Having produced projects for Lifetime in the past, Wendy Williams is no stranger to raking in massive ratings for the women’s network.

That’s why it should be no surprise the movie centered on the storied life of the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of All Media’ herself reigned over Saturday night (January 30) TV ratings in a major way.

Look inside to see the numbers that catapulted ‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’ to the #1 spot.

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After opening to a viewership audience of 3.91 million with its premiere episode in September 2019, ‘Mixed-ish’ – the prequel spinoff sitcom from ABC juggernaut comedy ‘Black-ish’ – continued to draw strong ratings across the remainder of its 24-episode season 1 run, a consistency rewarded with a season 2 renewal.

Just 7 months after its first season’s finale, the Tika Sumpter & Mark-Paul Gosselaar-led series returned to screens January 26.

And if the viewership figures are anything to judge by, fans of the show apparently couldn’t wait to see the latest happenings of “Bow,” “Paul,” “Harrison,” Alicia,” and the gang.

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Despite criticism over costuming, casting, and the controversy surrounding the portrayal (or lack thereof) of group member DJ Spinderella, female Rap pioneers Salt-N-Pepa‘s Lifetime biopic soldiered on to small screens Saturday (January 23).

The Mario Van Peebles-directed endeavor – executive produced by Queen Latifah as well as the group’s members Cheryl ‘Salt’ James and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton – chronicled the duo’s rise in the male-dominated Hip Hop world and even spotlighted a number of personal struggles the ladies endured along the way.

Their lives played out alongside a soundtrack of their greatest hits (i.e. ‘Push It,’ ‘Whatta Man,’ ‘Shoop,’ etc.), look inside to see just how many people tuned in for the action.

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Apparently, fans of CW’s ‘All American’ couldn’t wait to glue their eyes to screens for the show’s season 3 return.

The sports drama, based on the life and times of football star Spencer Paysinger, kicked off its latest run on January 18 and – if ratings are to judge by – to say it scored a touchdown would be an understatement.

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January 15 brought with it the season 1 premiere of ‘Belle Collective’ – the newest expansion to OWN’s Friday night unscripted programming lineup.

Centered on the personal and professional lives of five of Jackson, Mississippi’s most successful African American businesswomen – Tambra Cherie, Marie Hamilton-Abston, Latrice Rogers, Lateshia Pearson, & Dr. Antoinette Liles  – the series was served as the latest OWN franchise from the producers behind the network’s other Southern-based reality hit, ‘Love & Marriage: Huntsville.’

The venture was undoubtedly touted highly, but thanks to top-rated programming from the NBA, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and more, Friday night competition may have proven itself a bit steeper than expected for the newcomer.

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Though Mariah Carey‘s annual Christmas domination is to be expected, the legendary Pop icon always finds new ways to top the previous year’s wins – a feat underscored by the success of her latest festive offering ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special.’

Unveiled December 4, the highly teased project featured the likes of GRAMMY winners Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, and Jermaine Dupri as well as appearances from Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, and more.

Their powers combined helped hoist the exclusive event to the top of the streamer’s viewership tallies around the world.

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2019’s Kelly Rowland-led ‘Merry Liddle Christmas’ movie was such a ratings winner for Lifetime the network rebooted the franchise for a part 2 – 2020’s ‘Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding.’

Coming as the first holiday sequel in the channel’s history, the pressure was on for the film to meet or exceed the performance of its predecessor.

Refreshed Nielsen numbers reveal it did just that.

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Having already hit ratings homeruns with the first and second installments of its ‘Disney Family Singalong’ special (as we reported here), ABC – thanks to a holiday-inspired rendition of the franchise – has knocked even more ratings figures out of the park!

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VH1’s ‘I Love New York’ – a spinoff of the network’s wildly popular reality dating series ‘Flavor of Love’ – launched Tiffany “New York” Pollard into an enduring love affair with TV viewers over its two-season run across 2007-2008.

Boosting her to not only become one of the most popular reality stars of the 2000’s, the series’ success made it the parent project to a few spinoffs of its own.

Her status in the reality TV show halls of history may have been the catalyst behind network execs wanting to lift the starlet to a new generation of viewers via the November 23-aired ‘I Love New York: Reunited.’

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That Grape Juice editors may have praised the 48th annual American Music Awards (AMAs) for rendering its best showing in recent memory (via our annual roundtable review), but the ratings reveal Americans were none-too-impressed and opted to watch football instead.

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With one of its leading stars, Tamar Braxton, embroiled in controversy over her highly publicized battles with ex-fiance David Adefeso as well as the show’s network home, weTV (as we reported here), ‘Braxton Family Values’ appears to be suffering residual effects of the drama.

Once the channel’s flagship reality series with season premiere openings of over 1 million viewers, the Thursday unveiling of season 7 (November 5) saw the show – which also stars R&B legend Toni Braxton and her famous sisters Traci, Towanda, and Trina – bow with its lowest Nielsen ratings position yet for its season premieres.

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While the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired live Sunday night (September 20), set a record for handing out the most golden statuettes to Black performers in the ceremony’s history (as we reported here), it will also be penciled in record books for another historic feat: poor ratings.

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