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January 29, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.26.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jan 26.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH tied for the lead on Friday cable, down 0.03 to 0.69, with the lead-out WHITE WATER hour down 0.06 to 0.47.  A&E’s LIVE PD was also at 0.69, up 0.05 from last Friday.  ESPN’s NBA game was at 0.59, followed by X GAMES coverage at 0.32.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER was steady at 0.42, and HIGH MAINTENANCE was steady at 0.12.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES rose 0.09 to 0.39, and GRILL DADS was up 0.05 to 0.27.  On HGTV, MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE gained 0.04 to 0.35, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked up to 0.32, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL held at 0.30.  Bravo’s MARRIED TO MEDICINE climbed 0.03 to 0.33.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW took the night in cable news at 0.31/0.45/2.6M, above Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.28/0.50/3.1M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.23/0.35/1.1M.  ID’s MARRIED WITH SECRETS grew by 0.03 to 0.31.  Nickelodeon’s LOUD HOUSE fell a tenth to 0.30, and ADVENTURES OF KID DANGER was down 0.05 to 0.29.  On Lifetime, THE RAP GAME dropped 0.05 to 0.29, and BRING IT was down 0.04 to 0.28.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.24, compared to last week’s 0.36/0.29, and AMAZINGNESS was down 0.09 to 0.15.  We’s MAMA JUNE: FROM NOT TO HOT gained 0.03 to 0.24.  TLC’s UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER ticked down to 0.18.  Paramount’s BELLATOR LIVE was at 0.16.  The final episodes of HBO’s MOSAIC were off the chart, both at 0.04 with 229K/189K total viewers.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jan 26.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday January 26, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.69 2,843
2 LIVE PD: 91 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.69 2,031
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: HOUSTON/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 8:01 PM 157 0.59 1,535
4 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.47 2,042
5 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.42 1,846
6 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.39 1,263
7 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.35 1,598
8 MARRIED TO MEDICINE BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.33 879
9 X GAMES                 L: ASPEN, CO ESPN 10:38 PM 121 0.32 665
10 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,605
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,565
12 MARRIED WITH SECRETS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,368
13 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 6:00 PM 30 0.30 1,526
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,486
15 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.29 726
16 RAP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 70 0.29 786
17 ADVENTURES OF KID DANGER NICKELODEON 6:30 PM 30 0.29 1,365
18 BRING IT! LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.28 779
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,091
20 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.28 702
21 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 2,991
22 GRILL DADS FOOD NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.27 809
23 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:39 AM 81 0.25 443
24 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 678
25 LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.24 1,033
26 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN10B MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.24 567
27 MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 760
28 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.24 1,011
29 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.23 827
30 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 2,392
31 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 61 0.23 541
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,141
33 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,930
34 ANDI MACK DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.22 1,277
35 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 914
36 RAP GAME FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:17 PM 13 0.22 562
37 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,220
38 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 477
39 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,294
40 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,875
41 TREEHOUSE MASTERS ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.20 830
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 2,147
43 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,031
44 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 372
45 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,466
46 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,682
47 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,510
48 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.19 473
49 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.18 796
50 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 458
51 UNTOLD STORIES OF THE E.R TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,079
52 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.18 765
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 497
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,581
55 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.18 399
56 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 893
57 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,478
58 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.17 399
59 BRING IT: FF LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.17 485
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 815
61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 876
62 FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE: FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE HBO PRIME 5:10 PM 136 0.17 417
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 363
64 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 794
65 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.16 1,069
66 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,344
67 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,575
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 2,018
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 826
70 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 193 PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 128 0.16 470
71 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,471
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,770
73 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 803
74 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 727
75 PAYNES OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.16 574
76 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,572
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 336
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,710
79 AMAZINGNESS MTV 9:02 PM 31 0.15 389
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.15 1,078
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 317
82 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.15 363
83 LIGA MX L: TIJUANA / PUEBLA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:58 PM 123 0.15 284
84 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,504
85 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 629
86 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,263
87 JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 603
88 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 778
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 750
90 NFL PROGRAMMING ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.13 329
91 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 519
92 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 321
93 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 275
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 292
95 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.13 597
96 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 837
97 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.12 530
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 755
99 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 922
100 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,183
101 HIGH MAINTENANCE HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 28 0.12 417
102 KUU KUU HARAJUKU NICK JR 7:30 PM 30 0.12 505
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 759
104 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,165
105 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 947
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,024
107 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,232
108 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 304
109 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 835
110 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 934
111 PGA TOUR: 2018 FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 242 0.11 766
112 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: OVEREXPOSED LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.11 478
113 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: WISCONSIN/MICHIGAN ST FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 131 0.10 409
114 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L: N/A ESPN2 10:21 PM 137 0.10 273
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 756
116 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.10 350
117 LIGA MX L: MONARCAS  / QUERETARO UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:43 PM 135 0.10 226
118 MYSTERIES & SCANDALS OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.10 357
119 E! NEWS E! 6:59 PM 61 0.10 275
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 827
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 830
122 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:01 AM 59 0.09 176
123 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.08 237
124 PRO BOWL SKILLS SHOWDOWN NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.08 202
125 WOLVERINE NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 60 0.07 346
126 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 12:38 AM 90 0.07 200
127 UNDISPUTED L: 345 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 153
128 E! NEWS: DAILY POP II E! 1:00 PM 60 0.07 137
129 ROADKILL CLASSICS VELOCITY 9:30 PM 30 0.07 289
130 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 130
131 MYSTICONS NICK JR 12:07 PM 28 0.06 252
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 296
133 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.06 127
134 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 194
135 FA CUP RD 4 L: YEOVIL TOWN/MANCHESTER UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.06 164
136 HEY DUGGEE NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.06 317
137 CLEO AND CUQUIN NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.06 308
138 GOLF CENTRAL-POST GOLF CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.05 241
139 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:44 PM 16 0.05 226
140 CUPCAKE WARS (1HR) COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 145
141 ROADKILL CLASSICS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 30 0.05 259
142 RED CARPET ICONS E! 10:00 PM 30 0.05 162
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 244
144 FS1 COLLEGE HOOPS EXTRA L FOX SPORTS 1 10:11 PM 49 0.05 195
145 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.05 150
146 REALITY CUPCAKES COOKING CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.05 171
147 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 219
148 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.05 115
149 COLL HOCKEY REG SSN   L: NOTRE DAME/MINNESOTA ESPN2 8:00 PM 141 0.05 124
150 LAST STOP GARAGE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 30 0.04 246

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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.