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January 15, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.14.2016

 

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST each gained 0.1 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

Finals Bcast 2016 Jan THU.14

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Business Channel’s REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE won the night, but at 1.85 it wasn’t quite as mighty as previous installments of the continuing soap.  In fact, with 18-34s and Men 12-34, the debate lost to TNT’s Cleveland vs. San Antonio NBA BASKETBALL game, which had an overall 1.24 18-49 rating, putting it above the late Lakers vs. Golden State game at 1.07.  Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE was down 0.33 from last week’s huge number, still strong at 1.04 (it was the biggest show of the night with the F12-34 demo).  On USA, WWE was down 0.15 to 0.70, and the premiere of COLONY (which has been available online) was solid at 0.44.  On A&E, FIRST 48 and NIGHTWATCH were each at 0.54, respectively down 0.08 and up 0.01 from last week.  HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP lost 0.12 to 0.48.  On Comedy Central, WORKAHOLICS returned at 0.40, and IDIOTSITTER premiered at 0.27.  Bravo’s TOP CHEF edged down 0.02 to 0.34.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY held at 0.34.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY JR ticked down to 0.28, while CHILD GENIUS ticked up to 0.20.  On We, GROWING UP HIP-HOP fell 0.16 to 0.27, and TAMAR & VINCE dropped 0.08 to 0.26.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS shed 0.14 to 0.25, GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER was at 0.13, and BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW was down 0.07 to 0.13.  IFC again aired 3 episodes of TODD MARGARET to declining returns:  0.04/93K, 0.03/60K, 0.02/39K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Finals Cable 2016 Jan THU.14

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 14, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE: N/A FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 9:00 PM 147 1.85 11,094
2 NBA BASKETBALL: CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:13 PM 156 1.24 2,935
3 NBA BASKETBALL: LA LAKERS/GOLDEN STATE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:49 PM 144 1.07 2,355
4 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 32 1.04 2,288
5 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.70 2,332
6 CAVUTO COAST TO COAST FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 11:27 PM 33 0.63 3,967
7 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.54 1,406
8 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.54 1,496
9 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 13 0.52 1,520
10 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.48 1,747
11 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:13 AM 50 0.46 1,004
12 COLONY USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.44 1,359
13 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.42 1,031
14 WORKAHOLICS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.40 649
15 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.34 662
16 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN 7:00 PM 112 0.34 1,107
17 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,004
18 TOP CHEF BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.34 895
19 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN 8:52 PM 12 0.33 1,067
20 FIRST LOOK: KARDASHIANS E! 10:32 PM 16 0.31 654
21 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.31 1,223
22 LOU DOBBS TONIGHT FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.31 2,296
23 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.30 674
24 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 3,064
25 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.29 699
26 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.29 630
27 PROJECT RUNWAY JUNIOR LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.28 951
28 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.28 819
29 ACTION MONTH: TRANSPORTER 3 AMC 10:00 PM 150 0.28 864
30 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.27 479
31 ACTION MONTH: TRANSPORTER 2 AMC 8:00 PM 120 0.27 970
32 REAL DETECTIVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,126
33 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 602
34 CAVUTO COAST TO COAST FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.26 1,533
35 TAMAR & VINCE WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.26 582
36 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.26 573
37 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: PITTSBURGH/LOUISVILLE ESPN 9:04 PM 124 0.25 766
38 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:08 PM 52 0.25 551
39 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.25 609
40 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.25 532
41 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.24 1,156
42 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 120 0.24 613
43 ROAST OF JUSTIN BEIBER: 1 SPIKE TV 7:00 PM 120 0.23 506
44 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.23 485
45 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.23 1,082
46 MAKE IT POP NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.22 1,177
47 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.22 521
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.22 438
49 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.21 503
50 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.21 450
51 MURDER BOOK INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.21 939
52 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,469
53 CHILD GENIUS LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.20 670
54 LOU DOBBS TONIGHT FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 7:03 PM 57 0.20 1,955
55 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 392
56 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.20 502
57 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.19 465
58 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,220
59 KEVIN HART: GROWN LITTLE SPIKE TV 6:00 PM 60 0.18 405
60 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.18 1,283
61 SUPERNOOBS THE CARTOON NETWORK 4:30 PM 30 0.18 791
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 382
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 405
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.17 366
65 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.17 321
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 376
67 ALASKA PROOF ANIMAL PLANET 9:30 PM 30 0.17 554
68 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.16 368
69 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,610
70 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 6:00 PM 63 0.16 2,059
71 NEXO KNIGHTS THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.16 798
72 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.16 362
73 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.16 348
74 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 740
75 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 819
76 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,213
77 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 737
78 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,659
79 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 956
80 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.15 327
81 SPIKE TV MOVIE: FRIDAY AFTER NEXT SPIKE TV 4:00 PM 120 0.14 319
82 THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 103 0.14 304
83 ALASKA PROOF ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 30 0.14 511
84 FABULOUS LIFE OF VH1 1:59 PM 59 0.14 270
85 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.14 329
86 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.14 434
87 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.14 364
88 KELLY FILE SPECIAL, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,154
89 BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW SSN 2 MTV 11:03 PM 31 0.13 278
90 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,583
91 TICKETY TOC NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.13 684
92 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,339
93 WILD WEST ALASKA ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 60 0.13 610
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,387
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 899
96 GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER MTV 10:31 PM 32 0.13 278
97 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.13 293
98 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,455
99 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,557
100 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 892
101 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 637
102 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,318
103 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 746
104 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 344
105 I LOVE KELLIE PICKLER CMT 10:00 PM 30 0.11 226
106 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,425
107 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,688
108 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 960
109 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.11 241
110 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.11 266
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 611
112 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 329
113 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 653
114 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 726
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 638
116 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 596
117 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 684
118 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.10 479
119 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,563
120 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.10 186
121 KNIGHTS TALE, A: KNIGHTS TALE, A HBO PRIME 12:00 PM 132 0.09 196
122 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 575
123 MTV BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW MTV2 11:03 PM 31 0.09 243
124 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.09 168
125 SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE ENCORE PRIMARY 11:02 PM 55 0.09 344
126 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.09 239
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 312
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 275
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 302
130 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 580
131 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.08 587
132 DAILY SHARE HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 226
133 MTV GREATEST PARTY STORY MTV2 10:31 PM 32 0.08 226
134 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 295
135 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 663
136 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.08 381
137 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.07 369
138 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: CHICAGO/MONTREAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:34 PM 159 0.07 257
139 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: BRIGHAM YOUNG/GONZAGA ESPN2 9:04 PM 122 0.07 309
140 CAUGHT ON TAPE HLN 9:00 PM 60 0.07 350
141 SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE ENCORE PRIMARY 10:02 PM 58 0.07 302
142 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 446
143 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 843
144 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 496
145 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 397
146 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 595
147 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 362
148 ANIMATION DOMINATION FXX 12:00 AM 63 0.07 145
149 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 522
150 TITANIC: TITANIC HBO PRIME 8:45 AM 195 0.07 145

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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.