A live NBA broadcast put TNT at the top of this week’s Thursday cable ratings.
The network’s broadcast of the Lakers vs. Nets game topped Thursday’s cable shows with a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and a 1.63 million viewer audience. Meanwhile, the night’s later game between the Mavericks and the Blazers gave ESPN the chart’s no. 3 spot as well, with a 0.5 rating and 1.31 million viewers.
TLC’s “Dr. Pimple Popper” placed second in the chart with a 0.6 rating, matching its rating from a week ago. The same could not, however, be said for TLC’s “My Feet Are Killing Me,” which dropped from its previous 0.6 to a 0.4. Elsewhere, MTV’s “Floribama Shore” (0.4) and A&E’s “The First 48” (0.4) both stayed even week-to-week.
Top 25 original cable shows among adults 18-49 for Thursday, January 23, 2020
| Show | Net | Time | Total viewers (000s) | 18-49 rating |
| NBA BASKETBALL – LAKERS/NETS | TNT | 8:01 PM | 1,633 | 0.7 |
| DR. PIMPLE POPPER | TLC | 9:00 PM | 3,012 | 0.6 |
| NBA BASKETBALL – MAVERICKS/BLAZERS | TNT | 10:26 PM | 1,312 | 0.5 |
| MY FEET ARE KILLING ME | TLC | 10:00 PM | 2,336 | 0.4 |
| THE FIRST 48 | A&E | 8:00 PM | 1,236 | 0.4 |
| 60 DAYS IN | A&E | 10:01 PM | 925 | 0.4 |
| FLORIBAMA SHORE | MTV | 8:00 PM | 641 | 0.4 |
| TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FOX NEWS | 8:00 PM | 3,964 | 0.4 |
| HANNITY | FOX NEWS | 9:00 PM | 4,166 | 0.4 |
| NFL PROGRAMMING | ESPN | 9:00 PM | 817 | 0.3 |
| HOMESTEAD RESCUE | DISCOVERY | 8:00 PM | 1,401 | 0.3 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 1,167 | 0.3 |
| ALASKA PD | A&E | 9:00 PM | 940 | 0.3 |
| THE INGRAHAM ANGLE | FOX NEWS | 10:00 PM | 3,961 | 0.3 |
| CHRISTINA ON THE COAST | HOME | 9:00 PM | 1,316 | 0.3 |
| SWAMP PEOPLE | HISTORY | 9:00 PM | 1,354 | 0.3 |
| CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE | CNN | 10:00 PM | 1,352 | 0.3 |
| DAILY SHOW | COMEDY | 11:00 PM | 732 | 0.3 |
| PROJECT RUNWAY | BRAVO | 9:00 PM | 1,184 | 0.2 |
| ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | CNN | 7:00 PM | 1,326 | 0.2 |
| PARDON THE INTERRUPTION | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 794 | 0.2 |
| LAST WORD WITH L. ODONNELL | MSNBC | 10:33 PM | 2,472 | 0.2 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 10:04 PM | 884 | 0.2 |
| INSIDE THE NBA | TNT | 12:58 AM | 600 | 0.2 |
| THE FIVE | FOX NEWS | 5:00 PM | 2,831 | 0.2 |
Source: The Nielsen Company.