UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.21.2016

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NOTE TO READERS:  We don’t have a chart for Saturday network finals today, and will only be able to post the cable charts in preliminary format.  We’ll update when we can. Normal charts now posted below.

NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game gained 0.1 in final numbers to 0.6, and ABC’s run of TOY STORY lost the same, putting it at 0.5.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led Saturday cable, with ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game on stop, scoring 2.06 for the Cleveland vs. Toronto match-up.  Fox Sports 1 also did well with NASCAR at 0.73, and Univision’s LIGA soccer match was at 0.71.  Adult Swim shook up its late-night animated slate a bit by airing 2 episodes of DRAGON BALL Z, respectively at 0.67/1.403M and 0.58/1.273M, compared to 0.68 last week for a single episode.  DIMENSION W didn’t air, and the rest of the line-up was as follows:  HUNTER X HUNTER up a tick to 0.47/1.029M, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO up 0.03 to 0.42/952K, NARUTO up 0.02 to 0.42/928K, ONE PIECE up 0.02 to 0.39/875K, and PARASYTE up 0.02 to 0.35/790K. Back in live action, HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION dropped 0.02 to 0.32, and PIONEER WOMAN was at 0.26.  On Food Network, KITCHEN AT FN rose 0.02 to 0.29.  Lifetime’s movie MARRIAGE OF LIES was at 0.28, with another lead-out movie I AM WATCHING YOU at 0.21, and Hallmark’s movie DATE WITH LOVE was at 0.25.  HBO’s movie ALL THE WAY was at 0.23, although as always, it aired in one-third as many households as the night’s other movies.  Starz’s OUTLANDER gained 0.03 to 0.24. The various segments of Showtime’s BOXING telecast were at 0.07-0.12.   
Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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