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December 5, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.4.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THE MOODYS dropped 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.54/0.25.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.04 to 0.45.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK rose 0.09 to 0.42, and CRANK YANKERS was up 0.04 to 0.18.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY climbed 0.03 to 0.39, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS was at 0.24.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW was at 0.33/0.32 compared to last week’s 0.34.  History’s VIKINGS returned with a 2-episode premiere at 0.32/0.27, compared to last year’s 0.47, and the clip-show lead-in was at 0.19.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING grew by 0.06 to 0.32.  Fox News’s HANNITY had a narrow win in cable news with 0.31/0.54/4.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.30/0.49/3.3M, and CNN’s noon-1PM coverage of the Impeachment Hearings at 0.23/0.34/1.4M.  USA’s WWE NXT was up 0.05 to 0.29.  Fox Desportes’s LIGA match was at 0.27.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES climbed 0.06 to 0.27, and GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE was steady at 0.21.  On BET, SISTAS gained 0.03 to 0.27, and THE OVAL was down 0.02 to 0.24.  On Discovery, MAN VS BEAR was at 0.26, and ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was also at 0.26.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER jumped 0.08 to 0.23, and SHATTERED was up 0.04 to 0.22.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS edged up 0.02 to 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was steady at 0.18, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.02 to 0.17.  Freeform’s original movie GHOSTING was at 0.11.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday December 4, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: OHIO STATE/NORTH CAROLINA ESPN 9:32 PM 123 0.54 1,537
2 CHALLENGE:WAR OF WORLDS 2 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.45 816
3 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.42 798
4 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.39 1,087
5 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:35 PM 85 0.34 764
6 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.33 741
7 VIKINGS HISTORY 9:00 PM 62 0.32 1,624
8 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0010 CHAMPAIGN IL TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.32 851
9 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.32 724
10 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.31 4,181
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,316
12 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 128 0.29 845
13 LIGA MX PLAYOFFS: SF:MONTERREY VS NECAXA FOX DEPORTES 9:56 PM 133 0.27 657
14 VIKINGS HISTORY 10:02 PM 60 0.27 1,397
15 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.27 759
16 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 908
17 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,852
18 MAN VS BEAR DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 58 0.26 924
19 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,361
20 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: NOTRE DAME/MARYLAND ESPN 7:30 PM 122 0.25 819
21 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 3,430
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 820
23 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 948
24 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.24 673
25 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.24 1,404
26 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.23 1,435
27 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,581
28 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,087
29 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,260
30 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 985
31 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 1,526
32 JIM VALVANO ESPY SPEECH ESPN 7:00 PM 15 0.21 541
33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,744
34 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.21 1,392
35 GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.21 685
36 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 530
37 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: LA LAKERS/UTAH NBA-TV 9:02 PM 143 0.20 506
38 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,268
39 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,318
40 VIKINGS SPECIALS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,186
41 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,449
42 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,121
43 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.19 659
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,571
45 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,549
46 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.18 995
47 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 400
48 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,532
49 CRANK YANKERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.18 368
50 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.18 1,085
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,525
52 FX MOVIE PRIME: EQUALIZER FX 10:00 PM 179 0.18 654
53 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.17 1,166
54 IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HRNGS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 94 0.17 2,436
55 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: VIRGINIA/PURDUE ESPN2 7:15 PM 124 0.17 610
56 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,170
57 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:34 PM 26 0.17 2,218
58 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 2,186
59 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,833
60 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,177
61 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:32 PM 28 0.16 2,327
62 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,761
63 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,288
64 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: ST. LOUIS/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 154 0.16 436
65 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,222
66 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 803
67 MSNBC NEWS ANALYSIS MSNBC 4:18 PM 16 0.15 2,199
68 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 313
69 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 459
70 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN 7:15 PM 15 0.15 448
71 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,156
72 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.15 962
73 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 2,111
74 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.14 400
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 2,034
76 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 404
77 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 4:34 PM 118 0.14 2,165
78 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 2,352
79 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 386
80 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.14 619
81 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 2,413
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 364
83 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.14 325
84 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 11:25 PM 57 0.13 270
85 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WISCONSIN/NC STATE ESPN2 9:19 PM 120 0.13 410
86 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 302
87 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.13 447
88 MSNBC NEWS ANALYSIS MSNBC 1:33 PM 72 0.13 1,949
89 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 316
90 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 323
91 MSNBC NEWS ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:11 PM 19 0.12 2,041
92 PREMIER LEAGUE L: TOTTENHAM/MANCHESTER UNITED NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:24 PM 183 0.12 291
93 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 2:45 PM 93 0.12 2,050
94 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS MSNBC 9:00 AM 191 0.12 1,787
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,648
96 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:30 PM 63 0.12 1,891
97 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.12 312
98 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,957
99 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,825
100 FREEFORM ORIGINAL MOVIE: GHOSTING: SPIRIT OF XMAS FREEFORM 9:00 PM 120 0.11 353
101 COPWATCH AMERICA BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.11 334
102 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 739
103 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 833
104 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 277
105 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 12:09 AM 21 0.10 242
106 BITCHIN RIDES MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.10 506
107 IN THE ROOM E! 8:00 PM 30 0.10 288
108 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 245
109 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: SCROOGED (1988) PARAMOUNT 8:00 PM 120 0.09 344
110 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,229
111 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 446
112 HANDLES NBA-TV 12:22 AM 30 0.09 178
113 EXTINCT OR ALIVE ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 63 0.09 338
114 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,200
115 AMERICAN MYSTERY TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 336
116 UFOS:LOST EVIDENCE REPACK: TUFO-2R1R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.08 393
117 FASTEST CARS IN THE DIRTY MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.08 347
118 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 12:52 AM 38 0.08 149
119 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 603
120 BLIND DATE BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.07 258
121 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 494
122 ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES SCIENCE 9:00 PM 62 0.06 242
123 FXX MOVIE PRIME: MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US FXX 7:00 PM 150 0.06 271
124 NHL LIVE PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 63 0.06 130
125 NBA PREGAME SHOW NBA-TV 8:31 PM 31 0.06 145
126 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) PARAMOUNT 12:00 AM 150 0.06 144
127 LIGA MX PREVIA FOX DEPORTES 9:03 PM 53 0.06 152
128 DEADLY ENGINEERING SCIENCE 10:02 PM 60 0.05 270
129 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:27 PM 33 0.05 153
130 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICK JR 3:30 PM 30 0.05 243
131 HERD L: 1125 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 170
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 230
133 UNDISPUTED L: 812 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 128
134 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.05 112
135 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 344
136 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 201
137 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 137
138 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:37 PM 53 0.05 141
139 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 90 0.04 105
140 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO FOX DEPORTES 8:00 PM 63 0.04 99
141 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 123
142 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 119
143 AMERICAN WOMAN HBO PRIME 6:02 PM 112 0.04 154
144 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 112
145 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.04 93
146 MEN IN BLAZERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.04 94
147 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 131
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 205
149 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 137
150 LA ULTIMA PALABRA – L FOX DEPORTES 12:30 AM 60 0.04 96

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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.