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February 8, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.7.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  RIVERDALE gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Fast Demo 2018 Feb 07.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable, although the early Cleveland vs Minnesota game was much higher than San Antonio vs. Phoenix at 0.83 vs 0.47.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW dropped 0.16 to 0.46.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE ticked down to 0.43, and FAMILY BY THE TON was steady at 0.28.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS shed a tick to 0.38, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.03 to 0.33, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.04 to 0.32.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER ticked up to 0.37, and SEE NO EVIL dipped 0.03 to 0.31.  Fox News’s HANNITY topped cable news with 0.36/0.67/3.7M, over MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.35/0.54/3M, and CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.23/0.33/1M.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG rose 0.06 to 0.36.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL dropped 0.06 to 0.34.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS plunged 0.22 to 0.31.  FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE continued to fall, down 0.09 to 0.30.  MTV’s CATFISH gained 0.04 to 0.30.  Paramount’s WACO edged up 0.02 to 0.28, and the CMT run was up 0.02 to 0.11.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES climbed 0.06 to 0.28.  The season finale of TNT’s THE LIBRARIANS fell 0.07 to 0.27.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN lost 0.06 to 0.27.  On Syfy, THE MAGICIANS slid 0.02 to 0.26, and the season premiere of CHANNEL ZERO was at 0.09, down a tenth from last week’s HAPPY season finale.  On Freeform, GROWN-ISH slipped 0.03 to 0.26, and ALONE TOGETHER ticked down to 0.09.  On A&E, STORAGE WARS rose 0.02 to 0.26, and ROOSTER & BUTCH was up 0.03 to 0.13.  The season finale of History’s KNIGHTFALL was down 0.02 to 0.20.  Comedy Central’s CORPORATE ticked down to 0.14.  Bravo’s RELATIVE SUCCESS was down 0.02 to 0.12.  On POP, SCHITT’S CREEK held at 0.09, and LET’S GET PHYSICAL was steady at 0.03/108K.  The season finale of E!’s WAGS was at 0.09, compared to last week’s 0.12/0.10.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Feb 07.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday February 7, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MINNESOTA/CLEVELAND ESPN 8:01 PM 162 0.83 2,119
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: SAN ANTONIO/PHOENIX ESPN 10:43 PM 128 0.47 1,080
3 BLACK INK CREW SPECIALS VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.46 838
4 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 125 0.43 1,376
5 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.38 1,763
6 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,834
7 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.36 1,677
8 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.36 3,894
9 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,517
10 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,006
11 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.35 3,479
12 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.34 1,131
13 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.32 1,517
14 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.31 3,106
15 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,447
16 STREET OUTLAWS:MEMPH SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.31 883
17 ACS: VERSACE FX 10:00 PM 84 0.30 981
18 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.30 598
19 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 61 0.29 681
20 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.28 2,795
21 FAMILY BY THE TON TLC 10:05 PM 63 0.28 904
22 WACO PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 62 0.28 824
23 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 814
24 LIBRARIANS, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,436
25 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.27 736
26 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.27 2,710
27 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 757
28 HUNTER STREET NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.26 1,194
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,250
30 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 795
31 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 31 0.26 541
32 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.26 1,173
33 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.24 2,562
34 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 970
35 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:51 AM 69 0.24 527
36 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.24 527
37 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.23 471
38 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 527
39 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 1,008
40 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.23 527
41 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 833
42 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 2:04 AM 34 0.22 490
43 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,191
44 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.22 439
45 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,185
46 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,932
47 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 901
48 LWATL FIRST LOOK LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 10 0.21 596
49 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.21 496
50 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:00 PM 68 0.20 1,023
51 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,031
52 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.20 421
53 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.20 1,727
54 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.20 451
55 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 970
56 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,560
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 2,082
58 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 396
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 2,050
60 ZOOFARI NICKELODEON 2:00 PM 30 0.19 877
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,658
62 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.19 396
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 390
64 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.18 409
65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 793
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,844
67 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,772
68 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,731
69 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,843
70 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 381
71 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,669
72 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,722
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.17 1,407
74 LWATL SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.17 488
75 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,486
76 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.17 326
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 343
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,899
79 EXP UNKNOWN: AFTER HUNT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 826
80 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 479
81 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:18 PM 42 0.16 336
82 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: TEXAS A&M/AUBURN ESPN2 9:06 PM 132 0.16 462
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 346
84 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 799
85 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 974
86 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 453
87 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.15 444
88 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 910
89 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,087
90 CORPORATE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.14 235
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 851
92 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,061
93 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 335
94 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 890
95 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,295
96 ROOSTER & BUTCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.13 459
97 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.13 463
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 891
99 GONE IN 60 SECONDS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.12 286
100 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 553
101 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,275
102 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 977
103 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 706
104 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 54 0.12 267
105 RELATIVE SUCCESS TABATHA BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.12 439
106 COPA MX – L: PUEBLA / CRUZ AZUL UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.12 222
107 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 748
108 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 327
109 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.11 221
110 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.11 349
111 WACO CMT 10:00 PM 62 0.11 306
112 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 691
113 GRAVEYARD CARZ VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.11 402
114 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,147
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 899
116 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: BOSTON/NY RANGERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:04 PM 152 0.10 451
117 LOCKED UP ABROAD:BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 374
118 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 974
119 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 437
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 911
121 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 703
122 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 932
123 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 643
124 SCHITTS CREEK POP 8:00 PM 31 0.09 290
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 985
126 NFL LIVE ESPN2 12:54 AM 61 0.09 198
127 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WAKE FOREST/MIAMI ESPN2 7:00 PM 126 0.09 249
128 ALONE TOGETHER FREEFORM 8:31 PM 31 0.09 204
129 CHANNEL ZERO SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 378
130 WAGS ATLANTA E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 167
131 OUIJA ORIGIN OF EVIL HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 99 0.08 195
132 BILLION DOLLAR BUYER CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 306
133 SIGNING DAY SPECIAL    L: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 180 0.08 191
134 ALL GIRLS GARAGE VELOCITY 9:30 PM 30 0.08 311
135 UNDISPUTED L: 353 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 168
136 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.08 160
137 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.08 153
138 MYTHBUSTERS: SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.08 175
139 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 194
140 REAL, FAKE, OR UNKNOWN SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.07 166
141 CLEO AND CUQUIN NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.07 323
142 E! NEWS E! 12:00 AM 60 0.07 161
143 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.07 143
144 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.07 121
145 ALL EYEZ ON ME: ALL EYEZ ON ME HBO PRIME 5:10 PM 140 0.07 178
146 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 6:00 PM 60 0.07 142
147 WAGS ATLANTA E! 10:00 PM 60 0.07 165
148 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 110
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 289
150 SLUTEVER VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.06 136

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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.