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December 28, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.26.2018

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Analysis to follow.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

NOTE:  At this time, we have no Wednesday cable ratings below the Top 150 on the charts below.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had a solid grasp on Wednesday cable with its COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games at 0.69/0.64/0.40.  History’s VIKINGS dipped 0.03 to 0.35.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS gained 0.08 to 0.32, HOUSE HUNTERS FAMILY was at 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.04 to 0.21.  On ID, SHATTERED rose 0.06 to 0.31.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES ticked up to 0.28.  MTV’s CATFISH was at 0.28.  Discovery’s HOMESTEAD RESCUE aired a special at 0.20.  TLC’s LOST IN TRANSITION was at 0.12. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday December 26, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: CALIFORNIA/TCU ESPN 9:00 PM 210 0.69 2,700
2 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: MINNESOTA/GEORGIA TECH ESPN 5:15 PM 188 0.64 2,686
3 COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD    L ESPN 8:23 PM 37 0.55 2,111
4 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L ESPN 1:30 PM 33 0.40 1,445
5 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:30 AM 31 0.38 1,182
6 COLL FTBL BOWL STUDIO L ESPN 2:03 PM 25 0.35 1,376
7 VIKINGS HISTORY 9:00 PM 61 0.35 1,523
8 COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD    L ESPN 5:00 PM 15 0.34 1,203
9 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.32 1,588
10 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,181
11 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:28 PM 62 0.29 1,208
12 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 899
13 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN7C MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.28 595
14 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:30 PM 90 0.26 923
15 HOUSE HUNTERS FAMILY HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,326
16 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.23 669
17 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.22 598
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,365
19 HOMESTEAD RESCUE SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 827
20 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,129
21 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 499
22 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,116
23 PREMIER LEAGUE L: NEWCASTLE/LIVERPOOL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:57 AM 135 0.18 480
24 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 494
25 PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/WATFORD NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:27 PM 138 0.17 409
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.17 994
27 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,782
28 TEXAS METAL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.16 451
29 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,061
30 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,922
31 BAKUGAN:BATTLE PLANET THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.16 351
32 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,071
33 PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/BRIGHTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:12 PM 129 0.15 440
34 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 34 0.15 519
35 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.15 744
36 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 365
37 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.15 776
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 836
39 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 756
40 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 923
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,467
42 FANTOMWORKS MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.14 553
43 NBA REGULAR SEASON REPEAT ESPN 6:00 AM 60 0.14 282
44 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,522
45 READY PLAYER ONE: READY PLAYER ONE HBO PRIME 5:10 PM 140 0.13 308
46 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 757
47 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,493
48 DEAL OR NO DEAL CNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 660
49 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 886
50 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.13 509
51 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,595
52 LOST IN TRANSITION: LESLI TLC 10:00 PM 62 0.12 479
53 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 289
54 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,465
55 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 862
56 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,327
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 813
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,339
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,093
60 AST COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 540
61 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 930
62 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,286
63 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 9:54 PM 37 0.11 346
64 AST COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 582
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,482
66 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,063
67 MEN IN BLAZERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.11 203
68 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 774
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,305
70 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 806
71 YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,248
72 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 833
73 RAMPAGE (2018) HBO PRIME 1:20 PM 107 0.10 287
74 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: TORONTO/MIAMI NBA-TV 7:32 PM 142 0.10 304
75 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 305
76 EGYPT TEN GREATEST DISC: EGYPT DISCOVERY 101 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.10 486
77 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,024
78 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,138
79 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.10 502
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,063
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,437
82 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:45 PM 45 0.09 204
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 781
84 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,029
85 MYST MUSEUM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.09 473
86 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,099
87 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 565
88 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,439
89 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.09 204
90 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,107
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,102
92 UNDISPUTED L: 572 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 202
93 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 794
94 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 673
95 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,087
96 BOOK OF ELI, THE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 118 0.08 282
97 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 30 0.08 196
98 FLEABAG IFC TV 11:00 PM 35 0.08 207
99 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 470
100 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.08 204
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 978
102 PLAYERS ONLY NBA-TV 10:31 PM 59 0.07 186
103 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 2:00 PM 89 0.07 200
104 MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.07 338
105 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.07 171
106 MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:30 PM 30 0.07 318
107 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 450
108 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:30 AM 27 0.07 175
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.07 164
110 PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 111 0.07 156
111 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,147
112 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.07 336
113 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: RISE/PLANET OF THE APES PARAMOUNT 12:00 AM 150 0.07 158
114 SOMETHING THE LORD MADE HBO PRIME 3:15 PM 110 0.07 243
115 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.06 1,096
116 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 150
117 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 153
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 275
119 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 277
120 OFF SCRIPT NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.06 128
121 CHARMED POP 6:00 PM 60 0.06 163
122 HITMANS BODYGUARD, THE MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 118 0.06 136
123 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 16 KC VS. SEA NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.05 243
124 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 142
125 NBA GAMETIME LIVE: NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 11:30 PM 120 0.05 98
126 TOMB RAIDER HBO PRIME 8:55 AM 118 0.05 148
127 FLEABAG IFC TV 11:35 PM 35 0.05 124
128 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.05 189
129 KONG: SKULL ISLAND MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.04 162
130 PREMIER LEAGUE WORLD NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 101
131 GIRLS TRIP: GIRLS TRIP MAXPRIME 4:55 PM 122 0.04 107
132 CHARMED POP 5:00 PM 60 0.04 132
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 97
134 GET HIM TO THE GREEK HBO PRIME 12:55 AM 109 0.04 81
135 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.04 190
136 MAN FIRE FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.04 172
137 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 114
138 HERD: DOUG GOTTLIEB L: 890 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 103
139 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 16 TB VS. DAL NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.04 136
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.04 205
141 PREMIER LEAGUE L: WOLVES/FULHAM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:24 AM 126 0.04 101
142 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.04 297
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 259
144 DAYTIME MOVIE: MILLION DOLLAR ARM FREEFORM 11:00 AM 180 0.04 127
145 FLEABAG IFC TV 1:00 AM 20 0.04 73
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 245
147 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.04 244
148 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.03 204
149 FLEABAG IFC TV 12:10 AM 35 0.03 83
150 KENTUCKY AYAHUASCA VICELAND 10:00 PM 60 0.03 74

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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.
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