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September 21, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.20.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  On both CBS and NBC, the 8PM shows (the season finales of BIG BROTHER and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT) gained 0.1 in final numbers at the expense of the 10PM lead-outs (the season finale of SALVATION and the season premiere of THE GOOD PLACE).  In addition, the 8PM hour of MASTERCHEF rose 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Sep 20.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s THE SINNER cemented its place as the low-key phenom of the summer TV season, zooming 0.23 for a terrific 0.77 season finale rating.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK fell 0.27 from last week’s season premiere to 0.69, and BROAD CITY was down 0.18 to 0.33, still enough punch to keep THE DAILY SHOW in the Top 10 for the night at 0.34.  MTV’s TEEN MOM aired an off-night episode at 0.54, as lead-in to ARE YOU THE ONE at 0.26.  OWN’s GREENLEAF gained 0.06 to 0.41.  On Discovery, GARAGE REHAB grew by 0.05 to 0.35, and MISFIT GARAGE was up 0.04 to 0.31.  On ID, SHATTERED ticked down to 0.33, and HOMICIDE HUNTER was down 0.08 to 0.28.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS dropped 0.05 to 0.32, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL lost 0.05 to 0.30, and PROPERTY BROS was down 0.11 to 0.30.  Cable news was led again by MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.32/2.7M, above Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/2.6M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.24/1.2M.  On Food Network, WORST COOKS IN AMERICA dropped 0.13 to 0.29, and COOKS VS CONS aired 2 episodes at 0.24/0.24, compared to last week’s 0.30.  Nickelodeon’s 5:30PM WELCOME TO THE WAYNE just made it into the Top 20 at 0.27.  On E!, TOTAL BELLAS was steady at 0.24, while ERIC & JESSIE: GAME ON fell 0.13 to 0.15.  On A&E, the season finale of WAHLBURGERS was at 0.19/0.17, compared to last week’s 0.27/0.27, and THE LOWE FILES was down 0.02 to 0.13.  FXX’s YOU’RE THE WORST rose 0.04 to 0.14.  Tru’s COMEDY KNOCKOUT plunged to 0.14/0.09 from last week’s 0.35.  The season premiere of Syfy’s CHANNEL ZERO was at 0.13.  Lifetime’s GROWING UP SUPERMODEL ticked down to 0.07.  Off the chart, the season finale episodes of POP’s SWEDISH DICKS were at 0.02/89K and 0.01/52K compared to last week’s 0.02/96K, and IFC’s BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW was up 0.01 to 0.03/68K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Sep 20.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 20, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 SINNER, THE USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.77 2,438
2 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.69 1,245
3 TEEN MOM II SSN8 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.54 995
4 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.41 1,571
5 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.37 1,588
6 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.37 1,100
7 GARAGE REHAB DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:03 PM 61 0.35 1,025
8 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.34 1,031
9 BROAD CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.33 614
10 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,383
11 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,689
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,699
13 MISFIT GARAGE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 63 0.31 868
14 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,459
15 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,613
16 WORST COOKS 11 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 845
17 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,598
18 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,505
19 GOLDBERGS, THE NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 33 0.27 560
20 WELCOME TO THE WAYNE NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.27 1,168
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,564
22 ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 6 MTV 10:01 PM 62 0.26 469
23 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,239
24 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.24 2,041
25 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.24 2,114
26 TOTAL BELLAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.24 575
27 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,188
28 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.24 636
29 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.24 727
30 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,250
31 GOLDBERGS, THE NICK-AT-NITE 1:33 AM 33 0.24 506
32 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.23 1,142
33 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,052
34 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,078
35 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,095
36 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.22 1,192
37 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 466
38 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.21 1,952
39 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 630
40 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,706
41 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,584
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.20 1,607
43 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 931
44 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.19 947
45 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,064
46 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.19 528
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.18 958
48 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,106
49 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.18 936
50 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 419
51 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,389
52 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,774
53 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,837
54 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,663
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,117
56 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.17 510
57 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,010
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,613
59 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,315
60 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,388
61 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 815
62 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE    L: CLEVELAND/LA ANGELS ESPN 10:20 PM 209 0.16 482
63 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,451
64 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 366
65 EXP UNKNOWN REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 538
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 995
67 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 448
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 300
69 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,490
70 ERIC & JESSIE: GAME ON E! 10:00 PM 30 0.15 322
71 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: BOSTON/BALTIMORE ESPN 7:00 PM 200 0.15 543
72 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 880
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,189
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 913
75 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 854
76 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 867
77 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 737
78 US OPEN CUP SOCCER L: SPORTING KC/NEW YORK RED BULLS ESPN2 9:00 PM 120 0.14 274
79 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:00 PM 33 0.14 261
80 COMEDY KNOCKOUT TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.14 287
81 GOLDIE & BEAR DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.14 475
82 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.14 656
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 334
84 CHANNEL ZERO SYFY 10:00 PM 61 0.13 392
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,148
86 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 545
87 LOWE FILES A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.13 349
88 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:49 AM 71 0.12 318
89 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,175
90 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 564
91 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 243
92 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 120 0.12 351
93 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:32 PM 28 0.12 327
94 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 605
95 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 248
96 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 588
97 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.12 256
98 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 687
99 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 326
100 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.12 620
101 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 624
102 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 587
103 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,035
104 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 542
105 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 602
106 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 603
107 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 363
108 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 633
109 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 579
110 MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: ATLANTA UNITED/LA GALAXY ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.11 212
111 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 588
112 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.11 234
113 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.11 231
114 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 23 0.10 332
115 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2017 WK 2 NE VS NO NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.10 350
116 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.10 524
117 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 693
118 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: MINNESOTA/NEW YORK YANKEES ESPN 1:00 PM 212 0.10 383
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 858
120 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.10 261
121 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 955
122 NFL TURNING POINT NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.10 174
123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 295
124 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 420
125 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.09 543
126 COMEDY KNOCKOUT TRUTV 11:30 PM 30 0.09 221
127 NFL PLAYBOOK NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.09 185
128 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 921
129 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 208
130 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 700
131 DARK KNIGHT THE: DARK KNIGHT THE HBO PRIME 4:55 PM 152 0.09 217
132 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 791
133 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 749
134 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.08 181
135 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 428
136 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 729
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 272
138 AL AIRE CON P. ROJAS M-F GALAVISION 9:04 AM 59 0.08 155
139 GARAGE SQUAD VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 311
140 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 840
141 RMD GARAGE VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 232
142 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 784
143 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 110 0.07 154
144 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.07 159
145 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.07 157
146 GROWING UP SUPERMODEL LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.07 213
147 INSIDE THE NFL NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 90 0.07 152
148 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 63 0.07 220
149 SOUND FX NFL NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.07 136
150 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.07 179

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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.