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January 19, 2018
 

Broadcast Update: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.18.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SCANDAL, THE FOUR and GREAT NEWS lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jan 18.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader had 2 of the night’s top 3 ratings at 0.64/0.46.  Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE returned to its former Spike home at 0.47.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 was steady at 0.37, and 60 DAYS IN was down 0.06 to 0.37.  It was one of the closer recent calls for cable news, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.35/0.56/3.1M, Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.34/0.57/3.6M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.25/0.34/1.2M.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.03 to 0.34, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.04 to 0.29, and FLIP OR FLOP was also down 0.04 to 0.29.  On ID, BETRAYED ticked up to 0.33, and THE PERFECT SUSPECT was down 0.04 to 0.26.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY lost 0.03 to 0.32.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF slipped 0.02 to 0.29, and MILLION DOLLAR LISTING was up 0.03 to 0.28.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS ticked up to 0.24, and MAKING A MODEL was down 0.03 to 0.08.  MTV’s WILD N OUT gained 0.03 to 0.24.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP fell 0.07 to 0.21.  Discovery’s KILLING FIELDS ticked down to 0.20.  Tru’s THE CARBONARO EFFECT dropped 0.07 to 0.16.  Syfy’s SUPERSTITION lost 0.02 to 0.12.  The season finale of USA’s DAMNATION held at 0.12.  On CMT, NASHVILLE was down 0.02 to 0.11 (we won’t have the TV Land rating until Monday).  Freeform’s low-rated BEYOND remained low-rated in its return at 0.10.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.07.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jan 18.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 18, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: TIMBERWOLVES/ROCKETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:33 PM 132 0.64 1,499
2 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 64 0.47 1,048
3 NBA BASKETBALL: 76ERS/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:01 PM 152 0.46 1,198
4 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.37 1,108
5 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.37 876
6 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,104
7 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:45 PM 53 0.35 744
8 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,543
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 3,641
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.33 3,237
11 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,226
12 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,106
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 3,024
14 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.30 586
15 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,457
16 TOP CHEF BRAVO 10:00 PM 75 0.29 864
17 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.29 881
18 FLIP OR FLOP NASHVILLE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,238
19 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.28 560
20 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.28 912
21 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,398
22 60 DAYS IN FL A&E NETWORK 11:03 PM 13 0.27 629
23 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.27 1,734
24 PERFECT SUSPECT, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,061
25 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 2,379
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,198
27 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,082
28 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 2,384
29 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.25 769
30 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.24 1,021
31 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 10 MTV 11:00 PM 31 0.24 450
32 FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE: FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 136 0.23 582
33 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.23 998
34 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.23 1,965
35 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 692
36 FAMILY BY THE TON: SUPERS TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.22 726
37 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,177
38 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,000
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 1,062
40 GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.21 407
41 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.20 1,442
42 KILLING FIELDS: ISLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 874
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,555
44 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,779
45 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 410
46 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,633
47 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.20 1,605
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,666
49 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 441
50 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,643
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,912
52 K.C. UNDERCOVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.18 911
53 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 396
54 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,605
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 946
56 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.17 344
57 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 881
58 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 821
59 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.17 367
60 PRAS SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.17 629
61 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 358
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 352
63 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,841
64 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.16 402
65 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,500
66 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 435
67 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,142
68 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.16 338
69 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.16 342
70 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:45 PM 75 0.16 372
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,560
72 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 883
73 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 750
74 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN 9:00 PM 105 0.15 527
75 MYST MUSEUM: MANHATTAN PR TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 612
76 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.15 327
77 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,461
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 837
79 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 753
80 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 773
81 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 718
82 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.14 367
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 290
84 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 287
85 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 673
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 765
87 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.14 410
88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 725
89 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,301
90 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 297
91 BLACK CARD REVOKED BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.13 332
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 799
93 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,354
94 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L: MEL KIPERS MOCK DRAFT ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.13 317
95 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 253
96 NBA TIP-OFF TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:00 PM 61 0.12 339
97 WMNS COLL BKBL REG SSN  L ESPN 7:00 PM 102 0.12 453
98 SUPERSTITION SYFY 11:00 PM 60 0.12 317
99 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 579
100 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 993
101 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 982
102 RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 506
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 926
104 MEGA MACHINES: SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.12 501
105 DAMNATION USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.12 629
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,018
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 917
108 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,168
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 277
110 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 516
111 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 216
112 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 831
113 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 427
114 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 888
115 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,418
116 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN 8:42 PM 18 0.11 408
117 NASHVILLE CMT 9:00 PM 62 0.11 728
118 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:15 PM 30 0.10 385
119 BEYOND FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.10 312
120 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 883
121 BARRETT JACKSON: 6 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 6 VELOCITY 8:00 PM 180 0.10 621
122 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:50 AM 32 0.09 187
123 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 204
124 BUILDING GIANTS SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.09 439
125 MANCAVE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.09 213
126 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 285
127 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: PITTSBURGH/LOS ANGELES NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:15 PM 151 0.08 193
128 HOW HIGH HBO PRIME 1:00 AM 93 0.08 159
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 315
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 766
131 FUGITIVE, THE: FUGITIVE, THE MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 130 0.08 252
132 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:24 PM 31 0.08 153
133 MAKING A MODEL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.08 354
134 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:22 PM 31 0.08 153
135 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 143
136 IMPACT WRESTLING: 303 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 309
137 RUNDOWN, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 197
138 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 154
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 294
140 BARRETT JACKSON: 5 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 5 VELOCITY 6:00 PM 120 0.07 449
141 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:00 PM 119 0.07 234
142 SEGURID FRONTERA AUS – S9 UNIVERSO 9:30 PM 30 0.07 122
143 TERMINATOR SALVATION HBO PRIME 3:50 PM 115 0.07 180
144 UNDISPUTED L: 339 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 150
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 321
146 IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 104 0.06 216
147 DIFFERENT WORLD, A BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:53 PM 31 0.06 125
148 SEGURIDAD FRONTERA CAN UNIVERSO 8:30 PM 30 0.06 122
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 300
150 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 110

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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.