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.

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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: 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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