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August 17, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.16.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 and the season finale of THE F WORD lost the same in final numbers.  In addition, SALVATION was rated as a 2-hour, and emerged at 0.4.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Aug 16.WED

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo notched a narrow win in Wednesday cable, with REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC down 0.03 to 0.59, and lead-out ODD MOM OUT up 0.02 to 0.19.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW climbed 0.08 to 0.58, and SIGNED ticked up to 0.35.  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE jumped 0.14 to 0.52. USA’s THE SINNER continued to impress, up 0.08 to a new high 0.51, while lead-in SUITS was up 0.08 to 0.41.  There may never be a night again that isn’t busy for cable news, and last night belonged to MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.43/3.2M, over CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.35/1.5M, and Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.30/2.5M.  FX’s SNOWFALL rose 0.05 to 0.41.  The timeslot midseason premiere of OWN’s GREENLEAF was at 0.36, down a tenth from Tuesday’s installment. On ID, MURDER BY NUMBERS gained 0.04 to 0.35, and THE PERFECT MURDER was up 0.06 to 0.30. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.33, HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.05 to 0.31, and PROPERTY BROS slipped 0.03 to 0.28.  MTV’s CATFISH edged up 0.02 to 0.30, and UNDRESSED was at 0.20/0.19.  On Lifetime, COUPLES RETREAT ticked up to 0.27, and GROWING UP SUPERMODEL premiered at 0.12.  Food Network’s COOKS VS CONS ticked up to 0.25.  On A&E, WAHLBURGERS was at 0.19/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.24/0.22, and THE LOWE FILES was up 0.01 to 0.14.  TV Land’s YOUNGER climbed 0.02 to 0.21.  E!’s HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM ticked down to 0.20.  On Tru, INSIDE JOKES dropped 0.03 to 0.19, and the just-renewed I’M SORRY was down 0.03 to 0.15.  Syfy’s BLOOD DRIVE ticked down to 0.10.  The series finale of BBCAmerica’s BROADCHURCH rose 0.02 to 0.07.  Off the chart, IFC’s BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW fell 0.02 to a nearly invisible 0.01/76K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Aug 16.WED

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday August 16, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.59 1,616
2 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.58 1,060
3 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.52 2,436
4 SINNER, THE USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.51 1,643
5 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.43 3,247
6 SNOWFALL FX 10:00 PM 61 0.41 814
7 SUITS USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.41 1,466
8 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.39 1,667
9 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,247
10 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,517
11 MURDER BY NUMBERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.35 1,276
12 SIGNED VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.35 658
13 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.34 1,580
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,694
15 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.32 2,542
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.31 1,764
17 PERFECT MURDER, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,339
18 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 2,312
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,455
20 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN6B MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.30 615
21 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 2,432
22 PROP BROS BUY AND SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,624
23 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 4:00 PM 30 0.28 1,453
24 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.27 1,266
25 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.27 2,220
26 LW LA: COUPLES RETREAT LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.27 883
27 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.26 1,321
28 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,012
29 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:25 PM 35 0.25 702
30 COOKS VS. CONS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.25 785
31 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.25 1,314
32 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.25 1,345
33 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: NY YANKEES/NY METS ESPN 7:00 PM 205 0.24 855
34 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 639
35 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 10:02 PM 64 0.23 1,200
36 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.23 1,216
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.22 1,161
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,094
39 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,800
40 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 31 0.22 554
41 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 992
42 YOUNGER TV LAND 10:00 PM 36 0.21 698
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,812
44 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,872
45 TIME MACHINE: CAR COUNTRY HISTORY 8:00 PM 122 0.21 969
46 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.21 488
47 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 973
48 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,018
49 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,123
50 UNDRESSED MTV MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.20 417
51 HOLLYWD MEDIUM E! 9:00 PM 60 0.20 618
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.20 365
53 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 435
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.19 939
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,657
56 LISTED SISTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,035
57 ODD MOM OUT BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.19 543
58 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.19 386
59 WAHLBURGERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.19 528
60 UNDRESSED MTV MTV 11:33 PM 31 0.19 361
61 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,640
62 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 427
63 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,338
64 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.18 850
65 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 400
66 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.18 387
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,804
68 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 865
69 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.17 1,488
70 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,300
71 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 801
72 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.17 1,240
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,590
74 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,140
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,291
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,434
77 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.15 327
78 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.15 288
79 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,372
80 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,126
81 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,082
82 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 304
83 IM SORRY TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.15 287
84 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.14 332
85 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,307
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 289
87 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,117
88 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,170
89 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,151
90 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,111
91 LOWE FILES A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.14 380
92 COPA MX – L: UAEM / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:25 PM 125 0.14 261
93 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 301
94 LWLA SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.13 517
95 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 665
96 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 28 0.13 411
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 274
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,092
99 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 627
100 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,042
101 SPORTSNATION ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.12 261
102 GROWING UP SUPERMODEL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.12 394
103 SUPER COPA FOOTBALL  L: REAL MADRID/BARCELONA ESPN2 5:00 PM 120 0.12 315
104 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 244
105 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 314
106 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,153
107 ZHUZHUS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 30 0.12 657
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,093
109 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.11 180
110 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 246
111 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 331
112 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 381
113 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.10 449
114 BLOOD DRIVE SYFY 10:00 PM 58 0.10 343
115 AMATEUR SOFTBALL        L ESPN2 9:04 PM 116 0.09 360
116 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 AM 60 0.09 352
117 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.09 288
118 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 249
119 DAILY FANTASY SHOW ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.09 215
120 ALMOST CHRISTMAS HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 111 0.08 243
121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 248
122 EMOGENIUS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.08 263
123 AUTO FIRM WITH ALEX VEGA VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 277
124 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:30 PM 30 0.08 137
125 HUANGS WORLD VICELAND 10:00 PM 60 0.08 130
126 NCWTS RACING L FOX SPORTS 1 10:18 PM 112 0.08 235
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 278
128 BROADCHURCH BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 65 0.07 376
129 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 8:27 AM 26 0.07 268
130 RMD GARAGE VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 304
131 MISS PEREGRINES HOME FOR: MISS PEREGRINES HOME FOR HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 127 0.07 197
132 NCWTS RACING – RAIN DELAY FOX SPORTS 1 8:33 PM 18 0.07 256
133 DAYTIME MOVIE: GRIDIRON GANG FREEFORM 1:00 PM 180 0.06 180
134 NFL LIVE ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.06 149
135 NCWTS SETUP L FOX SPORTS 1 8:12 PM 21 0.06 232
136 IDIOTEST GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.06 275
137 NCWTS RACING – RAIN DELAY FOX SPORTS 1 9:20 PM 13 0.06 241
138 BURGERS, BREW & QUE COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.06 168
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 210
140 CHEAP EATS COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.06 157
141 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.05 142
142 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 117
143 WNBA BASKETBALL         L: LA SPARKS/WASHINGTON ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.05 170
144 FUTBOL CENTRAL L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 25 0.05 83
145 ON THE STORY W/ HILL HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 132
146 EMOGENIUS GSN 9:30 PM 30 0.05 188
147 BIG BROTHER:  AFTER DARK: BBA-170149 BBAD EP 1249 8/16/17 POP 12:00 AM 180 0.05 162
148 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.05 121
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 209
150 CAR HUNTERS HISTORY 8:30 AM 30 0.05 165

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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.