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May 3, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.2.2019

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NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.43, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.67/0.46.  A&E’s LIVE PD specials were at 0.35/0.26.  MTV’s DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE dipped 0.03 to 0.31.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.28/0.47/3.6M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.26/0.41/2.8M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.14/0.20/1M.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS grew by 0.05 to 0.28, and TACOMA FD was up 0.04 to 0.18.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY rose 0.07 to 0.26.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ticked up to 0.26, and UNTUCKED was up 0.04 to 0.21.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL climbed 0.07 to 0.24, HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.05 to 0.23, and FLIP OR FLOP gained 0.07 to 0.23.  On History, SWAMP PEOPLE was at 0.22, and THE AMERICAN FARM was steady at 0.12.  On ID, THE FACE OF EVIL was steady at 0.22, and MURDER CHOSE ME arrived at 0.17.  Bravo’s PROJECT RUNWAY lost 0.04 to 0.21.  On Lifetime, LITTLE WOMEN LA grew by 0.05 to 0.18, and LITTLE WOMEN ATLANTA slipped 0.02 to 0.18.  On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES ticked down to 0.17, and HUSTLE & SOUL was up 0.03 to 0.14.  Paramount’s WIFE SWAP gained 0.03 to 0.16.  FX’s BETTER THINGS rose 0.05 to 0.13.  Freeform’s CLOAK & DAGGER fell 0.05 to 0.09.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 2, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: TORONTO/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 8:12 PM 150 1.43 3,931
2 NHL SEMI FINALS L: BOSTON/COLUMBUS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:26 PM 172 0.67 1,987
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 10:42 PM 78 0.65 1,588
4 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 12 0.59 1,782
5 NHL SEMI FINALS L: SAN JOSE/COLORADO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:18 PM 166 0.46 1,305
6 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.35 1,358
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.33 780
8 DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE MTV MTV 8:00 PM 62 0.31 522
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,576
10 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 514
11 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.26 752
12 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,059
13 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 11 VH1 9:00 PM 90 0.26 498
14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,799
15 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 668
16 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.24 550
17 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 1,418
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 3,119
19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,281
20 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,098
21 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.22 1,361
22 FACE OF EVIL, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 879
23 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,818
24 PROJECT RUNWAY BRAVO 9:00 PM 90 0.21 921
25 UNTUCKED 10 VH1 10:30 PM 30 0.21 393
26 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.20 1,048
27 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.20 641
28 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.20 666
29 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.19 1,089
30 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.18 623
31 SPY KIDS 2 LOST DREAMS NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.18 649
32 TACOMA FD TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 332
33 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.18 401
34 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.18 532
35 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 471
36 SPY KIDS 2 LOST DREAMS NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 60 0.17 552
37 MURDER CHOSE ME INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 778
38 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 545
39 UNTOLD STORY, THE A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.17 690
40 DUDE PERFECT SHOW NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.16 717
41 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.16 915
42 WIFE SWAP PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 60 0.16 367
43 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.16 506
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,144
45 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 60 0.16 467
46 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 362
47 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 31 0.15 423
48 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 424
49 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:04 AM 26 0.15 390
50 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,970
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,357
52 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 2,133
53 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,601
54 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 1:03 AM 61 0.15 381
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,842
56 HUSTLE & SOUL WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.14 470
57 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 291
58 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 988
59 IJ: AFTER PARTY TRUTV 11:00 PM 31 0.14 245
60 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,540
61 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 931
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,689
63 BETTER THINGS FX 10:00 PM 35 0.13 342
64 KIDS BEHIND BARS: LIFE OR A&E NETWORK 11:04 PM 57 0.13 469
65 LWLA FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 10 0.13 511
66 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 829
67 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 633
68 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 851
69 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,525
70 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 241
71 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,366
72 AMERICAN FARM, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.12 684
73 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,635
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,740
75 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,261
76 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,351
77 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 710
78 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:30 PM 56 0.11 270
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,571
80 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,355
81 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 280
82 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,363
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 256
84 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.10 293
85 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,588
86 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,368
87 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 9:00 AM 27 0.10 1,463
88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 757
89 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,623
90 GHOST BAIT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.09 324
91 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,120
92 UNDISPUTED L: 663 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 169
93 MARVELS CLOAK & DAGGER FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.09 311
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 246
95 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.09 229
96 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 765
97 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 590
98 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 380
99 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 672
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:27 AM 33 0.09 1,288
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 766
102 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.08 368
103 GHOST BAIT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.08 301
104 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.08 310
105 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 56 0.08 365
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 675
107 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 756
108 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 678
109 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 693
110 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 344
111 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 754
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,130
113 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,497
114 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,441
115 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 434
116 HERD L: 981 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 131
117 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.06 194
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 952
119 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 1,014
120 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 391
121 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 56 0.06 200
122 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BOS AT CWS MLB NETWORK 9:38 PM 127 0.06 241
123 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 128
124 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 135
125 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.06 112
126 REINA DEL SUR II – R UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.06 93
127 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.05 250
128 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 106
129 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 991
130 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 111
131 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 914
132 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 1,017
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 106
134 CAKE WARS FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.05 217
135 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 191
136 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.04 164
137 ON TOUR WITH ASPERGERS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 26 0.04 119
138 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.04 95
139 BUSY TONIGHT E! 11:00 PM 30 0.04 111
140 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 232
141 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP MLB NETWORK 11:45 PM 87 0.04 115
142 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 80
143 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.04 191
144 TOP GEAR BBC-AMERICA 9:00 PM 85 0.04 98
145 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: STL AT WAS/TB AT KC MLB NETWORK 6:37 PM 181 0.04 222
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 206
147 GOLIC AND WINGO     L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 120 0.03 83
148 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 79
149 STARTALK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 PM 60 0.03 147
150 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.03 90

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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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