NETWORK FINALS: There were 0.1 drops for 20/20 and both reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US in final numbers.
Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart
CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The Friday of Memorial Day weekend was quiet on cable, topped by Adult Swim’s midnight NEON JOE, which was up 0.09 from Thursday’s installment to 0.47. Nickelodeon’s noon PAW PATROL was next at 0.37. The highest-rated primetime show was VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, up 0.04 to 0.35. A&E is now rating LIVE PD in half-hour segments, which were at 0.30/0.29/0.28/0.24, below last week’s 0.36/0.35/0.34/0.33. History’s ANCIENT ALIENS rose 0.07 to 0.29. MSNBC had 2 shows tied in the Top 10, with 0.26 scores for both 11TH HOUR WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS and THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, although Maddow had the edge in total viewers, 2.2M vs. 1.8M, with both of them ahead of Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT (0.23/2.5M) and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 (0.23/1.1M). Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.21, and GINORMOUS FOOD ticked up to 0.20. Discovery’s YUKON MEN was steady at 0.18.
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| Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 26, 2017 | P18-49 | P2+ | ||||
| Rank | Program | Net | Start | Mins | Rating | (000s) |
| 1 | NEON JOE | ADULT SWIM | 12:00 AM | 30 | 0.47 | 971 |
| 2 | PAW PATROL | NICKELODEON | 12:00 PM | 30 | 0.37 | 1,554 |
| 3 | RUPAULS DRAG RACE 9 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.35 | 720 |
| 4 | LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL | A&E NETWORK | 10:36 PM | 31 | 0.30 | 945 |
| 5 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL | MSNBC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 0.30 | 2,148 |
| 6 | LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL | A&E NETWORK | 10:05 PM | 31 | 0.29 | 958 |
| 7 | ANCIENT ALIENS | HISTORY | 9:00 PM | 63 | 0.29 | 1,150 |
| 8 | LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL | A&E NETWORK | 9:30 PM | 31 | 0.28 | 879 |
| 9 | 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS | MSNBC | 11:00 PM | 60 | 0.26 | 1,838 |
| 10 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.26 | 2,242 |
| 11 | PARDON THE INTERRUPTION | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 30 | 0.25 | 587 |
| 12 | LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL | A&E NETWORK | 9:00 PM | 30 | 0.24 | 793 |
| 13 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.23 | 2,456 |
| 14 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.23 | 1,131 |
| 15 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.22 | 1,844 |
| 16 | FOX AND FRIENDS | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 8:00 AM | 60 | 0.22 | 1,995 |
| 17 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.21 | 1,077 |
| 18 | AMERICAS NEWSROOM | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.21 | 1,951 |
| 19 | FIVE, THE | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.21 | 1,996 |
| 20 | DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD NETWORK | 9:00 PM | 30 | 0.21 | 777 |
| 21 | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | MSNBC | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.20 | 1,553 |
| 22 | GINORMOUS FOOD | FOOD NETWORK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 0.19 | 738 |
| 23 | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 6:00 PM | 60 | 0.19 | 2,075 |
| 24 | HANNITY | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 10:00 PM | 60 | 0.19 | 1,860 |
| 25 | JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH | TRAVEL CHANNEL | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.19 | 576 |
| 26 | FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 5:00 PM | 60 | 0.19 | 1,730 |
| 27 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | CNN | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.19 | 836 |
| 28 | SPORTSCENTER EARLY L | ESPN | 6:00 PM | 60 | 0.18 | 395 |
| 29 | YUKON MEN | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 9:00 PM | 62 | 0.18 | 1,020 |
| 30 | HAPPENING NOW | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 1:00 PM | 60 | 0.18 | 1,332 |
| 31 | FOX AND FRIENDS | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 7:00 AM | 60 | 0.18 | 1,709 |
| 32 | FIRST TAKE L: N/A | ESPN | 10:00 AM | 120 | 0.18 | 369 |
| 33 | AMERICAS NEWSROOM | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 10:00 AM | 60 | 0.17 | 1,707 |
| 34 | AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 30 | 0.17 | 429 |
| 35 | OUTNUMBERED | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.17 | 1,482 |
| 36 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L | ESPN | 9:27 PM | 118 | 0.16 | 571 |
| 37 | COMEDY CENTRAL MOVIE: KNOCKED UP | COMEDY CENTRAL | 8:00 PM | 180 | 0.16 | 308 |
| 38 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: FLORIDA/ALABAMA | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 147 | 0.16 | 547 |
| 39 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER | CNN | 4:00 PM | 60 | 0.16 | 901 |
| 40 | ELEAGUE: STREET FIGHTER V – SEMIFINALS & FINALS | TBS NETWORK | 10:00 PM | 139 | 0.16 | 335 |
| 41 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | 11:25 PM | 35 | 0.16 | 360 |
| 42 | CNN NEWSROOM | CNN | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 931 |
| 43 | SPORTSCENTER MORNING L | ESPN | 2:00 AM | 60 | 0.15 | 294 |
| 44 | HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE | ESPN | 4:30 PM | 30 | 0.15 | 354 |
| 45 | STORY, THE | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 1,784 |
| 46 | HAPPENING NOW | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 11:00 AM | 60 | 0.15 | 1,371 |
| 47 | SPORTSCENTER 1AM L | ESPN | 1:00 AM | 60 | 0.15 | 311 |
| 48 | SITUATION ROOM | CNN | 5:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 931 |
| 49 | NINJAGO (SERIES) | THE CARTOON NETWORK | 5:30 PM | 30 | 0.15 | 753 |
| 50 | CNN NEWSROOM | CNN | 2:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 882 |
| 51 | SITUATION ROOM | CNN | 6:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 873 |
| 52 | NEW DAY | CNN | 8:00 AM | 60 | 0.15 | 709 |
| 53 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.15 | 360 |
| 54 | AMERICAS NEWS HQ | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 2:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 1,199 |
| 55 | INSIDE POLITICS | CNN | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 796 |
| 56 | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 4:00 PM | 60 | 0.15 | 1,500 |
| 57 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 7:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 345 |
| 58 | FOX AND FRIENDS | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 6:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 1,193 |
| 59 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 8:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 322 |
| 60 | SP HGTV DREAM HM GIVEAWAY | HOME AND GARDEN TV | 1:00 PM | 30 | 0.14 | 541 |
| 61 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.14 | 278 |
| 62 | SPORTSCENTER 12AM L | ESPN | 12:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 345 |
| 63 | SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING | FOX NEWS CHANNEL | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.14 | 1,322 |
| 64 | NEW DAY | CNN | 7:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 635 |
| 65 | NEW DAY | CNN | 6:00 AM | 60 | 0.14 | 522 |
| 66 | SPORTSNATION L | ESPN | 4:00 PM | 30 | 0.13 | 278 |
| 67 | EXP UNKNOWN: YETI POP-UPS | TRAVEL CHANNEL | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.13 | 442 |
| 68 | WOLF | CNN | 1:00 PM | 60 | 0.13 | 835 |
| 69 | FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA | MSNBC | 6:00 PM | 60 | 0.13 | 944 |
| 70 | TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE | DIY NETWORK | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.13 | 659 |
| 71 | CNN NEWSROOM | CNN | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.13 | 727 |
| 72 | JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH | TRAVEL CHANNEL | 10:00 PM | 60 | 0.13 | 514 |
| 73 | MTP DAILY | MSNBC | 5:00 PM | 60 | 0.12 | 1,128 |
| 74 | AT THIS HOUR | CNN | 11:00 AM | 60 | 0.12 | 698 |
| 75 | CNN NEWSROOM | CNN | 10:00 AM | 60 | 0.12 | 699 |
| 76 | MORNING JOE: N/A | MSNBC | 6:00 AM | 180 | 0.12 | 1,054 |
| 77 | NBA: THE JUMP L | ESPN | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.11 | 263 |
| 78 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS | MSNBC | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.11 | 883 |
| 79 | MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: KILLING PACT, THE | LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK | 8:00 PM | 120 | 0.11 | 479 |
| 80 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: OKLAHOMA/AUBURN | ESPN2 | 4:00 PM | 167 | 0.11 | 413 |
| 81 | OTL – FIRST REPORT L | ESPN | 1:00 PM | 30 | 0.10 | 213 |
| 82 | E! NEWS | E! | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.10 | 291 |
| 83 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE | MSNBC | 4:00 PM | 60 | 0.10 | 954 |
| 84 | NFL LIVE L | ESPN | 1:30 PM | 90 | 0.10 | 242 |
| 85 | MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN | MSNBC | 1:00 PM | 60 | 0.10 | 818 |
| 86 | MSNBC LIVE | MSNBC | 11:00 AM | 60 | 0.10 | 745 |
| 87 | MSNBC LIVE | MSNBC | 2:00 PM | 60 | 0.10 | 782 |
| 88 | E! NEWS | E! | 11:02 PM | 62 | 0.09 | 304 |
| 89 | MSNBC LIVE | MSNBC | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.09 | 779 |
| 90 | PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CHC AT LAD/ATL AT SF | MLB NETWORK | 10:21 PM | 159 | 0.09 | 276 |
| 91 | MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE | MSNBC | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.09 | 881 |
| 92 | MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON | MSNBC | 10:00 AM | 60 | 0.09 | 750 |
| 93 | MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE | HLN | 6:00 AM | 60 | 0.09 | 288 |
| 94 | WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE | BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV | 2:00 AM | 60 | 0.09 | 214 |
| 95 | MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE | HLN | 7:00 AM | 60 | 0.08 | 251 |
| 96 | NFL LIVE | ESPN2 | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.08 | 190 |
| 97 | FIRST TAKE: N/A | ESPN2 | 1:00 PM | 120 | 0.07 | 175 |
| 98 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L | ESPN2 | 6:47 PM | 108 | 0.07 | 286 |
| 99 | LAST WITCH HUNTER, THE | HBO PRIME | 8:00 PM | 107 | 0.07 | 261 |
| 100 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN2 | 11:00 AM | 60 | 0.07 | 165 |
| 101 | MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A | ESPN2 | 6:00 AM | 240 | 0.07 | 191 |
| 102 | DAN LE BATARD SHOW L | ESPN2 | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.07 | 136 |
| 103 | WIZARD OF LIES, THE: WIZARD OF LIES, THE | HBO PRIME | 5:15 PM | 133 | 0.07 | 208 |
| 104 | SISTERS | MAXPRIME | 8:00 PM | 118 | 0.06 | 148 |
| 105 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: UTAH/WASHINGTON | ESPN2 | 11:09 PM | 144 | 0.06 | 227 |
| 106 | SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN2 | 10:00 AM | 60 | 0.06 | 163 |
| 107 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: BAYLOR/ARIZONA | ESPN2 | 9:00 PM | 129 | 0.06 | 238 |
| 108 | ER | POP | 5:00 PM | 60 | 0.06 | 180 |
| 109 | PGA TOUR: 2017 DEAN & DELUCA INVIT | GOLF CHANNEL | 4:00 PM | 183 | 0.06 | 499 |
| 110 | MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE | HLN | 8:00 AM | 60 | 0.06 | 232 |
| 111 | GEORGE LOPEZ | BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV | 10:31 AM | 31 | 0.06 | 108 |
| 112 | ANIMAL FIGHT NIGHT | NAT GEO WILD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.06 | 368 |
| 113 | MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE | HLN | 10:00 AM | 60 | 0.06 | 200 |
| 114 | SULLY | HBO PRIME | 3:35 PM | 96 | 0.05 | 166 |
| 115 | HOME & FAMILY: N/A | HALLMARK CHANNEL | 10:00 AM | 120 | 0.05 | 165 |
| 116 | MICHAELA | HLN | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.05 | 153 |
| 117 | PRIME BASEBALL GAME: SEA AT BOS/KC AT CLE | MLB NETWORK | 7:10 PM | 191 | 0.05 | 244 |
| 118 | MICHAELA | HLN | 11:00 AM | 60 | 0.05 | 182 |
| 119 | COYOTE UGLY | MAXPRIME | 10:00 PM | 101 | 0.05 | 140 |
| 120 | GEORGE LOPEZ | BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV | 10:00 AM | 31 | 0.05 | 122 |
| 121 | QUICK PITCH | MLB NETWORK | 1:00 AM | 60 | 0.05 | 160 |
| 122 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L | ESPNU | 9:00 PM | 32 | 0.05 | 123 |
| 123 | NFL TOTAL ACCESS | NFL NETWORK | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.05 | 100 |
| 124 | SHOCKING TRUTH, THE | REELZCHANNEL | 9:30 PM | 30 | 0.05 | 166 |
| 125 | UNDISPUTED L: 183 | FOX SPORTS 1 | 9:30 AM | 150 | 0.05 | 109 |
| 126 | ER | POP | 3:00 PM | 60 | 0.05 | 138 |
| 127 | AMHQ | THE WEATHER CHANNEL | 8:00 AM | 60 | 0.04 | 187 |
| 128 | ER | POP | 4:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 160 |
| 129 | COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: KENTUCKY/OREGON | ESPNU | 7:00 PM | 120 | 0.04 | 158 |
| 130 | JALEN & JACOBY | ESPN2 | 2:02 AM | 29 | 0.04 | 111 |
| 131 | LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER | GALAVISION | 11:32 PM | 45 | 0.04 | 88 |
| 132 | HERD L: 463 | FOX SPORTS 1 | 12:00 PM | 180 | 0.04 | 94 |
| 133 | CAKE WARS | COOKING CHANNEL | 10:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 161 |
| 134 | SPORTSCENTER PRIME L | ESPN2 | 8:35 PM | 25 | 0.04 | 145 |
| 135 | MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE | HLN | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.04 | 226 |
| 136 | DOT | SPROUT | 7:30 PM | 30 | 0.04 | 121 |
| 137 | YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T | POP | 7:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 338 |
| 138 | TRACK & FIELD | NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 11:00 PM | 65 | 0.04 | 145 |
| 139 | COMPETITION READY | VELOCITY | 7:30 PM | 30 | 0.04 | 156 |
| 140 | NBA GAMETIME LIVE | NBA-TV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 0.04 | 92 |
| 141 | CAKE WARS | COOKING CHANNEL | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 142 |
| 142 | SPEAK FOR YOURSELF D | FOX SPORTS 1 | 5:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 75 |
| 143 | E! NEWS: DAILY POP II | E! | 1:00 PM | 60 | 0.04 | 84 |
| 144 | SECRET LIFE OF BEES THE | HBO PRIME | 11:05 AM | 110 | 0.04 | 108 |
| 145 | RABBIT HOLE | HBO PRIME | 2:00 PM | 91 | 0.04 | 99 |
| 146 | BREAK | HBO PRIME | 9:47 PM | 13 | 0.03 | 135 |
| 147 | E! NEWS: DAILY POP I | E! | 12:00 PM | 60 | 0.03 | 93 |
| 148 | WORLDS DEADLIEST COMP | NAT GEO WILD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 0.03 | 244 |
| 149 | WEATHER CENTER LIVE | THE WEATHER CHANNEL | 9:00 AM | 60 | 0.03 | 199 |
| 150 | WEDDING SINGER, THE | MAXPRIME | 6:20 PM | 97 | 0.03 | 83 |
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