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January 23, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.22.2020

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.01 (New Orleans vs. San Antonio, i.e. the Zion Williamson game)/0.46 (76ers vs. Toronto).  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY gained 0.04 to 0.45.  On another impeachment trial night, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.37/0.46/3.7M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.33/0.49/3M and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.26/0.35/1.5M.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING dipped 0.03 to 0.35.  On A&E, PD CAM was at 0.33/0.30, and AMERICA’S TOP DOG fell 0.09 to 0.25.  On BET, SISTAS rose 0.04 to 0.31, and THE OVAL was steady at 0.31.  On TLC, 1000-LB SISTERS climbed 0.08 to 0.30, and MY 600-LB LIFE was steady at 0.29.  On Discovery, ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was at 0.30.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT slipped 0.02 to 0.29, and SUPERNANNY ticked up to 0.12.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW lost 0.02 to 0.29.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER grew by 0.07 to 0.26, and IN PURSUIT was up 0.07 to 0.25.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES rose 0.04 to 0.26.  HGTV’s PROPERTY BROTHERS dropped 0.06 to 0.25, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL gained 0.05 to 0.24, and HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.07 to 0.23.  USA’s WWE NXT climbed 0.03 to 0.24.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE lost 0.06 to 0.23, and VIKINGS ticked up to 0.20.  The official premiere of AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS (After a “sneak peek” on Monday) was at 0.22 on Nick At Nite, 0.18 on its Comedy Central home, 0.09 on MTV, and 0.07 on VH1.  Also on MTV, CATFISH shrank by 0.04 to 0.21, TRUE LIFE CRIME dipped 0.02 to 0.20, and RIDICULOUSNESS was up 0.04 to 0.17.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL gained 0.04 to 0.20.  Paramount’s 68 WHISKEY was down 0.04 from last week’s premiere to 0.13.  Syfy’s THE MAGICIANS fell 0.06 from last week’s season premiere to 0.09.  On Freeform, PARTY OF FIVE dropped 0.06 to 0.09, and GOOD TROUBLE was down 0.03 to 0.06. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 22, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: SAN ANTONIO/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 9:37 PM 145 1.01 2,357
2 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 58 0.60 1,310
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PHILADELPHIA/TORONTO ESPN 7:13 PM 144 0.46 1,152
4 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.45 1,256
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.37 3,734
6 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.37 4,246
7 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.35 735
8 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0016 JERICHO CRUISE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.35 871
9 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 8:30 PM 30 0.33 1,238
10 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:43 PM 17 0.33 2,998
11 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.32 3,936
12 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,021
13 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,109
14 1000-LB SISTERS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,204
15 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.30 1,548
16 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.30 1,124
17 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.29 1,135
18 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): ONE NIGHT SPOUSE 1004 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.29 1,065
19 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.29 3,111
20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.29 881
21 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.29 632
22 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 13 0.27 647
23 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,206
24 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:43 PM 17 0.26 1,533
25 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.26 820
26 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 9:00 PM 43 0.26 1,519
27 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: OPENING ARGUMENTS – HOUSE MANAGERS MSNBC 7:22 PM 141 0.25 2,472
28 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,474
29 AMERICAS TOP DOG A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.25 855
30 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,532
31 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 7:21 PM 39 0.25 1,389
32 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,004
33 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.25 2,253
34 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,328
35 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 130 0.24 769
36 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,548
37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 21 0.23 1,363
38 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,216
39 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 885
40 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.23 1,350
41 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,338
42 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,382
43 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 576
44 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.22 712
45 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 28 0.22 543
46 VIKINGS HISTORY 10:00 PM 61 0.21 1,023
47 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN8 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.21 456
48 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.20 746
49 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,250
50 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.20 2,000
51 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.20 1,320
52 TRUE LIFE CRIME MTV 9:01 PM 53 0.20 407
53 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:30 PM 30 0.20 2,111
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 542
55 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.19 962
56 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 449
57 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 9:00 PM 30 0.19 679
58 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,284
59 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,697
60 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,149
61 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 30 0.19 2,094
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,893
63 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,135
64 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,251
65 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 2,149
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:37 PM 45 0.18 2,056
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 2,054
68 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 28 0.18 489
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,214
70 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,225
71 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,100
72 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN16 MTV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 373
73 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,747
74 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,521
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 2,156
76 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.16 877
77 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 551
78 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,641
79 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: OPENING ARGUMENTS – HOUSE MANAGERS MSNBC 3:57 PM 160 0.15 1,916
80 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 421
81 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.14 889
82 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 362
83 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 3:29 PM 28 0.14 1,891
84 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 919
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,757
86 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 748
87 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: OPENING ARGUMENTS – SCHIFF MSNBC 1:07 PM 142 0.13 1,732
88 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.13 410
89 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.13 756
90 68 WHISKEY PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 61 0.13 560
91 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 349
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 867
93 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.12 401
94 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.12 328
95 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 748
96 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.12 352
97 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,317
98 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,276
99 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:00 PM 67 0.11 1,416
100 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 270
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 261
102 BITCHIN RIDES MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.11 604
103 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 537
104 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.10 453
105 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,272
106 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,315
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 637
108 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 254
109 LISTING IMPOSSIBLE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 264
110 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.09 387
111 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: DETROIT/MINNESOTA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:02 PM 157 0.09 269
112 PARTY OF FIVE (2020) FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.09 233
113 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 341
114 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU MTV 10:30 PM 28 0.09 187
115 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 355
116 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,337
117 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.09 452
118 FASTEST CARS IN THE DIRTY MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.08 368
119 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.08 269
120 UNDISPUTED L: 845 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 173
121 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 243
122 HERD L: 1158 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.07 172
123 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU VH1 10:30 PM 28 0.07 164
124 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 306
125 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 475
126 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.06 162
127 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 311
128 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.06 160
129 EXPLOSION SHOW, THE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 210
130 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 114 0.05 273
131 AMERICA SAYS GSN 4:30 PM 30 0.05 465
132 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.05 184
133 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 446
134 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 146
135 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.05 99
136 NIGHTLY POP E! 10:30 PM 30 0.05 145
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 230
138 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 233
139 LOCK IT IN L FOX SPORTS 1 4:30 PM 60 0.04 84
140 PREMIER LEAGUE L: BURNLEY/MANCHESTER UNITED NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:24 PM 179 0.04 156
141 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:39 PM 51 0.04 102
142 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN: SECOND ROUND ESPN2 2:00 PM 180 0.04 198
143 GET A CLUE GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.04 352
144 COPA MX – L: CELAYA / MONTERREY TUDN 7:55 PM 120 0.04 116
145 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 126
146 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: SOUTH CAROLINA/AUBURN ESPNU 7:00 PM 120 0.04 141
147 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 193
148 SENIOR BOWL PRACTICE NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.04 128
149 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.04 150
150 SPONGEBOB NICKTOONS 10:00 PM 30 0.04 155

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."