Wednesday, January 28 TV Ratings Report

Time for another ratings post proof-of-concept! This time I’m wading into the general ratings world. Ever since The Futon Critic stopped doing final ratings last year, we don’t have a site that lists broadcast and cable shows alongside each other, and we’ve never had them listed on a time-period basis like this so we can get some perspective on how popular cable shows really are and what shows would be tops on TV if broadcast still trumped cable. I aim to list the top five English-language shows in primetime at any given time in 18-49, and the top five original shows in 18-49, with Univision included for completeness, and when TVMI lists cable shows I’ll list the most-watched shows on television as well.

Sources: TVbytheNumbers (top 18-49 shows, cable news ratings), TV Media Insights (all broadcast shows, most-viewed shows), TV Recaps and Reviews (additional ratings for original cable shows). Shows in bold are new or live.

Top Shows in 18-49

  8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30

American Idol

Empire

2.9

4.3

The Mentalist

Criminal Minds

Stalker

1.3

2.1

1.5

Corazon/Tuyo

Hasta/Fin/Mdo

Que/Per/Dios

1.5

1.3

1.1

Mid.

G’brg

MF

blkish

blkish

blkish

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.1

1.1

.9

Arrow

1.1

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

.8

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.2

< Movie: The Avengers (2012)

Americans

1.0

.63

 

 

ADad

ADad

.9

1.0

Game

.71

 

Duck

Wahl

DLJ

.93

.66

.57

Amer. Pickers

.59

Dual Survival

.58

Mob Wives

.56

Property Bros

HH

HHI

.55

.64

.50

 

Suits

.55

NBA: Hawks @ Nets

NBA

.49

M&J

BD

.49

.39

Top Primetime Shows in Total Viewers (all numbers in millions)

  7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30

 

American Idol

Empire

11.28M

11.35M

The Mentalist

Criminal Minds

Stalker

9.17M

10.07M

8.34M

Mid.

G’brg

MF

blkish

blkish

blkish

5.57

4.64

5.25

3.75

3.37

2.93

Myst./Laura

L&O: SVU

Chicago PD

4.13M

3.63M

4.06M

La Gata

Corazon/Tuyo

Hasta/Fin/Mdo

Que/Per/Dios

2.844M

3.814M

3.233M

2.626M

 

 

Amer. Pickers

3.013M

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

BBT

2.107

2.485

2.625

2.921

3.079

3.072

On the Record

O’Reilly Factor

The Kelly File

1.965M

2.988M

2.277M

NCIS

NCIS

NCIS

Suits

2.235

2.490M

2.649M

1.870M

 

Arrow

2.91M

 

Property Bros

HH

HHI

1.901M

2.514

2.092

Movie: The Avengers (2012)

Americans

2.508M

1.895M

 

Duck

2.272

 

ADad

2.249

Late Night 18-49 (broadcast shows include metered markets only)

  11 PM 11:30 Mid 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30

FG

FG

RC

MP/SJ

AT/SB

ADad

ADad

FG

1.1

1.1

.8

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.5

.5

.5

Local
News

Tonight Show

Late Night

LC/CD

.8

.4

.2

Conan

.64

Local
News

Kimmel

Ntline

.6

.4

< NBA: Wizards @ Suns

SportsCenter

SportsCenter

.54

.5

.3

Local
News

Late Show

Late Late Show

.4

.2

Daily

Nitely

.50

.32

Frnds

Frnds

.4

.4

Drugs Inc.

.4

Cable News Ratings (numbers in parenthesis are thousands of 25-54 viewers)

  5 PM 5:30 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30

The Five

Special Report

On the Record

2.180M (331K)

2.134M (303K)

1.965M (313)

Situation Room

OutFront

665K (156K)

532K (155K)

589K (203K)

The Ed Show

Politics Nation

Hardball

439K (35K)

513K (81K)

753K (128K)

 

Forensic Files

Forensic Files

178K (41K)

256K (77K)

  8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30

O’Reilly Factor

The Kelly File

Hannity

2.988M (542K)

2.277M (461K)

1.309M (242K)

AC360

Special Report

CNN Tonight

633K (221K)

1.036M (290K)

538K (196K)

All In w/Hayes

Maddow

Last Word

646K (113K)

879K (157K)

642K (104K)

Nancy Grace

Dr. Drew

Forensic Files

331K (103K)

186K (74K)

327K (109K)

Cable Sports Ratings from Sports TV Ratings (numbers in parenthesis are 18-49 ratings)

  7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30

S&S

NBAC

NBA: Nets @ Hawks

NBA: Wizards/Suns

814/.4

632/.3

1.145M (.5)

1.142M (.5)

SC

MCBB: Duke @ Notre Dame

Australian Open >

342/.1

1.816M (.5)

980K (.2)

NHL Live

NHL: Penguins @ Capitals

NHL: Blackhawks/Kings

76K (.0)

505K (.2)

263K (.1)

MCBB: SMU @ USF

MCBB: Kansas @ TCU

STAN/WASH >

63K (.0)

274K (.1)

60K (.0)

Total Access

SB Tonight

Inside the NFL

NFLA

Total Access

210K (.1)

179K (.1)

180K (.1)

158/.1

198K (.1)

Additional Sports Ratings:
Chile/USA Friendly: 254K/.1 on FS1 at 6:07 PM
Copa Del Rey (Atletico Madrid v. Barcelona): 175K/.1 on beIN Sports at 2:55 PM

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