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October 20, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.19.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  BLINDSPOT and FREQUENCY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, NBC’s post-Debate Analysis half-hour climbed 0.3 after adjustment, and both ABC and CBS gained 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ratings followed form, in that CNN led FOX News in 18-49s (2.70 vs. 2.36), but FOX News was on top in the older Total Viewers metric (11.4M vs. 8.8M), with MSNBC trailing at 1.21/5.5M, and the night’s live post-Debate DAILY SHOW on Comedy Central at 0.42.  Only 2 non-Debate-related telecasts made it into the Top 10:  FOX Sports 1’s coverage of the Dodgers vs. Cubs BASEBALL PLAYOFFS game at 1.83 (TBS’s afternoon Indians vs. Blue Jays game was at 0.71), and FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY, down a tenth from last week to 1.36.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK fell 0.35 to 0.76, and LEGENDS OF CHAMBERLAIN HEIGHTS was down 0.09 to 0.25.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN franchise had ATLANTA down 0.11 to 0.50, and LA down 0.12 to 0.47. On Food Network, WORST COOKS IN AMERICA dropped 0.12 to 0.35.  E!’s TOTAL BELLAS shrank by 0.07 to 0.32, and CATCHING KELCE was down 0.03 to 0.13.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROS fell 0.05 to 0.27.  and both HOUSE HUNTERS and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL were at 0.24, the latter down 0.07. Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE dropped 0.14 to 0.24, and THAT AWKWARD GAME SHOW was down 0.03 to 0.11.  MTV’s REAL WORLD lost 0.03 to 0.22, with the AFTER-SHOW at 0.13.  On Syfy, GHOST HUNTERS gained 0.02 to 0.20, and PARANORMAL WITNESS was down 0.05 to 0.15.  TV Land’s YOUNGER slipped 0.02 to 0.12, and IMPASTOR was steady at 0.07.  FXX’s YOU’RE THE WORST gained 0.02 to 0.12.  Off the chart:  HBO’s ANY GIVEN WEDNESDAY returned at 0.05/115K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday October 19, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 3RD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNN 9:03 PM 94 2.70 8,761
2 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:03 PM 94 2.36 11,378
3 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 10:37 PM 83 1.83 6,288
4 MLB NL CHAMPIONS SERIES L: CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES 4 FOX SPORTS 1 8:01 PM 249 1.83 5,813
5 PRES DEBATE/ANALYSIS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:37 PM 23 1.76 8,659
6 AMERICAN HORROR STORY FX 10:00 PM 60 1.36 2,482
7 DEBATE MSNBC 9:04 PM 93 1.21 5,549
8 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.96 4,756
9 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 63 0.90 3,619
10 DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.77 2,871
11 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.76 1,321
12 MLB ALCS: INDIANS/BLUE JAYS TBS NETWORK 4:00 PM 191 0.71 2,847
13 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MSNBC 10:37 PM 143 0.68 3,738
14 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.67 4,744
15 MLB NLCS POST GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 12:10 AM 50 0.55 1,474
16 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.53 2,835
17 LITTLE WOMEN ATL REUNION LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.50 1,275
18 INSIDE THE MLB TBS NETWORK 7:11 PM 46 0.48 1,453
19 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW MSNBC 8:00 PM 64 0.48 2,683
20 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.47 1,358
21 NBA PRE-SEASON    L: GOLDEN STATE/LA CLIPPERS ESPN 10:05 PM 144 0.43 1,014
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 34 0.42 1,073
23 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.37 1,765
24 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.36 1,886
25 WORST COOKS 9 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,081
26 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.35 1,719
27 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 1:00 AM 64 0.35 1,769
28 TOTAL BELLAS E! 8:00 PM 60 0.32 625
29 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:29 AM 62 0.32 695
30 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.32 2,491
31 MLB NLCS PRE GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 PM 31 0.29 1,033
32 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,136
33 NBA PRE-SEASON    L: NY KNICKS/BOSTON ESPN 7:35 PM 150 0.28 723
34 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,252
35 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 662
36 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.26 1,638
37 LEGENDS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.25 468
38 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.24 517
39 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 32 0.24 559
40 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 929
41 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,360
42 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 1,292
43 GARBAGE TIME KATIE NOLAN FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 AM 30 0.23 561
44 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.23 508
45 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.23 528
46 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,214
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,063
48 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 35 0.23 518
49 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CNBC 9:00 PM 97 0.23 560
50 COPA MX – L: GUADALAJARA / ALEBRIJES DE OAXACA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:53 PM 127 0.22 405
51 EXP UNKNOWN: HUNT YETI TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 732
52 REAL WORLD BAD BLOOD MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.22 336
53 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 2,288
54 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,073
55 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.21 1,034
56 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:31 AM 89 0.21 446
57 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.21 445
58 GHOST HUNTERS SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.20 649
59 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:34 PM 31 0.20 423
60 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 1,728
61 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: R.L. STINES/CABINET/SOULS FREEFORM 7:00 PM 120 0.19 427
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,386
63 ALL IN WITH CAM NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.19 944
64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,134
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,713
66 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,081
67 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 955
68 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,220
69 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 395
70 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,552
71 FSL WITH JAY AND DAN P FOX SPORTS 1 1:30 AM 30 0.17 375
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 753
73 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 701
74 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.16 425
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,402
76 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,553
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 994
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,572
79 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI SPIKE TV 9:32 PM 30 0.15 391
80 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 894
81 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,357
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 277
83 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: DETROIT/NY RANGERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 160 0.15 383
84 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 814
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 320
86 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,323
87 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,074
88 PARANORMAL WITNESS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.15 472
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 247
90 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 269
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 796
92 UCL GROUP STAGE L: BARCELONA/MAN CITY FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.13 282
93 CATCHING KELCE E! 9:00 PM 60 0.13 260
94 SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: CROOKED MAN, THE SYFY 5:00 PM 120 0.13 363
95 LODGE, THE DISNEY CHANNEL 5:00 PM 30 0.13 707
96 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 288
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 255
98 REAL WORLD AFTER SHOW BAD MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.13 206
99 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 627
100 MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW TBS NETWORK 3:30 PM 30 0.12 395
101 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 9:03 PM 94 0.12 719
102 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:00 PM 33 0.12 198
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 903
104 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,334
105 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 571
106 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.12 292
107 YOUNGER TV LAND 10:00 PM 31 0.12 453
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 898
109 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 235
110 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 252
111 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 900
112 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 232
113 COPA MX – L: CRUZ AZUL / QUERETARO UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:50 PM 123 0.11 258
114 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.11 245
115 THAT AWKWARD GAME SHOW SPIKE TV 10:02 PM 60 0.11 262
116 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 811
117 JURASSIC WORLD: JURASSIC WORLD HBO PRIME 5:20 PM 124 0.11 277
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ T. ROBERTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 841
119 MEET THE BROWN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:30 PM 30 0.11 301
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 845
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 836
122 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.10 508
123 PRES DEBATE ANALYSIS FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 10:37 PM 23 0.10 614
124 MEET THE BROWN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:00 PM 30 0.10 250
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 287
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 789
127 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 795
128 BORDER WARS COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 287
129 I AM LEGEND HBO PRIME 8:15 PM 100 0.09 204
130 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.09 382
131 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.09 185
132 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 26 0.08 181
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.08 167
134 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 192
135 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.08 162
136 MLB NLCS GM4 – IN: CUBS VS DODGERS FOX DEPORTES 8:02 PM 238 0.08 220
137 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 60 0.08 207
138 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.08 215
139 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.08 235
140 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:01 PM 59 0.08 149
141 GARAGE SQUAD VELOCITY 10:00 PM 30 0.07 299
142 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 227
143 INSIDE THE NFL NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 90 0.07 143
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 271
145 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 23 0.07 189
146 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 12:26 AM 64 0.07 166
147 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 250
148 CAST AWAY: CAST AWAY HBO PRIME 2:55 PM 144 0.07 213
149 IMPASTOR TV LAND 10:31 PM 31 0.07 296
150 SOUND FX NFL NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.07 127

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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.