NETWORK FINALS: In adjusted numbers, the SURVIVOR finale held its morning rating, but the REUNION SPECIAL fell 0.3 to 0.8. In addition, both season finales of EMPIRE and STAR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE ORIGINALS lost the same.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN had the night’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at a dominant 2.74. NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.91. The highest non-sports number of the night belonged to Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC, down 0.04 to 0.43. TBS’s FULL FRONTAL returned at 0.31. Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.29/0.51/3.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.25/0.37/2.5M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.15/0.22/800K. On HGTV, BROTHER VS BROTHER returned at 0.28, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL slipped 0.02 to 0.25, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.02 to 0.24. On Discovery, MISFIT GARAGE ticked down 0.01 to 0.27, and STICKER SHOCK was down 0.06 to 0.14. On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE returned at 0.26, and SKIN TIGHT was at 0.15. On ID, SEE NO EVIL returned at 0.25, and MURDER CHOSE ME was down 0.04 to 0.23. E!’s BOTCHED ticked down to 0.24. On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES fell a tenth to 0.21. Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN dropped 0.06 to 0.19. The penultimate episode of FX’s THE AMERICANS rose 0.06 to 0.19. USA’s COLONY ticked up to 0.17. On Syfy, the maybe-canceled (pending Amazon) THE EXPANSE slipped 0.02 to 0.17, and the renewed KRYPTON (don’t ask us) was down 0.05 to 0.14. FXX’s ARCHER lost 0.04 to 0.15. Freeform’s FAMOUS IN LOVE was steady at 0.11. HBO’s BEING SERENA was at 0.07. IFC’s BROCKMIRE held at 0.06. POP’s HOLLYWOOD DARLINGS stayed off the chart, steady at 0.03/105K. Sundance’s THE SPLIT premiered off the chart at 0.02/88K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 23, 2018 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF FNLS L: CLEVELAND/BOSTON ESPN 8:30 PM 159 2.74 7,346 2 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 11:09 PM 65 1.05 2,333 3 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: WASHINGTON/TAMPA BAY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 176 0.91 2,577 4 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:14 AM 46 0.52 1,127 5 NBA PRE-GAME L ESPN 7:30 PM 60 0.50 1,265 6 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.43 1,225 7 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.36 812 8 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.31 880 9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,249 10 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.29 644 11 BROTHER VS BROTHER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,610 12 MISFIT GARAGE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.27 902 13 MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 124 0.26 912 14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,412 15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,461 16 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,181 17 BOTCHED E! 9:00 PM 60 0.24 724 18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,543 19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 677 20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,482 21 MURDER CHOSE ME INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,062 22 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,720 23 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 90 0.23 546 24 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:59 PM 61 0.21 516 25 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.21 657 26 BOISE BOYS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.21 989 27 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 67 0.19 639 28 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,974 29 AMERICANS FX 10:00 PM 72 0.19 730 30 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,971 31 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 406 32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,782 33 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.18 998 34 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,777 35 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 30 0.17 385 36 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,722 37 COLONY USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.17 698 38 EXPANSE, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 625 39 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,519 40 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 364 41 LEGENDARY LOCATIONS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.16 625 42 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,412 43 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 827 44 SKIN TIGHT TLC 10:04 PM 62 0.15 506 45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,639 46 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 440 47 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.15 758 48 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 462 49 ARCHER FXX FXX 10:00 PM 30 0.15 328 50 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 670 51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,894 52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 810 53 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,357 54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,692 55 KRYPTON SYFY 10:00 PM 61 0.14 557 56 STICKER SHOCK DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.14 578 57 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,197 58 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,293 59 CNN N PELOSI TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 742 60 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 280 61 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 386 62 LWLA FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:37 PM 10 0.13 442 63 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,351 64 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 702 65 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 279 66 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.13 357 67 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,199 68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,116 69 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.12 477 70 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 720 71 NFL LIVE L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 273 72 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,290 73 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 255 74 LWLA UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:07 PM 30 0.12 418 75 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 624 76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,446 77 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,144 78 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 649 79 GET UP L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.11 244 80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 766 81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 673 82 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 996 83 FAMOUS IN LOVE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.11 300 84 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 696 85 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 587 86 NINJAGO (SERIES) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 PM 30 0.11 390 87 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,292 88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 629 89 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 236 90 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,232 91 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 548 92 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 628 93 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 791 94 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 63 0.10 323 95 SEMI-PRO HBO PRIME 10:58 PM 91 0.10 172 96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 635 97 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 881 98 SIX SPECIALS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.10 452 99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 645 100 OPERATION ROYAL WEDDING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.09 411 101 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,342 102 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 113 0.09 294 103 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 749 104 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 270 105 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.09 155 106 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 184 107 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 739 108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 434 109 WHEELER DEALERS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 360 110 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 712 111 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 753 112 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:32 PM 27 0.07 281 113 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.07 196 114 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.07 135 115 KONG: SKULL ISLAND HBO PRIME 4:00 PM 118 0.07 236 116 BEING SERENA HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 30 0.07 168 117 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 793 118 COMEDY KNOCKOUT TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 193 119 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.07 144 120 NBA POST GAME L ESPN2 11:11 PM 57 0.07 172 121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 266 122 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 60 0.06 172 123 SCIJINKS SCIENCE 10:03 PM 30 0.06 206 124 GRAVEYARD CARZ VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.06 274 125 BROCKMIRE IFC TV 10:00 PM 30 0.06 179 126 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 129 127 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.05 105 128 UNDISPUTED L: 425 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 147 129 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.05 138 130 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 109 131 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.05 97 132 SCIJINKS SCIENCE 10:33 PM 30 0.05 165 133 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.05 87 134 ESPORTS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:30 AM 60 0.05 110 135 GOING RV GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 9:00 PM 30 0.05 189 136 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 107 137 BOX THE HBO PRIME 2:00 PM 116 0.04 100 138 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.04 135 139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 246 140 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.04 170 141 I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER HBO PRIME 10:15 AM 102 0.04 80 142 FXX MOVIE PRIME: CRIMINAL FXX 7:30 PM 150 0.04 194 143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 201 144 GOLIC AND WINGO L ESPN2 6:00 AM 60 0.04 99 145 FINAL YEAR, THE HBO PRIME 6:00 PM 90 0.04 122 146 FINAL YEAR, THE HBO PRIME 12:30 AM 90 0.04 78 147 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:47 PM 62 0.04 161 148 HARRY POTTER ORDER PHOENI: HARRY POTTER ORDER PHOENI HBO PRIME 7:55 AM 138 0.04 103 149 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 2:00 PM 60 0.04 97 150 CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDANCE TV 1:20 AM 60 0.04 121

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