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December 26, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.22.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Friday preliminary ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Dec 22.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a holiday weekend night with limited original programming, ESPN’s late Lakers vs. Golden State NBA game won the night at 0.90, with the earlier Clippers vs. Houston game considerably lower at 0.55.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH ticked up to 0.70, and a lead-out TESLA’S DEATH RAY special was at 0.38.  Adult Swim’s late-night TENDER TOUCHES was at 0.37/0.31.  On Food Network, DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES jumped 0.11 to 0.32, and lead-out GRILL DADS was at 0.25.  On Bravo, MARRIED TO MEDICINE dropped 0.03 to 0.30.  On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.27/0.27, compared to last week’s 0.25, and AMAZINGNESS was up 0.03 to 0.23.  Cartoon Network’s STEVEN UNIVERSE was steady at 0.25.  ID’s MARRIED WITH SECRETS was at 0.21.  WE’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP rose 0.07 to 0.20.  On Lifetime, BRING IT fell a tenth to 0.16, and THE RAP GAME collapsed by 0.14 to 0.13. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Dec 22.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday December 22, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA LAKERS/GOLDEN STATE ESPN 10:40 PM 145 0.90 2,323
2 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.70 2,938
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA CLIPPERS/HOUSTON ESPN 8:01 PM 159 0.55 1,698
4 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:05 AM 55 0.50 1,255
5 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: CENTRAL MICHIGAN/WYOMING ESPN 4:00 PM 205 0.38 1,497
6 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.37 821
7 TENDER TOUCHES ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 15 0.37 759
8 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.32 1,037
9 TENDER TOUCHES ADULT SWIM 12:45 AM 15 0.31 647
10 TESLAS DEATH RAY SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.30 1,279
11 MARRIED TO MEDICINE BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.30 764
12 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:25 PM 36 0.28 898
13 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.28 668
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 2,591
15 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.27 2,178
16 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN10B MTV 8:31 PM 31 0.27 606
17 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN10B MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.27 605
18 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.26 597
19 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.25 891
20 GRILL DADS FOOD NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.25 852
21 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,255
22 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,286
23 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 2,042
24 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,327
25 AMAZINGNESS MTV 9:02 PM 31 0.23 477
26 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.22 1,669
27 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.22 1,997
28 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,007
29 MARRIED WITH SECRETS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 984
30 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,319
31 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.21 1,828
32 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.20 573
33 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: UAB/OHIO ESPN 12:30 PM 210 0.20 882
34 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 1,846
35 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,703
36 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE HBO PRIME 4:30 PM 144 0.19 478
37 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,780
38 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,690
39 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT NICKELODEON 1:00 PM 30 0.19 1,037
40 PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/ARSENAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:39 PM 138 0.18 411
41 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,500
42 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 471
43 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,474
44 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 717
45 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,514
46 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,232
47 HART OF THE CITY COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.16 350
48 GREAT WALL, THE HBO PRIME 8:15 PM 103 0.16 489
49 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 678
50 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,469
51 BRING IT! LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.16 488
52 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,421
53 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,471
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.15 1,222
55 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,569
56 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.14 992
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 30 0.14 424
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 363
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 359
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 712
61 RAP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 70 0.13 418
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 333
63 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 612
64 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 646
65 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.13 406
66 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: NORTHWESTERN/OKLAHOMA ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.12 409
67 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 958
68 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 670
69 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 317
70 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,164
71 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 731
72 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 568
73 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 553
74 JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 452
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 688
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 668
77 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 482
78 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 639
79 ANIMAL CRIBS ANIMAL PLANET 10:01 PM 62 0.10 402
80 BRING IT: FF LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.10 355
81 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 979
82 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 806
83 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.10 292
84 SPLIT HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 117 0.10 238
85 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,054
86 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 298
87 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:04 PM 118 0.10 404
88 ALL DEF COMEDY (TVSERIES) HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 27 0.09 215
89 ANIMAL CRIBS SPECIAL ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.09 381
90 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 763
91 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 420
92 PRIME MOVIE 1: FIFTH ELEMENT IFC TV 8:00 PM 180 0.09 316
93 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.09 431
94 RAP GAME FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:17 PM 12 0.09 271
95 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 251
96 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 742
97 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.08 197
98 UNBREAKABLE HBO PRIME 2:30 PM 107 0.08 192
99 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM BATTL HBO PRIME 12:45 PM 105 0.08 191
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 648
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 747
102 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 195
103 FOOTBALL LIFE NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 231
104 15: A QUINCEANERA STORY HBO PRIME 7:00 PM 29 0.07 165
105 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:02 PM 58 0.07 200
106 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 64 0.07 200
107 ROADKILL CLASSICS VELOCITY 10:30 PM 30 0.07 295
108 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 3:30 PM 60 0.07 154
109 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 300
110 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 11 0.07 219
111 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.07 156
112 TOP 10 NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.07 170
113 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 206
114 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:57 PM 63 0.07 156
115 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 666
116 MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING MAXPRIME 6:20 PM 99 0.06 116
117 FIRST KILL MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 102 0.06 229
118 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.06 189
119 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.06 174
120 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.06 169
121 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.06 156
122 NFL PLAYERS ONLY NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.06 162
123 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.06 149
124 ROADKILL CLASSICS VELOCITY 10:00 PM 30 0.06 313
125 MECHANIC: RESURRECTION HBO PRIME 1:00 AM 99 0.06 237
126 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 4:17 PM 13 0.06 139
127 HERD L: 619 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 127
128 TOYMAKERZ VELOCITY 8:00 PM 60 0.05 230
129 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.05 155
130 SPIKE TV MOVIE: LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) SPIKE TV 11:30 AM 180 0.05 158
131 ER POP 5:16 PM 74 0.05 169
132 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.05 172
133 UNDISPUTED SP L: 320:JENNINGS/BROUSSARD/PARKER/SONDERS FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 110
134 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:00 PM 39 0.05 101
135 ER POP 4:08 PM 68 0.05 150
136 LIVING ALASKA GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 9:00 PM 30 0.05 203
137 WARCRAFT: WARCRAFT HBO PRIME 8:40 AM 123 0.04 121
138 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:04 AM 29 0.04 130
139 ER POP 3:00 PM 68 0.04 156
140 BACK-UP PLAN, THE: BACK-UP PLAN, THE POP 8:00 PM 150 0.04 188
141 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 83
142 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.04 122
143 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.04 159
144 DAILY FANTASY FOOTBALL ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.04 79
145 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.04 242
146 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.04 135
147 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 206
148 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.04 196
149 INTELLIGENCE RPT W/REGAN FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 225
150 RING, THE HBO PRIME 10:45 AM 115 0.03 92

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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.