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May 4, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Both EMPIRE and MODERN FAMILY received 0.1 bumps from this morning’s series lows in final numbers–but just barely, as their less-rounded ratings were respectively 1.86 and 1.66.  In addition, CRIMINAL MINDS and CHICAGO PD were up 0.1. After adjustment for the Los Angeles preemption, ARROW stayed as-is, but THE 100 lost 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 May 03.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were again on top of Wednesday cable at 1.99/1.45, led by Houston vs. San Antonio. NBC Sports Net’s primetime NHL PLAYOFFS game was just below in the rankings, although considerably lower in rating at 0.66, with the late game at 0.35. On VH1, BLACK INK CREW fell 0.13 to 0.59.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC ticked up to 0.47, and THEN & NOW WITH ANDY COHEN premiered at 0.22.  The midseason finale of OWN’s GREENLEAF climbed 0.03 to 0.38.  On MTV, CATFISH jumped 0.11 to 0.37, and ARE YOU THE ONE was up 0.03 to 0.19.  FX’s FARGO rose 0.04 to 0.36.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE was up a tick to 0.36, and SKIN TIGHT was at 0.29. On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN ATLANTA ticked up to 0.32, and LITTLE WOMEN DALLAS was up 0.02 to 0.31.  Nickelodeon’s late-afternoon ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS was in the Top 15 at 0.32.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS dropped 0.03 to 0.31, and PROPERTY BROTHERS was down 0.05 to 0.30.  E!’s TOTAL DIVAS gained 0.03 to 0.28.  On ID, REASONABLE DOUBT fell 0.06 to 0.26, and SEE NO EVIL was down 0.07 to 0.25.  Discovery’s THE LAST ALASKANS dropped 0.08 to 0.23.  FXX’s ARCHER lost 0.05 to 0.21.  A&E’s STORAGE WARS was at 0.21/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.25/0.20, and BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR was at 0.20/0.19 compared to 0.21/0.21. WGNAmerica’s UNDERGROUND rose 0.02 to 0.16.  Food Network’s COOKS VS CONS fell 0.09 to 0.15. Comedy Central’s COMEDY JAM climbed 0.02 to 0.13.  On TV Land, LOPEZ ticked up to 0.08, and NOBODIES was up 0.02 to 0.07. IFC’s BROCKMIRE fell 0.02 to 0.06.  POP’s comedies remained off the chart, HOLLYWOOD DARLINGS steady at 0.04/160K, and RETURN OF THE MAC up 0.01 to 0.02/56K. Sundance’s GOMORRAH remained microscopic at 0.01/59K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 May 03.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 3, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: HOUSTON/SAN ANTONIO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:43 PM 148 1.99 4,776
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: TORONTO/CLEVELAND TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 163 1.45 3,507
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:11 AM 50 0.90 2,094
4 NHL SEMI FINALS L: WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 164 0.66 1,812
5 BLACK INK CREW 5 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.59 1,148
6 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.47 1,358
7 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.38 1,342
8 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN6 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.37 687
9 FARGO FX 10:00 PM 68 0.36 1,169
10 MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 121 0.36 1,150
11 NHL SEMI FINALS L: ANAHEIM/EDMONTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:17 PM 177 0.35 809
12 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.32 838
13 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.32 1,505
14 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.31 1,640
15 LITTLE WOMEN DALLAS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.31 765
16 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,399
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,096
18 SKIN TIGHT TLC 10:01 PM 59 0.29 832
19 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.28 576
20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 701
21 REASONABLE DOUBT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.26 923
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.25 834
23 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,743
24 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 950
25 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,480
26 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.24 1,506
27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,268
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,691
29 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.23 774
30 LAST ALASKANS, THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.23 1,392
31 THEN AND NOW W/ANDY COHEN BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.22 707
32 FLIPPING VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.22 968
33 ARCHER FXX FXX 10:00 PM 30 0.21 436
34 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.21 981
35 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.21 889
36 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 935
37 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 970
38 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 948
39 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.20 637
40 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.20 1,683
41 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 423
42 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,506
43 BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.20 631
44 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 481
45 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 457
46 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,676
47 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,721
48 AYTO: SECOND CHANCES MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.19 328
49 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 396
50 BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR A&E NETWORK 10:32 PM 31 0.19 586
51 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 866
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.19 831
53 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,188
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,867
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,779
56 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,959
57 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 892
58 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 925
59 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,115
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,725
61 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 369
62 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,945
63 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 580
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 335
65 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.17 367
66 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 805
67 UNDERGROUND WGN AMERICA 10:00 PM 63 0.16 443
68 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 903
69 UCL SEMIFINAL L: MONACO/JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB FOX SPORTS 1 2:31 PM 149 0.16 310
70 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 868
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 345
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 851
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,202
74 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,548
75 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.15 370
76 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:14 AM 19 0.15 330
77 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,565
78 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.15 314
79 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.15 648
80 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,502
81 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 819
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 341
83 WALLYKAZAM! NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.14 626
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 771
85 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,343
86 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,345
87 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 293
88 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 377
89 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.13 283
90 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 532
91 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 608
92 COMEDY JAM COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.13 232
93 OWN TONIGHT! OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.13 474
94 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 297
95 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:48 PM 72 0.13 281
96 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 246
97 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.12 324
98 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.12 328
99 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.12 275
100 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 254
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 804
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 656
103 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: TORONTO/NY YANKEES ESPN 7:00 PM 228 0.12 413
104 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 586
105 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.11 298
106 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 625
107 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 229
108 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.09 183
109 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 864
110 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 781
111 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 840
112 SPIKE TV MOVIE: TITANIC SPIKE TV 3:30 PM 270 0.09 270
113 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 993
114 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 224
115 SECRET LIVES: MEGA HOMES CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.09 320
116 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:30 PM 63 0.09 233
117 LOPEZ TV LAND 10:32 PM 30 0.08 302
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 253
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 726
120 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 215
121 JUNKYARD EMPIRE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 268
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 234
123 LAST WITCH HUNTER, THE HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 107 0.08 208
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.08 766
125 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 724
126 NOBODIES TV LAND 10:00 PM 32 0.07 369
127 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 699
128 MY KNIGHT & ME BOOMERANG 8:00 PM 30 0.07 216
129 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 745
130 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 136
131 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 480
132 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 146
133 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 708
134 STONE HOUSE REVIVAL DIY NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.06 375
135 OUTLAW TECH SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.06 185
136 CHASING CLASSIC CARS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 30 0.06 261
137 BONG APPETIT VICELAND 10:30 PM 30 0.06 113
138 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 763
139 BROCKMIRE IFC TV 10:00 PM 31 0.06 212
140 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 113
141 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.06 306
142 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.06 157
143 TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.05 147
144 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.05 100
145 LEGEND (2015): LEGEND (2015) HBO PRIME 9:35 PM 132 0.05 167
146 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.05 131
147 STONE HOUSE REVIVAL DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.05 358
148 ER POP 3:00 PM 60 0.05 107
149 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.05 104
150 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 11:02 PM 45 0.05 119

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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.