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February 14, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.13.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO FIRE and the reruns of RIVERDALE and ALL AMERICAN lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.64/0.53.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dipped 0.03 to 0.47, and RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.24/0.20.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY dropped 0.06 to 0.44.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW lost 0.02 to 0.44.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL gained 0.03 to 0.35.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE ticked up to 0.35, and FAMILY BY THE TON was down 0.03 to 0.19.  On ID, IN PURSUIT ticked up to 0.33, and HOMICIDE HUNTER was also up a tick to 0.32.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE fell 0.05 to 0.31, and KNIGHT FIGHT fell a tenth to 0.17.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.29/0.43/3.1M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/0.45/3M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.23/0.30/1M.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES dropped 0.05 to 0.27.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS shed 0.07 to 0.27, and HOMESTEAD RESCUE was down 0.03 to 0.21.  E!’s BOTCHED climbed 0.06 to 0.26.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS slipped 0.02 to 0.24, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.05 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.21.   On Syfy, THE MAGICIANS was steady at 0.20, and DEADLY CLASS was down 0.05 to 0.14.  On TNT, DROP THE MIC jumped 0.08 to 0.20, and JOKER’S WILD was up 0.05 to 0.13.  USA’s SUITS edged up 0.02 to 0.20.  Freeform’s GROWN-ISH dropped 0.04 to 0.14.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY slipped 0.02 to 0.13, and AMERICAN BEAUTY STAR ticked down to 0.06.  Tru’s I’M SORRY was down 0.03 to 0.10.  FXX’s YOU’RE THE WORST was steady at 0.07.  POP’s SCHITT’S CREEK shed 0.02 to 0.05.  WGN’s PURE stayed steady off the chart at 0.04/211K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday February 13, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: GOLDEN STATE/PORTLAND ESPN 10:38 PM 147 0.64 1,662
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: HOUSTON/MINNESOTA ESPN 8:12 PM 146 0.53 1,397
3 CHALLENGE: WAR OF WORLDS MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.47 783
4 NBA AFTER THE BUZZER  L ESPN 1:05 AM 15 0.46 1,002
5 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.44 1,198
6 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 5 VH1 9:00 PM 61 0.44 855
7 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.35 979
8 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.35 1,219
9 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:20 AM 40 0.35 738
10 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 61 0.33 1,475
11 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 12 0.31 821
12 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,617
13 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.31 1,001
14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,079
15 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,020
16 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.27 762
17 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.27 1,157
18 BOTCHED E! 9:00 PM 60 0.26 807
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 732
20 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.26 499
21 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 564
22 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 2,786
23 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,573
24 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.24 543
25 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,027
26 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 1,505
27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 3,008
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 489
29 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.21 727
30 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,408
31 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,198
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,178
33 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,467
34 HOMESTEAD RESCUE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.21 1,031
35 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.20 573
36 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 955
37 MOONSHINERS: SHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.20 865
38 DROP THE MIC TNT TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 30 0.20 419
39 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.20 498
40 SUITS USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.20 779
41 FAMILY BY THE TON: RECAP TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 661
42 ABBY HATCHER NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 15 0.19 721
43 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.19 511
44 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.19 414
45 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,328
46 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,499
47 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 709
48 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 939
49 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,043
50 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 870
51 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,885
52 KNIGHT FIGHT HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.17 470
53 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 737
54 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,533
55 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 459
56 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 402
57 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.15 621
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,745
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,906
60 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 389
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 375
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 285
63 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,680
64 DEADLY CLASS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.14 416
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,472
66 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 31 0.14 345
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,595
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 329
69 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.13 678
70 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,826
71 SNOOP DOGG JOKERS WLD TNT TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:30 PM 30 0.13 267
72 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 855
73 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 15 0.13 421
74 NORTH WOODS LAW: N/A ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 120 0.13 583
75 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 313
76 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,694
77 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,539
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,458
79 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: EDMONTON/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 165 0.12 393
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,157
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 717
82 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 276
83 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 433
84 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS.BORUSSIA DORTMUND TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:44 PM 140 0.12 271
85 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 385
86 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,650
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 749
88 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,567
89 MYST MUSEUM: LOCH NESS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 587
90 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,360
91 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.11 228
92 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 291
93 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,482
94 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 278
95 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 713
96 IM SORRY TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.10 193
97 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 267
98 LOCKED UP ABROAD:BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 313
99 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 602
100 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 666
101 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,213
102 ABBY HATCHER NICK JR 6:30 PM 15 0.09 461
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 675
104 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.09 337
105 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 664
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,082
107 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,487
108 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 29 0.09 540
109 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 1:33 AM 29 0.09 255
110 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,384
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,116
112 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 536
113 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 705
114 DEAL OR NO DEAL CNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 472
115 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.08 224
116 MAN S GREATEST FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 219
117 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 965
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 989
119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,001
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,059
121 DATING: NO FILTER E! 10:30 PM 30 0.08 158
122 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 963
123 UNCLE DREW HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 103 0.07 191
124 UEFA C.L. 2019 WED: AFC AJAX / REAL MADRID UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 150 0.07 169
125 WONT YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 94 0.07 241
126 SINKHOLES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.07 347
127 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.07 317
128 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 186
129 WRENCHD MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.07 289
130 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:00 PM 34 0.07 162
131 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.06 525
132 PROJECT REWIND LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.06 404
133 ENG CATASTROPHES SPECIAL SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 339
134 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 285
135 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:48 PM 42 0.06 133
136 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 419
137 AMERICAN BEAUTY STAR LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.06 333
138 UNDISPUTED SP L: 607:MAGGIO/JENNINGS/PARKER/BROUSSARD FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 114
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 303
140 PRAS: SOCIAL THREAD LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 46 0.06 303
141 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:30 PM 30 0.06 402
142 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:04 PM 26 0.06 128
143 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:04 PM 112 0.05 207
144 SCHITTS CREEK POP 10:00 PM 31 0.05 181
145 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: CLEMSON/MIAMI ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.05 173
146 BECCAS BUNCH NICK JR 7:30 AM 30 0.05 203
147 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.05 93
148 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:00 PM 30 0.05 366
149 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:56 PM 64 0.05 116
150 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:00 PM 44 0.05 126

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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.