EXPANDED NETWORK REPORT (since there was no text this morning):

NBC: YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE premiered at 1.2, a bit better than what HEROES REBORN had been doing in the slot, but nothing to be excited about. It did hold very steadily through the hour, which is a good sign. THE BLACKLIST remained at 1.6, and SHADES OF BLUE lost a tenth to 1.3.

CW: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and THE 100 each lost 0.1 from last week’s premieres to 1.1 and 0.6.

CBS: After 90 minutes of reruns topp3d by a 2.0 THE BIG BANG THEORY, ANGEL FROM HELL held last week’s 1.4, and ELEMENTARY was up 0.1 to 1.2.

ABC: BEYOND THE TANK and MY DIET IS BETTER THAN YOURS each rose a tenth to 1.1 and 0.7.

FOX: AMERICAN IDOL was down 0.1 from last Thursday to 2.3.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The measure of the Trump-less REPUBLICAN DEBATE depends on what it’s compared to. Its 2.27 was just slightly below the Fox Business News debate (2.43) on November 11, but far lower compared to the 3.84 CNN earned on December 15. Related programming also gave FOX News 3 other slots in the Top 10.

It’s a smooth segue from the debate to WWE, and USA’s telecast was up 0.05 to 0.87, with COLONY hearteningly up 0.07 to 0.46. Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE gained back some ground after 2 weeks of big drops, up 0.16 to 0.83. On A&E, NIGHTWATCH rose a tenth to 0.63, while THE FIRST 48 ticked down to 0.58. HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP gained 0.04 to 0.58, with HOUSE HUNTERS at 0.42. TNT’s NBA doubleheader was led by 0.53 for the late game, with 0.42 in primetime. ESPN aired COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.45. On Bravo, TOP CHEF lost 0.07 to 0.43, and RECIPE FOR DECEPTION edged down 0.01 to 0.15. On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS held at 0.38, GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER dropped 0.05 to 0.21, and BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW was down 0.03 to 0.16. FX’s BASKETS dropped 0.11 in its 2d week to 0.35. On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY JR ticked up to 0.34, and CHILD GENIUS fell 0.04 to 0.16. Comedy Central’s WORKAHOLICS lost 0.07 to 0.31, and IDIOTSITTER was similarly down 0.08 to 0.19. On We, GROWING UP HIP HOP was down 0.04 to 0.29, and TAMAR & VINCE fell a tenth to 0.19. IFC’s PORTLANDIA dropped 0.04 to 0.07. BBCAmerica’s LONDON SPY lost 0.02 for 0.02/95K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 28, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE: N/A FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 2.27 12,467 2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.87 2,720 3 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.85 5,262 4 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 32 0.83 1,536 5 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.70 5,542 6 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.63 1,555 7 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.58 1,608 8 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.58 2,010 9 NBA BASKETBALL: CHICAGO/LA LAKERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:33 PM 144 0.53 1,152 10 REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.52 4,544 11 COLONY USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 64 0.46 1,212 12 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L: IOWA/MARYLAND ESPN 7:00 PM 124 0.45 1,517 13 CNN TONIGHT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.45 2,031 14 TOP CHEF BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.43 973 15 NBA BASKETBALL: NEW YORK/TORONTO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 153 0.42 1,003 16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.42 1,862 17 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.39 2,013 18 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.38 776 19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.36 2,084 20 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,491 21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.35 914 22 BASKETS FX 10:00 PM 33 0.35 658 23 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.34 1,455 24 PROJECT RUNWAY JUNIOR LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.34 1,144 25 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.34 932 26 WORKAHOLICS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.31 508 27 FIRST LOOK: KARDASHIANS E! 10:01 PM 16 0.31 671 28 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.30 835 29 REAL DETECTIVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,240 30 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:57 AM 48 0.30 608 31 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.29 1,133 32 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.29 613 33 MAKE IT POP NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.28 1,404 34 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.28 636 35 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.28 541 36 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.27 629 37 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 15 0.27 1,325 38 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.26 850 39 PARTY DOWN SOUTH S5 CMT 9:00 PM 60 0.26 497 40 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L ESPN 9:04 PM 108 0.26 807 41 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.26 464 42 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 435 43 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.24 584 44 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 1,147 45 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.23 505 46 CLARENCE THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.23 982 47 AC360 POST DEBATE SPCL CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.22 918 48 GREATEST PARTY STORY EVER MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.21 436 49 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,621 50 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.20 485 51 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.19 339 52 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.19 391 53 TAMAR & VINCE WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.19 483 54 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 11:59 PM 61 0.19 428 55 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,439 56 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 10:52 PM 67 0.18 446 57 NFL LIVE L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.18 403 58 TOTAL DIVAS FIRST LOOK E! 10:32 PM 15 0.18 343 59 REDNECK ISLAND 5 CMT 10:00 PM 90 0.18 385 60 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.17 467 61 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 380 62 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,517 63 CHILD GENIUS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:32 PM 60 0.16 534 64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 835 65 BROKE A$$ GAME SHOW SSN 2 MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.16 286 66 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.16 368 67 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 365 68 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L: OREGON/ARIZONA ESPN2 9:04 PM 120 0.16 426 69 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,428 70 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.15 1,185 71 RECIPE FOR DECEPTION BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.15 389 72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,505 73 HIS & HERS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.15 292 74 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.15 289 75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,375 76 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,649 77 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 309 78 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 306 79 NFL INSIDERS L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.14 306 80 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,543 81 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 298 82 WILD WEST ALASKA ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 62 0.14 606 83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,127 84 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD HBO PRIME 11:05 PM 120 0.13 296 85 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 595 86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 680 87 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,430 88 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,300 89 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,411 90 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 802 91 FRANKLIN AND FRIENDS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.12 596 92 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS: FOX NEWS GOP DEBATE IN IOWA MSNBC 11:00 PM 120 0.12 780 93 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 262 94 COLLEGE BASKETBALL LIVE L ESPN2 8:52 PM 12 0.11 342 95 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 738 96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 668 97 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 246 98 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.11 230 99 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 822 100 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 993 101 MYSTERIES AT THE MONUMENT TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 468 102 ALASKA PROOF ANIMAL PLANET 9:32 PM 30 0.10 353 103 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 866 104 BARRETT JACKSON: N/A VELOCITY 8:00 PM 180 0.10 489 105 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.10 204 106 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 299 107 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L ESPN2 7:00 PM 112 0.09 423 108 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 587 109 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 560 110 ALASKA PROOF ANIMAL PLANET 9:02 PM 30 0.08 373 111 HOW ITS MADE: DREAM CARS SCIENCE 9:01 PM 30 0.08 279 112 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 217 113 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 509 114 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 618 115 MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK SCIENCE 10:31 PM 30 0.08 233 116 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 545 117 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 377 118 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 576 119 PORTLANDIA IFC TV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 159 120 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 625 121 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 60 0.07 224 122 ANIMATION DOMINATION FXX 12:00 AM 63 0.07 132 123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 260 124 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 377 125 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 785 126 SHALLOW HAL HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 114 0.07 134 127 MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK SCIENCE 10:01 PM 30 0.06 227 128 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 420 129 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 366 130 PRO BOWL DRAFT: PRO BOWL DRAFT NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 120 0.06 146 131 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 165 132 BARRETT JACKSON: N/A VELOCITY 6:00 PM 120 0.06 339 133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 219 134 BBCA MOVIE: INSIDE MAN BBC-AMERICA 7:00 PM 180 0.06 170 135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 253 136 JO FROST: NANNY ON TOUR UP 8:00 PM 60 0.06 130 137 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 341 138 CUPCAKE WARS (1HR) COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.06 149 139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 237 140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 258 141 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 246 142 MSNBC LIVE W/ T. ROBERTS: N/A MSNBC 1:00 PM 120 0.05 390 143 THAT 70S SHOW POP 5:00 PM 30 0.05 118 144 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 3:53 PM 19 0.05 136 145 SENIOR BOWL RECAPS NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.05 142 146 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN: MENS SEMIFINAL ESPN2 2:00 PM 240 0.05 287 147 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 176 148 COLLEGE BASKETBALL LIVE L ESPN2 1:00 AM 30 0.05 120 149 SUPER BOWL CLASSICS: SB XXXVIII – NE VS. CAR NFL NETWORK 1:30 PM 146 0.05 128 150 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 2:37 PM 15 0.05 113

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