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September 3, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.2.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS remained at the top of cable on Wednesday, with ESPN’s games at 1.73/1.08.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS gained 0.03 to 0.55.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.43/0.72/4.8M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.30/0.50/3.5M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.25/0.38/1.8M.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING, back in its timeslot, was at 0.36, up 0.07 from last Thursday.  On BET, ASSISTED LIVING premiered at 0.33/0.32, and HOUSE OF PAYNE returned at 0.33/0.27.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.29.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT dipped 0.03 to 0.26, and MARRYING MILLIONS was steady at 0.14.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was at 0.25, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.24 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.19, and VACATION HOUSE RULES was at 0.14.  ID’s BUTCHER BAKER was at 0.23.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES lost 0.02 to 0.22.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL was steady at 0.21.  On MTV, CATFISH gained 0.02 to 0.16, and GHOSTED returned at 0.10.  On Discovery, DODGEBALL THUNDERDOME slipped 0.02 to 0.13, and GROWING BELUSHI ticked down to 0.10. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 2, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD     L: OKLAHOMA CITY/HOUSTON ESPN 9:37 PM 140 1.73 4,106
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: MIAMI/MILWAUKEE ESPN 6:39 PM 157 1.08 2,742
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:57 PM 63 0.63 1,474
4 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.55 1,696
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.43 4,793
6 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.39 4,652
7 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.37 3,579
8 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0048 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.36 928
9 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.33 1,082
10 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:30 PM 30 0.33 1,087
11 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.32 1,048
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,495
13 NHL SEMI FINALS L: COLORADO/DALLAS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:04 PM 151 0.29 871
14 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 30 0.27 922
15 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.27 651
16 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): YOU CAN GET OUT OF THIS 1108 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.26 1,154
17 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,794
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.25 1,474
19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.24 1,439
20 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,375
21 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 3,896
22 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.24 2,006
23 BUTCHER BAKER: MOAM: N/A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 120 0.23 965
24 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 751
25 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.21 742
26 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,402
27 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,975
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,462
29 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,436
30 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,087
31 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 986
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,408
33 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,390
34 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,958
35 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 2,050
36 GUYS GROCERY GAMES RELOAD FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 666
37 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,968
38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,158
39 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,226
40 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN8B MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.16 364
41 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,236
42 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,905
43 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,973
44 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,121
45 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,673
46 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 404
47 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 6:02 PM 28 0.15 464
48 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 2,131
49 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 2,178
50 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,123
51 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,015
52 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:35 PM 25 0.14 378
53 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 2,011
54 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,222
55 VACATION HOUSE RULES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.14 1,224
56 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.14 323
57 MARRYING MILLIONS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.14 641
58 LIGA MX L: AMERICA / MAZATLAN TUDN 8:30 PM 150 0.14 310
59 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,662
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,927
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,793
62 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,194
63 DODGEBALL THUNDERDOME DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 495
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,827
65 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.12 2,000
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,729
67 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.11 497
68 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 339
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 919
70 GHOSTED SSN 2 MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 244
71 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 1:23 PM 41 0.10 1,423
72 EXP UNKNOWN: TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.10 612
73 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 23 0.10 1,229
74 GROWING BELUSHI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.10 397
75 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.10 487
76 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.10 471
77 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,190
78 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:04 PM 56 0.09 1,198
79 WHEELER DEALERS MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.09 343
80 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 270
81 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,234
82 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,092
83 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,324
84 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK: TPCC-1R13R05H TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.09 377
85 RESTO MY RIDE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.09 258
86 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: EARLY ROUND ESPN 12:00 PM 362 0.08 479
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.08 227
88 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: SECOND ROUND ESPN2 7:00 PM 274 0.08 468
89 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 11:00 PM 30 0.08 200
90 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.08 349
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,095
92 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 240
93 DRUGS, INC.: THE FIX NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.08 284
94 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,118
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 1,280
96 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.08 369
97 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:30 PM 34 0.07 232
98 CLEVELAND SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:30 AM 30 0.07 275
99 DRUGS, INC.: THE FIX NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.07 220
100 RACE IN AMERICA BRAVO 10:00 PM 90 0.07 238
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.07 149
102 UNDISPUTED L: 991 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 139
103 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 344
104 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 711
105 MAJOR LEAG SOCCER LF WED: LAFC VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES TUDN 11:00 PM 122 0.07 128
106 SUPER FACTORIES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 298
107 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.06 139
108 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 2:30 PM 30 0.06 162
109 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 12:03 AM 58 0.06 245
110 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.06 294
111 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.06 146
112 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: ATLANTA UNITED/INTER MIAMI FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 150 0.05 134
113 CLEVELAND SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 AM 30 0.05 305
114 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.05 324
115 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 285
116 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 311
117 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 307
118 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 590
119 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 222
120 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.04 132
121 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.04 165
122 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2020 STAGE 5 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 AM 240 0.04 286
123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 208
124 THE SOUP E! 11:00 PM 30 0.04 144
125 WWE NXT (USA): WWE NXT SYFY 8:00 PM 120 0.04 183
126 TIME MACHINE: HIROSHIMA: 75 YEARS LATER HISTORY 2:00 PM 120 0.04 357
127 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 8:00 PM 30 0.04 79
128 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: STL AT CIN/TOR AT MIA MLB NETWORK 6:53 PM 165 0.03 134
129 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.03 151
130 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:30 PM 30 0.03 99
131 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.03 112
132 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 121
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 199
134 ESPORTS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.03 90
135 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.03 74
136 NFL TOTAL ACCESS: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 120 0.03 102
137 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 470
138 JAY LENOS GARAGE SP CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.03 209
139 FOOD PARADISE COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.03 134
140 FAST MONEY: N/A CNBC 5:00 PM 120 0.03 190
141 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.03 111
142 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.03 106
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.03 210
144 FRONTERA S5 UNIVERSO 3:00 PM 60 0.03 38
145 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.02 210
146 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 1:02 AM 58 0.02 44
147 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.02 74
148 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: ARI AT LAD MLB NETWORK 9:49 PM 185 0.02 146
149 HELICOPTER ER SCIENCE 11:00 PM 60 0.02 122
150 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.02 212

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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.