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March 8, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.7.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US tied a milestone in final numbers, rounding up to a 3.0 18-49 rating (actually it was 2.96, but who’s counting), its first 9PM rating at that level.  In addition, THE MIDDLE gained 0.1.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Mar 07.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s THE AMERICANS returned at 0.24, down 0.04 from the 2016 premiere (which was on a Wednesday).  

USA had a firm hand on the top of the chart, with WWE SMACKDOWN up 0.03 to 0.89, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST up 0.08 to 0.77. HGTV’s FIXER UPPER ticked down to 0.69, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.07 to 0.47, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.38. Discovery’s MOONSHINERS, which took last week off, was up 0.04 from 2 weeks ago to 0.61, and KILLING FIELDS was up 0.05 to 0.38. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS fell 0.06 to 0.60.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS edged up 0.02 to 0.58, and IMPOSTERS was down 0.04 to 0.23.  ESPN’s WCC TOURNAMENT college basketball game was at 0.54.  On MTV, THE CHALLENGE rose 0.03 to 0.49, and STRANDED WITH A MILLION ticked up to 0.20. TBS’s THE DETOUR was up 0.02 to 0.43.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 climbed 0.02 to 0.38, and DETROITERS was down 0.02 to 0.16. BET’s BEING MARY JANE dropped 0.04 to 0.37.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN: LA slipped 0.02 to 0.32, and THE POP GAME was down 0.02 to 0.13.  Food Network’s CHOPPED lost 0.05 to 0.29.  Syfy’s FACE OFF ticked down to 0.26. TLC’s MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE dropped 0.02 to 0.24, and SHE’S IN CHARGE was at 0.16. WGN’s OUTSIDERS fell 0.03 to 0.21.  Freeform’s SWITCHED AT BIRTH aired without a lead-in from THE FOSTERS, and was down 0.03 to 0.18.  On TV Land, TEACHERS ticked up to 0.15, and THROWING SHADE was up 0.02 to 0.08.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Mar 07.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday March 7, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.89 2,738
2 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.77 2,017
3 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.69 3,244
4 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.61 1,738
5 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.60 2,409
6 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.58 1,628
7 WCC TOURNAMENT   L ESPN 9:04 PM 113 0.54 1,420
8 CHALLENGE: INVASION MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.49 795
9 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.47 2,225
10 DETOUR, THE TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.43 1,118
11 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:57 PM 63 0.41 834
12 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.38 635
13 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.38 1,652
14 KILLING FIELDS SPECIAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.38 1,279
15 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.37 3,648
16 BEING MARY JANE S4 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.37 837
17 COLL BASK POST-SEASON  L: MILWAUKEE/NORTHERN KENTUCKY ESPN 7:00 PM 124 0.34 820
18 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.34 921
19 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,527
20 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.32 884
21 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,753
22 WHO KILLED JANE DOE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,235
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 2,394
24 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.30 815
25 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.29 573
26 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.29 857
27 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 144 0.28 565
28 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.28 2,687
29 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,058
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,220
31 FACE OFF SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 701
32 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.26 2,758
33 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 2,269
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,203
35 FIRST 100 DAYS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 2,305
36 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,190
37 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.24 664
38 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.24 497
39 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,732
40 AMERICANS FX 10:00 PM 71 0.24 925
41 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.23 426
42 IMPOSTERS BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.23 701
43 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.22 1,754
44 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,083
45 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 509
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.22 2,171
47 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.21 375
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 425
49 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,692
50 OUTSIDERS WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.21 721
51 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,081
52 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 30 0.21 1,694
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.21 1,709
54 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,103
55 STRANDED WITH A MILLION MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.20 387
56 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,773
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.20 1,997
58 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 350
59 MBFFL: EXTRA FABULOUS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 500
60 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.19 400
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 399
62 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.19 344
63 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 443
64 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.18 410
65 BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 507
66 SWITCHED AT BIRTH FREEFORM 9:00 PM 61 0.18 435
67 CLOUDY THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.18 790
68 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,080
69 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 360
70 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,457
71 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,101
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,792
73 COPA MX – L: GUADALAJARA / CORRECAMINOS UAT UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:54 PM 142 0.17 326
74 DETROITERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.16 288
75 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,729
76 SHES IN CHARGE TLC 10:03 PM 62 0.16 497
77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 986
78 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,551
79 TEACHERS TV LAND 10:00 PM 30 0.15 477
80 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: PORTLAND/OKLAHOMA CITY NBA-TV 8:00 PM 161 0.15 415
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.15 1,241
82 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.15 796
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 317
84 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.15 300
85 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 515
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 898
87 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.14 304
88 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 796
89 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,158
90 DAILY SHOW BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 AM 35 0.14 291
91 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,538
92 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 802
93 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 10:41 PM 19 0.14 317
94 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE HBO PRIME 11:00 AM 144 0.13 238
95 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.13 833
96 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 281
97 HIGH COURT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 15 0.13 256
98 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 867
99 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 646
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 820
101 GUY FIERI SPAIN ADVENTURE TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 402
102 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 974
103 POP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.13 358
104 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 306
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.13 911
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 306
107 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 868
108 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 725
109 PARTNER, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 363
110 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.12 332
111 UEFA CL RD OF 16: SSC NAPOLI VS REAL MADRID FOX DEPORTES 2:32 PM 153 0.12 228
112 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 238
113 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 891
114 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.12 502
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 813
116 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 966
117 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 509
118 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 749
119 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 792
120 DINO DAN NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.11 526
121 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 324
122 SHE BELIEVES CUP L: USA/FRANCE FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 127 0.11 279
123 SECRETS OF UNDERGROUND SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.11 441
124 COLL BASK POST-SEASON  L ESPN2 9:04 PM 119 0.10 325
125 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 22 0.10 299
126 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 2:10 PM 28 0.10 343
127 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.10 255
128 ACC TOURNAMENT  L: PITTSBURGH/GEORGIA TECH ESPNU 7:00 PM 135 0.10 428
129 ACC TOURNAMENT  L: BOSTON COLLEGE/WAKE FOREST ESPN2 2:38 PM 139 0.10 367
130 UCL ROUND OF 16 L: ARSENAL/BAYERN MUNCHEN FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.10 220
131 ACC TOURNAMENT  L: NC STATE/CLEMSON ESPN2 12:00 PM 130 0.09 290
132 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 865
133 BEYOND THE PAINT NBA-TV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 179
134 THROWING SHADE TV LAND 10:30 PM 30 0.08 302
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 222
136 HACK MY LIFE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.08 210
137 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 750
138 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.08 177
139 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 4:57 PM 34 0.08 208
140 UNCENSORED WITH MICHAEL W NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 PM 60 0.08 274
141 COLL BASK POST-SEASON  L: ST. FRANCIS/MOUNT ST. MARYS ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.08 240
142 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 203
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 216
144 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.07 181
145 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.07 202
146 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.07 172
147 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: CHINA VS. CUBA MLB NETWORK 10:00 PM 204 0.07 194
148 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 117
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 265
150 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.07 173

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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.