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January 16, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.15.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Paramount’s 68 WHISKEY premiered at 0.17.  The season premiere of Syfy’s THE MAGICIANS was at 0.15, down 0.04 from last season’s premiere.

ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.34.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (with its Lev Parnas interview) led cable news at 0.43/0.70/4.5M, with Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.29/0.50/3.5M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.18/0.28/1M.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY shed 0.04 to 0.41.  On Discovery, ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE jumped 0.11 to 0.40.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING (which was just announced to be expanding to an additional night) edged up 0.02 to 0.38.  On A&E, LIVE PD was at 0.36/0.31 compared to last week’s 0.32/0.31, and AMERICA’S TOP DOG was up 0.04 to 0.34.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW ticked down to 0.33, and MARTHA & SNOOP’S POTLUCK PARTY was at 0.18.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT rose 0.02 to 0.31, and SUPERNANNY was down 0.05 to 0.11.  On BET, THE OVAL climbed 0.05 to 0.31, and SISTAS was up 0.02 to 0.27.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS grew by 0.02 to 0.31, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL fell 0.04 to 0.19, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.07 to 0.16.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE gained 0.03 to 0.29, and 1000-LB SISTERS was down 0.05 to 0.22.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE rose 0.02 to 0.29, and VIKINGS was up 0.02 to 0.20.  MTV’s CATFISH ticked down to 0.25, TRUE LIFE CRIME was down 0.03 to 0.22, and RIDICULOUSNESS was steady at 0.13.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES lost 0.03 to 0.22.  USA’s WWE NXT gained 0.02 to 0.21.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER dropped 0.05 to 0.19, IN PURSUIT returned at 0.18, and KILLER BODS was down 0.02 to 0.14.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL returned at 0.16.  On Freeform, PARTY OF FIVE was at 0.15 compared to last week’s 0.21/0.16, and GOOD TROUBLE returned at 0.09, down 0.11 from the January 2019 premiere.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday January 15, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PORTLAND/HOUSTON ESPN 9:37 PM 141 0.44 1,128
2 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.43 4,469
3 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.41 1,138
4 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.40 1,830
5 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0015 MIAMI FLORIDA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.38 940
6 LIVE PD WED A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.35 1,221
7 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: BROOKLYN/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 7:11 PM 146 0.34 934
8 AMERICAS TOP DOG A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,160
9 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 6 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.33 736
10 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): I MARRIED A STRANGER 1003 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.31 1,159
11 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,105
12 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,556
13 LIVE PD WED A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 70 0.31 999
14 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.30 3,158
15 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:44 PM 16 0.29 3,466
16 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:58 PM 62 0.29 621
17 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.29 1,014
18 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,095
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,787
20 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 986
21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 899
22 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,689
23 CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN8 MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.25 465
24 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.24 2,656
25 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 3,157
26 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.22 701
27 TRUE LIFE CRIME MTV 9:01 PM 53 0.22 425
28 1000-LB SISTERS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 914
29 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 675
30 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.22 474
31 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 131 0.21 700
32 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 9:00 PM 30 0.20 615
33 SR/ENGROSSMENT CEREMONY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 44 0.20 2,753
34 VIKINGS HISTORY 10:00 PM 61 0.20 1,106
35 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,033
36 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.19 1,271
37 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 2,052
38 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 11 0.19 483
39 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,352
40 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.18 936
41 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 518
42 MARTHA & SNOOP POTLUCK 3 VH1 9:01 PM 30 0.18 449
43 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.18 920
44 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 973
45 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,110
46 68 WHISKEY PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 61 0.17 866
47 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 649
48 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,165
49 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: AUBURN/ALABAMA ESPN2 9:04 PM 140 0.17 486
50 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,743
51 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 339
52 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,062
53 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.16 1,115
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 508
55 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.16 672
56 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.16 865
57 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,069
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,670
59 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 10:00 PM 54 0.15 429
60 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.15 944
61 PARTY OF FIVE (2020) FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.15 329
62 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 401
63 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 380
64 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.14 369
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,802
66 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 461
67 KILLER BODS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.14 682
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,699
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,238
70 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN16 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.13 294
71 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 681
72 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,828
73 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: PHILLY/ST. LOUIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 172 0.13 405
74 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,753
75 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 789
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 296
77 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.12 547
78 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,803
79 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,785
80 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,871
81 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 937
82 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.12 332
83 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.12 500
84 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.12 277
85 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,720
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,920
87 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 805
88 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.11 297
89 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,708
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 904
91 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.11 397
92 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,758
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 909
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,258
95 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 920
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 889
97 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 274
98 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,887
99 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: VIRGINIA/FLORIDA STATE ESPN2 7:00 PM 124 0.10 291
100 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:24 PM 36 0.09 253
101 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,047
102 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,750
103 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.09 295
104 RICKY ZOOM NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.09 352
105 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.09 250
106 BARRETT JACKSON: 4 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 4 MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 180 0.09 454
107 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.09 414
108 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.09 289
109 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 354
110 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,121
111 EXPLOSION SHOW, THE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.08 275
112 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,302
113 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 655
114 AARON HERNANDEZ UNCOVERED: 102 PART 2 OXYGEN MEDIA 12:00 AM 120 0.07 262
115 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 507
116 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:10 PM 50 0.07 1,072
117 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.07 190
118 AARON HERNANDEZ UNCOVERED: 101 PART 1 OXYGEN MEDIA 10:00 PM 120 0.07 233
119 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 247
120 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 285
121 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 201
122 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 1,030
123 UNDISPUTED L: 840 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 181
124 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:14 PM 56 0.06 920
125 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 450
126 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 572
127 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.05 172
128 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 52 0.05 1,021
129 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICK JR 4:30 PM 30 0.05 263
130 LISTING IMPOSSIBLE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.05 181
131 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 164
132 BARRETT JACKSON: 3 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 3 MOTOR TREND 5:00 PM 180 0.05 329
133 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 981
134 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 3:59 PM 61 0.05 153
135 IFC MOVIE: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 IFC TV 7:00 PM 150 0.05 133
136 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.05 236
137 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 496
138 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 11:52 AM 22 0.05 775
139 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 130
140 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.04 250
141 TOAST OF LONDON IFC TV 12:00 AM 31 0.04 119
142 HERD L: 1153 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 143
143 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.04 226
144 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 153
145 CATCH 21 (2019) GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.04 389
146 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 438
147 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 143
148 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 88
149 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 2:58 PM 61 0.04 127
150 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 187

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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.