NETWORK FINALS: THE BIG BANG THEORY steered away from a series low with a 0.2 bump in final numbers. In addition, GREY’S ANATOMY and MASTERCHEF JR gained 0.1, while THE CATCH lost the same.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Thursday cable was all about sports, and in the US, there’s no sport like football. NFL DRAFT coverage earned a 2.78 rating on ESPN, plus 1.04 on NFL Network, above last year’s 2.65/0.92. TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS coverage was probably dented by the Draft, with games at 1.14/0.67 (led by San Antonio vs. Memphis in the late slot that aired after the early Draft rounds). NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.58.

The top-rated non-sports show was Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS, down 0.07 to 0.43, with after-show INSIDE JOKES down 0.11 to 0.24. History’s SWAMP PEOPLE fell a tenth to 0.38. On ID, FEAR THY NEIGHBOR jumped 0.11 to 0.36. A&E’s 60 DAYS IN aired back-to-back episodes at 0.34/0.30, compared to last week’s 0.37. On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.31, and it was followed by the debut of MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT: SECOND CHANCES at 0.17. On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES gained 0.04 to 0.30. Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE dropped a tenth to 0.28. On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP ticked down to 0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was at 0.25, and HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.23. Comedy Central’s late-night THE PRESIDENT SHOW premiered at 0.22, down a tenth from its THE DAILY SHOW lead-in. USA’s INSIDE THE FBI was at 0.13. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING lost a tick to 0.06.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday April 27, 2017 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 NFL DRAFT L: ROUND 1 ESPN 7:59 PM 230 2.78 6,681 2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: SAN ANTONIO/MEMPHIS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:56 PM 150 1.14 3,043 3 NFL DRAFT – LIVE: 2017 NFL DRAFT DAY 1 ROUND 1 NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 228 1.04 2,528 4 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 11:49 PM 101 0.83 1,730 5 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: TORONTO/MILWAUKEE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:09 PM 167 0.67 1,885 6 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL L ESPN 7:00 PM 59 0.63 1,509 7 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:26 AM 59 0.60 1,513 8 NHL SEMI FINALS L: PITTSBURGH/WASHINGTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:34 PM 170 0.58 1,423 9 NFL DRAFT KICKOFF NFL NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.48 1,137 10 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.45 864 11 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.43 784 12 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 11:48 PM 90 0.38 752 13 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.38 1,842 14 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,127 15 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.34 863 16 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.32 986 17 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 77 0.31 1,027 18 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 70 0.30 856 19 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 65 0.30 806 20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.29 679 21 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.28 586 22 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 33 0.28 649 23 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.27 1,277 24 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,187 25 NFL DRAFT RED CARPET NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 90 0.26 655 26 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,405 27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,304 28 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 505 29 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 587 30 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,635 31 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 1,982 32 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,192 33 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,481 34 PRESIDENT SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.22 639 35 FIRST 100 DAYS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,897 36 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 399 37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.21 885 38 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.21 898 39 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.21 442 40 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:24 PM 36 0.21 535 41 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,430 42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 1,983 43 MAFS SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:45 PM 15 0.20 756 44 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.20 551 45 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 478 46 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.19 347 47 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,630 48 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER UNITED/MANCHESTER CITY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 132 0.19 425 49 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 415 50 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,915 51 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 961 52 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 411 53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,761 54 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 1:30 PM 60 0.18 349 55 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.18 378 56 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI SPIKE TV 9:30 PM 30 0.18 411 57 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,512 58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 951 59 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.17 789 60 NFL LIVE L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 375 61 MAFS: SECOND CHANCES LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:17 PM 105 0.17 608 62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,736 63 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.16 375 64 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,373 65 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.16 846 66 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,362 67 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,647 68 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.15 769 69 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,206 70 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 307 71 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 839 72 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.15 363 73 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,361 74 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,633 75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,457 76 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 283 77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 837 78 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,309 79 NHL SEMI FINALS L: NY RANGERS/OTTAWA CNBC 7:00 PM 170 0.13 476 80 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 299 81 INSIDE THE FBI: NEW YORK USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.13 484 82 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,112 83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 706 84 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.12 545 85 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 702 86 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 774 87 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 320 88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 749 89 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 494 90 NFL DRAFT KICKOFF: 2017 NFL DRAFT KICKOFF – DAY 1 NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 300 0.11 266 91 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 646 92 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 824 93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 632 94 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 741 95 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 824 96 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 552 97 SOUNDTRACKS CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 554 98 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: PERKS/BEING A WALLFLOWER FREEFORM 8:30 PM 150 0.10 275 99 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 487 100 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.10 272 101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 709 102 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 561 103 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.09 338 104 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.09 259 105 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 513 106 P. KING DUCKLING DISNEY JUNIOR 2:25 PM 25 0.09 312 107 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:30 PM 64 0.09 240 108 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 286 109 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 712 110 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 721 111 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.08 222 112 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.08 255 113 NOBODIES SPIKE TV 10:33 PM 31 0.08 168 114 ER POP 5:00 PM 60 0.08 238 115 WILD SRI LANKA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 409 116 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 660 117 ER POP 4:00 PM 60 0.08 213 118 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 658 119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 698 120 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 675 121 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 669 122 IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.07 311 123 WILD SRI LANKA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 398 124 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 194 125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 278 126 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:05 PM 25 0.07 138 127 PRIMETIME JUSTICE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 299 128 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 630 129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 279 130 WARCRAFT: WARCRAFT MAXPRIME 9:55 PM 123 0.06 171 131 WILD SRI LANKA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 371 132 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 98 133 IMPACT WRESTLING: 217 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.06 255 134 PATH TO THE DRAFT: PATH TO THE DRAFT NFL NETWORK 10:00 AM 180 0.06 120 135 DIVIDED GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 356 136 CARNIVAL EATS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.06 169 137 TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.05 382 138 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:00 PM 53 0.05 123 139 SPIKE TV MOVIE: SHALLOW HAL (2001) SPIKE TV 1:30 PM 150 0.05 129 140 SPONGEBOB NICKTOONS 9:00 PM 30 0.05 261 141 HERD L: 437 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 111 142 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE HBO PRIME 1:55 PM 120 0.05 177 143 ER POP 3:00 PM 60 0.05 152 144 BUNSEN IS A BEAST! NICKTOONS 11:30 PM 30 0.05 272 145 JUNGLE KING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 176 146 BILLBOARD-17-TEL-UNVSO: N/A NBC UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 182 0.05 100 147 SHOWCASE GAME: NYY AT BOS/HOU AT CLE MLB NETWORK 7:10 PM 145 0.05 295 148 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:30 PM 60 0.05 136 149 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.05 116 150 WATERWORLD: WATERWORLD MAXPRIME 12:00 AM 135 0.05 125

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