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February 3, 2016
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.2.2016

 
NETWORK FINALS:  THE MUPPETS managed a precious 0.1 bump in final numbers, although that was still a series low.  IZOMBIE, though, fell 0.1.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON premiered at 1.96, the night’s easy winner.  However, that was considerably below the 2.99 score for last fall’s season premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, CRIME skewed much older than HORROR, with 18-34 scores of 1.64 vs. 3.57, but 50+ ratings of 2.22 vs. 1.22.  In the long term, though, that could make CRIME’s ratings more stable than HORROR’s have tended to be.  The show held its audience quite well during its initial run, with 1.92 in its 1st quarter-hour and 1.89 in its last (technically, it drifted to 1.76 in the final 6-minute 11:15-11:21PM segment, but most of those 6 minutes were commercials and the trailer for next week). 

Elsewhere, History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained 0.11 to 1.04, with lead-out BILLION DOLLAR WRECK at 0.46.  HGTV’s FIXER UPPER lost 0.07 to 0.82, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL fell 0.13 to 0.37.  On History, MOONSHINERS was up 0.02 to 0.75, and KILLING FIELDS was off by 0.06 to 0.45.  OWN’s HAVES AND HAVE NOTS dropped 0.09 to 0.74.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS gained 0.05 to 0.72, and GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO DIVORCE was down a hundredth to 0.25.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS fell 0.16 to 0.63, and SHADOWHUNTERS held up well considering that, down 0.04 to 0.41.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS ticked down to 0.53, and PITCH SLAPPED lost 0.04 to 0.21.  On MTV, TEEN WOLF ticked up to 0.45, and THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES dipped 0.05 to 0.44.  On A&E, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT was down 0.05 to 0.43, and FIT TO FAT TO FIT thinned by a hundredth to 0.33.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was steady at 0.43.  On E!, TOTAL DIVAS was down 0.04 to 0.38, and JUST JILLIAN ticked up to 0.21.  WGNAmerica’s OUTSIDERS slipped 0.04 to 0.29.  TLC’s RATTLED was at 0.26.  On BET, ZOE EVER AFTER fell 0.06 to 0.22, and REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD dropped 0.09 to 0.21.  Syfy’s THE EXPANSE dropped 0.06 to 0.20.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING fell 0.04 to 0.09 (the re-airing was up 0.01 to 0.05/112K). 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Finals Cable 2016 Feb TUE.02

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday February 2, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 ACS: PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON FX 10:00 PM 81 1.96 5,111
2 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 1.04 3,413
3 FX MOVIE PRIME: THOR: THE DARK WORLD FX 7:30 PM 150 0.87 2,141
4 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.82 3,504
5 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.75 1,998
6 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.74 2,904
7 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.72 1,896
8 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 60 0.63 1,391
9 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 66 0.53 1,470
10 BILLION DOLLAR WRECK HISTORY 10:00 PM 63 0.46 1,620
11 KILLING FIELDS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.45 1,318
12 TEEN WOLF SSN 5B MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.45 971
13 SHANNARA MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.44 969
14 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (A&E) A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.43 1,062
15 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.43 1,106
16 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.41 960
17 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE ESPN 7:00 PM 136 0.41 1,458
18 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.38 840
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.37 1,762
20 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.36 774
21 LITTLE COUPLE TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,337
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.35 914
23 FIT TO FAT TO FIT A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.33 644
24 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.33 3,385
25 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN 9:16 PM 103 0.31 1,042
26 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,373
27 OUTSIDERS WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 59 0.29 840
28 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:59 PM 61 0.28 655
29 ICE COLD KILLERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,190
30 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 739
31 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (FYI) FYI 9:00 PM 75 0.27 632
32 PARADISE RUN NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.26 1,433
33 RATTLED TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.26 936
34 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.26 545
35 GIRLFRND GUIDE TO DIVORCE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.25 698
36 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,546
37 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.24 597
38 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,935
39 PROFIT, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 679
40 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 556
41 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT SP FYI 10:15 PM 15 0.23 576
42 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.22 638
43 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.22 424
44 ZOE EVER AFTER BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 589
45 REAL HUSBANDS S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 591
46 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 9:01 PM 60 0.21 600
47 JUST JILLIAN E! 10:00 PM 60 0.21 414
48 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.21 449
49 PITCH SLAPPED LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:06 PM 60 0.21 513
50 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,411
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,488
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.20 828
53 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.20 521
54 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 962
55 EXPANSE, THE: 109/110 CRITICAL MASS/LEVIATHAN WAKES SYFY 10:00 PM 120 0.20 555
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.19 788
57 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.19 404
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.19 413
59 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.19 941
60 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.18 401
61 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 419
62 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 940
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,367
64 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,993
65 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.17 497
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 365
67 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,562
68 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,124
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,724
70 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WEST VIRGINIA/IOWA STATE ESPN2 9:00 PM 127 0.16 557
71 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.16 374
72 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 317
73 BOOZE TRV REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 416
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.15 992
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 301
76 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,705
77 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: MINNESOTA/LA LAKERS NBA-TV 10:30 PM 164 0.15 324
78 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.15 283
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 360
80 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.15 289
81 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.14 355
82 SPIKE TV MOVIE: HITCH SPIKE TV 5:00 PM 180 0.14 309
83 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 931
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 856
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 319
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 823
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 840
88 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,709
89 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 456
90 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,376
91 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 721
92 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,544
93 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 588
94 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 931
95 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,690
96 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 770
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 749
98 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 831
99 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: MIAMI/HOUSTON NBA-TV 8:00 PM 150 0.12 333
100 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.12 241
101 NBA COAST TO COAST   L: N/A ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.12 267
102 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 681
103 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.12 286
104 DIVERGENT: DIVERGENT HBO PRIME 9:45 PM 140 0.11 241
105 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.11 425
106 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 723
107 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,386
108 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,309
109 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.11 189
110 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 717
111 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 633
112 TRUE STORY HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 100 0.11 252
113 PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/LEICESTER NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:39 PM 143 0.11 248
114 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 826
115 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 559
116 COPA MX – L: CRUZ AZUL / ATLANTE UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 127 0.10 202
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 382
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 289
119 LAST CASTLE, THE: LAST CASTLE, THE HBO PRIME 12:10 AM 131 0.10 230
120 MORNING JOE-SPC MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 621
121 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 983
122 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:18 PM 42 0.10 166
123 WILD EXPECTATIONS ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 60 0.10 272
124 10 THINGS TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.09 271
125 SPIKE TV MOVIE: ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS SPIKE TV 2:30 PM 150 0.09 214
126 MINE HUNTERS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 391
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 243
128 UNIQUE RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.09 223
129 IMPACT WRESTLING: 105 POP 9:00 PM 120 0.09 295
130 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: FLORIDA/WASHINGTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:32 PM 166 0.09 238
131 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 1:30 PM 30 0.09 168
132 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:02 PM 28 0.08 181
133 BOONIES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 476
134 STEP UP ALL IN HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 112 0.08 192
135 GANGSTERS (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 231
136 SUPER BOWL TONIGHT NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.08 254
137 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.08 168
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 322
139 SWEET 16 SPECIAL: SWEET 16 MOST WANTED: WHERE ARE THEY NOW MTV 9:00 AM 190 0.08 141
140 FRIDAY NIGHT TYKES ESQUIRE NETWORK 9:01 PM 60 0.07 160
141 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 150
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 301
143 TEAM NINJA WARRIOR ESQUIRE NETWORK 8:00 PM 61 0.07 217
144 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPNU 9:04 PM 118 0.07 320
145 FILM SESSION NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 237
146 LIVING ALASKA HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 AM 30 0.07 334
147 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 210
148 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 189
149 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.07 140
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 308

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."