UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.8.2018 (original) (raw)

NETWORK FINALS: The entire NBC line-up–SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE, the CHAMPIONS premiere, and CHICAGO FIRE–was down 0.1 in final numbers, probably due in part to local college basketball tournament preemptions. Also down 0.1: YOUNG SHELDON and SWAT.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Thursday cable was all about basketball. TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.74/0.48, and ESPN aired a pair of ACC TOURNAMENT college basketball games at 0.68/0.58. A&E’s 60 DAYS IN gained 0.05 to 0.38. MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news again at 0.37/0.54/2.9M, over Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.29/0.53/3M and CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.27/0.37/1.2M. FX’s ATLANTA fell 0.08 from last week’s season premiere to 0.36. The season finale of Bravo’s TOP CHEF rose 0.07 to 0.33. Nickelodeon’s noon PAW PATROL hit the #11 slot at 0.32. VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE crashed by 0.18 to 0.31. On History, SWAMP PEOPLE ticked up to 0.31, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA arrived at 0.24. Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY ticked up to 0.29. On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP was steady at 0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS shed 0.03 to 0.24, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.09 to 0.23. Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS dropped 0.11 to 0.25. On ID, PANDORA’S BOX held at 0.24. MTV’s WILD N OUT lost 0.04 to 0.22. USA’s AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR: NINJA VS NINJA ticked up to 0.22. Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY dipped 0.02 to 0.22. Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE ticked up to 0.21. We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP was down 0.02 to 0.19. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING dropped 0.03 to 0.07. Freeform’s BEYOND fell 0.04 to 0.05. CMT’s MUSIC CITY lost 0.03 to 0.05. IFC’s PORTLANDIA was steady at 0.03/108K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday March 8, 2018	P18-49	P2+
Rank	Program	Net	Start	Mins	Rating	(000s)
1	NBA BASKETBALL: SPURS/WARRIORS	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	10:38 PM	149	0.74	2,069
2	ACC TOURNAMENT L: NORTH CAROLINA/MIAMI (FL)	ESPN	9:23 PM	128	0.68	1,729
3	ACC TOURNAMENT L	ESPN	7:00 PM	119	0.58	1,706
4	COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD L	ESPN	8:59 PM	24	0.54	1,520
5	NBA BASKETBALL: CELTICS/TIMBERWOLVES	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	8:14 PM	144	0.48	1,417
6	60 DAYS IN	A&E NETWORK	10:00 PM	63	0.38	926
7	RACHEL MADDOW SHOW	MSNBC	9:00 PM	60	0.37	2,886
8	ATLANTA	FX	10:00 PM	38	0.36	714
9	INSIDE THE NBA	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	1:07 AM	47	0.35	860
10	TOP CHEF	BRAVO	9:00 PM	60	0.33	927
11	PAW PATROL	NICKELODEON	12:00 PM	30	0.32	1,432
12	RUPAUL ALL STARS 3	VH1	8:00 PM	60	0.31	658
13	SWAMP PEOPLE	HISTORY	9:00 PM	63	0.31	1,677
14	SPORTSCENTER 12AM L	ESPN	11:31 PM	89	0.30	680
15	HANNITY	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	9:00 PM	60	0.29	3,044
16	BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	10:00 PM	30	0.29	952
17	FLIP OR FLOP NASHVILLE	HOME AND GARDEN TV	9:00 PM	30	0.27	1,228
18	ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT	CNN	7:00 PM	60	0.27	1,207
19	NBA PRE-GAME SHOW	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	8:00 PM	14	0.26	874
20	PARDON THE INTERRUPTION	ESPN	5:30 PM	30	0.25	733
21	IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	10:00 PM	30	0.25	544
22	MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A	TLC	8:00 PM	120	0.25	858
23	SPORTSCENTER EARLY L	ESPN	6:00 PM	60	0.24	611
24	HOUSE HUNTERS	HOME AND GARDEN TV	10:00 PM	30	0.24	1,304
25	PANDORAS BOX: UNLEASHING	INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY	9:00 PM	60	0.24	1,051
26	LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL	MSNBC	10:00 PM	60	0.24	2,238
27	ANDERSON COOPER 360	CNN	8:00 PM	60	0.24	1,107
28	ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES	MSNBC	8:00 PM	60	0.24	1,964
29	TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	8:00 PM	60	0.24	2,752
30	INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	10:00 PM	60	0.24	2,419
31	TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA	HISTORY	10:03 PM	61	0.24	954
32	HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HOME AND GARDEN TV	10:30 PM	30	0.23	1,367
33	NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 10	MTV	11:00 PM	32	0.23	417
34	TWO AND A HALF MEN	NICK-AT-NITE	1:35 AM	35	0.22	556
35	ANW: NINJA VS. NINJA	USA NETWORK	9:00 PM	61	0.22	692
36	SPORTSCENTER 1AM L	ESPN	1:00 AM	60	0.22	475
37	PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS	LIFETIME TELEVISION	9:00 PM	64	0.22	1,108
38	TWO AND A HALF MEN	NICK-AT-NITE	2:10 AM	34	0.22	529
39	TWO AND A HALF MEN	NICK-AT-NITE	1:03 AM	32	0.21	542
40	LIP SYNC BATTLE	PARAMOUNT	10:00 PM	32	0.21	482
41	FIRST TAKE L: N/A	ESPN	10:00 AM	120	0.21	441
42	DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	11:00 PM	31	0.21	865
43	ANDERSON COOPER 360	CNN	9:00 PM	60	0.21	1,005
44	SITUATION ROOM	CNN	6:00 PM	60	0.20	929
45	11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS	MSNBC	11:00 PM	60	0.20	1,499
46	CNN TONIGHT	CNN	10:00 PM	60	0.19	917
47	COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD L	ESPN	1:57 PM	25	0.19	569
48	ACC TOURNAMENT L	ESPN	12:00 PM	117	0.19	593
49	STORY, THE	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	7:00 PM	60	0.19	2,380
50	SPORTSCENTER MORNING L	ESPN	2:00 AM	60	0.19	392
51	GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL	WETV	9:00 PM	60	0.19	423
52	SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	6:00 PM	60	0.19	2,208
53	HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS	MSNBC	7:00 PM	60	0.19	1,767
54	BRAXTONS: FIRST LOOK	WETV	10:00 PM	13	0.18	412
55	COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD L	ESPN2	9:06 PM	30	0.18	736
56	CONAN	TBS NETWORK	11:00 PM	60	0.18	466
57	FAMILY BY THE TON:POST-OP	TLC	10:00 PM	61	0.18	565
58	FOX NEWS AT NIGHT	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	11:00 PM	60	0.17	1,537
59	FOX AND FRIENDS	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	8:00 AM	60	0.17	1,814
60	ACC TOURNAMENT L: BOSTON COLLEGE/CLEMSON	ESPN	2:22 PM	135	0.17	570
61	BEAT W/ARI MELBER	MSNBC	6:00 PM	60	0.17	1,480
62	SITUATION ROOM	CNN	5:00 PM	60	0.17	912
63	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN	9:00 AM	60	0.17	314
64	LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER	CNN	4:00 PM	60	0.17	901
65	MTP DAILY	MSNBC	5:00 PM	60	0.16	1,392
66	BIG 12 TOURNAMENT L: BAYLOR/WEST VIRGINIA	ESPN2	9:36 PM	144	0.16	591
67	FIVE, THE	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	5:00 PM	60	0.16	2,071
68	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN	8:00 AM	60	0.16	344
69	CNN TONIGHT	CNN	11:00 PM	60	0.15	733
70	INSIDE POLITICS	CNN	12:00 PM	60	0.15	775
71	AROUND THE HORN	ESPN	5:02 PM	28	0.15	406
72	HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE	ESPN	4:37 PM	25	0.15	405
73	OUTNUMBERED	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	12:00 PM	60	0.15	1,477
74	WOLF	CNN	1:00 PM	60	0.14	834
75	LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI	PARAMOUNT	9:30 PM	30	0.14	377
76	MORNING JOE: N/A	MSNBC	6:00 AM	180	0.14	1,109
77	FOX AND FRIENDS	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	7:00 AM	60	0.14	1,641
78	CNN NEWSROOM	CNN	2:00 PM	60	0.14	863
79	NEW DAY	CNN	8:00 AM	60	0.14	757
80	HAPPENING NOW	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	11:00 AM	60	0.14	1,324
81	CNN NEWSROOM	CNN	3:00 PM	60	0.14	890
82	PORT PROTECTION COMP	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	10:00 PM	60	0.14	765
83	NEW DAY	CNN	7:00 AM	60	0.14	693
84	DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE	MSNBC	4:00 PM	60	0.14	1,210
85	LIFE BELOW COMPILATION	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	9:00 PM	60	0.13	1,056
86	E! NEWS	E!	7:00 PM	60	0.13	419
87	BIG 12 TOURNAMENT L	ESPN2	3:24 PM	118	0.13	558
88	AMERICAS NEWSROOM	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	9:00 AM	60	0.13	1,615
89	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN	7:00 AM	60	0.13	283
90	AT THIS HOUR	CNN	11:00 AM	60	0.13	739
91	OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	1:00 PM	60	0.13	1,280
92	AMERICAS NEWSROOM	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	10:00 AM	60	0.13	1,459
93	MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE	MSNBC	9:00 AM	60	0.13	1,027
94	CNN NEWSROOM	CNN	9:00 AM	60	0.13	774
95	OPPOSITION	COMEDY CENTRAL	11:31 PM	30	0.12	355
96	BIG 12 TOURNAMENT L: TEXAS/TEXAS TECH	ESPN2	7:00 PM	126	0.12	537
97	MEGA MACHINES:	SCIENCE	10:04 PM	62	0.12	459
98	MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI	MSNBC	3:00 PM	60	0.12	994
99	SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	3:00 PM	60	0.12	1,258
100	MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR	MSNBC	2:00 PM	60	0.12	929
101	CNN NEWSROOM	CNN	10:00 AM	60	0.12	791
102	HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE	ESPN2	5:30 PM	30	0.12	345
103	TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW	TRUTV	11:00 PM	30	0.11	240
104	PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: HORRIBLE BOSSES (2011)	PARAMOUNT	10:32 PM	148	0.11	217
105	YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	4:00 PM	60	0.11	1,417
106	MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON	MSNBC	10:00 AM	60	0.11	879
107	WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	11:00 PM	30	0.11	292
108	NEW DAY	CNN	6:00 AM	60	0.11	535
109	MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	9:00 PM	60	0.10	559
110	PARDON THE INTERRUPTION	ESPN2	6:30 PM	30	0.10	258
111	FOX AND FRIENDS	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	6:00 AM	60	0.10	1,181
112	E! NEWS	E!	11:59 PM	61	0.10	251
113	AROUND THE HORN	ESPN2	6:00 PM	30	0.10	239
114	MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	10:00 PM	60	0.10	528
115	DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	2:00 PM	60	0.10	1,114
116	PGA TOUR: 2018 VALSPAR CHP	GOLF CHANNEL	3:00 PM	180	0.10	864
117	VICE NEWS TONIGHT	HBO PRIME	7:30 PM	24	0.09	316
118	E! NEWS: DAILY POP I	E!	12:00 PM	60	0.09	171
119	MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN	MSNBC	1:00 PM	60	0.09	873
120	MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE	HLN	6:00 AM	60	0.09	262
121	MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE	MSNBC	11:00 AM	60	0.09	909
122	LIVE BY NIGHT: LIVE BY NIGHT	HBO PRIME	8:00 PM	129	0.08	354
123	BLACK CARD REVOKED	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	10:00 PM	30	0.08	226
124	PGA TOUR	GOLF CHANNEL	2:00 PM	60	0.08	648
125	COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD L	ESPN2	2:55 PM	29	0.08	351
126	ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS	MSNBC	12:00 PM	60	0.07	901
127	PAC 12 CBB TOURN L: QTRFNL4: OREGON/UTAH	FOX SPORTS 1	11:39 PM	138	0.07	212
128	IMPACT WRESTLING: 310	POP	8:00 PM	120	0.07	325
129	UNDISPUTED L: 374	FOX SPORTS 1	9:30 AM	150	0.06	152
130	MANCAVE	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	10:30 PM	30	0.06	196
131	SPRING TRAINING: SF AT SEA	MLB NETWORK	8:30 PM	178	0.06	162
132	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN2	11:00 AM	61	0.06	134
133	CARNIVAL EATS	COOKING CHANNEL	9:00 PM	30	0.06	155
134	BEYOND	FREEFORM	8:00 PM	61	0.05	153
135	BIG 12 TOURNAMENT L: TCU/KANSAS STATE	ESPN2	12:30 PM	145	0.05	296
136	MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE	HLN	7:00 AM	60	0.05	233
137	AMHQ	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	7:00 AM	60	0.05	297
138	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN2	12:01 PM	29	0.05	134
139	GOLF CENTRAL-POST	GOLF CHANNEL	6:00 PM	60	0.05	250
140	SPRING TRAINING: ARI AT MIL	MLB NETWORK	4:23 PM	157	0.05	126
141	MUSIC CITY	CMT	10:00 PM	30	0.05	157
142	VOLCANO	MAXPRIME	10:45 PM	104	0.05	110
143	CRIMINAL MINDS	SUNDANCE TV	1:00 AM	60	0.05	199
144	FOR THE LOVE OF CARS	VELOCITY	8:00 PM	60	0.05	226
145	SPORTSCENTER AM L	ESPN2	10:00 AM	60	0.05	121
146	BIG EAST CBB TOURN L: QTRFNL4: BUTLER/SETON HALL	FOX SPORTS 1	9:31 PM	128	0.05	168
147	TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING	DIY NETWORK	9:00 PM	30	0.05	252
148	EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING	HBO PRIME	4:15 PM	97	0.04	110
149	BIG EAST CBB TOURN L: QTRFNL2: PROVIDENCE/CREIGHTON	FOX SPORTS 1	2:34 PM	152	0.04	155
150	MLB TONIGHT	MLB NETWORK	7:00 PM	90	0.04	102

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