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May 14, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.13.2015

 

Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next at 1.06.  In addition, a UCL soccer match on Fox Sports 1 was at 0.37.  AMERICAN PICKERS (History) gained 0.08 to 0.55, while lead-out MONUMENT GUYS was down a tick to 0.23.  GIRL MEETS WORLD (Disney) was down a hundredth from Tuesday at 0.54.  A CATFISH special on MTV was at 0.45.  On Lifetime, TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY was at 0.43/0.42, down about half a tenth from last week, and LITTLE WOMEN NY gained a hundredth to 0.40.  STORAGE WARS (A&E) was at 0.39/0.37, virtually the same as last week.  On Bravo, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING dropped 0.04 to 0.35.  YOUNG & HUNGRY (ABCFamily) climbed 0.07 to 0.33, and FREAK OUT didn’t even hit the supplemental chart, dropping 0.06 to 0.05 (140K total viewers).  SOUL MAN continued to multiplex:  on TV Land, it was up 0.03 to 0.20 and on Nick Jr it was up 0.01 to 0.04.  INSTANT MOM, running only on TV Land, rose 0.03 to 0.19.  BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD FL (Comedy) gained back most of last week’s loss, up 0.08 to 0.16.  On VH1, SWAB STORIES grew by 0.02 to 0.15, and WALK OF SHAME SHUTTLE rose 0.02 to 0.09.  RIPPER STREET (BBCAmerica) got much older, losing 0.02 in 18-49s to 0.02, but more than doubling in total viewers to 183K.  On POP, QUEENS OF DRAMA fell by more than half in 18-49s to 0.02, with 129K total viewers, and UNUSUALLY THICKE stayed at 0.02 in 18-49s, but lost more than half its total viewers to 49K. 

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 40 Cable WED.13 May 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 13, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: MEMPHIS/GOLDEN STATE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:40 PM 147 2.07 4,730
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: WASHINGTON/ATLANTA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:00 PM 160 1.49 3,823
3 NHL SEMI FINALS L: WASHINGTON/NY RANGERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 07:31 PM 206 1.06 2,709
4 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 01:07 AM 46 0.91 1,986
5 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 09:00 PM 63 0.55 2,398
6 GIRL MEETS WORLD DISNEY CHANNEL 08:30 PM 30 0.54 2,604
7 CATFISH SPECIAL MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.45 827
8 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:57 PM 33 0.44 973
9 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:30 PM 30 0.43 1,192
10 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 1,635
11 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 30 0.42 1,100
12 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 09:00 PM 60 0.41 1,462
13 LITTLE WOMEN NY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 62 0.40 1,011
14 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 10:30 PM 32 0.39 1,478
15 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.38 872
16 UCL SEMIFINAL L: REAL MADRID/JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB FOX SPORTS 1 02:30 PM 150 0.38 704
17 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.37 1,456
18 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 10:00 PM 61 0.35 818
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.35 1,592
20 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.34 1,067
21 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.33 591
22 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.31 967
23 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.30 574
24 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.27 501
25 SURVIVORMAN:BIGFOOT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.27 716
26 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.24 496
27 MONUMENT GUYS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.23 778
28 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: NEW YORK METS/CHICAGO CUBS ESPN 08:00 PM 170 0.22 667
29 DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.21 766
30 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.21 484
31 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.20 446
32 SOUL MAN, THE TV LAND 10:30 PM 30 0.20 585
33 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.20 2,301
34 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.20 560
35 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 31 0.20 349
36 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.19 375
37 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.19 348
38 INSTANT MOM TV LAND 11:00 PM 30 0.19 469
39 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 07:00 PM 60 0.19 390
40 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.19 496
41 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.18 338
42 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,460
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 310
44 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.17 341
45 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.17 350
46 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:50 PM 70 0.17 372
47 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.17 358
48 I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.17 339
49 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 321
50 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.16 2,051
51 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.16 361
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.16 308
53 BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.16 300
54 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 365
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 313
56 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.16 286
57 MANSIONS & MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.15 790
58 SWAB STORIES VH1 09:00 PM 30 0.15 319
59 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 02:30 PM 30 0.15 358
60 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 07:00 PM 31 0.15 381
61 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.15 1,949
62 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 03:00 PM 30 0.14 333
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 AM 60 0.13 998
64 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 696
65 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,125
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.13 690
67 LETS BE COPS HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 104 0.13 245
68 THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU HBO PRIME 08:00 PM 103 0.13 332
69 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.12 1,958
70 MAN FINDS FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 30 0.12 274
71 JOKING OFF MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.12 201
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,356
73 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.11 246
74 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.11 657
75 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 435
76 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.11 383
77 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,227
78 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 30 0.11 193
79 THROUGH THE WORMHOLE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.11 401
80 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 556
81 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 06:00 AM 240 0.11 249
82 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 AM 60 0.11 702
83 FILTHY RICHES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.10 408
84 NEW DAY CNN 07:00 AM 60 0.10 448
85 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 09:00 PM 60 0.10 389
86 CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM CNN 01:00 AM 60 0.10 330
87 FAKE OFF TRUTV 10:00 PM 61 0.10 300
88 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 614
89 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 03:00 PM 60 0.10 169
90 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.09 634
91 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 07:00 PM 60 0.09 172
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 09:00 AM 60 0.09 578
93 YUKON GOLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 394
94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 01:00 PM 60 0.09 1,051
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.09 1,120
96 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 09:00 PM 60 0.09 554
97 WOLF CNN 01:00 PM 60 0.09 573
98 WALK OF SHAME SHUTTLE VH1 09:30 PM 30 0.09 191
99 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.08 1,558
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 03:00 PM 60 0.08 703

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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.