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May 5, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.4.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for GREY’S ANATOMY, THE BIG BANG THEORY, MASTERCHEF JR and the rerun of SUPERSTORE.  RIVERDALE, however, dipped by 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 May 04.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were inevitably at the top of Thursday cable, at 1.85/1.58 (led by Utah vs. Golden State).  The highest-rated regular series of the night was History’s SWAMP PEOPLE, up 0.09 to 0.47.  Nickelodeon’s 5:30PM ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS was in the Top 10 at 0.43.  On ID, EVIL STEPMOTHERS premiered at 0.42, well ahead of the 0.30 for its lead-in FEAR THY NEIGHBOR.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS dropped 0.05 to 0.38, and after-show INSIDE JOKES was down 0.02 to 0.22.  A&E’s 60 DAYS IN edged up 0.02 to 0.36.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT climbed 0.03 to 0.34, and SECOND CHANCES was steady at 0.17. The Obamacare repeal vote was a bonanza for Fox News, which had 3 shows in the Top 20 led by THE FIVE at 0.33.  (MSNBC’s THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW retreated to 0.26, and it may not be unrelated that in its second airing, Comedy Central’s THE PRESIDENT SHOW took a 0.09 hit to 0.13.)  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY was at 0.30.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.07 to 0.30, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL grew by 0.04 to 0.29, and FLIP OR FLOP was steady at 0.27.  We’s BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES lost 0.02 to 0.28.  Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE dropped 0.03 to 0.25.  USA’s INSIDE THE FBI jumped 0.09 to 0.22. E!’s SECOND WIVES CLUB debuted at 0.13.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.07.  Bravo’s UNPROTECTED was at 0.06/0.05.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 May 04.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 4, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: UTAH/GOLDEN STATE ESPN 10:42 PM 144 1.85 4,776
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: BOSTON/WASHINGTON ESPN 7:59 PM 163 1.58 4,058
3 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:06 AM 54 0.89 2,041
4 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.48 1,034
5 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.47 1,913
6 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.43 1,845
7 EVIL STEPMOTHERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.42 1,309
8 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.38 709
9 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.36 873
10 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 77 0.34 1,071
11 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.33 2,664
12 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 59 0.33 765
13 NHL SEMI FINALS L: OTTAWA/NY RANGERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:30 PM 177 0.31 1,074
14 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.31 884
15 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.31 2,571
16 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 2,912
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 1,600
18 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,119
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,521
20 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.28 603
21 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 823
22 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 748
23 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.27 1,399
24 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,057
25 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,173
26 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 32 0.25 641
27 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 638
28 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.24 818
29 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 957
30 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 414
31 INSIDE THE FBI: NEW YORK USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.22 698
32 MAFS SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:45 PM 15 0.22 669
33 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.22 883
34 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,314
35 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,025
36 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 845
37 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 916
38 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 783
39 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 925
40 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.20 910
41 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 429
42 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,779
43 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,988
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,962
45 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 408
46 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,637
47 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 412
48 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,359
49 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 823
50 SKIN TIGHT: TRANSFORMED TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.18 613
51 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.18 394
52 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 772
53 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.17 1,254
54 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.17 345
55 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.17 621
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,653
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 855
58 MAFS: SECOND CHANCES LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:17 PM 90 0.17 597
59 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,950
60 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 1,881
61 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,605
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,571
63 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI SPIKE TV 9:30 PM 30 0.16 402
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 347
65 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,319
66 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,089
67 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,747
68 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,736
69 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 284
70 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:27 PM 33 0.14 432
71 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 663
72 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 286
73 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 749
74 PRESIDENT SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 394
75 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.13 274
76 SECOND WIVES CLUB E! 9:00 PM 60 0.13 306
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 285
78 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 538
79 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 24 0.12 338
80 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 296
81 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 282
82 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 510
83 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 623
84 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 476
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 607
86 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 589
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 245
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,199
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 576
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 575
91 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 348
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 776
93 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 12:15 AM 123 0.10 203
94 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 260
95 VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 110 0.09 201
96 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.09 156
97 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.09 163
98 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 287
99 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 752
100 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 208
101 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 9:45 AM 123 0.08 217
102 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.08 186
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 824
104 ITALYS WILD ALPS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 374
105 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.08 300
106 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.08 245
107 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.08 173
108 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.08 189
109 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:01 AM 64 0.08 136
110 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.07 236
111 ALPINE UNDERWORLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 382
112 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 268
113 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 678
114 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 630
115 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 243
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 778
117 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 657
118 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 648
119 LEGENDARY MOTORCAR VELOCITY 8:00 PM 30 0.07 286
120 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.07 455
121 IMPACT WRESTLING: 218 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 260
122 UEL SEMIFINAL L: CELTA DE VIGO/MANCHESTER UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 2:54 PM 128 0.07 174
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 598
124 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 94
125 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.06 216
126 UNPROTECTED BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.06 273
127 LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD: LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD HBO PRIME 11:50 AM 129 0.06 203
128 DIVIDED GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 302
129 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 61 0.06 138
130 WILD FRANCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 373
131 CARNIVAL EATS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.06 150
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 242
133 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.06 385
134 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 604
135 IDIOTEST GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.06 250
136 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 116
137 ER POP 5:00 PM 60 0.06 135
138 E! NEWS: DAILY POP II E! 1:00 PM 60 0.06 103
139 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.06 119
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 242
141 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 10:34 PM 88 0.06 181
142 IDIOTEST GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.05 221
143 HMM MOVIE: SWEET SURRENDER HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.05 668
144 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.05 90
145 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 105
146 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BAL AT BOS/MIA AT TB MLB NETWORK 7:05 PM 209 0.05 283
147 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.05 131
148 UNPROTECTED BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.05 205
149 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 696
150 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:05 AM 28 0.05 80

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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.