UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.3.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for AMERICAN IDOL.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  That wacky reality series we call the REPUBLICAN DEBATES continued to score big, this time giving a 3.62 rating to Fox News (compared to 2.70 for last week’s episode on CNN), which had a giant 10.9 number in the 50+ demo and 16.8M total viewers, not to mention 3 other pre- and post- shows in the Top 10.  The less bloody sport of basketball gave TNT an NBA doubleheader rating of 1.61 for the late game (Golden State vs. Oklahoma City) and 0.62 for San Antonio vs. New Orleans.  USA’s WWE telecast was up 0.02 to 0.77, with COLONY down 0.02 to 0.33.  HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP fell 0.09 to 0.60, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL dropped 0.05 to 0.35.  History’s VIKINGS lost 0.06 to 0.58, and JOIN OR DIE fell 0.06 to 0.15.  On TruTV, IMPRACTICAL JOKES edged up 0.02 to 0.44, and THOSE WHO CAN’T gained 0.05 to 0.20.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was steady at 0.35, and GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER climbed 0.06 to 0.26, with a RIDICULOUSNESS special afterward at 0.22.  Bravo’s TOP CHEF ticked up to 0.38, and RECIPE FOR DECEPTION stayed at 0.11.  Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY ALL-STARS ticked down to 0.29, and CHILD GENIUS was also off a hundredth to 0.15.  On Comedy Central, WORKAHOLICS took a 0.08 hit to 0.27, and IDIOTSITTER fell 0.05 to 0.17.  We’s MARY MARY was at 0.22.  FX’s BASKETS dropped 0.06 to 0.18.  On IFC, PORTLANDIA gained a tick to 0.06/136K.  BBCAmerica’s PREY stayed exactly at last week’s 0.02/76K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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