UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.17.2017

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NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of BLINDSPOT and EMPIRE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, the top of Wednesday cable was all about sports and news.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game scored a dominant 2.65, and a post-game airing of THE DUNK KING was at 0.67, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.46.  Bravo was the outlier, with REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC down 0.02 to 0.45, and lead-out THEN & NOW down 0.04 to 0.17. Then the news brigade began, led once again by MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (0.43/2.9M) and CNN’s 8PM ANDERSON COOPER 360 (0.38/1.8M), this time joined for a rare Top 10 appearance by Comedy Central’s THE DAILY SHOW at 0.35.  (Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT lagged with 18-49 viewers at 0.30/2.7M.)  On MTV, CATFISH dropped 0.07 to 0.34, and ARE YOU THE ONE held at 0.16.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN ATLANTA gained 0.02 to 0.33, with a LITTLE WOMEN DALLAS reunion special at 0.30.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE lost 0.02 to 0.31, and SKIN TIGHT was down 0.08 to 0.23. Nickelodeon’s LOUD HOUSE was in the Top 20 at 0.31.  E!’s HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM was at 0.31. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS fell 0.06 to 0.30, PROPERTY BROTHERS ticked down to 0.29.  ID’s REASONABLE DOUBT fell 0.07 to 0.28, and HEAR NO EVIL arrived at 0.22.  FX’s FARGO dropped 0.04 to 0.26.  On A&E, STORAGE WARS was at 0.25/0.23/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.21/0.20. Discovery’s THE LAST ALASKANS lost 0.05 to 0.24.  Food Network’s COOKS VS CONS was off by 0.05 to 0.19.  FXX’s ARCHER slumped 0.06 to 0.17.  Spike’s I AM HEATH LEDGER special was at 0.17. IFC’s BROCKMIRE was steady at 0.07.  On TV Land, LOPEZ fell 0.04 to 0.06, and NOBODIES ticked down to 0.05.  POP’s comedy pair remained off the chart, HOLLYWOOD DARLINGS down 0.02 to 0.02/111K, and RETURN OF THE MAC down 0.01 to 0.01/61K.  Sundance’s GOMORRAH remained at 0.01/46K.  

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