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January 9, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.8.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  JEOPARDY gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY led Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.45, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS ticked up to 0.26.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.38/0.38.  The Middle East conflict continued to be a major draw for Fox News, with the morning AMERICA’S NEWSROOM at 0.37/0.59/3.9M, CNN’s AT THIS HOUR at 0.26/0.36/1.9M (both of these presumably included the presidential address on the subject), and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.25/0.42/3M.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING was steady at 0.36.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW gained 0.06 to 0.34.  A&E aired off-night LIVE PD episodes at 0.32/0.31, sandwiching the new AMERICA’S TOP DOG at 0.30.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT grew by 0.03 to 0.29, and SUPERNANNY ticked up to 0.16.  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE ticked down to 0.29.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS ticked up to 0.29, with HOUSE HUNTERS at 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL also at 0.23.  On TLC, 1000-LB SISTERS rose 0.04 to 0.27, and MY 6000-LB LIFE was steady at 0.26.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE ticked up to 0.27, and VIKINGS was up 0.04 to 0.18.  On BET, THE OVAL returned from a holiday break at 0.26, and SISTAS was at 0.25.  MTV’s CATFISH returned at 0.26, with lead-outs TRUE LIFE CRIME at 0.25 (simulcast on VH1 at 0.24) and RIDICULOUSNESS at 0.13.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES held at 0.25.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER lost 0.03 to 0.24, and KILLER BODS was down 0.03 to 0.16.  Freeform’s PARTY OF FIVE premiered at 0.21/0.16.  USA’s WWE NXT rose 0.04 to 0.19.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 8, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.45 1,297
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MILWAUKEE/GOLDEN STATE ESPN 10:06 PM 148 0.38 1,024
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/DALLAS ESPN 7:44 PM 142 0.38 1,038
4 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.37 3,872
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.36 3,690
6 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0014 SOUTHAVEN MISSISSIPPI TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.36 947
7 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.34 749
8 LIVE PD WED A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.32 1,104
9 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.31 3,516
10 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.31 4,196
11 LIVE PD WED A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.31 1,274
12 AMERICAS TOP DOG A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,184
13 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): HERE COMES THE STRANGER 1002 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.29 1,015
14 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.29 1,326
15 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,504
16 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.29 3,139
17 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.28 3,681
18 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.28 2,736
19 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.27 2,728
20 1000-LB SISTERS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.27 890
21 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 961
22 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 75 0.26 778
23 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.26 906
24 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.26 1,852
25 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.26 927
26 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN8 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.26 482
27 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:34 AM 56 0.25 634
28 TRUE LIFE CRIME MTV 9:01 PM 41 0.25 508
29 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,276
30 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,981
31 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.25 827
32 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 814
33 TRUE LIFE CRIME VH1 9:01 PM 41 0.24 507
34 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,197
35 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,262
36 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,231
37 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,284
38 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 735
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,040
40 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,256
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.22 2,725
42 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.22 2,783
43 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.22 2,149
44 PARTY OF FIVE (2020) FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.21 442
45 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.21 972
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,223
47 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.21 1,002
48 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.21 2,155
49 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.20 2,237
50 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:30 PM 14 0.20 545
51 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.20 717
52 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,387
53 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,851
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 2,688
55 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 127 0.19 721
56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,231
57 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.18 2,031
58 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,999
59 VIKINGS HISTORY 10:00 PM 62 0.18 827
60 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,109
61 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,295
62 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 511
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,662
64 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.16 397
65 KILLER BODS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.16 722
66 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.16 528
67 PARTY OF FIVE (2020) FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.16 317
68 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,172
69 SPORTSCENTER WITH SAS  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.16 481
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,093
71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,058
72 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,775
73 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 449
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,013
75 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,037
76 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 738
77 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:15 PM 30 0.13 490
78 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 541
79 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,697
80 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN16 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.13 322
81 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,627
82 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,474
83 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.13 459
84 BITCHIN RIDES MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.13 561
85 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 982
86 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 153 0.13 404
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 366
88 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 320
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.12 331
90 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.12 320
91 INFINITY TRAIN THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.12 409
92 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,567
93 INFINITY TRAIN THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.12 428
94 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 358
95 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 322
96 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 264
97 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.11 353
98 FASTEST CARS IN THE DIRTY MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.11 348
99 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.10 324
100 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,624
101 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,490
102 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 792
103 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,301
104 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,162
105 TRULLI TALES NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.10 366
106 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 607
107 LIVE PD SPECIALS: TOP 40 MOMENTS 2019 (PT1) A&E NETWORK 12:00 PM 120 0.09 307
108 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,177
109 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 302
110 GHOSTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 332
111 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.09 368
112 EXPLOSION SHOW, THE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.09 335
113 LIVE PD SPECIALS: TOP 40 MOMENTS 2019 (PT2) A&E NETWORK 2:00 PM 120 0.09 369
114 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 236
115 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: DALLAS/LOS ANGELES NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:06 PM 158 0.08 226
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,064
117 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 408
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 974
119 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ARKANSAS/LSU ESPNU 9:00 PM 131 0.07 296
120 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: NOTRE DAME/NC STATE ESPN2 7:00 PM 123 0.07 285
121 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,061
122 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 327
123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 302
124 COURT CAM SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.06 257
125 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.06 158
126 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 184
127 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 166
128 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:03 PM 110 0.06 244
129 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 959
130 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 177
131 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:53 PM 67 0.05 173
132 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.05 176
133 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.05 153
134 UNDISPUTED L: 835 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 151
135 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 119
136 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.05 153
137 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 1:17 AM 75 0.05 137
138 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 103
139 BLIND DATE BRAVO 11:45 PM 31 0.05 207
140 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 223
141 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.05 246
142 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 30 0.04 116
143 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 2:58 PM 61 0.04 143
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 248
145 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 186
146 HERD L: 1148 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 129
147 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 118
148 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 3:59 PM 61 0.04 117
149 FIVE DAY BIZ FIX CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 160
150 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.04 229

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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.