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May 4, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 lost some of its morning bounce, down 0.1 in final numbers, and LIFE IN PIECES was also down 0.1.  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1.  On FOX, GOTHAM and SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO hopscotched, with the first up 0.1 and the latter down the same, but really they were extremely close with 0.55/0.53 in hundredths.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 May 03.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were split between TNT (2.01 for Boston vs. Philadelphia) and ESPN (1.24 for Cleveland vs. Toronto).  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION dipped 0.03 to 0.87, and EX ON THE BEACH ticked up to 0.44.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.60/0.39.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE gained 0.04 to 0.45, and UNTUCKED was up 0.08 to 0.39.  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM edged up 0.02 to 0.42, and IMPOSTERS was up 0.02 to 0.13.  On History, SWAMP PEOPLE jumped 0.11 to 0.41, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA was up 0.02 to 0.31.  FX’s ATLANTA had an impressive 0.14 leap to 0.38.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.35/0.52/3M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.26/0.47/3.2M, and CNN’s CNN TONIGHT at 0.18/0.27/900K.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS rose 0.05 to 0.34, and INSIDE JOKES was up 0.07 to 0.24.  On ID, DIABOLICAL grew by 0.09 to 0.30, and MURDER CALLS ticked down to 0.25.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.02 to 0.26, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL lost 0.04 to 0.24, and FLIP OR FLOP was up 0.02 to 0.23.  Univision’s LIGA matches were at 0.26/0.24.  On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES ticked down to 0.26, and HUSTLE & SOUL was up 0.04 to 0.20.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY shed 0.02 to 0.24.  A&E’s MARCIA CLARK INVESTIGATES ticked up to 0.18.  Freeform’s SIREN fell 0.07 to 0.16.  TV Land’s NOBODIES held at 0.09.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING was steady at 0.07.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 May 03.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 3, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: 76ERS/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:40 PM 152 2.01 5,088
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: CLEVELAND/TORONTO ESPN 6:03 PM 152 1.24 3,233
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:12 PM 47 0.99 2,246
4 JERSEY SHORE:FAM VACATION MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.87 1,513
5 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:30 PM 10 0.70 2,013
6 NHL SEMI FINALS L: WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:58 PM 167 0.60 1,746
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 8:35 PM 85 0.48 1,229
8 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 10 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.45 840
9 EX ON THE BEACH MTV MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.44 727
10 SOUTHERN CHARM BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.42 1,200
11 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.41 1,795
12 NHL SEMI FINALS L: NASHVILLE/WINNIPEG NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:45 PM 155 0.39 1,036
13 UNTUCKED 9 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.39 683
14 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 33 0.38 694
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,025
16 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 654
17 TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 61 0.31 931
18 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,222
19 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,338
20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.26 1,488
21 LIGA MX L: QF: TIGRES / SANTOS UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:25 PM 123 0.26 614
22 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 3,208
23 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.26 810
24 MURDER CALLS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,125
25 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,680
26 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 455
27 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 1,418
28 LIGA MX L: QF: MONARCAS / TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:28 PM 126 0.24 545
29 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 2,093
30 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.24 856
31 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,584
32 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,166
33 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 5:00 PM 63 0.23 549
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,855
35 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,164
36 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER: JOURNEY CENTER EARTH NICK-AT-NITE 8:00 PM 120 0.22 776
37 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:08 AM 52 0.21 443
38 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,759
39 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.21 763
40 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,053
41 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:08 AM 60 0.20 480
42 FX MOVIE PRIME: RIDE ALONG 2 FX 8:00 PM 120 0.20 485
43 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 881
44 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.20 771
45 HUSTLE & SOUL WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.20 562
46 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,095
47 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 885
48 MY 600-LB LIFE OTF: SUPER: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.19 641
49 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 15 0.19 426
50 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.18 589
51 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 873
52 MARCIA CLARK INVESTIGATES: 104 JAM MASTER JAY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 123 0.18 563
53 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,900
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,863
55 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 68 0.18 418
56 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 345
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,632
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,615
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,604
60 SIREN FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.16 513
61 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 782
62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 770
63 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,771
64 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,543
65 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.15 430
66 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 671
67 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,302
68 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,533
69 SKIN TIGHT: TRANSFORMED TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.14 472
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 810
71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 922
72 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 303
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,308
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,387
75 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 832
76 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 314
77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 864
78 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,233
79 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.13 359
80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 850
81 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,085
82 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 269
83 IMPOSTERS BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.13 453
84 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 390
85 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,250
86 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 781
87 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,291
88 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,444
89 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 976
90 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 622
91 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,316
92 TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.12 237
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 975
94 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,178
95 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 949
96 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:20 AM 40 0.12 278
97 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.11 322
98 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:34 AM 26 0.11 213
99 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,144
100 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 239
101 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,251
102 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 546
103 MYST MUSEUM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 604
104 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 264
105 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,074
106 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 667
107 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 682
108 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.10 213
109 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.10 307
110 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,379
111 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 804
112 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:32 PM 25 0.10 334
113 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 227
114 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 271
115 NOBODIES TV LAND 10:00 PM 31 0.09 402
116 ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.09 368
117 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 323
118 MOVIE- THEATRICAL PREM: TYLER PERRYS SNGL MOM CLB LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 122 0.08 382
119 UEL SEMIFINAL L: CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID/ARSENAL FOX SPORTS 1 2:55 PM 129 0.08 250
120 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 202
121 FUTBOL CENTRAL L UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 25 0.08 178
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 252
123 MOVIE- THEATRICAL PREM LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 119 0.07 293
124 IMPACT WRESTLING: 318 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 299
125 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.07 147
126 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.07 204
127 FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE: FATE OF THE FURIOUS, THE HBO PRIME 12:20 AM 136 0.06 151
128 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 118
129 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 125
130 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.06 130
131 WORLDS MOST EPIC SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.06 299
132 GIRLS TRIP: GIRLS TRIP HBO PRIME 10:15 PM 122 0.06 143
133 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.06 250
134 PGA TOUR: 2018 WELLS FARGO CHAMP GOLF CHANNEL 1:58 PM 242 0.06 562
135 UNDISPUTED L: 414 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 149
136 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 88
137 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:30 PM 28 0.05 147
138 NASCAR K&N SERIES NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.05 127
139 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.05 101
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 226
141 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.05 91
142 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.05 110
143 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 130
144 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 180
145 HERD L: 720 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 150 0.05 113
146 GREAT WALL, THE HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 103 0.05 172
147 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 114
148 MLB PREGAME MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 14 0.04 200
149 FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE HBO PRIME 6:00 AM 44 0.04 107
150 UNIVISION DEPORTES FC L UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:00 PM 60 0.04 89

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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.