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February 20, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.19.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 2.1, and the CHICAGO MED rerun adjusted down to 0.7.  Elsewhere, THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MSNBC portion of the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was at 1.22, and naturally led cable news for the night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/0.47/3.8M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.20/0.29/1.2M.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY edged up 0.02 to 0.42, and SUMMER HOUSE was down 0.05 to 0.19.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.32/0.19.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING ticked up to 0.31.  BET’s SISTAS slipped 0.02 to 0.29.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE ticked up to 0.29.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.28.  On A&E, PD CAM was at 0.28/0.24 compared to last week’s 0.25/0.25, and AMERICA’S TOP DOG ticked up to 0.17.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW lost 0.04 to 0.27.  Discovery’s EXPEDITION UNKNOWN ticked down to 0.26, and EXPEDITION X was down 0.03 to 0.24.  On USA, WWE NXT ticked up to 0.25, and MIZ & MRS was up a tick to 0.17.  On ID, IN PURSUIT gained 0.03 to 0.23, and THE MURDER TAPES was down a tick to 0.19.  On MTV, CATFISH ticked up to 0.22, TRUE LIFE CRIME shed 0.03 to 0.14, and RIDICULOUSNESS was down a tick to 0.13.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was at 0.21 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.21.  HGTV’s 100 DAY DREAM HOME was at 0.21, PROPERTY BROTHERS was down 0.06 to 0.18, and EXTREME MAKEOVER was at 0.17.  Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS fell 0.05 to 0.13.  Syfy’s THE MAGICIANS was at 0.10 compared to last week’s 0.09/0.07.  Paramount’s 68 WHISKEY was steady at 0.08.  On Freeform, GOOD TROUBLE held at 0.070, and PARTY OF FIVE was down 0.02 to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday February 19, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DEMOCRATIC DEBATE: 2020 NEVADA MSNBC 9:00 PM 121 1.22 7,614
2 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:01 PM 59 0.59 4,373
3 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.42 1,175
4 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: DUKE/NC STATE ESPN 9:03 PM 120 0.32 978
5 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0020 ATLANTA GA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.31 893
6 MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.31 2,768
7 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 962
8 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.29 1,049
9 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): HOME IS WHERE UR SPOUSE IS 1008 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.28 1,052
10 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 8:30 PM 30 0.28 1,075
11 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,823
12 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.27 639
13 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 65 0.26 1,264
14 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.26 2,105
15 DEM DEBATE POST ANALYSIS CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.25 1,333
16 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 125 0.25 794
17 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 3,214
18 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 3,213
19 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,994
20 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.24 2,829
21 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.24 2,815
22 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.24 976
23 EXPEDITION X DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:05 PM 61 0.24 1,105
24 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:03 PM 57 0.24 578
25 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 821
26 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN8 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.22 430
27 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,533
28 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 681
29 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.21 743
30 100 DAY DREAM HOME REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.21 979
31 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.20 449
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,178
33 MURDER TAPES, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 766
34 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.19 579
35 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS L: COMUNICACIONES / AMERICA TUDN 10:02 PM 123 0.19 436
36 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: SYRACUSE/LOUISVILLE ESPN 7:00 PM 123 0.19 656
37 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,062
38 EXP UNKNOWN: AFTER HUNT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:06 PM 62 0.18 848
39 AMERICAS TOP DOG A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.17 620
40 MIZ & MRS USA NETWORK 10:05 PM 31 0.17 500
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,959
42 EXT MKOVR HOME ED REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.17 863
43 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.16 939
44 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.16 821
45 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.16 816
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,748
47 DEM DEBATE POST ANALYSIS CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 913
48 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.15 879
49 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 337
50 TRUE LIFE CRIME MTV 9:01 PM 53 0.14 259
51 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.14 547
52 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: MISS VIRGINIA BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 150 0.14 516
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 845
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,817
55 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 399
56 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: NY RANGERS/CHICAGO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:02 PM 154 0.13 417
57 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.13 424
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,527
59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,733
60 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN16 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.13 288
61 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.13 346
62 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.13 522
63 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 463
64 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 291
65 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 292
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,733
67 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.12 596
68 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,667
69 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,581
70 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,345
71 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.11 353
72 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,447
73 IRON RESURRECTION MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.11 491
74 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 320
75 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,503
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,569
77 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 367
78 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.10 328
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 264
80 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.10 284
81 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS L: ALIANZA / TIGRES TUDN 8:00 PM 122 0.10 246
82 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 734
83 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.10 334
84 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 633
85 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:00 PM 63 0.09 382
86 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 642
87 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 684
88 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 258
89 ISLAND LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 30 0.09 441
90 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,274
91 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM VS. LEIPZIG TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:41 PM 152 0.08 228
92 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,045
93 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.08 237
94 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.08 505
95 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: AUBURN/GEORGIA ESPN2 7:00 PM 123 0.08 301
96 68 WHISKEY PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.08 387
97 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 427
98 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.08 344
99 LISTING IMPOSSIBLE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 209
100 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 822
101 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 783
102 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 533
103 ISLAND LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:30 PM 30 0.07 507
104 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 789
105 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.07 334
106 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 838
107 HERD L: 1177 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.07 149
108 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.07 242
109 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 622
110 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.07 157
111 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.07 234
112 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,367
113 UNDISPUTED L: 865 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 139
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 311
115 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:36 PM 24 0.07 178
116 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 649
117 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 927
118 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 702
119 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 1,109
120 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 795
121 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 608
122 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 543
123 PARTY OF FIVE (2020) FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.06 173
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 810
125 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 478
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 740
127 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:00 PM 41 0.05 153
128 BLIND DATE BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.05 151
129 UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE WED 1: TOTTENHAM F.C /  RB LEIPZIG TUDN 2:30 PM 151 0.05 130
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 830
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 241
132 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 446
133 THE SOUP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.05 121
134 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 5:01 PM 60 0.05 98
135 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.05 90
136 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 123
137 NIGHTLY POP E! 10:30 PM 30 0.04 83
138 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:05 AM 55 0.04 83
139 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 196
140 BLIND DATE BRAVO 12:00 AM 30 0.04 130
141 GET A CLUE GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.04 338
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 236
143 COPA MX: QF:MONTERREY VS SANTOS FOX DEPORTES 7:47 PM 133 0.04 79
144 LA ULTIMA PALABRA – L FOX DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.04 82
145 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:13 PM 17 0.04 94
146 COLL BSKTBL: BIG EAST L: BUTLER/SETON HALL FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 127 0.04 178
147 MAX ON BOXING  L ESPN2 5:39 PM 30 0.04 93
148 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.04 101
149 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:01 AM 60 0.04 123
150 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 120

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."