
40 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,002
41 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.19 483
42 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.19 667
43 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,119
44 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: YANKEES/TWINS ESPN 8:00 PM 220 0.18 605
45 TALES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 60 0.18 432
46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,730
47 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 910
48 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 639
49 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 455
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 407
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,837
52 BORN THIS WAY A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.17 522
53 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:40 PM 80 0.16 422
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 463
55 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 767
56 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,101
57 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.15 302
58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 892
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 337
60 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 386
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,381
62 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES HBO PRIME 8:12 PM 105 0.15 361
63 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,104
64 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,120
65 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 738
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 732
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,497
68 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 4:00 PM 30 0.14 743
69 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 315
70 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 581
71 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.14 292
72 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 813
73 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.13 275
74 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,931
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 293
76 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 317
77 PARTIDO AMISTOSO L: MURCIELAGOS / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:55 PM 128 0.13 230
78 YOU CAN DO BETTER TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.13 306
79 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.13 430
80 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 308
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,153
82 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 668
83 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,023
84 E! NEWS E! 10:32 PM 62 0.12 328
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 832
86 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,528
87 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.12 300
88 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,660
89 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,035
90 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,430
91 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 664
92 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 488
93 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 978
94 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 251
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 776
96 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,097
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 256
98 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 280
99 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 789
100 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 359
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 215
102 BF DELICIOUS DEST REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.10 382
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 955
104 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,222
105 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 695
106 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 316
107 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 26 0.10 378
108 REAL SPORTS 17 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.10 259
109 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,109
110 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 931
111 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,215
112 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.09 285
113 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.09 197
114 LIVING WITH MAN EATERS: N/A ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 120 0.09 350
115 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 472
116 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 413
117 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.08 355
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 234
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 860
120 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.08 164
121 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2017 STAGE 16 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 AM 240 0.08 302
122 FX MOVIE PRIME: SELMA FX 8:00 PM 180 0.07 241
123 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,163
124 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 859
125 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 12 0.07 210
126 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 789
127 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.07 363
128 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.06 125
129 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 55 0.06 121
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 201
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 225
132 UNDISPUTED L: 212 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 143
133 BIG BROTHER:  AFTER DARK: BBA-170120 BBAD EP 1220 7/18/17 POP 12:00 AM 180 0.06 166
134 MAN FIRE FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.06 167
135 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 128
136 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 119
137 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 242
138 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.05 152
139 PREMIER BOXING CHAMPION L: MIGUEL FLORES/CHRIS AVALOS FOX SPORTS 1 9:00 PM 121 0.05 190
140 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.05 91
141 TOPSY AND TIM SPROUT 10:00 AM 15 0.05 135
142 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 123
143 SWEETEST THING, THE HBO PRIME 6:05 PM 84 0.05 148
144 E! NEWS: DAILY POP II E! 1:00 PM 60 0.05 105
145 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 118
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 202
147 MASHA AND THE BEAR SPROUT 7:10 PM 10 0.04 126
148 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLB TONIGHT MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 310 0.04 151
149 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:03 PM 60 0.04 88
150 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.04 99

 

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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.