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May 13, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.12.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun FBI: MOST WANTED lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES led Tuesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.52.  MTV’s TEEN MOM gained 0.03 to 0.40, and RIDICULOUSNESS was up 0.02 to 0.18.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH was at 0.39/0.33/0.17 compared to last week’s 0.35/0.35/0.18.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD ticked up to 0.38, and 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS was up 0.05 to 0.30.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.35/0.58/4.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.29/0.47/3.5M, and CNN NEWSROOM at 0.29/0.45/2M.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.06 to 0.27, and BARGAIN MANSIONS was up 0.04 to 0.27.  On History, SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH ticked down to 0.26, and LOST GOLD OF WORLD WAR II was steady at 0.26.  On Food Network, CHOPPED held at 0.25, and SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT was down 0.05 to 0.21.  TBS’s THE LAST OG ticked down to 0.23.  A&E’s ACCUSED: GUILTY OR INNOCENT fell 0.09 to 0.22.  On ID, DIABOLICAL climbed 0.03 to 0.21, and RAW TERROR was at 0.17.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG was steady at 0.19.  VH1’s WILD N OUT dropped 0.06 to 0.15. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday May 12, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.52 1,317
2 TEEN MOM SSN 8B MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.40 769
3 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 63 0.39 1,621
4 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.38 2,190
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.35 4,368
6 DEADLIEST CATCH:BLOODLINE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:03 PM 64 0.33 1,394
7 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.33 4,481
8 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.31 3,718
9 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,506
10 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,466
11 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.29 2,040
12 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.27 1,409
13 BARGAIN MANSIONS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.27 1,354
14 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.27 1,800
15 SECRET SKINWALKER RANCH HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.26 1,737
16 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.26 1,914
17 LOST GOLD OF WORLD WAR II HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.26 1,577
18 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.25 1,670
19 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 893
20 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 4,017
21 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.25 3,240
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,456
23 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,832
24 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,577
25 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.23 753
26 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 1,566
27 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,694
28 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,655
29 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,510
30 ACCUSED: GUILTY OR INNCNT A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.22 788
31 SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.21 793
32 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.21 1,570
33 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 772
34 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.21 2,436
35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,356
36 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,935
37 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,029
38 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 2,362
39 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 1,403
40 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,073
41 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 45 0.19 616
42 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 10:00 PM 30 0.18 436
43 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:00 AM 58 0.18 602
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 2,238
45 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.18 631
46 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,287
47 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,526
48 RAW TERROR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 743
49 DEADLIEST CATCH: AFTER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:07 PM 60 0.17 757
50 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 2,127
51 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 2,091
52 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,785
53 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 2,027
54 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 15 VH1 8:00 PM 30 0.15 336
55 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.15 528
56 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 2,136
57 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,853
58 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.14 402
59 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 2,063
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,093
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 2,027
62 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 911
63 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,950
64 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: SENATE CORONAVIRUS HEARINGS MSNBC 10:00 AM 217 0.13 1,720
65 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,622
66 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 2,153
67 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.13 390
68 DARK SIDE OF THE RING VICE 10:00 PM 60 0.12 264
69 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 1:37 PM 23 0.12 1,557
70 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,797
71 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,475
72 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,465
73 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,788
74 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 327
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 1,667
76 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.11 494
77 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 840
78 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 314
79 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 7:00 PM 60 0.10 703
80 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.10 224
81 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 228
82 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-7R1R05H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.10 341
83 OLLIES PACK NICKELODEON 4:30 PM 30 0.10 389
84 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 227
85 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.10 459
86 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 3:00 PM 60 0.09 542
87 TIME MACHINE: BIGFOOT: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE HISTORY 4:00 PM 120 0.09 574
88 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 220
89 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 205
90 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,351
91 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 649
92 FIRST TAKE EXTRA ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.08 194
93 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.08 225
94 TRULLI TALES NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.08 305
95 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 4:40 PM 20 0.08 237
96 AMC MOVIE: LEGION AMC 11:00 PM 120 0.08 332
97 PROFIT AN INSIDE LOOK CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 256
98 OVERHAULIN MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.08 299
99 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 1,232
100 KINGDOM OF THE MUMMIES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.07 343
101 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:20 PM 20 0.07 197
102 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.07 222
103 TIME MACHINE: RETURN TO ROANOKE: SRCH SEVN HISTORY 1:00 PM 120 0.07 405
104 TIRDY WORKS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 168
105 AMC MOVIE AMC 1:00 AM 20 0.07 285
106 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 4:00 PM 20 0.06 174
107 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.06 158
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 521
109 CLASSICS MLB GAME: ARIZONA/NY YANKEES ESPN 8:00 PM 180 0.06 178
110 MAN V. FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.06 189
111 TIME MACHINE: WHO REALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.06 333
112 FASTER WITH FINNEGAN MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 233
113 TIME MACHINE AC HISTORY 12:00 PM 60 0.05 341
114 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 140
115 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 3:59 PM 61 0.05 132
116 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 332
117 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 10:30 PM 30 0.05 134
118 UNDISPUTED SP L: 921 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 127
119 WWE BACKSTAGE-SP D FOX SPORTS 1 11:00 PM 60 0.05 173
120 HAUNTING (O): TAHN-SP01FH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 AM 120 0.05 159
121 QUIEN DA MAS S8 UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 30 0.05 142
122 DRAIN THE OCEAN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.05 307
123 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 109
124 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 219
125 HERD: COLIN COWHERD L: 1232 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 100
126 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 9:30 PM 30 0.04 117
127 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 322
128 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 292
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 191
130 MONK SUNDANCE TV 7:00 PM 60 0.04 212
131 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 180
132 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 283
133 WWE WRESTLEMANIA REWIND FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 60 0.04 157
134 MONK SUNDANCE TV 8:00 PM 60 0.04 211
135 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 249
136 VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE 11:00 PM 30 0.03 83
137 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.03 530
138 IFC MOVIE: POINT BREAK IFC TV 8:00 PM 180 0.03 126
139 MONK SUNDANCE TV 12:00 AM 60 0.03 187
140 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 30 0.03 113
141 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.03 236
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 183
143 DRAIN THE OCEAN: DD POPS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.03 303
144 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.03 137
145 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.03 106
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.03 205
147 BBCA MOVIE: ROBIN HOOD BBC-AMERICA 5:00 PM 180 0.03 169
148 E:60 ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.03 83
149 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 287
150 LOUD HOUSE NICKTOONS 9:00 PM 30 0.03 104

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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.