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February 1, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.31.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment in the 8PM half-hour, the rerun of 2 BROKE GIRLS was at 0.7, the rerun of NEW GIRL was at 0.5, and the rerun of THE WALL was at 1.1.  In addition, the new episode of THE WALL and the rerun of THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the new BONES and the reruns of FRESH OFF THE BOAT and THE REAL O’NEALS fell 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Jan 31.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.16 from last week to 1.02. HGTV’s FIXER UPPER jumped 0.21 to 0.87, HOUSE HUNTERS climbed 0.17 to 0.60, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.21 to 0.56.  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND lost 0.12 to 0.84, and FORGED IN FIRE was down 0.03 to 0.55.  Fox News had 2 primetime hours in the Top 10 surrounding the Supreme Court announcement, topped by THE O’REILLY FACTOR at 0.81 (and 6.8M total viewers).  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS gained 0.13 to 0.68.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and LADIES OF LONDON was down 0.02 to 0.24.  BET’s BEING MARY JANE returned at 0.56.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS dropped 0.04 to 0.55, while KILLING FIELDS was up 0.08 to 0.41. FX’s TABOO, despite mixed critical response, is pleasing viewers, up 0.08 from last week to 0.50.  On TLC, MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE edged up 0.02 to 0.41.  On Freeform, THE FOSTERS returned at 0.40 (on par with the 0.43 for its January 2016 premiere), and SWITCHED AT BIRTH started its final season at 0.24.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS ticked up to 0.34.  On Food Network, CHOPPED was down 0.05 to 0.32, and CHOPPED JR aired 2 episodes at 0.32/0.29. A&E’s INTERVENTION rose 0.02 to 0.32, and ESCAPING POLYGAMY was at 0.25.  Syfy’s FACE OFF declined 0.03 to 0.25.  MTV’s TEEN WOLF fell 0.03 to 0.21.  WGN’s OUTSIDERS dropped 0.08 from last week’s season premiere to 0.19.  On TV Land, TEACHERS gained 0.03 to 0.18, and THROWING SHADE fell off the chart, down 0.01 to 0.06/284K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Jan 31.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday January 31, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 1.02 2,817
2 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.87 3,707
3 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.84 3,154
4 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.81 6,756
5 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.68 2,696
6 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.60 2,631
7 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.58 4,532
8 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.57 1,666
9 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.56 1,238
10 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.56 2,387
11 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.55 1,594
12 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.55 1,695
13 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: GEORGIA/KENTUCKY ESPN 9:07 PM 156 0.51 1,625
14 TABOO FX 10:00 PM 83 0.50 1,269
15 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 7:55 PM 65 0.47 2,013
16 FIRST 100 DAYS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.46 3,704
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.43 3,294
18 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.42 3,692
19 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:43 PM 17 0.42 960
20 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.41 1,331
21 KILLING FIELDS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.41 1,365
22 FOSTERS, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 60 0.40 916
23 CNN N PELOSI TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 72 0.38 1,700
24 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.35 3,383
25 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.34 1,104
26 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.34 2,138
27 SHADOW OF DOUBT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,525
28 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.32 951
29 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,121
30 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.32 1,221
31 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.32 1,026
32 INTERVENTION CA A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.32 726
33 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 55 0.31 1,307
34 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.31 702
35 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.29 605
36 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.29 1,093
37 CHOPPED JUNIOR FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 963
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:12 PM 48 0.29 1,268
39 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.28 1,248
40 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.28 1,196
41 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 838
42 CRIME TO REMEMBER, A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,283
43 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.27 2,445
44 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.26 2,406
45 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: MARYLAND/OHIO STATE ESPN 7:00 PM 127 0.26 889
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.26 2,388
47 ESCAPING POLYGAMY AC A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.25 669
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.25 2,304
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.25 2,314
50 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 672
51 LADIES OF LONDON BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.24 683
52 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.24 2,219
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.24 1,826
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.24 594
55 SWITCHED AT BIRTH FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.24 598
56 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,725
57 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.23 913
58 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.23 2,307
59 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.22 459
60 RIDE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.22 1,047
61 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,809
62 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.22 1,937
63 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: PITTSBURGH / NORTH CAROLINA ESPN2 7:00 PM 123 0.21 743
64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,080
65 TEEN WOLF SSN 6 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.21 445
66 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.21 1,083
67 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.21 1,152
68 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 436
69 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.20 2,013
70 TATTOO GIRLS TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.20 591
71 MUTT & STUFF NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.20 776
72 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 394
73 OUTSIDERS WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 61 0.19 834
74 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.19 1,085
75 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.19 428
76 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 442
77 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 368
78 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 475
79 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,407
80 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WEST VIRGINIA/IOWA STATE ESPN2 9:03 PM 120 0.18 640
81 TEACHERS TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.18 643
82 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 683
83 CAMPUS PD SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 30 0.18 602
84 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: OKLAHOMA CITY/SAN ANTONIO NBA-TV 8:30 PM 167 0.18 492
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.18 337
86 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.18 646
87 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 333
88 CAMPUS PD SPIKE TV 9:30 PM 30 0.17 517
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 971
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 895
91 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:12 AM 48 0.17 544
92 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.16 1,289
93 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 748
94 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 584
95 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.16 380
96 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 789
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 914
98 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,114
99 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 849
100 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 341
101 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 295
102 CAMPUS PD SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.15 439
103 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.14 290
104 CAMPUS PD SPIKE TV 11:30 PM 30 0.14 428
105 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 821
106 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 898
107 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.14 816
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 308
109 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.14 844
110 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,109
111 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 268
112 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.13 335
113 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 368
114 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 397
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 803
116 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.12 251
117 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 258
118 HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS SCIENCE 10:02 PM 61 0.12 375
119 BARSTOOL RUNDOWN, THE COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.11 242
120 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 11:17 PM 55 0.11 276
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 836
122 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 552
123 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 848
124 NICE GUYS, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 116 0.11 371
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 776
126 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 750
127 HITMAN: AGENT 47 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 96 0.10 307
128 PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/LIVERPOOL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:36 PM 151 0.10 253
129 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 9:01 PM 61 0.10 365
130 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 21 0.10 310
131 SEVEN YEAR SWITCH FYI 9:00 PM 61 0.10 217
132 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 781
133 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.09 221
134 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 289
135 NOW YOU SEE ME 2: NOW YOU SEE ME 2 HBO PRIME 4:20 PM 129 0.09 252
136 HOLMES AND HOLMES DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.09 333
137 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 685
138 COPA MX – L: VERACRUZ /TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.09 171
139 BILLION DOLLAR BUYER CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 265
140 LAWLESS OCEANS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 285
141 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 12:12 AM 78 0.08 155
142 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 194
143 NFL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.07 160
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 258
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 235
146 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.07 146
147 NBA PREGAME SHOW NBA-TV 8:07 PM 23 0.07 200
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 253
149 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.07 136
150 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.06 293

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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.