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December 10, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.9.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Following up on a note from our morning post, during the course of its 2 hours THE GRINCH MUSICAL dropped in the 18-49 demo from 0.79 in the 1st 15 minutes to 0.50 in the last.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE returned and topped Wednesday cable at 0.51.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTING gained 0.03 to 0.45.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY was steady at 0.35, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY was down 0.02 to 0.25.  Cable news was led by CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.34/0.49/2.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.29/0.49/3.7M and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.28/0.48/4M.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE edged up 0.02 to 0.26.  On BET, SISTAS dropped 0.07 to 0.25 (plus BET Her simulcast at 0.02/63K), HOUSE OF PAYNE ticked down to 0.24 (plus 0.01/36K simulcast), and ASSISTED LIVING was down 0.03 to 0.23 (plus 0.01/59K simulcast).  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.24/0.15.  Comedy Central’s THE DAILY SHOW was at 0.22/0.20.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES ticked down to 0.20.  On A&E, COURT CAM was at 0.19/0.19 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.22, and RESCUE CAM was at 0.15/0.15 compared to 0.14/0.11.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS ticked down to 0.18, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL held at 0.16, and HOUSE HUNTERS was steady at 0.14.  ID’s CRIMES THAT CHANGED US was steady at 0.17, and THE MURDER TAPES was down 0.06 to 0.13.  USA’s WWE NXT ticked up to 0.17.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL was at 0.15.  On Discovery, EXPEDITION X gained 0.02 to 0.13, LOST RELICS OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR stayed at 0.12, and JOSH GATES TONIGHT was down 0.02 to 0.11.  HBO’s documentary ALABAMA SNAKE was at 0.04.  Off the chart, the season finale of Sundance’s THE A WORD ticked up to 0.01/38K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday December 9, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 CHALLENGE: DOUBLE AGENTS MTV 8:00 PM 90 0.51 900
2 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0062 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.45 995
3 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,084
4 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.34 2,417
5 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,493
6 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,934
7 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,703
8 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 3,980
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.27 3,769
10 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.26 915
11 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,870
12 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SLC BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.25 662
13 SISTAS SERIES S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,025
14 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 30 0.24 922
15 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: INDIANA/FLORIDA STATE ESPN 7:15 PM 160 0.24 896
16 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:30 PM 30 0.23 943
17 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 1,664
18 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.22 756
19 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,210
20 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,745
21 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,836
22 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.20 672
23 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 14 0.20 605
24 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,920
25 COURT CAM A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.19 927
26 FIXER TO FABULOUS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.19 969
27 COURT CAM A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.19 859
28 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 3,009
29 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.18 696
30 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,590
31 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 2,351
32 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,225
33 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,655
34 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,613
35 CRIMES THAT CHANGED US INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 629
36 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 2,135
37 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 121 0.17 659
38 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,090
39 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.16 1,270
40 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,958
41 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,313
42 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 389
43 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.15 679
44 JIM VALVANO ESPY SPEECH ESPN 7:00 PM 15 0.15 382
45 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,435
46 RESCUE CAM A&E NETWORK 10:32 PM 32 0.15 552
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,314
48 RESCUE CAM A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.15 632
49 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN 9:55 PM 96 0.15 582
50 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.14 1,322
51 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,395
52 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 2,230
53 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,213
54 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 2,057
55 AFTERNOON MOVIE: STAR, THE FREEFORM 3:50 PM 120 0.13 349
56 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:31 PM 59 0.13 351
57 EXPEDITION X DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 68 0.13 788
58 MURDER TAPES, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.13 663
59 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,018
60 LOST RELICS KNIGHTS TEMPL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:08 PM 60 0.12 645
61 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 428
62 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,381
63 JOSH GATES TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.11 627
64 NARCO WARS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 377
65 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.11 339
66 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 353
67 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,415
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,439
69 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,232
70 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 287
71 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,414
72 GREG KELLY REPORTS NEWSMAX TV 7:00 PM 60 0.10 793
73 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 45 0.10 1,312
74 TRAFFICKED W. MVZ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 346
75 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:45 PM 26 0.10 1,336
76 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 306
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 274
78 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:30 AM 60 0.10 257
79 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,432
80 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,327
81 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.10 2,212
82 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,275
83 ALASKA TRIANGLE REPACK: TAKT-1R8R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.10 473
84 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:11 PM 49 0.10 1,434
85 YOUNG SHELDON NICK-AT-NITE 9:30 PM 30 0.09 318
86 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN19 MTV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 213
87 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.09 290
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 808
89 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,300
90 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: MISTLETOE & MENORAHS LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 121 0.09 632
91 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,247
92 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.08 1,179
93 STINCHFIELD NEWSMAX TV 8:00 PM 60 0.08 659
94 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,240
95 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 116 0.08 553
96 DATING: NO FILTER E! 10:00 PM 30 0.08 259
97 SPICER & CO NEWSMAX TV 6:00 PM 60 0.08 645
98 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,363
99 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 192
100 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,442
101 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.08 229
102 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 272
103 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.07 200
104 DOC MCSTUFFINS: DOC IS IN DISNEY JUNIOR 3:10 PM 25 0.07 267
105 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,203
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 230
107 BITCHIN RIDES MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.07 450
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 705
109 UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE WED 2: REAL MADRID VS. BORUSSIA M?NCHENGLADBACH TUDN 2:45 PM 135 0.07 186
110 UNDISPUTED L: 1061 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 150
111 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 116 0.07 194
112 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 204
113 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,268
114 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.07 172
115 YOUNG SHELDON NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 30 0.06 229
116 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.06 223
117 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.06 1,116
118 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.06 414
119 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: MISTLETOE & MENORAHS LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 121 0.06 381
120 LA CASA DEL MAL DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 9:00 PM 60 0.06 160
121 HERD L: 1373 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 141
122 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: GEORGIA TECH/NEBRASKA ESPN2 7:15 PM 127 0.06 222
123 IFC MOVIE: RUNDOWN, THE IFC TV 9:00 PM 150 0.05 198
124 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE NEWSMAX TV 5:00 PM 60 0.05 576
125 SNOWY DAY DISNEY JUNIOR 8:05 AM 40 0.05 178
126 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.05 107
127 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: MARYLAND/CLEMSON ESPN2 5:00 PM 120 0.05 180
128 DATING: NO FILTER E! 10:30 PM 30 0.05 185
129 SELECCION NAT EE.UU 12/9: ESTADOS UNIDOS VS EL SALVADOR TUDN 7:30 PM 122 0.05 123
130 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 826
131 COLD JUSTICE INSIDE EP OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 354
132 DFTW: HOLIDAY MAGIC FREEFORM 10:30 AM 60 0.05 91
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 198
134 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 91
135 ODDBODS SPECIAL DISNEY XD 6:30 AM 30 0.04 113
136 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2020 WK 13 CLE VS. TEN NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.04 280
137 BASKETBALL: ESPN2 7:00 PM 15 0.04 137
138 DATING: NO FILTER E! 11:00 PM 30 0.04 145
139 COLL BSKTBL: BIG EAST L FOX SPORTS 1 7:56 PM 116 0.04 138
140 ALABAMA SNAKE HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 85 0.04 194
141 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 123
142 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.04 105
143 COLD JUSTICE INSIDE EP OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.04 314
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 225
145 NEWS W SHEPARD SMITH, THE CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 304
146 HOWIE CARR SHOW, THE NEWSMAX TV 4:00 PM 60 0.04 527
147 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.04 113
148 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 164
149 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO L TUDN 9:32 PM 28 0.04 82
150 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 5:00 PM 60 0.04 83

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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."