For the second consecutive night, CBS and TNT shared prime time leadership.
CBS won Wednesday night among total viewers (6.88 million) and adults 25-54 (2.0 rating/6 share). Reid’s release from prison propelled the CBS drama “Criminal Minds” to its best adults 18-49 performance since Oct. 26, 2016.
Coverage of the “2017 NBA Playoffs”: Toronto at Cleveland Game 2 (3.51 million viewers) followed by Houston at San Antonio Game 2 (4.78 million viewers) helped give TNT Wednesday victories among adults 18-49 (approx. 1.7 rating) and adults 18-34 (approx. 1.7 rating).
Elsewhere on cable, the mid-season finale telecast of OWN drama “Greenleaf” in the 10 p.m. hour earned a six-week high for the series among adults 18-49.
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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | |||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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8-11 | Network Average | 3.0/6 | 4779 | 0.7/3 | 1.2/5 | 1.7/5 | ||
8:00 | The Goldbergs | 257 | 93 | 3.2/6 | 5158 | 0.8/5 | 1.4/6 | 1.9/7 |
8:30 | Speechless | 253 | 93 | 2.7/5 | 4410 | 0.7/4 | 1.2/5 | 1.6/5 |
9:00 | Modern Family | 257 | 93 | 3.5/6 | 5560 | 1.0/5 | 1.7/6 | 2.2/7 |
9:30 | black-ish | 257 | 93 | 2.7/5 | 4166 | 0.6/3 | 1.2/4 | 1.6/5 |
10:00 | Designated Survivor | 257 | 93 | 3.0/6 | 4621 | 0.4/2 | 0.9/4 | 1.3/4 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
8-11 | Network Average | 4.3/8 | 6876 | 0.8/4 | 1.4/5 | 2.0/6 | ||
8:00 | Survivor: Game Changers | 253 | 93 | 5.0/9 | 8258 | 1.0/6 | 1.8/8 | 2.6/9 |
9:00 | Criminal Minds | 253 | 93 | 4.7/8 | 7365 | 0.9/4 | 1.5/5 | 2.0/6 |
10:00 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | 253 | 93 | 3.3/6 | 5004 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/4 | 1.3/4 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
8-11 | Network Average | 3.3/6 | 5130 | 0.6/3 | 1.0/4 | 1.3/4 | ||
8:00 | Blindspot | 246 | 93 | 2.6/5 | 4178 | 0.5/3 | 0.9/4 | 1.1/4 |
9:00 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 246 | 93 | 3.3/6 | 5063 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/4 | 1.3/4 |
10:00 | Chicago P.D. | 246 | 93 | 4.0/8 | 6150 | 0.8/4 | 1.2/5 | 1.6/5 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
8-10 | Network Average | 2.9/5 | 4347 | 1.0/5 | 1.3/5 | 1.7/5 | ||
8:00 | Shots Fired | 258 | 93 | 2.1/4 | 3098 | 0.5/3 | 0.8/3 | 1.1/4 |
9:00 | Empire | 258 | 93 | 3.7/7 | 5596 | 1.4/7 | 1.9/7 | 2.3/7 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
8-10 | Network Average | 0.7/1 | 1106 | 0.3/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.4/1 | ||
8:00 | Arrow | 246 | 86 | 0.9/2 | 1358 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
9:00 | The 100 | 246 | 86 | 0.5/1 | 854 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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8-11 | Network Average | 1.1/2 | 1886 | 0.7/3 | ||||
7:00 | La Rosa de Guadalupe | 0.9/2 | 1612 | 0.6/3 | ||||
8:00 | La Reina de la Cancion | 0.8/2 | 1575 | 0.5/2 | ||||
9:00 | Vino el Amor | 1.3/2 | 2274 | 0.8/3 | ||||
10:01 | La Piloto | 1.0/2 | 1802 | 0.7/3 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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8-11 | Network Average | 0.5/1 | 955 | 0.3/1 | ||||
7:00 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (r) | 0.3/1 | 558 | 0.2/1 | ||||
7:55 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos | 0.6/1 | 1164 | 0.4/2 | ||||
10:00 | El Bienamado (thru 11:00) | 0.3/1 | 507 | 0.2/1 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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8-11 | Network Average (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 904 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | |||
8:00 | El Capo (preliminary) | 0.6/1 | 931 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | |||
9:00 | Guerra de Idolos (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 770 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | |||
10:00 | La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) | 0.6/1 | 1012 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Wednesday 5/03/17
“The Goldbergs” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.9/5
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 1.7/7
Men 18-49: 1.2/6
“Speechless” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/4
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 1.4/5
Men 18-49: 1.0/4
“Modern Family” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 1.3/6
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 2.0/7
Men 18-49: 1.3/5
“black-ish” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.5/5
Men 18-49: 0.9/3
“Designated Survivor” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.5/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.0/4
Men 18-49: 0.8/3
“Survivor: Game Changers” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.2/6
Men 18-34: 0.8/5
Women 18-49: 2.2/9
Men 18-49: 1.4/5
“Criminal Minds” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.0/5
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 1.9/7
Men 18-49: 1.1/4
“Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.5/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.1/4
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Blindspot” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.3/2
Women 18-49: 1.1/4
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.4/5
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Chicago P.D.” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.9/5
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 1.4/5
Men 18-49: 0.9/4
“Shots Fired” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 0.9/4
Men 18-49: 0.6/3
“Empire” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 1.7/8
Men 18-34: 1.1/6
Women 18-49: 2.3/8
Men 18-49: 1.4/5
“Arrow” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.3/2
Men 18-34: 0.4/3
Women 18-49: 0.4/2
Men 18-49: 0.6/2
“The 100” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.3/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.3/1
“Fargo” (FX)
0.70 household rating
1.169 million viewers
0.36 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.21
Men 18-34: 0.30
Women 18-49: 0.28
Men 18-49: 0.44
“Archer” (FXX)
0.31 household rating
0.436 million viewers
0.21 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.15
Men 18-34: 0.33
Women 18-49: 0.14
Men 18-49: 0.29
Cable Rankings – Wednesday 5/03/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Wednesday, May 3:
* Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No. = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No. = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49) | |||||||
V-No.* | D-No.* | Program | Net | Start | Dur | Vwrs* | A1849 |
36 | 50 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 9:00 PM | 30 | 948 | 0.20 |
31 | 44 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 9:30 PM | 31 | 981 | 0.21 |
63 | 50 | BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR | A&E | 10:01 PM | 31 | 631 | 0.20 |
67 | 56 | BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR | A&E | 10:32 PM | 31 | 586 | 0.19 |
72 | 65 | KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 8:00 PM | 30 | 533 | 0.17 |
60 | 26 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 8:30 PM | 30 | 662 | 0.27 |
51 | 17 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 9:00 PM | 30 | 779 | 0.32 |
30 | 10 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1007 | 0.42 |
41 | 12 | SAMURAI JACK | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 30 | 868 | 0.37 |
32 | 9 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 30 | 980 | 0.46 |
67 | 40 | AMC MOVIE: WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | AMC | 8:00 PM | 150 | 586 | 0.22 |
76 | 63 | AMC MOVIE: THE PERFECT STORM | AMC | 10:30 PM | 150 | 464 | 0.18 |
81 | 86 | REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC | BRAVO | 8:00 PM | 60 | 398 | 0.14 |
19 | 8 | REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC | BRAVO | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1358 | 0.47 |
56 | 40 | THEN AND NOW WITH ANDY COHEN | BRAVO | 10:00 PM | 60 | 707 | 0.22 |
95 | 65 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 315 | 0.17 |
86 | 56 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:30 PM | 30 | 372 | 0.19 |
87 | 56 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 9:00 PM | 30 | 366 | 0.19 |
90 | 56 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 9:30 PM | 30 | 356 | 0.19 |
100 | 97 | COMEDY JAM | CMDY | 10:00 PM | 30 | 232 | 0.13 |
34 | 44 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 970 | 0.21 |
46 | 56 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 831 | 0.19 |
50 | 65 | CNN TONIGHT | CNN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 805 | 0.17 |
38 | 80 | THE LAST ALASKANS | DISC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 922 | 0.15 |
18 | 37 | THE LAST ALASKANS | DISC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1392 | 0.23 |
47 | 80 | WHERE THE WILD MEN ARE | DISC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 822 | 0.15 |
64 | 86 | ELENA OF AVALOR | DISJR | 8:30 PM | 25 | 621 | 0.14 |
57 | 86 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 697 | 0.14 |
53 | 97 | K.C. UNDERCOVER | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 30 | 764 | 0.13 |
55 | 86 | BUNK’D | DSNY | 10:30 PM | 30 | 708 | 0.14 |
70 | 24 | TOTAL DIVAS | E! | 9:00 PM | 60 | 576 | 0.28 |
98 | 86 | TOTAL DIVAS | E! | 10:00 PM | 60 | 289 | 0.14 |
MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY: TORONTO @ N.Y. YANKEES | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 228 | 413 | 0.12 | ||
99 | 97 | SPORTSCENTER LATE (0.21 HH, 0.09 A18-34) | ESPN | 10:48 PM | 72 | 281 | 0.13 |
75 | 86 | IRON CHEF GAUNTLET | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 485 | 0.14 |
61 | 80 | COOKS VS. CONS | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 648 | 0.15 |
59 | 44 | COOKS VS. CONS | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 60 | 684 | 0.21 |
2 | 31 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2743 | 0.25 |
3 | 33 | THE FIVE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2480 | 0.24 |
4 | 33 | HANNITY | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2268 | 0.24 |
73 | 72 | BIG SCREEN MOVIE: DIRTY DANCING | FRFM | 8:00 PM | 150 | 501 | 0.16 |
23 | 14 | FARGO | FX | 10:00 PM | 68 | 1169 | 0.36 |
88 | 80 | FXX MOVIE PRIME: JUST GO WITH IT | FXX | 7:29 PM | 151 | 365 | 0.15 |
79 | 44 | ARCHER FXX | FXX | 10:00 PM | 30 | 436 | 0.21 |
96 | 86 | ARCHER FXX | FXX | 10:30 PM | 30 | 312 | 0.14 |
65 | 63 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:00 PM | 30 | 597 | 0.18 |
62 | 44 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 635 | 0.21 |
33 | 40 | PROPERTY BROTHERS | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 60 | 976 | 0.22 |
17 | 21 | PROP BROS BUY AND SELL | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1399 | 0.30 |
11 | 19 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1640 | 0.31 |
14 | 24 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1494 | 0.28 |
27 | 40 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1145 | 0.22 |
12 | 33 | AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF | HIST | 9:00 PM | 63 | 1506 | 0.24 |
24 | 44 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 10:03 PM | 60 | 1165 | 0.21 |
48 | 65 | SEE NO EVIL | ID | 8:00 PM | 60 | 819 | 0.17 |
35 | 31 | SEE NO EVIL | ID | 9:00 PM | 60 | 950 | 0.25 |
37 | 29 | REASONABLE DOUBT | ID | 10:00 PM | 60 | 923 | 0.26 |
80 | 86 | LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA | LIF | 8:00 PM | 60 | 421 | 0.14 |
44 | 17 | LITTLE WOMEN ATL | LIF | 9:00 PM | 62 | 838 | 0.32 |
52 | 19 | LITTLE WOMEN DALLAS | LIF | 10:02 PM | 60 | 765 | 0.31 |
82 | 97 | MOVIE- LFT ACQUIRED RPT: ONLINE IMPOSTER | LMN | 10:00 PM | 120 | 390 | 0.13 |
12 | 50 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1506 | 0.20 |
5 | 22 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2096 | 0.29 |
10 | 37 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL | MSNBC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1691 | 0.23 |
58 | 12 | CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN6 | MTV | 8:00 PM | 61 | 687 | 0.37 |
94 | 56 | AYTO: SECOND CHANCES | MTV | 9:01 PM | 61 | 328 | 0.19 |
97 | 72 | CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN6 | MTV | 10:02 PM | 60 | 292 | 0.16 |
9 | 2 | NHL SEMI FINALS GAME 4: WASHINGTON @ PITTSBURGH (1.05 HH, 0.53 A18-34) | NBCSN | 7:33 PM | 164 | 1812 | 0.66 |
49 | 16 | NHL SEMI FINALS GAME 4: ANAHEIM @ EDMONTON (0.52 HH, 0.31 A18-34) | NBCSN | 10:17 PM | 177 | 809 | 0.35 |
22 | 65 | THUNDERMANS | NICK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1188 | 0.17 |
28 | 80 | GAME SHAKERS | NICK | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1090 | 0.15 |
40 | 56 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 30 | 896 | 0.19 |
43 | 50 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:30 PM | 30 | 852 | 0.20 |
39 | 29 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:00 PM | 30 | 911 | 0.26 |
42 | 26 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 864 | 0.27 |
66 | 86 | SHIMMER AND SHINE | NKJR | 8:00 PM | 30 | 588 | 0.14 |
20 | 11 | GREENLEAF | OWN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1342 | 0.38 |
84 | 86 | SPIKE TV MOVIE: TITANIC | SPIKE | 8:00 PM | 270 | 377 | 0.14 |
78 | 86 | SYFY MOVIE: GHOST RIDER | SYFY | 8:30 PM | 150 | 438 | 0.14 |
15 | 7 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1453 | 0.48 |
7 | 5 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1984 | 0.63 |
8 | 4 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:00 PM | 30 | 1919 | 0.64 |
6 | 2 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:30 PM | 30 | 2025 | 0.66 |
54 | 26 | FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE | TBS | 10:00 PM | 60 | 714 | 0.27 |
25 | 14 | MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE | TLC | 8:00 PM | 121 | 1150 | 0.36 |
45 | 22 | SKIN TIGHT | TLC | 10:01 PM | 59 | 832 | 0.29 |
NBA PLAYOFFS ROUND 2 GAME 2: TORONTO @ CLEVELAND (1.42 A18-34) | TNT | 7:00 PM | 163 | 3507 | 1.45 | ||
1 | 1 | NBA PLAYOFFS ROUND 2 GAME 2: HOUSTON @ SAN ANTONIO (3.01 HH, 1.99 A18-34) | TNT | 9:43 PM | 148 | 4776 | 1.99 |
69 | 65 | EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS | TRAV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 580 | 0.17 |
71 | 72 | EXPEDITION UNKNOWN | TRAV | 10:00 PM | 60 | 563 | 0.16 |
91 | 65 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 8:00 PM | 30 | 350 | 0.17 |
89 | 72 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 8:30 PM | 30 | 363 | 0.16 |
92 | 72 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 9:00 PM | 30 | 333 | 0.16 |
93 | 72 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 9:30 PM | 30 | 330 | 0.16 |
16 | 33 | NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1451 | 0.24 |
21 | 50 | NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1217 | 0.20 |
29 | 50 | NCIS | USA | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1050 | 0.20 |
26 | 6 | BLACK INK CREW 5 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1148 | 0.59 |
74 | 37 | BLACK INK CREW 5 | VH1 | 9:00 PM | 60 | 500 | 0.23 |
85 | 72 | T.I. AND TINY 6 | VH1 | 10:00 PM | 30 | 374 | 0.16 |
82 | 80 | T.I. AND TINY 6 | VH1 | 10:30 PM | 30 | 390 | 0.15 |
77 | 72 | UNDERGROUND | WGNA | 10:00 PM | 63 | 443 | 0.16 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research