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February 10, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.7.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.53/0.35.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.47/0.37.  Food Network’s DINER’S DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.29/0.26 compared to last week’s 0.27.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.29/0.48/3.5M, with CNN’s post-Democratic Debate analysis at 0.16/0.24/900K, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.14/0.22/1.8M.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP lost 0.05 to 0.27, and EXTREME LOVE held at 0.06.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER was steady at 0.21, and HIGH MAINTENANCE returned at 0.06.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME dropped 0.07 to 0.21.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday February 7, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 LIVE PD: 273 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.53 1,701
2 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.48 2,208
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PORTLAND/UTAH ESPN 10:35 PM 150 0.47 1,132
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: TORONTO/INDIANA ESPN 8:13 PM 142 0.37 992
5 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 64 0.36 1,608
6 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:07 PM 51 0.32 1,029
7 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.29 983
8 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:05 AM 55 0.29 649
9 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 3,453
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.27 797
11 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 856
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 3,811
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 3,514
14 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 3,294
15 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.24 2,732
16 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,553
17 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:05 PM 59 0.22 1,023
18 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 0.22 667
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 671
20 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 56 0.21 1,359
21 MY LOTTERY DREAM H REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.21 1,382
22 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:00 AM 30 0.19 545
23 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 2,014
24 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 471
25 MY FEET KILLING ME:FNOTES TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 820
26 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 2,228
27 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.18 768
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 458
29 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 2,000
30 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 398
31 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 2,160
32 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.17 1,016
33 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.16 911
34 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 2,027
35 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 2,144
36 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 447
37 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 384
38 DEM DEBATE POST ANALYSIS CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 919
39 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,925
40 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 2,128
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 2,257
42 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.15 587
43 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 2,046
44 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 303
45 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.14 583
46 DEM DEBATE POST ANALYSIS CNN 10:23 PM 37 0.14 838
47 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 381
48 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 327
49 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 23 0.14 576
50 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,772
51 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 313
52 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 339
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 882
54 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:04 PM 56 0.13 604
55 DEM DEBATE POST ANALYSIS CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.12 611
56 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 24 0.12 459
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,916
58 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,218
59 WOM CONCACAF OLYM QUAL L: SEMI:USA/MEXICO FOX SPORTS 1 10:13 PM 137 0.11 362
60 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:28 PM 92 0.11 1,451
61 OWL HOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:48 PM 23 0.11 513
62 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,430
63 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.11 395
64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 842
65 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.11 398
66 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.11 466
67 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST COMEDY CENTRAL 9:30 PM 90 0.11 244
68 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 23 0.11 749
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 785
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 799
71 ELENA OF AVALOR DISNEY CHANNEL 1:28 PM 23 0.10 329
72 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 279
73 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 833
74 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:02 PM 61 0.10 624
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,422
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.10 250
77 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: KILLER DADDY ISSUES LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.09 448
78 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 848
79 ROCKETEER SERIES DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.09 315
80 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,252
81 MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:00 PM 28 0.09 1,224
82 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 378
83 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.08 411
84 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,346
85 SUBSTITUTE, THE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.08 359
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 661
87 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / SANTOS TUDN 9:55 PM 133 0.08 213
88 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: MARYLAND/ILLINOIS FOX SPORTS 1 8:01 PM 132 0.08 511
89 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 1:05 AM 61 0.08 408
90 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 619
91 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 1,021
92 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 338
93 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,432
94 SHOP, THE HBO PRIME 9:30 PM 30 0.07 240
95 GHOST LOOP TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 287
96 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 212
97 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.07 301
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 624
99 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.06 164
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 888
101 UNDISPUTED L: 857 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 149
102 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.06 143
103 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 756
104 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 1,012
105 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 505
106 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 541
107 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 658
108 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 850
109 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:10 PM 61 0.06 185
110 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 211
111 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 231
112 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 770
113 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.06 196
114 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 258
115 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 196
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,016
117 HIGH MAINTENANCE HBO PRIME 11:01 PM 30 0.06 276
118 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:00 AM 60 0.06 312
119 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 186
120 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 170
121 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 129
122 BB THE RINGERS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.05 155
123 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 591
124 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 258
125 PGA TOUR: 2020 AT&T PEBBLE BCH PRO-AM GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 182 0.05 514
126 KINDRED SPIRITS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.05 297
127 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: DAVIDSON/VCU ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.05 153
128 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 442
129 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 547
130 2020 CONCACAF WOMEN’S FRI: EE.UU. VS MEXICO GALAVISION 10:00 PM 150 0.05 102
131 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 9:04 PM 51 0.05 116
132 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 284
133 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 90 0.05 112
134 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 138
135 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 112
136 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 860
137 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 60 0.05 175
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 238
139 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.04 123
140 SKIING NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:30 PM 90 0.04 147
141 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 112
142 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 8:30 PM 30 0.04 280
143 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 30 0.04 247
144 HERD: DOUG GOTTLIEB L: 1170 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 112
145 FRESH OUT LIVE MTV 5:00 PM 10 0.04 77
146 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.04 181
147 BEACHFRONT BRGN HUNT RENO DIY NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.04 251
148 LIGA MX: TIJUANA VS TOLUCA FOX DEPORTES 10:00 PM 131 0.04 82
149 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKTOONS 10:00 PM 60 0.04 158
150 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 359

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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.