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March 6, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.5.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  SUPERIOR DONUTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (GOOD GIRLS just barely held onto its preliminary 1.3 rating–it was at 1.25–despite the adjustment for a 10:01PM start time, but its hour began at 1.6 and ended at 1.0.)

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.13/1.13/1.02, compared to last week’s 1.10/1.09/1.01.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.93/0.90 compared to 0.92/0.89.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.91/0.55 compared to 0.67/0.47, and lead-out SHIFTING GEARS premiered at 0.55.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES was steady at 0.53, and SUMMER HOUSE was down 0.09 to 0.17.  On TBS, AMERICAN DAD jumped 0.12 to 0.49, and FINAL SPACE was up 0.04 to 0.30.  On Food Network, KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP climbed 0.11 to 0.43, and RIDICULOUS CAKES was up 0.06 to 0.26.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news at 0.41/0.64/3.4M, over CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.31/0.39/1.3M and Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.28/0.50/2.9M.  TNT’s THE ALIENIST dropped 0.08 to 0.37.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS rose 0.08 to 0.34, and PAWN STARS was at 0.29/0.29, compared to last week’s 0.28/0.26.  MTV’s SIESTA KEY was up 0.03 to 0.32, with a lead-in from TEEN MOM: BEING BRIT at 0.27, which was itself led in by YOUNG & PREGNANT at 0.24.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.06 to 0.30, HOME TOWN rose 0.05 to 0.29, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.29.  On ID, GOLDEN STATE KILLER premiered at 0.28/0.25, and VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL ticked down to 0.21.  TLC’s COUNTING ON held at 0.27.  A&E’s JONESTOWN documentary premiered at 0.12, followed by the premiere of DIVIDED STATES at 0.09/0.08.  AMC’s MCMAFIA lost 0.02 to 0.12.  Lifetime’s UNREAL ticked up to 0.09.  WGN’s SHOOT THE MESSENGER remained off the chart and is likely to stay there, down 0.01 to 0.02/129K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday March 5, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.13 3,267
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.13 3,302
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 74 1.02 2,729
4 LOVE AND HIP HOP 8 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.93 1,817
5 STREET OUTLAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 77 0.91 2,478
6 LOVE & HIP HOP MIAMI VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.90 1,684
7 SHIFTING GEARS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:17 PM 66 0.55 1,465
8 STREET OUTLAWS SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.55 1,558
9 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.53 1,302
10 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.49 987
11 KIDS BAKING CHAMP 4 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.43 1,497
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.41 3,380
13 ALIENIST, THE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.37 1,652
14 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.34 1,800
15 SIESTA KEY SSN 1B MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.32 544
16 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.31 1,275
17 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.31 810
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 1,524
19 FINAL SPACE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.30 576
20 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.29 1,236
21 HOME TOWN HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,533
22 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,509
23 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.29 1,392
24 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:33 PM 30 0.29 1,337
25 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,495
26 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,129
27 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 2,852
28 GOLDEN STATE KILLER: ITS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,225
29 TEEN MOM II: BEING BRIT MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.27 509
30 COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 68 0.27 1,000
31 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.26 2,234
32 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,134
33 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.26 1,766
34 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 32 0.26 557
35 RIDICULOUS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 827
36 GOLDEN STATE KILLER: ITS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,111
37 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.25 1,303
38 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 1:32 AM 32 0.25 514
39 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.24 799
40 YOUNG & PREGNANT MEET MOM MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.24 467
41 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,579
42 TWO AND A HALF MEN NICK-AT-NITE 2:04 AM 34 0.23 473
43 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.23 1,974
44 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,159
45 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 530
46 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:49 PM 71 0.23 525
47 WCC TOURNAMENT   L ESPN 9:04 PM 105 0.22 721
48 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,371
49 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.21 542
50 COLL BASK POST-SEASON  L: FAIRFIELD/IONA ESPN 7:00 PM 124 0.21 565
51 VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.21 961
52 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.21 396
53 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 479
54 STAR WARS REBELS DISNEY XD 8:30 PM 30 0.20 516
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 2,009
56 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.20 447
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 421
58 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,028
59 STAR WARS REBELS DISNEY XD 9:00 PM 60 0.19 463
60 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 381
61 TEEN MOM SSN 7 AFTER SHOW MTV 11:03 PM 31 0.18 293
62 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,143
63 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,701
64 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.17 450
65 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.17 652
66 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,436
67 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,566
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,682
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,012
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 957
71 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.16 605
72 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 882
73 DIE HARD: DIE HARD HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 132 0.16 375
74 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 724
75 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,156
76 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.16 334
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 304
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 292
79 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 304
80 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: DETROIT/CLEVELAND NBA-TV 7:00 PM 147 0.15 389
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 268
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 279
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 717
84 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 650
85 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.14 261
86 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.14 495
87 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,484
88 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,109
89 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.14 323
90 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.14 326
91 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 330
92 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.14 441
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 871
94 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 774
95 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,368
96 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 271
97 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,156
98 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: PORTLAND/LA LAKERS NBA-TV 10:30 PM 152 0.13 339
99 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 24 0.13 428
100 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 11:14 PM 20 0.13 333
101 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 649
102 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,150
103 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,335
104 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 734
105 MCMAFIA AMC 10:00 PM 76 0.12 445
106 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 9:27 PM 63 0.12 322
107 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 673
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 525
109 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.12 312
110 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 762
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 646
112 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,445
113 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,228
114 AMERICAN GREED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 340
115 MISSION FORCE ONE DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.11 506
116 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,187
117 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 950
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,016
119 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 7:30 PM 30 0.10 331
120 WCC TOURNAMENT   L ESPN2 11:34 PM 106 0.09 319
121 DIVIDED STATES A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.09 289
122 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,180
123 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,156
124 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 957
125 MAINE CABIN MASTERS DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.09 504
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 944
127 LISTED SISTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 AM 30 0.09 487
128 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.09 158
129 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 8:00 PM 30 0.09 363
130 ASSASSINS CREED HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 116 0.09 180
131 LISTED SISTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 30 0.09 461
132 UNREAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 62 0.09 260
133 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 214
134 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 8:30 PM 30 0.08 386
135 COLL BASK POST-SEASON  L: TBA ESPN2 9:00 PM 134 0.08 238
136 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 845
137 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER UNITED/CRYSTAL PALACE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:54 PM 132 0.08 264
138 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 7:00 PM 30 0.08 258
139 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 852
140 DIVIDED STATES A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 62 0.08 230
141 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.08 163
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 237
143 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 10:30 PM 30 0.07 295
144 WMNS COLL BKBL POST SSN L ESPN2 7:00 PM 102 0.07 339
145 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 1:02 AM 34 0.07 174
146 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.07 131
147 TWO AND A HALF MEN IFC TV 6:30 PM 30 0.06 239
148 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.06 142
149 IT TAKES A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 11:00 PM 30 0.06 188
150 FEHERTY GOLF CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.06 207

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.