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August 31, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.30.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on NBC (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, both MARLON episodes, and the rerun SVU) lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the reruns of SPEECHLESS and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE dropped 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 30.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 again took Wednesday cable with BLACK INK CREW, down a tick to 0.56, with SIGNED steady at 0.39.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC ticked up to 0.54, VANDERPUMP RULES ROAD TRIP fell 0.04 to 0.21, and ODD MOM OUT was down 0.02 to 0.16.  On USA, THE SINNER continued to be quite strong, down 0.01 to 0.52, with the 100th episode of lead-in SUITS up 0.02 to 0.39.  FX’s SNOWFALL had a 0.08 bump to 0.44.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER rose 0.08 to 0.42, and SHATTERED was down 0.04 to 0.39.  Discovery’s GARAGE REHAB premiered at 0.38, with lead-in MISFIT GARAGE at 0.33.  MTV’s CATFISH gained 0.08 to 0.37. and UNDRESSED was at 0.17/0.13 compared to last week’s 0.14/0.10.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW again led cable news at 0.33/3.2M, ahead of CNN’s CUOMO PRIMETIME at 0.33/1.4M and Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.32/2.6M.  OWN’s GREENLEAF dropped 0.05 to 0.33. On Food Network, WORST COOKS IN AMERICA climbed 0.09 to 0.33, and COOKS VS CONS ticked up to 0.27.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.33, PROPERTY BROTHERS gained 0.03 to 0.33, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL.  TV Land’s YOUNGER climbed 0.06 to 0.28.  On Lifetime, COUPLES RETREAT ticked down to 0.28, and GROWING UP SUPERMODEL held at 0.13.  On A&E, WAHLBURGERS was at 0.20/0.19 compared to last week’s 0.23/0.22, and THE LOWE FILES was down 0.04 to 0.10.  On Tru, INSIDE JOKES was steady at 0.18, and I’M SORRY was also steady at 0.14.  Syfy’s BLOOD DRIVE rose 0.03 to 0.12.  CMT’s CROSSROADS special was at 0.09.  POP’s SWEDISH DICKS was at 0.02/129K.  IFC’s BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW was up 0.01 to 0.05/106K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 30.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 30, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.56 1,071
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.54 1,470
3 SINNER, THE USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.52 1,837
4 SNOWFALL FX 10:00 PM 65 0.44 914
5 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.42 1,721
6 SIGNED VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.39 767
7 SUITS USA NETWORK 8:59 PM 62 0.39 1,512
8 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.39 1,432
9 GARAGE REHAB DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.38 1,183
10 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN6B MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.37 689
11 MISFIT GARAGE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.33 1,058
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.33 3,178
13 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,357
14 WORST COOKS 11 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,208
15 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,438
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,682
17 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,808
18 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,634
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.32 1,535
20 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.31 996
21 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.31 1,383
22 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 2,822
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,667
24 YOUNGER TV LAND 10:00 PM 33 0.28 828
25 LW LA: COUPLES RETREAT LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.28 926
26 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.27 912
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,170
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,574
29 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.24 2,040
30 MYSTICONS NICKELODEON 4:00 PM 30 0.24 888
31 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.24 1,813
32 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,161
33 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,273
34 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.23 1,758
35 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 2,017
36 VANDERPUMP:JAX & BRITTANY BRAVO 9:00 PM 30 0.21 707
37 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 1,856
38 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,281
39 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.21 1,163
40 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 452
41 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.21 1,623
42 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,798
43 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 2,067
44 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 1,993
45 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,016
46 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 920
47 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.20 615
48 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.20 440
49 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.19 1,709
50 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 432
51 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: N/A ESPN2 7:00 PM 313 0.19 793
52 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,031
53 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.19 511
54 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,603
55 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,044
56 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 388
57 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,001
58 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.18 438
59 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,131
60 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 976
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 339
62 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:13 PM 47 0.17 428
63 NEXO KNIGHTS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.17 527
64 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,757
65 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,834
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,035
67 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,139
68 UNDRESSED MTV MTV 11:01 PM 31 0.17 319
69 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.17 1,262
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 990
71 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 875
72 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 742
73 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,572
74 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,359
75 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.16 566
76 ODD MOM OUT BRAVO 9:30 PM 30 0.16 420
77 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.15 675
78 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.15 384
79 LWLA SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.15 521
80 COPA MX – L: CRUZ AZUL / TIGRES UANL UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.15 283
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 308
82 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,381
83 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 803
84 PROJECT RUNWAY FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 14 0.14 461
85 IM SORRY TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.14 287
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 290
87 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 564
88 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE    L: RANGERS/ASTROS ESPN 7:00 PM 193 0.14 431
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 263
90 COPA MX – L: ATLAS / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.14 257
91 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.14 272
92 UNDRESSED MTV MTV 11:32 PM 31 0.13 267
93 GROWING UP SUPERMODEL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.13 333
94 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 557
95 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,079
96 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: EARLY ROUND ESPN 1:00 PM 360 0.12 584
97 BLOOD DRIVE SYFY 10:00 PM 58 0.12 364
98 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,121
99 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.11 295
100 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 581
101 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 486
102 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 632
103 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.11 262
104 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 712
105 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 642
106 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 616
107 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 322
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 899
109 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.10 139
110 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 304
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 941
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,017
113 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 837
114 LOWE FILES A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.10 379
115 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 466
116 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.10 470
117 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE HBO PRIME 2:50 PM 108 0.09 207
118 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.09 518
119 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 800
120 MINORITY REPORT: MINORITY REPORT HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 145 0.09 227
121 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 AM 60 0.09 404
122 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 509
123 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.09 308
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 884
125 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 901
126 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 534
127 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 899
128 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 717
129 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 458
130 CROSSROADS CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.09 214
131 OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENC SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.09 299
132 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.08 202
133 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.08 670
134 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.08 534
135 E! NEWS: DAILY POP II E! 1:00 PM 60 0.07 142
136 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 179
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 243
138 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.07 186
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 63 0.07 157
140 UNDISPUTED L: 242 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 162
141 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.07 268
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 246
143 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:03 AM 57 0.07 148
144 ROOKIE, THE (2002): ROOKIE, THE (2002) HBO PRIME 10:50 AM 128 0.06 133
145 RMD GARAGE VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.06 319
146 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.06 328
147 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.06 442
148 HUANGS WORLD VICELAND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 120
149 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.06 240
150 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.06 159

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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.