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February 2, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.1.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE FOUR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while AP BIO and MOM lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Feb 01.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.57/0.53.  ESPN’s 30 FOR 30 documentary was at 0.51.  Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS returned at 0.48.  It was a big night for Fox News, where HANNITY was on top at 0.43/0.75/4.2M, over MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.37/0.55/3M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIMETIME at 0.23/0.30/1.1M.  VH1’s RUPAUL’S ALL-STARS dropped 0.06 to 0.40.  On A&E, 60 DAYS IN slipped 0.02 to 0.39.  On ID, BETRAYED ticked up to 0.39, and THE PERFECT SUSPECT was down 0.04 to 0.28.  History’s SWAMP PEOPLE returned at 0.38/0.31, with a pre-show special hour at 0.28.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL lost 0.04 to 0.32, FLIP OR FLOP rose 0.04 to 0.32, and HOUSE HUNTERS ticked down to 0.30.  Bravo’s TOP CHEF gained 0.04 to 0.31.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY fell 0.04 to 0.30.  MTV’s WILD N OUT fell 0.05 to 0.28.  Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE shrank by 0.08 to 0.22.  Discovery’s KILLING FIELDS climbed 0.05 to 0.21.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY lost 0.06 to 0.19, and MAKING A MODEL was steady at 0.07.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP was down 0.04 to 0.18.  NASHVILLE fell 0.04 to 0.14 on CMT, and on TV Land ticked up to 0.07/306K.  Freeform’s BEYOND ticked up to 0.08.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING held at 0.07.  IFC’s PORTLANDIA was at 0.02/100K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Feb 01.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday February 1, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: THUNDER/NUGGETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:29 PM 156 0.57 1,341
2 NBA BASKETBALL: ROCKETS/SPURS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 135 0.53 1,438
3 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 9:00 PM 90 0.51 1,260
4 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.48 891
5 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.43 4,154
6 RUPAUL ALL STARS 3 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.40 777
7 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.39 847
8 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.39 3,616
9 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.39 1,369
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.39 3,717
11 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.38 2,085
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.37 3,044
13 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.32 1,697
14 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:30 PM 30 0.32 748
15 FLIP OR FLOP NASHVILLE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.32 1,336
16 TOP CHEF BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.31 881
17 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 10:00 PM 62 0.31 1,790
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 1,645
19 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.30 932
20 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.29 963
21 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.29 865
22 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:05 AM 62 0.28 632
23 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.28 2,890
24 60 DAYS IN FL A&E NETWORK 11:03 PM 15 0.28 635
25 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.28 803
26 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.28 1,587
27 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.28 2,593
28 PERFECT SUSPECT, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,158
29 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 10 MTV 11:00 PM 31 0.28 469
30 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.27 2,368
31 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.26 943
32 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.26 1,091
33 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.26 2,189
34 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.26 2,739
35 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.25 592
36 PUSS IN BOOTS: PUSS IN BOOTS NICK-AT-NITE 8:00 PM 120 0.25 923
37 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.23 527
38 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 2,224
39 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,943
40 CUOMO PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,061
41 FAMILY BY THE TON: SUPERS TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.23 676
42 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,899
43 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 999
44 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.22 420
45 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.22 465
46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.22 2,245
47 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 532
48 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 32 0.22 460
49 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 449
50 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.21 440
51 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.21 2,170
52 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 2,309
53 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.21 2,005
54 KILLING FIELDS: ISLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.21 815
55 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.20 393
56 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 10:35 PM 87 0.20 406
57 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 507
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.20 1,813
59 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.20 762
60 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,021
61 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,315
62 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,607
63 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 450
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 2,071
65 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,796
66 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 934
67 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.19 974
68 K.C. UNDERCOVER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.18 1,010
69 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,747
70 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 703
71 GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 427
72 WMNS COLL BKBL REG SSN  L ESPN 7:00 PM 107 0.18 669
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 871
74 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.17 402
75 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.17 353
76 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,604
77 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 3:35 PM 123 0.16 365
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 356
79 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 786
80 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 979
81 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI PARAMOUNT 9:30 PM 30 0.16 360
82 TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.15 296
83 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 23 0.15 429
84 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 922
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 321
86 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,295
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 716
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,373
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 316
90 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,165
91 NASHVILLE CMT 9:00 PM 62 0.14 717
92 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,431
93 HUNTER STREET NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.14 867
94 COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD    L ESPN 8:47 PM 13 0.13 518
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 752
96 ALL EYEZ ON ME: ALL EYEZ ON ME HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 140 0.13 286
97 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 636
98 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,046
99 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 306
100 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 287
101 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 822
102 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 325
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 747
104 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 289
105 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 993
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 948
107 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 678
108 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 691
109 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,029
110 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 414
111 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 687
112 MYST: AMERICAN MOBSTER TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 550
113 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 507
114 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 580
115 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 673
116 DEEPWATER HORIZON HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 107 0.11 293
117 BUILDING GIANTS SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.11 509
118 ESPORTS  L ESPN2 9:14 PM 81 0.10 265
119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 934
120 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.10 181
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 962
122 RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 454
123 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.10 316
124 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.10 178
125 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.09 326
126 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 942
127 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WICHITA STATE/TEMPLE ESPN2 7:00 PM 134 0.09 409
128 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.09 416
129 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 217
130 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.09 134
131 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 193
132 BEYOND FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.08 233
133 MEGA MACHINES: SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.08 407
134 BLACK CARD REVOKED BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.08 240
135 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 740
136 IMPACT WRESTLING: 305 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 319
137 TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 143
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 252
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:01 AM 59 0.07 121
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 253
141 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 124
142 PGA TOUR: 2018 WASTE MGMT PHOENIX OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 256 0.07 532
143 UNDISPUTED L: 349 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 162
144 MAKING A MODEL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.07 343
145 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: LOS ANGELES/NASHVILLE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:33 PM 165 0.07 183
146 EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING HBO PRIME 10:50 PM 97 0.06 165
147 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.06 273
148 NFL PLAYERS ONLY NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.06 181
149 NACION ESPN ESPN2 12:02 AM 58 0.06 112
150 PRAS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 10 0.06 296

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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.