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January 18, 2018
 

Updated with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.17.2018

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jan 17.WED

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE led Wednesday cable, its 0.72 was a shadow of the 1.96 premiere for THE PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON 2 years ago.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW was steady at 0.65.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.59/0.47.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY gained 0.04 to 0.53.  On History, VIKINGS slipped 0.03 to 0.51, and KNIGHTFALL ticked down to 0.22.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE dipped 0.02 to 0.46, and FAMILY BY THE TON was down 0.07 to 0.29.  On Freeform, the newly-renewed GROWN-ISH jumped a tenth to 0.40 (and not surprisingly was strongest in the F 12-34 demo, where its 0.55 put it behind only BLACK INK CREW for the night), and ALONE TOGETHER remained at 0.17.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL rose 0.06 to 0.40.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW notched another cable news win at 0.38/0.56/3.1M, over Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/0.46/3.1M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.24/0.42/1.2M.  MTV’s CATFISH dipped 0.03 to 0.37.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS climbed 0.05 to 0.37, HOUSE HUNTERS was steady at 0.32, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.03 to 0.29.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG ticked up to 0.37.  On E!, TOTAL DIVAS rose 0.09 to 0.30, and WAGS was down 0.03 to 0.11.  On ID, SEE NO EVIL premiered at 0.30, and HOMICIDE HUNTER was down 0.04 to 0.29.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN grew by 0.06 to 0.29, and TERRA’S BIG HOUSE was up 0.05 to 0.20.  On Syfy, THE MAGICIANS ticked down to 0.29 and HAPPY ticked up to 0.19.  TNT’s THE LIBRARIANS held at 0.27.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was at 0.27.  On A&E, STORAGE WARS was at 0.23/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.26/0.25, and ROOSTER & BUTCH was up 0.02 to 0.16.  Comedy Central’s CORPORATE premiered at 0.21/0.17. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jan 17.WED

 

 

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 17, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 ACS: VERSACE FX 10:00 PM 74 0.72 2,222
2 BLACK INK CREW 6 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.65 1,272
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA LAKERS/OKLAHOMA CITY ESPN 8:01 PM 131 0.59 1,521
4 NBA POST-GAME   L ESPN 10:12 PM 23 0.56 1,313
5 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.53 1,388
6 VIKINGS HISTORY 9:00 PM 61 0.51 2,150
7 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/LA CLIPPERS ESPN 10:35 PM 149 0.47 1,051
8 FX MOVIE PRIME: MARTIAN FX 7:00 PM 180 0.46 1,496
9 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 123 0.45 1,567
10 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 31 0.40 903
11 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.40 1,060
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.38 3,063
13 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.37 660
14 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.37 1,837
15 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,597
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,559
17 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:04 AM 56 0.31 650
18 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.31 3,356
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.30 850
20 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.30 593
21 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,451
22 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,502
23 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.29 785
24 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,473
25 FAMILY BY THE TON TLC 10:03 PM 62 0.29 1,001
26 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,503
27 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.29 762
28 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 926
29 LIBRARIANS, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,341
30 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.27 736
31 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,106
32 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,711
33 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.24 551
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,171
35 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 954
36 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,800
37 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,021
38 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 829
39 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,131
40 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.23 527
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 2,014
42 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.23 448
43 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 61 0.22 595
44 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,000
45 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.22 1,084
46 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:01 PM 61 0.22 1,109
47 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,642
48 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,586
49 CORPORATE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.21 404
50 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 813
51 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,976
52 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.21 960
53 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.21 466
54 TERRAS BIG HOUSE LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.20 590
55 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,630
56 LWATL SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.20 572
57 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,641
58 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,363
59 RELATIVE SUCCESS TABATHA BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.19 505
60 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 463
61 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,755
62 HAPPY! SYFY 10:00 PM 50 0.19 617
63 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.19 1,779
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,946
65 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.19 495
66 K.C. UNDERCOVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.19 943
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 960
68 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 958
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 851
70 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.18 870
71 CORPORATE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 28 0.17 333
72 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,514
73 ALONE TOGETHER FREEFORM 8:31 PM 31 0.17 368
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,672
75 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 993
76 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,536
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 359
78 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,368
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 361
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,807
81 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 829
82 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 395
83 ROOSTER & BUTCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.16 510
84 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 820
85 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 404
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,440
87 BARRETT JACKSON: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 180 0.15 913
88 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 339
89 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 475
90 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.15 369
91 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,471
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 927
93 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 311
94 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 333
95 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 955
96 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 383
97 BARRETT JACKSON: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 120 0.14 585
98 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 372
99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 895
100 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 657
101 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.14 351
102 LWATL FIRST LOOK LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 11 0.14 463
103 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,519
104 MORGAN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 92 0.14 428
105 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,101
106 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 553
107 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,101
108 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 709
109 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: MONTREAL/BOSTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 164 0.13 454
110 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 351
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,100
112 BILLION DOLLAR BUYER CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 324
113 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 297
114 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 404
115 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,070
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 958
117 LOCKED UP ABROAD:BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 334
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,106
119 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.12 255
120 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.11 290
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,060
122 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.11 308
123 COPA MX – L: DORADOS DE SINALOA / MONTERREY UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.11 207
124 MYTHBUSTERS: SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.11 243
125 STREET SCIENCE SCIENCE 10:35 PM 31 0.11 282
126 COPA MX – L: QUERETARO / MONARCAS UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.11 212
127 WAGS ATLANTA E! 10:00 PM 60 0.11 258
128 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:04 PM 31 0.11 217
129 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 995
130 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,117
131 STREET SCIENCE SCIENCE 10:04 PM 31 0.10 262
132 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.10 396
133 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 458
134 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 PM 31 0.09 196
135 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:33 PM 31 0.09 187
136 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ARKANSAS/FLORIDA ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.09 340
137 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:02 PM 31 0.08 183
138 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:31 PM 31 0.08 169
139 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.08 186
140 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 8:00 PM 60 0.08 183
141 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.08 236
142 WARCRAFT: WARCRAFT HBO PRIME 5:25 PM 123 0.08 193
143 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: PITTSBURGH/ANAHEIM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:17 PM 154 0.07 192
144 MYSTICONS NICK JR 12:05 PM 28 0.07 252
145 GRAVEYARD CARZ VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.07 299
146 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.07 213
147 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 156
148 TRL MTV 4:00 PM 59 0.07 156
149 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 60 0.07 185
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 268

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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.