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January 31, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.30.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings, although in finals NBC broke out the post-show interview segment from the GOOD PLACE finale itself.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another TLC Thursday, with DR PIMPLE POPPER down 0.08 to 0.51, and MY FEET ARE KILLING ME steady at 0.43.  ESPN’s VICK documentary was at 0.43.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 slipped 0.02 to 0.37, 60 DAYS IN held at 0.35, and ALASKA PD was steady at 0.29.  Fox News won another impeachment trial day with THE INGRAHAM ANGLE at 0.36/0.61/4.1M, and with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.29/0.37/1.5M, and MSNBC’s evening analysis at 0.21/0.34/2.3M.  On MTV, FLORIBAMA SHORE stayed at 0.35, EX ON THE BEACH gained 0.02 to 0.19, and RIDICULOUSNESS was up 0.04 to 0.14.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.34/0.30.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS returned at 0.31.  Bravo’s PROJECT RUNWAY edged up 0.02 to 0.26.  On HGTV, CHRISTINA ON THE COAST ticked down to 0.25.  On History, SWAMP PEOPLE was steady at 0.25, and ALONE: THE BEAST was at 0.12.  On Discovery, HOMESTEAD RESCUE dropped 0.07 to 0.24, RECLAIMED dropped 0.02 to 0.14, and BUILDING OFF THE GRID ticked down to 0.13.  On Freeform, GROWN-ISH jumped a tenth to 0.23, EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE OK flew up 0.09 to 0.13, and THE BOLD TYPE was up 0.06 to 0.11.  Food Network’s RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE was at 0.23/0.20/0.17, compared to last week’s 0.30/0.23/0.20.  On ID, HOMETOWN HOMICIDE ticked down to 0.18, and DEAD OF WINTER was down 0.02 to 0.17.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP climbed 0.04 to 0.17, and MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP was at 0.10.  E!’s VERY CAVALLARI fell 0.06 to 0.15.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 30, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DR. PIMPLE POPPER TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.51 2,774
2 MY FEET ARE KILLING ME TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.43 2,347
3 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: VICK (PART 1) ESPN 9:00 PM 120 0.43 941
4 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.37 1,179
5 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.36 4,109
6 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 64 0.35 922
7 FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN3 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.35 658
8 NBA BASKETBALL: WARRIORS/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:01 PM 150 0.34 904
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 4,319
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.32 3,920
11 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.31 568
12 NBA BASKETBALL: JAZZ/NUGGETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:31 PM 145 0.30 802
13 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 10:41 PM 19 0.29 1,521
14 ALASKA PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.29 950
15 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.28 2,628
16 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 PM 41 0.28 1,751
17 PROJECT RUNWAY BRAVO 9:00 PM 90 0.26 1,235
18 CHRISTINA ON THE COAST HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 34 0.25 1,367
19 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 3,006
20 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 9:00 PM 13 0.25 1,629
21 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 3,313
22 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,610
23 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.25 1,426
24 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:13 PM 12 0.24 1,454
25 HOMESTEAD RESCUE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.24 1,218
26 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 9:25 PM 35 0.24 1,612
27 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 30 0.23 456
28 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 64 0.23 957
29 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 734
30 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,737
31 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,214
32 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 10:40 PM 20 0.21 2,273
33 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.21 665
34 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.21 604
35 IJ: AFTER PARTY TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.20 386
36 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 425
37 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.20 869
38 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.20 2,494
39 EX ON THE BEACH MTV SSN 4 MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.19 354
40 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,888
41 HOMETOWN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.18 910
42 BOXING ESPN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 518
43 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,753
44 1000-LB SISTERS:SUPERSIZE TLC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 876
45 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: SENATE QUESTION AND ANSWER MSNBC 7:38 PM 182 0.18 1,929
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 2,166
47 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 10:04 PM 60 0.17 755
48 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 27 0.17 515
49 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,507
50 DEAD OF WINTER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 949
51 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 2,303
52 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 446
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 2,068
54 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 2,285
55 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:56 AM 55 0.16 363
56 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:39 PM 59 0.16 1,856
57 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 2,404
58 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 363
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 37 0.16 1,251
60 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,374
61 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 30 0.16 2,130
62 VERY CAVALLARI E! 9:00 PM 59 0.15 336
63 SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:30 PM 30 0.15 2,123
64 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 7:37 PM 23 0.15 1,372
65 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,141
66 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 61 0.15 383
67 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 812
68 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 478
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 2,075
70 RECLAIMED DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.14 666
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,973
72 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,232
73 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 386
74 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,240
75 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN16 MTV 10:02 PM 31 0.14 296
76 MAN V FOOD FOOD NETWORK 4:30 PM 30 0.13 390
77 BUILDING OFF THE GRID DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 60 0.13 631
78 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.13 283
79 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 617
80 EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE OKAY FREEFORM 8:30 PM 30 0.13 257
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,487
82 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,220
83 ALONE: THE BEAST HISTORY 10:03 PM 63 0.12 705
84 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.12 296
85 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 271
86 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 324
87 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 845
88 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 977
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 320
90 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: 21 JUMP STREET (2012) FREEFORM 5:30 PM 150 0.12 233
91 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: SENATE QUESTION AND ANSWER MSNBC 4:05 PM 154 0.12 1,424
92 GHOST ADV: SCREAMING ROOM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 318
93 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 7:00 PM 60 0.11 612
94 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.11 230
95 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 742
96 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 12:00 PM 65 0.10 1,345
97 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.10 382
98 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 6:00 PM 60 0.10 435
99 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 295
100 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 11:06 PM 57 0.10 425
101 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.10 355
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 630
103 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 264
104 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 10:00 PM 61 0.10 260
105 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 3:39 PM 26 0.10 1,427
106 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,212
107 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 6:06 AM 54 0.09 294
108 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,120
109 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.09 332
110 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.09 313
111 IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.09 1,049
112 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,201
113 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP: SENATE QUESTION AND ANSWER MSNBC 1:05 PM 154 0.09 1,157
114 MAN V FOOD FOOD NETWORK 3:00 PM 30 0.08 331
115 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: NASHVILLE/NEW JERSEY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:27 PM 180 0.08 268
116 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.08 259
117 IMPEACHMENT OF DONALDTRMP MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,158
118 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 1:04 AM 60 0.08 265
119 MAFS: COUPLES COUCH LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 116 0.08 319
120 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.07 272
121 MBC:RS HIP HOP EDITION FL WETV 11:01 PM 13 0.07 213
122 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 589
123 MAN V FOOD FOOD NETWORK 2:00 PM 30 0.07 293
124 AMC MOVIE AMC 1:00 AM 59 0.07 202
125 MAN V FOOD FOOD NETWORK 2:30 PM 30 0.07 267
126 AMC MOVIE AMC 11:29 PM 91 0.06 207
127 HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 276
128 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 264
129 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 510
130 UNDISPUTED L: 851 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 166
131 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 124
132 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: MINNESOTA/ILLINOIS FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 PM 126 0.06 365
133 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.06 161
134 MAN V FOOD FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.06 369
135 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: GRAND THEFT AUTO GIRLS LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.06 285
136 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 332
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 269
138 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: COLORADO/UCLA ESPN2 11:04 PM 132 0.05 169
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 231
140 HERD L: 1164 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 147
141 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.05 147
142 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 480
143 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 98
144 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:27 PM 33 0.04 120
145 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ARIZONA/WASHINGTON ESPN2 9:00 PM 124 0.04 190
146 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN: MENS SEMIFINAL ESPN2 2:00 PM 180 0.04 229
147 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.04 160
148 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 420
149 SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 178
150 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.04 127

 

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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.