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January 25, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.24.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  MATCH GAME rose 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jan 24.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.73.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.57.  The season finale of History’s VIKINGS gained 0.02 to 0.53, and KNIGHTFALL was down 0.02 to 0.20.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.53/0.50.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE climbed 0.02 to 0.47, and FAMILY BY THE TON was steady at 0.29.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY fell 0.08 to 0.45, and RELATIVE SUCCESS was at 0.15.  FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE had a disastrous Week 2, crashing by 0.31 to a still-OK 0.41.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER jumped 0.11 to 0.40, and SEE NO EVIL was up 0.06 to 0.36.  MTV’s CATFISH grew by 0.02 to 0.39.  Cable news was a dead heat in the demo, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.39/0.61/3.2M and Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.39/0.67/3.9M, both above CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.23/0.31/1.1M.  Paramount’s WACO premiered at a fair 0.38, with a 0.12 airing on CMT.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL slipped 0.03 to 0.37.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL gained 0.06 to 0.35, HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.04 to 0.34, and PROPERTY BROTHERS dropped 0.07 to 0.30.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG lost 0.02 to 0.35.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES grew by 0.03 to 0.30.  TNT’s THE LIBRARIANS ticked up to 0.28.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN was at 0.26/0.23, compared to last week’s 0.29.  On E!, TOTAL DIVAS dropped 0.04 to 0.26, and WAGS was up 0.02 to 0.13.  Freeform’s GROWN-ISH has been on something of a ratings rollercoaster, and this week fell 0.15 to 0.25, with ALONE TOGETHER down 0.07 to 0.10  A&E’s STORAGE WARS was at 0.23/0.17, compared to last week’s 0.23/0.22, and ROOSTER & BUTCH was down 0.02 to 0.14.  On Syfy, THE MAGICIANS fell 0.07 to 0.22, and HAPPY was down 0.02 to 0.17.  Comedy Central’s CORPORATE was at 0.16, compared to last week’s 0.21/0.17.  On POP, SCHITT’S CREEK returned at 0.08, followed by a tiny premiere for LET’S GET PHYSICAL at 0.02/99K.  HBO’s MOSAIC was up 0.02 to 0.04/197K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jan 24.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 24, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 BLACK INK CREW 6 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.73 1,320
2 STREET OUTLAWS SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 71 0.57 1,409
3 VIKINGS HISTORY 9:00 PM 62 0.53 2,246
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: BOSTON/LA CLIPPERS ESPN 10:35 PM 148 0.53 1,251
5 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: HOUSTON/DALLAS ESPN 8:02 PM 153 0.50 1,279
6 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 123 0.47 1,507
7 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.45 1,299
8 ACS: VERSACE FX 10:00 PM 75 0.41 1,424
9 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.40 1,872
10 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.39 683
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.39 3,184
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.39 3,866
13 WACO PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 58 0.38 1,107
14 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.37 1,110
15 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,541
16 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.35 1,696
17 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.35 1,547
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,791
19 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:03 AM 57 0.33 676
20 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.30 3,382
21 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,956
22 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.30 864
23 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,809
24 FAMILY BY THE TON TLC 10:03 PM 62 0.29 950
25 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,254
26 FX MOVIE PRIME: MAZE RUNNER: SCORCH TRIALS FX 6:45 PM 195 0.29 730
27 LIBRARIANS, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.28 1,354
28 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.28 757
29 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 62 0.27 581
30 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.27 543
31 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.26 798
32 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.26 609
33 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.26 578
34 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 31 0.25 641
35 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.25 619
36 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.25 813
37 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 488
38 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.24 1,661
39 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.23 728
40 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.23 995
41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 2,626
42 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,060
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,687
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,339
45 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 607
46 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,025
47 LWATL FIRST LOOK LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 11 0.21 632
48 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 942
49 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,708
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.21 2,016
51 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.20 923
52 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:02 PM 60 0.20 1,208
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 854
54 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,963
55 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.19 969
56 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.19 480
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 412
58 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 452
59 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 518
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 859
61 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,504
62 LWATL SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.18 537
63 K.C. UNDERCOVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.18 899
64 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 729
65 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 948
66 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,783
67 STORAGE WARS CA A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.17 861
68 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,542
69 HAPPY! SYFY 10:00 PM 49 0.17 518
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 863
71 CORPORATE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.16 275
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,762
73 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 994
74 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.16 488
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,258
76 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.16 406
77 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,738
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 344
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 736
80 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 714
81 RELATIVE SUCCESS TABATHA BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.15 474
82 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,724
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 890
84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,955
85 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,916
86 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.14 346
87 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN L: WOMENS SEMIFINALS ESPN2 10:22 PM 270 0.14 534
88 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,474
89 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,072
90 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 858
91 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: LOUISVILLE/MIAMI ESPN2 8:00 PM 142 0.14 573
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 854
93 ROOSTER & BUTCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.14 483
94 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 348
95 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 279
96 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.13 279
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 281
98 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 262
99 WAGS ATLANTA E! 10:00 PM 60 0.13 259
100 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,621
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,037
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 784
103 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,149
104 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,249
105 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 795
106 WACO CMT 10:00 PM 58 0.12 344
107 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,005
108 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,289
109 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: TORONTO/CHICAGO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 PM 175 0.11 408
110 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 301
111 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 591
112 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 246
113 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 371
114 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.10 291
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 29 0.10 328
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 866
117 BACK TO THE FUTURE PT III HBO PRIME 3:30 PM 118 0.10 249
118 BILLION DOLLAR BUYER CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 329
119 LOCKED UP ABROAD:BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 355
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 850
121 ALONE TOGETHER FREEFORM 8:31 PM 31 0.10 243
122 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:41 PM 37 0.09 182
123 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 484
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 901
125 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 952
126 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 882
127 GRAVEYARD CARZ VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 375
128 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.08 268
129 SYFY MOVIE: WILD CARD SYFY 10:49 PM 126 0.08 387
130 MYTHBUSTERS: SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.08 240
131 SCHITTS CREEK POP 8:00 PM 31 0.08 295
132 RESTORATION GARAGE VELOCITY 9:00 PM 30 0.08 353
133 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 217
134 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.08 133
135 SLUTEVER VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.08 154
136 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:18 PM 37 0.08 175
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 318
138 RESTORATION GARAGE VELOCITY 9:30 PM 30 0.08 363
139 COPA MX – L: SANTOS LAGUNA / TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 124 0.07 136
140 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 157
141 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.07 190
142 UNDISPUTED L: 343 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 143
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 260
144 ASSASSINS CREED HBO PRIME 5:30 PM 116 0.06 219
145 REAL, FAKE, OR UNKNOWN SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.06 236
146 FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE HBO PRIME 1:40 PM 107 0.06 144
147 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 132
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 230
149 SOUND FX NFL NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.06 133
150 INSIDE THE NFL NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 90 0.05 163

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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.