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April 14, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.13.2016

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The final numbers mostly weren’t kind:  there were 0.1 drops for BLACK-ISH, NASHVILLE, STRONG, and the rerun of ARROW, plus MODERN FAMILY stayed at its series low rating.  Only THE GOLDBERGS had good news with a 0.1 bump.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Finals Bcast 2016 Apr WED.13

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the final victory of his NBA career, Kobe Bryant’s ESPN2 game nosed out Golden State’s historic 73rd regular season victory on ESPN, 1.74 to 1.58.  (The Golden State game, however, did win with the 50+ demo and the total viewers metric.)  The less historic early Miami vs. Boston game was considerably behind at 0.75.  The highest-rated non-basketball programming was MTV’s CATFISH, steady at 0.54, with lead-out SUSPECT down 0.08 to 0.27.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC ticked down to 0.43.  On Discovery, BERING SEA GOLD remained at 0.39.  On Syfy, the finale of FACE OFF jumped a tenth to 0.38, and the finale of THE INTERNET RUINED MY LIFE benefited, up 0.09 to 0.19.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN LA dropped 0.04 to 0.36, and TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY was at 0.32/0.25, compared to last week’s 0.32/0.30.  Comedy Central’s BROAD CITY dipped 0.04 to 0.30.  WGN’s UNDERGROUND was down 0.05 to 0.29.  VH1’s FAMILY THERAPY fell 0.06 to 0.28.  On TLC, MY 600-LB. LIFE: WHERE ARE THEY NOW dropped 0.07 to 0.28, and TWO IN A MILLION gained 0.02 to 0.28.  On Food Network, RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE was up 0.05 to 0.27, and MYSTERY DINERS lost a tick to 0.21.  After last week’s increase, FX’s THE AMERICANS slumped back down 0.07 to 0.25.  On A&E, DONNIE LOVES JENNY was at 0.24, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.20.  Tru’s THE CARBONARO EFFECT rose 0.04 to 0.24.  On TV Land, LOPEZ slipped 0.02 to 0.13, and THE SOUL MAN fell 0.03 to 0.09.  UPDATE  El Rey’s LUCHA UNDERGROUND was steady at 0.04/139K in the 1st hour and 0.01/66K in the 2d.  POP’s SCHITT’S CREEK was up 0.01 to 0.05/183K.  The premiere of Sundance’s THE LAST PANTHERS was at 0.02/78K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday April 13, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: UTAH/LA LAKERS ESPN2 10:24 PM 169 1.74 3,465
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MEMPHIS/GOLDEN STATE ESPN 10:38 PM 143 1.58 3,649
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MIAMI/BOSTON ESPN 8:05 PM 153 0.75 1,793
4 NBA TONIGHT     L ESPN2 1:20 AM 70 0.73 1,395
5 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 119 0.59 1,354
6 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.54 980
7 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.43 1,242
8 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 65 0.39 779
9 BERING SEA GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.39 1,277
10 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.38 1,023
11 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.36 1,133
12 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 30 0.32 995
13 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.32 772
14 NHL QTR FINALS L: NY RANGERS/PITTSBURGH USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 186 0.31 713
15 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.30 595
16 BROAD CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.30 530
17 UNDERGROUND WGN AMERICA 10:00 PM 59 0.29 881
18 NHL QTR FINALS L: CHICAGO/ST. LOUIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:57 PM 162 0.29 638
19 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 990
20 NHL QTR FINALS L: DETROIT/TAMPA BAY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:01 PM 176 0.29 612
21 FAMILY THERAPY VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.28 582
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 737
23 MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.28 871
24 TWO IN A MILLION TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.28 849
25 MTV SUSPECT MTV 11:01 PM 61 0.27 488
26 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 932
27 PPG 2016 THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.27 1,168
28 AMERICANS FX 10:00 PM 70 0.25 885
29 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,885
30 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.25 556
31 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 30 0.25 836
32 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.24 487
33 DONNIE LOVES JENNY A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.24 609
34 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 591
35 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 705
36 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 788
37 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,224
38 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.23 374
39 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.22 822
40 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 490
41 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.21 670
42 AC360 NY CRUZ TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 71 0.21 1,349
43 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 2,643
44 SPORTSNATION ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.20 423
45 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 343
46 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.20 395
47 INTERNET RUINED MY LIFE SYFY 10:00 PM 30 0.19 409
48 MY CRAZY EX LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.19 485
49 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.18 369
50 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.18 488
51 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,117
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:11 PM 49 0.17 898
53 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 364
54 I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.17 427
55 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.16 339
56 UCL QUARTERFINAL L: CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID/BARCELONA FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.16 329
57 COPA MX – L: F: VERACRUZ / NECAXA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:53 PM 127 0.16 324
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 347
59 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE    L: BALTIMORE/BOSTON ESPN2 7:00 PM 204 0.16 520
60 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 289
61 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.16 343
62 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.15 297
63 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,974
64 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.15 454
65 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.15 312
66 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.15 427
67 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.14 282
68 WALK THE PRANK DISNEY XD 8:30 PM 30 0.14 701
69 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,558
70 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 988
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 279
72 INSIDE THE WORLDS ROUGHES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 500
73 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 843
74 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 843
75 LOPEZ TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.13 437
76 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 848
77 LITTLE CHARMERS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.11 514
78 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 750
79 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 815
80 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 773
81 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 387
82 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,789
83 MIA AND ME NICK JR 6:30 PM 30 0.11 413
84 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:39 AM 21 0.10 190
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,042
86 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.10 236
87 LAB RATS: ELITE FORCE DISNEY XD 9:00 PM 30 0.10 616
88 FOLLOW THE LEADER CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.09 246
89 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.09 157
90 SOUL MAN, THE TV LAND 10:30 PM 30 0.09 301
91 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 347
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 481
93 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 400
94 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 771
95 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 563
96 BILLY ON THE STREET TRUTV 11:01 PM 30 0.09 198
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 539
98 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 1,293
99 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.09 193
100 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 760
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 574
102 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.08 157
103 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.08 411
104 TAKEN 3 HBO PRIME 5:21 PM 109 0.08 248
105 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 293
106 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 283
107 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 622
108 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,128
109 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 541
110 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,207
111 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 441
112 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 497
113 REHAB ADDICT DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.08 380
114 COPA LIB GROUP STAGE: EMELEC VS PUMAS FOX DEPORTES 6:20 PM 137 0.08 150
115 YARD CRASHERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 AM 30 0.08 274
116 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,030
117 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 550
118 COPA LIB GROUP STAGE: SAO PAULO VS RIVER PLATE FOX DEPORTES 8:37 PM 143 0.08 147
119 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 160
120 YARD CRASHERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 AM 30 0.07 300
121 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 360
122 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 587
123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 248
124 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,171
125 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,221
126 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.07 135
127 BILLY ON THE STREET TRUTV 11:31 PM 31 0.07 161
128 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,004
129 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.07 422
130 12 CORAZONES NBC UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.06 121
131 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,335
132 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 315
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 255
134 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 123
135 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.06 305
136 SEEKER THE:THE DARK IS RI HBO PRIME 11:45 AM 99 0.06 188
137 YARD CRASHERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 AM 30 0.06 205
138 SECRET LIVES OF SUPR RICH CNBC 10:30 PM 30 0.06 188
139 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 479
140 MSNBC LIVE W/ JD BALART MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 428
141 DAILY SHARE HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.05 190
142 UFC TONIGHT FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 60 0.05 103
143 WALKING DEAD, THE S2 NBC UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.05 81
144 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 241
145 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.05 957
146 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 429
147 FUTBOL CENTRAL UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 53 0.05 110
148 MLB NOW MLB NETWORK 4:06 PM 54 0.05 172
149 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 222
150 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 123

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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.