Thursday Cable Ratings 1/18/18: Beyond Returns Anemic, Lip Sync Battle Gives Paramount a Great Start

Below are the Top 25 programs on cable on Thursday, 1/18/18. Items of note include the premieres of Beyond on Freeform and Portlandia on IFC, Lip Sync Battle on Paramount, and the season finale of Superstition on Syfy.
(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA: Timberwolves v. Rockets	TNT	0.64	1.50
Lip Sync Battle	Paramount	0.47	1.05
NBA: 76ers v. Celtics	TNT	0.46	1.20
The First 48	A&E	0.37	1.11
60 Days In	A&E	0.37	0.88
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.35	3.10
Inside the NBA	TNT	0.35	0.74
House Hunters	HGTV	0.34	1.54
Hannity	Fox News	0.34	3.64
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.33	3.24
Betrayed	Invest. Discovery	0.33	1.23
Beat Bobby Flay	Food	0.32	1.11
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.3	3.02
Two and a Half Men	Nick-at-Nite	0.3	0.59
House Hunters International	HGTV	0.29	1.46
Top Chef	Bravo	0.29	0.86
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.29	0.88
Flip or Flop Nashville	HGTV	0.29	1.24
Two and a Half Men	Nick-at-Nite	0.28	0.56
Million Dollar Listing LA	Bravo	0.28	0.91
The Last Word (O'Donnell)	MSNBC	0.28	2.40
60 Days In	A&E	0.27	0.63
Best of American Pickers	History	0.27	1.73
The Perfect Suspect	Invest. Discovery	0.26	1.06
The Story	Fox News	0.25	2.38

Off the chart, Beyond returned with an episode at 0.1 and one below the Top 150 at 0.05. Portlandia also was below the Top 150 at 0.05. Superstition ended its season at 0.12, down a bit but still well ahead of its seasonal average. Damnation also ended its season at 0.12, tied for a season low. Wild 'n Out was up to 0.24. Nashville sank to a new low of 0.11. KC Undercover was steady at 0.18. MSNBC's Velshi & Ruhle was down to 0.12, while Morning Joe was steady at 0.12 and Deadline: White House was down to 0.13. CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront sank to 0.21, while At This Hour was down to 0.14 and The Lead with Jake Tapper rose to 0.15. Wolf was down to 0.17. On TBS, Conan sank to 0.11 for its final show of the week.