UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.4.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO PD and HEARTBEAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NASHVILLE lost 0.1.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports once again led the cable night, with TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.40 and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game at 0.73.  On Lifetime, a LITTLE WOMEN LA REUNION show was at 0.53, up a tick from last week, with LITTLE WOMEN NY at 0.43.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC lost a hundredth to 0.46, and THERE GOES THE MOTHERHOOD was down 0.04 to 0.15.  On MTV, CATFISH dropped a heavy 0.21 to 0.41, and THE CHALLENGE returned at 0.38. A late afternoon episode of Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB hit the Top 10 at 0.41, with lead-in LOUD HOUSE at 0.37.  History’s PAWN STARS was 0.39, and AMERICAN PICKERS was at 0.37.  Presumably boosted by the abundant presidential election comedy, Comedy Central’s DAILY SHOW was in the Top 10 at 0.39, up 0.05 from last Wednesday.  Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was steady at 0.36.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.35, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL at 0.33.  WGN’s UNDERGROUND stayed at 0.33 for the 3rd week in a row.  FX’s THE AMERICANS had a good (and deserved) week, up 0.08 to 0.30.  VH1’s FAMILY THERAPY dropped a tenth to 0.27.  Food Network’s RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE held at 0.27.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE slipped 0.02 to 0.31, and TWO IN A MILLION was also down 0.02 to 0.23.  Tru’s THE CARBONARO EFFECT fell 0.03 to 0.19.  On TV Land, LOPEZ was steady at 0.13, and THE SOUL MAN edged up 0.02 to 0.10.  In the off-chart realm, POP’s SCHITT’S CREEK fell 0.02 to 0.05/211K.  IFC’s MARON returned with an hour of episodes at 0.04/89K.  El Rey’s LUCHA UNDERGROUND lost a tick to 0.03/138K in its 1st hour and then went to 0.02/42K in the 2d.  Sundance’s THE LAST PANTHERS crossed a border, even for that low-rated network, down 0.02 from last week to a dead zero in 18-49s and with 38K total viewers.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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