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February 18, 2020
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.14.2020

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Festivities began for NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND, with the Friday events including the RISING STARS CHALLENGE at 0.68 on TNT and the ALL-STAR EVENT at 0.62 on ESPN.  On A&E, LIVE PD was steady at 0.53, and the lead-in hour was down 0.06 to 0.26.  Disney Channel’s ZOMBIES 2 was at 0.53.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH was at 0.39/0.33/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.48/0.36/0.22.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP was at 0.27/0.23 compared to last week’s 0.27, and EXTREME LOVE ticked up to 0.07.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME held at 0.21.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER ticked down to 0.20, and HIGH MAINTENANCE was steady at 0.06.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES fell 0.09 to 0.20.  Fox Sports 1’s NASCAR race was at 0.17.  FX’s THE WEEKLY, now apparently relocated to Fridays, was at 0.07.  Cinemax’s STRIKE BACK was off the chart at 0.02/77K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday February 14, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA ALLSTAR RISING STARS: RISING STARS CHALLENGE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 122 0.68 1,479
2 NBA ALL-STAR EVENT      L: CELEBRITY GAME ESPN 7:00 PM 131 0.62 1,449
3 LIVE PD: 275 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.53 1,762
4 ZOMBIES 2 DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 88 0.52 2,464
5 INSIDE THE NBA ALLSTAR TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:02 PM 34 0.42 819
6 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 64 0.39 2,028
7 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:04 PM 63 0.33 1,577
8 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 801
9 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:07 PM 51 0.26 1,068
10 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: PITCH PERFECT 2 FREEFORM 8:30 PM 150 0.24 552
11 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 10:00 PM 10 0.23 671
12 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 3,166
13 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:07 PM 63 0.22 1,058
14 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,398
15 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 477
16 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,773
17 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.20 616
18 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 57 0.20 1,348
19 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,265
20 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 797
21 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 12:00 AM 30 0.18 651
22 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 3,135
23 NASCAR TRUCKS RACING L: DAYTONA FOX SPORTS 1 8:19 PM 162 0.17 1,000
24 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,421
25 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 425
26 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.16 403
27 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 347
28 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 2,148
29 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,758
30 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,685
31 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,709
32 BUBBLE GUPPIES NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.15 504
33 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.14 404
34 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,627
35 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 2,287
36 MY FEET KILLING ME:FNOTES TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 753
37 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 585
38 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 342
39 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 345
40 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.13 969
41 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,538
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,836
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.13 320
44 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,770
45 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.12 1,110
46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,679
47 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.12 765
48 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,449
49 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 260
50 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,819
51 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 273
52 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.11 224
53 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.11 534
54 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 268
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 2,133
56 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 264
57 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 1,437
58 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 9:02 PM 61 0.11 808
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,862
60 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 861
61 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 723
62 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 267
63 PEPPA PIG NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.10 384
64 BB THE RINGERS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.10 252
65 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:10 PM 50 0.10 537
66 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 252
67 GHOST LOOP TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 424
68 NASCAR TRUCKS RAC RAIN L FOX SPORTS 1 7:27 PM 52 0.10 692
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 713
70 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,253
71 PGA TOUR: 2020 GENESIS INVITATIONAL GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 240 0.09 668
72 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,455
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,207
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 681
75 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 746
76 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 624
77 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.09 771
78 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 600
79 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 1:05 AM 61 0.09 433
80 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,271
81 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 205
82 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 610
83 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.08 655
84 LIGA MX L: MONARCAS / TIJUANA TUDN 9:30 PM 151 0.08 223
85 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 538
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 666
87 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.08 767
88 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 1,589
89 NASCAR CUP SERIES PRAC L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.08 383
90 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,200
91 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.08 157
92 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 797
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,039
94 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 454
95 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 514
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 557
97 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:10 PM 60 0.07 232
98 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 604
99 FANCY NANCY DISNEY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 24 0.07 266
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 868
101 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 261
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 973
103 NASCAR PRESENTS FOX SPORTS 1 11:01 PM 30 0.07 336
104 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 872
105 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 791
106 WEEKLY FX 10:00 PM 32 0.07 213
107 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 262
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 417
109 MY HAUNTED VALENTINE TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.07 346
110 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: IS THERE KILLER IN MY FAM LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.06 332
111 9/11:INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE: INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 120 0.06 328
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 882
113 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 1,239
114 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 779
115 HIGH MAINTENANCE HBO PRIME 11:01 PM 30 0.06 239
116 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 129
117 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 244
118 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.05 295
119 NASCAR XFINITY FIN PRAC L FOX SPORTS 1 4:30 PM 30 0.05 335
120 NASCAR RACEDAY:TRCKS L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 57 0.05 402
121 MY HAUNTED VALENTINE TRAVEL CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.05 228
122 NASCAR TRUCKS QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 260
123 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 242
124 INSIDE THE NBA ALLSTAR TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:16 AM 44 0.05 104
125 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 30 0.04 323
126 HERD L: 1174 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 120 0.04 123
127 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 154
128 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 133
129 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 223
130 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.04 179
131 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2:00 PM 60 0.04 188
132 UNDISPUTED SP L: 862:MCINTYRE/JENNINGS/PARKER/BROUSSARD FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 112
133 NASCAR XFINITY PRACTICE L FOX SPORTS 1 2:00 PM 60 0.04 190
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 124
135 PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/WOLVES NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:54 PM 135 0.04 156
136 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 181
137 TIME MACHINE: SAINT VALENTINES DAY MASS HISTORY 8:00 AM 120 0.04 254
138 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:01 AM 59 0.04 96
139 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 208
140 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 133
141 SHOBOX: NEW GEN 2020 SHOWTIME PRIME 12:08 AM 42 0.04 160
142 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 84
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 231
144 GOLF CENTRAL-POST: N/A GOLF CHANNEL 6:00 PM 120 0.04 314
145 2020 AR DOG PREVIEW: 2020 ARD SNEAK PREVIEW HALLMARK CHANNEL 6:00 AM 120 0.03 166
146 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 AM 60 0.03 121
147 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 106
148 SHOBOX: NEW GEN 2020 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:41 PM 17 0.03 145
149 SHOBOX: NEW GEN 2020 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:31 PM 10 0.03 151
150 SHOBOX: NEW GEN 2020 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:58 PM 10 0.03 161

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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."