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December 15, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.14.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 2.9, down 1.4 from last week’s game.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Dec 14.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA beat the NFL on cable, as TNT’s basketball doubleheader was at 0.74/0.62, while NFL Network’s portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.64, down 0.45 from last week.  On USA, WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS was at 0.42, and the relocated DAMNATION was at 0.14, down 0.09 from its last Tuesday airing.  Cable news was led by MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.36/0.53/3.1M, over Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.30/0.48/3.2M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.28/0.37/1.2M  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 slipped 0.02 to 0.33, and MENENDEZ MURDERS: ERIK TELLS ALL was steady at 0.20.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS jumped a tenth to 0.30, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL gained 0.07 to 0.27, and FLIP OR FLOP was up 0.04 to 0.25.  On Bravo, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING was steady at 0.29, and TOP CHEF was down 0.05 to 0.28.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY held at 0.27.  On We, TAMAR & VINCE ticked up to 0.27.  On ID, BLOOD RELATIVES fell 0.05 to 0.22.  Tru’s THE CARBONARO EFFECT stayed at 0.17.  On Syfy, VAN HELSING dropped 0.06 to 0.08, and GHOST WARS was down 0.04 to 0.05.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING remained off the chart, down 0.02 to 0.02/161K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Dec 14.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday December 14, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: LAKERS/CAVELIERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 139 0.74 1,787
2 NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL: 2017 WK 15 DEN VS IND NFL NETWORK 8:27 PM 170 0.64 1,952
3 NBA BASKETBALL: MAVERICKS/WARRIORS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:33 PM 146 0.62 1,391
4 NFLN THU NT POST-GAME NFL NETWORK 11:26 PM 10 0.42 1,088
5 WWE TRIBUTE TROOPS: WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.42 1,401
6 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.37 1,078
7 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:59 AM 51 0.36 733
8 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.36 3,107
9 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.33 934
10 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,247
11 TNF POST-GAME NFL NETWORK 11:36 PM 18 0.30 734
12 HOUSE HUNTERS OUTSIDE BOX HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 1,423
13 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.29 916
14 TOP CHEF BRAVO 10:00 PM 75 0.28 784
15 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.28 1,233
16 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 3,008
17 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.27 1,312
18 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.27 607
19 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.27 819
20 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,127
21 TAMAR & VINCE WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 707
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.27 796
23 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 804
24 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.26 2,621
25 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.26 565
26 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,470
27 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,128
28 FLIP OR FLOP FT WORTH HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.25 1,070
29 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.24 2,034
30 WMNS COLL VBALL TOURN L: NEBRASKA/PENN STATE ESPN 7:00 PM 174 0.24 784
31 NFLN THU NT PRE-GM2 NFL NETWORK 7:57 PM 21 0.24 732
32 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 957
33 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,065
34 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,483
35 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,323
36 HOODWINKED TOO! NICK-AT-NITE 8:00 PM 90 0.22 809
37 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.22 635
38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 980
39 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.22 1,318
40 BLOOD RELATIVES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 964
41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,422
42 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 123 0.21 459
43 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 519
44 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 843
45 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,540
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 1,975
47 MENENDEZ MURDERS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.20 544
48 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 10 MTV 11:00 PM 31 0.20 435
49 WMNS COLL VBALL TOURN L: FLORIDA/STANFORD ESPN 10:25 PM 150 0.20 491
50 NCAA STUDIO UPDATE  L ESPN 9:54 PM 31 0.20 584
51 NFLN THU NT PRE-GM1 NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 27 0.20 529
52 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 486
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 558
54 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,692
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,848
56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 925
57 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.17 1,569
58 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 421
59 VINTAGE FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.17 876
60 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,734
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 957
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,620
63 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.17 387
64 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.17 384
65 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 432
66 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,501
67 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.16 1,394
68 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,460
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 962
70 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.16 359
71 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 873
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,592
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 963
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 792
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 319
76 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,523
77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 853
78 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 772
79 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:55 AM 65 0.14 359
80 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,210
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 294
82 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,226
83 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 773
84 DAMNATION USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.14 502
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 316
86 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 748
87 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 295
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 674
89 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 313
90 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 318
91 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:15 PM 30 0.13 408
92 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.13 968
93 NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS: ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS AMC 10:00 PM 120 0.13 480
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,196
95 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,054
96 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,050
97 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 993
98 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 310
99 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,206
100 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,432
101 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,457
102 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 573
103 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 274
104 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,061
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 959
106 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 20 0.11 431
107 COMEDY GET DOWN, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:30 PM 30 0.10 292
108 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 317
109 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 633
110 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.10 262
111 RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 337
112 BREAK HBO PRIME 7:50 PM 10 0.10 349
113 MECHANIC: RESURRECTION HBO PRIME 10:50 PM 99 0.09 261
114 MYST MUSEUM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 485
115 TNF GAMEDAY NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 90 0.09 261
116 CONSTANTINE: CONSTANTINE HBO PRIME 4:10 PM 121 0.09 219
117 RUNDOWN, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 274
118 VAN HELSING SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 358
119 GONE IN 60 SECONDS HBO PRIME 10:30 AM 118 0.08 166
120 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 10:05 PM 11 0.08 154
121 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 175
122 DIVIDED GSN 12:00 AM 30 0.07 277
123 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 155
124 RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 246
125 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.06 324
126 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.06 143
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 279
128 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 178
129 GOLDEN BOY BOXING L ESPN2 10:30 PM 107 0.06 187
130 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL  L ESPN2 7:00 PM 92 0.06 173
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 263
132 UNDISPUTED L: 314 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 136
133 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.05 83
134 ER POP 4:08 PM 68 0.05 171
135 GHOST WARS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.05 289
136 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:00 AM 30 0.05 126
137 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 112
138 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY G HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 110 0.05 156
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 269
140 SEGURID FRONTERA AUS – S9 UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 30 0.05 94
141 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 121
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 290
143 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: CURLING NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 254 0.04 134
144 ROCKER THE HBO PRIME 2:25 PM 102 0.04 105
145 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.04 114
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 266
147 ER POP 3:00 PM 68 0.04 122
148 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE MAXPRIME 9:25 PM 120 0.04 124
149 SUPERSTITION SYFY 11:00 PM 60 0.04 198
150 HAPPENING:CLEAN ENERGY RE HBO PRIME 6:15 PM 71 0.04 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.