NETWORK UPDATE: THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers.
Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original on Friday was CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, up 0.12 to 0.73, with 1.44M total viewers. Lifetime’s BRING IT was next, steady at 0.58, and the network’s JUMP dropped 0.07 to 0.33. BERING SEA GOLD (Discovery) fell 0.05 to 0.53, while lead-out ARCTIC RESCUE gained 0.03 to 0.30. On TNT, COLD JUSTICE was up 0.05 to 0.35. HANGAR 1 (History) was at 0.30. FOR BETTER OR WORSE (OWN) lost 0.04 to 0.25. HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER rose 0.03 to 0.24.
Some other notable titles not on the preliminary chart: VICE (HBO) dropped 0.03 to 0.17. On E!, the GRACE HELBIG SHOW increased by 0.03 for the 2d week in a row, up to 0.15, with 262K total viewers (up about 26K). On Syfy, the season premiere of LOST GIRL was at 0.16, with 654K total viewers, and BITTEN was at 0.13 at 8PM, with 439K total viewers, and also at 0.13 at 9PM, with 561K total viewers. COMEDY BANG BANG (IFC) stayed at 0.02, with 49,000 total viewers. As for IMPACT WRESTLING (DAM), at 9PM it was at 0.12 in 18-49s (down 0.01) with 401K total viewers (down 7000) and at 0.27/309K in households (steady), and at 11PM it added 0.04 in 18-49s, 171K in total viewers, and 0.12/137K in households.
Other programs of note will be added to the chart later.
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