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April 23, 2015
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.22.2015

 

We are pleased to announce: Even More of What You Want Daily. In addition to our traditional detailed demographic chart for the top 25 cable originals, be sure to try our new expanded searchable table for the top 100 originals on cable at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE:  Both SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did MODERN FAMILY and ARROW.  The rerun of SVU dropped 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT led Wednesday cable with 1.71 for the Clippers/Spurs game, preceded by 1.05 for Memphis/Portland.  (Way down in the new supplemental chart, at #77, is the 0.14 for NBA Network’s telecast of the Brooklyn/Atlanta game.)  Discovery’s DUAL SURVIVAL jumped 0.15 to 0.75, but lead-out SURVIVORMAN fell 0.08 to 0.34.  On MTV, CATFISH gained 0.14 to 0.68.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN LA: TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY was at 0.63/0.57, up from last week’s 0.50/0.41, while lead-out LITTLE WOMEN NY lost 0.06 to 0.37.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING was up 0.04 to 0.52.  On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY gained 0.09 to 0.43, but FREAK OUT lost a hundredth to 0.12.  The season finale of THE AMERICANS (FX) managed to rise 0.07 to 0.34.  HOT IN CLEVELAND, SOUL MAN and INSTANT MOM continued to air on TV Land, Nick At Night and Nick Jr.  On TV Land, CLEVELAND dropped 0.02 to 0.14, and SOUL MAN dropped 0.08 to 0.09 (that put it even below the supplemental list, with 396K TV Land viewers), while INSTANT MOM fell 0.02 to 0.09 (256K total viewers).  On Nick At Night, CLEVELAND shed 0.02 to 0.20, SOUL MAN fell 0.05 to 0.17, and INSTANT MOM was down 0.03 to 0.19.  On Nick Jr, CLEVELAND added 0.05/237K, SOUL MAN scored 0.02/115K, and INSTANT MOM was at 0.02/92K.  BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD FL (Comedy) fell a tick to 0.19.  Off even the supplemental chart for its season finale:  BROADCHURCH (BBCA), up 0.02/51K to 0.07/433K.

Top 25 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 25 Cable WED.22 Apr 2015

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday April 19, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: SAN ANTONIO/ LA CLIPPERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:40 PM 182 1.71 3,848
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: PORTLAND/MEMPHIS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:09 PM 151 1.05 2,528
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 01:42 AM 61 0.85 1,851
4 DUAL SURVIVAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 09:00 PM 61 0.75 1,879
5 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN4 MTV 10:00 PM 62 0.68 1,152
6 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:30 PM 30 0.63 1,818
7 LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 09:00 PM 30 0.57 1,627
8 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.52 1,109
9 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 08:00 PM 9 0.45 1,251
10 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 05:30 PM 30 0.44 1,026
11 YOUNG & HUNGRY ABC FAMILY 08:00 PM 30 0.43 769
12 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 09:30 PM 31 0.41 1,428
13 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.38 1,960
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.37 1,828
15 LITTLE WOMEN NY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 62 0.37 1,169
16 UCL QUARTERFINAL L: REAL MADRID/CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID FOX SPORTS 1 02:30 PM 150 0.36 683
17 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.34 987
18 AMERICANS FX 10:00 PM 72 0.34 1,220
19 SURVIVORMAN:BIGFOOT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.34 962
20 MAKE IT POP NICKELODEON 07:00 PM 30 0.32 1,506
21 SHIPPING WARS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 31 0.31 873
22 SPORTSCENTER EARLY       L ESPN 06:00 PM 60 0.29 640
23 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,016
24 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 05:00 PM 30 0.28 649
25 CONCACAF L.D.C. 04/22/15: AMERICA / MONTREAL IMPACT UNIVISION DEPORTES 09:00 PM 121 0.28 521
26 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 31 0.27 627
27 MAN FINDS FOOD TRAVEL CHANNEL 09:00 PM 30 0.27 544
28 NHL QTR FINALS L: NY RANGERS/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 07:04 PM 173 0.27 684
29 UEFA CL QUARTER FINALS: REAL MADRID VS ATLETICO DE MADRID FOX DEPORTES 02:30 PM 147 0.27 478
30 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.26 556
31 MYSTERY DINERS FOOD NETWORK 09:30 PM 30 0.25 1,032
32 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 90 0.25 490
33 SPIKE TV MOVIE: THE LINCOLN LAWYER SPIKE TV 08:00 PM 180 0.24 758
34 LETS BE COPS HBO PRIME 08:00 PM 104 0.24 435
35 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 04:30 PM 30 0.22 452
36 DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 873
37 NFL LIVE                 L ESPN 03:30 PM 60 0.21 435
38 E! NEWS E! 07:00 PM 60 0.21 534
39 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.21 491
40 NHL QTR FINALS L: ANAHEIM/WINNIPEG USA NETWORK 09:37 PM 175 0.20 436
41 HOT IN CLEVELAND NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.20 664
42 SPORTSCENTER 1AM         L ESPN 01:00 AM 60 0.20 365
43 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY     L: ST. LOUIS/WASHINGTON ESPN 07:00 PM 179 0.20 683
44 NHL QTR FINALS L: MONTREAL/OTTAWA USA NETWORK 07:00 PM 157 0.19 454
45 INSTANT MOM NICK-AT-NITE 11:00 PM 36 0.19 606
46 MY CRAZY EX LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 09:00 PM 60 0.19 397
47 BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.19 315
48 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.19 376
49 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 01:00 PM 60 0.18 340
50 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 09:00 AM 60 0.18 381
51 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.18 503
52 NHL QTR FINALS L: ST. LOUIS/MINNESOTA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 09:57 PM 134 0.18 404
53 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 PM 60 0.18 2,595
54 I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.18 396
55 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.17 381
56 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.17 383
57 FUTBOL CLUB 04/22/15 UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:01 PM 19 0.17 325
58 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: PERFECT MAN, THE ABC FAMILY 08:30 PM 120 0.17 440
59 R&B DIVAS: LA TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.17 376
60 SPORTSCENTER LATE         L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 411
61 MANSIONS & MURDERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 09:00 PM 60 0.17 875
62 SOUL MAN NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.17 551
63 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 09:00 PM 60 0.17 2,253
64 BREAK HBO PRIME 09:44 PM 1 0.16 287
65 LOCKDOWN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 421
66 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 02:30 PM 60 0.16 307
67 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 281
68 SPORTSCENTER MORNING     L ESPN 02:00 AM 60 0.16 254
69 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 02:00 PM 30 0.15 319
70 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 291
71 LOCKDOWN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 09:00 PM 60 0.15 347
72 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.14 269
73 SPORTSCENTER AM     L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 288
74 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 05:00 PM 60 0.14 1,996
75 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 1,307
76 HOT IN CLEVELAND TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.14 703
77 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1   L: BROOKLYN/ATLANTA G2 NBA-TV 07:02 PM 153 0.14 380
78 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 06:30 PM 30 0.13 287
79 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 31 0.13 289
80 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 09:59 PM 61 0.13 355
81 FOOD FORTUNES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 396
82 SINGLE LADIES (SERIES) CENTRIC 10:00 PM 70 0.12 296
83 JUNKYARD EMPIRE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.12 364
84 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO FOX DEPORTES 04:57 PM 63 0.12 206
85 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 07:00 PM 60 0.12 1,630
86 FREAK OUT ABC FAMILY 10:30 PM 30 0.12 298
87 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 06:00 PM 60 0.12 2,005
88 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN2 07:00 PM 60 0.12 221
89 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 08:00 PM 60 0.12 542
90 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.12 282
91 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 07:00 PM 60 0.11 586
92 BROTHERLY LOVE MOVIE SPX BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 30 0.11 266
93 SECRETS MEXICOS DRUG WAR CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 355
94 SELECCION SUB23-PA4/22/15: USA / MEXICO UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:20 PM 130 0.11 212
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 08:00 AM 60 0.11 1,270
96 JOKING OFF MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.10 265
97 X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST HBO PRIME 02:30 PM 131 0.10 205
98 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 04:00 PM 60 0.10 573
99 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 04:00 PM 60 0.10 1,220
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 02:00 PM 60 0.10 597

 



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.