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February 12, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.11.2016

 

 
NETWORK FINALS:  MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Finals Bcast 2016 Feb THU.11

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Two smackdowns topped Thursday cable, but it was USA’s WWE match that prevailed, down a tenth to 0.75 (and followed by a steady 0.39 for COLONY).  Wrestling edged out CNN’s coverage of the PBS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE at 0.73.  (The debate, skewing much older, did decisively win the night in total viewers.)  Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE fell 0.18 to 0.58.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP fell a tenth to 0.53, HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.03 to 0.47, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL held at 0.44.  True’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS returned at 0.51, and served as lead-in to the network’s first sitcom THOSE WHO CAN’T, which debuted meekly at 0.23, with a 2d episode at 0.16.  TNT’s NBA game was at 0.47 for New Orleans vs. Oklahoma City.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF was down 0.04 to 0.39, and RECIPE FOR DECEPTION sank 0.02 to 0.09.  On Comedy Central, WORKAHOLICS gained 0.05 to 0.35, and IDIOTSITTER fell 0.02 to 0.20.  On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS lost 0.02 to 0.33, and BEST PARTY STORY EVER ticked down to 0.16, while BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW held at 0.11.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS premiered at 0.32, and CHILD GENIUS dropped 0.03 to 0.17.  On We, GROWING UP HIP-HOP edged down 0.02 to 0.31, and TAMAR & VINCE fell 0.04 to 0.25.  FX’s BASKETS held at 0.27.  IFC’s PORTLANDIA gained a tick to 0.08.  BBCAmerica’s LONDON SPY fell a hundredth to 0.02/72K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Finals Cable 2016 Feb THU.11

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday February 11, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.75 2,414
2 PBS WI DEM DEBATE CNN 9:00 PM 114 0.73 4,119
3 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 32 0.58 1,245
4 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.53 2,072
5 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.51 1,042
6 NBA BASKETBALL: NEW ORLEANS/OKLAHOMA CITY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 144 0.47 1,119
7 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.47 2,080
8 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: IOWA/INDIANA ESPN 9:04 PM 126 0.45 1,310
9 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.44 1,978
10 COLONY USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.39 1,074
11 TOP CHEF BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.39 856
12 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:24 PM 42 0.38 806
13 WORKAHOLICS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:01 PM 28 0.35 554
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.35 917
15 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL: PBS WI DEM CNN 10:54 PM 126 0.33 1,509
16 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 23 0.33 682
17 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.32 1,090
18 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:10 PM 50 0.31 722
19 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.31 645
20 FIVE DAY FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.31 1,204
21 PARTY DOWN SOUTH S5 CMT 9:00 PM 60 0.30 550
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.29 735
23 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 3,586
24 BASKETS FX 10:00 PM 32 0.27 567
25 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.27 1,343
26 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 941
27 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.26 1,286
28 TAMAR & VINCE WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 522
29 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 725
30 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.24 590
31 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.24 1,530
32 CLARENCE THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.24 1,057
33 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: FLORIDA STATE/SYRACUSE ESPN 7:00 PM 124 0.23 789
34 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 515
35 THOSE WHO CANT TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.23 444
36 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 549
37 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,406
38 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.22 499
39 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,852
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,284
41 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,164
42 MURDER BOOK INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 923
43 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,488
44 SPORTSCENTER EARLY AM? L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.21 420
45 REAL DETECTIVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.20 974
46 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 461
47 SPORTSCENTER EARLY AM? L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.20 419
48 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,202
49 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 395
50 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 404
51 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:29 PM 31 0.20 332
52 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,195
53 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 439
54 REDNECK ISLAND 5 CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.19 413
55 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.18 482
56 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.18 442
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 357
58 CHILD GENIUS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.17 598
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 820
60 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.16 310
61 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 353
62 THOSE WHO CANT TRUTV 11:01 PM 30 0.16 317
63 AMERICAN SNIPER: AMERICAN SNIPER HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 133 0.16 393
64 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.16 322
65 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.16 328
66 GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER MTV 10:23 PM 31 0.16 324
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,093
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,678
69 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 309
70 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 304
71 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 811
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,422
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 299
74 DORA AND FRIENDS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.13 630
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,699
76 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.13 287
77 WILD WEST ALASKA ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 60 0.13 620
78 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,352
79 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 683
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 847
81 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 286
82 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.12 265
83 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,508
84 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,420
85 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.12 301
86 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.12 247
87 BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW SSN 2 MTV 10:54 PM 31 0.11 218
88 INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.11 302
89 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,356
90 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.11 336
91 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 791
92 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 337
93 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,301
94 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 864
95 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 716
96 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,433
97 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 321
98 RECIPE FOR DECEPTION BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.09 286
99 ANIMATION DOMINATION FXX 12:00 AM 65 0.09 167
100 HOW ITS MADE: DREAM CARS SCIENCE 9:01 PM 30 0.09 317
101 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 31 0.09 294
102 ALASKA PROOF ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 30 0.09 406
103 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 510
104 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.09 188
105 TAKEN 3 HBO PRIME 6:00 PM 109 0.09 264
106 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 321
107 MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK SCIENCE 10:01 PM 30 0.09 311
108 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 606
109 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 879
110 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 517
111 BAD SANTA HBO PRIME 12:45 AM 92 0.08 166
112 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 602
113 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.08 431
114 PORTLANDIA IFC TV 10:00 PM 30 0.08 163
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 622
116 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 528
117 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 495
118 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN HBO PRIME 10:15 PM 134 0.07 174
119 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: CONNECTICUT/TEMPLE ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.07 297
120 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.07 163
121 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 488
122 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:04 PM 113 0.07 214
123 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 459
124 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 662
125 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 649
126 JUPITER ASCENDING: JUPITER ASCENDING MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 128 0.06 158
127 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 11:00 PM 30 0.06 116
128 NFL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 176
129 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 133
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 257
131 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.06 271
132 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.06 202
133 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 306
134 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 367
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 227
136 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 394
137 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 500
138 BAD BOYS (1983): BAD BOYS (1983) MAXPRIME 6:35 AM 124 0.05 147
139 DAYS OF OUR LIVES POP 8:00 PM 60 0.05 206
140 NBA TONIGHT     L ESPN2 11:30 PM 30 0.05 143
141 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 571
142 HOLLYWOODLAND: HOLLYWOODLAND MAXPRIME 10:25 AM 126 0.05 129
143 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 278
144 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 476
145 DISTURBIA HBO PRIME 12:55 PM 105 0.05 89
146 DRACULA UNTOLD  (2014) MAXPRIME 12:35 PM 92 0.05 144
147 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 284
148 FLOOGALS SPROUT 8:00 PM 20 0.05 150
149 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 392
150 NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA GALAVISION 11:32 PM 53 0.05 156

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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.