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May 22, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.21.2018

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NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for another baseball preemption in NY, both SUPERGIRL and IZOMBIE came down 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 May 21.MON

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the NBA PLAYOFFS game of the night at 3.06.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP slipped 0.03 to 1.01, BASKETBALL WIVES dropped 0.09 to 0.82, and SHAUNIE’S HOME COURT arrived at 0.49/0.44.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.91/0.90/0.85, compared to last week’s 0.95/0.87/0.87.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.70.  On MTV, TEEN MOM gained 0.03 to 0.68, YOUNG & PREGNANT grew by 0.05 to 0.50, and the AFTER-SHOW was up 0.08 to 0.37.  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES dipped 0.04 to 0.58.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.40/0.38, compared to last week’s 2-hour 0.39 airing.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL rose 0.04 to 0.33, HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.02 to 0.32, and LOVE IT OR LIST IT was steady at 0.28.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.28/0.41/2.5M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.19/0.26/900K.  Food Network’s BEST BAKER IN AMERICA climbed 0.03 to 0.29, and CAKE MASTERS ticked down to 0.19.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS ticked up to 0.26, and PAWN STARS was up 0.02 to 0.25.  On ID, DEAD OF NIGHT held at 0.22.  The finale of AMC’s THE TERROR slipped 0.03 to 0.18, and STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION ticked down to 0.07.  TLC’s WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE returned at 0.17/0.10.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 May 21.MON

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 21, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF FNLS  L: BOSTON/CLEVELAND ESPN 8:30 PM 168 3.06 7,775
2 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:18 PM 66 1.14 2,573
3 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 7 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.01 2,032
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.91 2,792
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.90 2,767
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 68 0.85 2,447
7 BASKETBALL WIVES 7 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.82 1,711
8 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: TAMPA BAY/WASHINGTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:02 PM 174 0.70 2,112
9 TEEN MOM II SSN8B MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.68 1,273
10 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:30 PM 60 0.59 1,500
11 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.58 1,366
12 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:24 AM 36 0.56 1,249
13 TEEN MOM: YOUNG & PREG MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.50 901
14 SHAUNIES HOME COURT 1B VH1 10:00 PM 30 0.49 1,102
15 SHAUNIES HOME COURT 1B VH1 10:30 PM 30 0.44 978
16 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.40 867
17 STREET OUTLAWS SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.40 1,047
18 STREET OUTLAWS SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.38 1,000
19 TEEN MOM II SSN8B AFTER MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.37 731
20 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,494
21 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,439
22 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 2,649
23 BEST BAKER IN AMERICA 2 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,007
24 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,057
25 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.28 596
26 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.28 2,450
27 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,258
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 90 0.26 555
29 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 64 0.26 1,391
30 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 726
31 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:04 PM 30 0.25 1,249
32 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,502
33 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,934
34 DEAD OF NIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 950
35 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,181
36 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 486
37 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 459
38 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,062
39 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 439
40 CAKE MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.19 600
41 PEPPA PIG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.19 756
42 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.19 883
43 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,951
44 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,604
45 TERROR, THE AMC 9:00 PM 75 0.18 791
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,853
47 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 812
48 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.17 814
49 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,537
50 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,668
51 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 1,633
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 704
53 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,320
54 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 356
55 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 662
56 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.16 362
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,562
58 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,377
59 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,481
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 744
61 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 366
62 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:56 PM 64 0.15 410
63 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 487
64 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,192
65 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,341
66 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 15 0.14 350
67 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,323
68 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,381
69 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,415
70 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,288
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.13 309
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 788
73 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,324
74 DALLAS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.13 459
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 762
76 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.13 623
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 291
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 665
79 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 766
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,047
81 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 280
82 VEGAS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 11:30 PM 30 0.12 468
83 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 850
84 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 886
85 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,145
86 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 583
87 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 770
88 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 789
89 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 388
90 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 261
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 680
92 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 891
93 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 760
94 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 667
95 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 972
96 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.11 508
97 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 636
98 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.10 300
99 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,045
100 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 801
101 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 770
102 MISSION FORCE ONE DISNEY JUNIOR 5:30 PM 25 0.09 424
103 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 625
104 FAST & FURIOUS HBO PRIME 1:35 PM 107 0.09 203
105 NINJAGO (SERIES) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 PM 30 0.09 449
106 HITMANS BODYGUARD, THE HBO PRIME 4:55 PM 118 0.09 283
107 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:03 PM 30 0.08 264
108 ONE STRANGE ROCK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 433
109 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 591
110 REAL SVU, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.08 271
111 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 62 0.07 275
112 STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION AMC 10:15 PM 60 0.07 348
113 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 484
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 233
115 NBA POST GAME  L ESPN2 11:18 PM 72 0.07 150
116 E! NEWS E! 11:59 PM 61 0.06 174
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 224
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 261
119 AMC PREMIERE EVENT: BLACK MASS AMC 6:30 PM 150 0.06 244
120 UNDISPUTED L: 423 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 138
121 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.06 236
122 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 158
123 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 130
124 HERD L: 731 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 120 0.06 130
125 PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:00 AM 90 0.06 175
126 CHIPS MAXPRIME 10:10 PM 101 0.06 124
127 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.05 91
128 CASE OF: CAYLEE ANTHONY OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 186
129 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 215
130 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 217
131 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 192
132 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.05 215
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 232
134 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLBT PRIME MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 300 0.05 252
135 UFC RELOADED: 217:BISPING/ST-PIERRE FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 180 0.05 172
136 FOOD PARADISE COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 122
137 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 106
138 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 116
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 228
140 SHERLOCK HOLMES: SHERLOCK HOLMES MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 128 0.04 131
141 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 184
142 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.04 105
143 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON HBO PRIME 9:30 AM 98 0.04 89
144 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 8:30 PM 30 0.04 101
145 IT WAS HIM PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 63 0.04 109
146 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 130
147 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF D FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.04 85
148 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 87
149 TOP 100 PLAYERS NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.04 72
150 FINAL YEAR, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 90 0.04 143

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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.
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