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February 3, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.31.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and CHARMED lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 2.01 (for the first Lakers game after Kobe Bryant’s death)/0.63.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.35 compared to last week’s 0.46/0.37.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.08 to 0.49, and the clip-show lead-in was down a tick to 0.30.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.37/0.61/4.3M, with CNN’s late afternoon impeachment coverage at 0.22/0.30/1.5M, and MSNBC’s primetime coverage at 0.17/0.25/1.8M.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP was steady at 0.32, and EXTREME LOVE was down 0.04 to 0.06.  Adult Swim’s JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU was at 0.30/0.26.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME was at 0.28.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.27 compared to last week’s 0.29/0.23.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER gained 0.02 to 0.21.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday January 31, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PORTLAND/LA LAKERS ESPN 9:59 PM 205 2.01 4,406
2 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:24 AM 66 0.85 1,726
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DALLAS/HOUSTON ESPN 7:30 PM 149 0.63 1,525
4 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 70 0.53 2,349
5 LIVE PD: 271 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.49 1,725
6 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.37 4,330
7 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:10 PM 72 0.35 1,606
8 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 4,495
9 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.33 3,831
10 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.33 3,871
11 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.32 799
12 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.32 3,225
13 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.32 4,304
14 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:07 PM 51 0.30 1,190
15 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.30 583
16 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.28 1,594
17 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.27 979
18 JUSTICE LEAGUE: JUSTICE LEAGUE TBS NETWORK 9:30 PM 150 0.26 668
19 JUSTICE LEAGUE: JUSTICE LEAGUE TBS NETWORK 7:00 PM 150 0.26 784
20 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.26 509
21 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.24 577
22 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.22 3,076
23 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,538
24 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.21 1,354
25 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 56 0.21 1,368
26 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.20 1,328
27 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 2,122
28 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:30 PM 30 0.19 2,665
29 MBC:RS HIP HOP EDITION FL WETV 10:00 PM 13 0.19 502
30 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,306
31 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 30 0.18 2,511
32 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.18 2,903
33 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,788
34 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.17 2,117
35 MY FEET KILLING ME:FNOTES TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 889
36 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 2,627
37 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,870
38 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,952
39 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,310
40 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: SUPERS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 915
41 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,305
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 2,194
43 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 2,100
44 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 649
45 GOLD RUSH: SPECIAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:22 PM 45 0.16 896
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,831
47 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 4:35 PM 85 0.16 2,240
48 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:26 PM 34 0.15 1,251
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 2,167
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L: N/A ESPN 5:00 PM 120 0.15 414
51 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 13 0.15 1,229
52 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 2,258
53 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.15 567
54 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.14 745
55 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 7:13 PM 13 0.14 1,133
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,082
57 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 504
58 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 372
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 2,200
60 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,671
61 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 10:05 PM 116 0.13 630
62 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 1,065
63 HOUSE HUNTERS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.13 849
64 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 335
65 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,034
66 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 674
67 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.12 308
68 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.12 239
69 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.12 519
70 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:07 PM 53 0.12 598
71 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 23 0.12 535
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,341
73 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 1:15 PM 96 0.11 1,592
74 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST: BRUCE WILLIS COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 120 0.11 308
75 SUBSTITUTE, THE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.11 392
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:30 AM 30 0.11 298
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 313
78 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 2:51 PM 50 0.11 1,685
79 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 810
80 NBA: THE JUMP L: N/A ESPN 3:00 PM 120 0.11 301
81 MOVIE- THEATRICAL RPT: MAGIC MIKE XXL LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 179 0.11 369
82 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 3:41 PM 54 0.11 1,602
83 OWL HOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:48 PM 23 0.10 508
84 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,313
85 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 888
86 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,218
87 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:00 PM 75 0.09 1,526
88 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,199
89 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: SINISTER STALKER LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.09 417
90 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.09 316
91 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 4:00 PM 30 0.09 271
92 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 870
93 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,090
94 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN L ESPN 6:00 AM 90 0.08 266
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 692
96 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 287
97 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / TIJUANA TUDN 9:30 PM 150 0.08 214
98 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,154
99 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 622
100 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.07 544
101 GHOST LOOP TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 315
102 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 24 0.07 301
103 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 395
104 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 219
105 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 155
106 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 275
107 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 244
108 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.07 274
109 UNDISPUTED L: 852 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 157
110 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 207
111 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:13 PM 60 0.06 187
112 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.06 220
113 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN2 9:05 PM 55 0.06 195
114 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 60 0.06 237
115 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 525
116 HERD L: 1165 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 178
117 PGA TOUR: 2020 WASTE MGMT PHOENIX OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 285 0.06 435
118 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 PM 30 0.06 171
119 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.06 272
120 BB THE RINGERS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.06 148
121 KINDRED SPIRITS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.06 328
122 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.06 126
123 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.06 191
124 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 250
125 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 60 0.05 218
126 WOM CONCACAF OLYM QUAL L FOX SPORTS 1 8:54 PM 100 0.05 172
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 258
128 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 143
129 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:00 PM 30 0.05 120
130 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 PM 30 0.05 118
131 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 176
132 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.05 119
133 NFL MICD UP NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 226
134 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 426
135 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.04 179
136 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:00 AM 60 0.04 109
137 SECRETS ZOO: TAMPA KEEPER NAT GEO WILD 9:30 PM 30 0.04 203
138 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.04 193
139 ESPNU STUDIO: STATE FARM ALL-STAR FOOTBALL CHALLENGE ESPN2 10:00 PM 120 0.04 120
140 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 8:30 PM 30 0.04 241
141 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 88
142 WINNER CAKE ALL COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 118
143 FIRST THINGS FIRST-S L: 617 FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 AM 180 0.04 84
144 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 128
145 NFL PLAYERS ONLY NFL NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.04 177
146 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.04 125
147 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 104
148 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.04 134
149 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 97
150 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 146

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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.