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October 9, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.6.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 and HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE EXORCIST lost the same. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Oct 06.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were once again at the top of cable, with TBS’s pair of games at 0.94/0.88, MLB Network’s at 0.85, and Fox Sports 1’s afternoon game at 0.33.  A&E’s LIVE PD went back to its 3-hour format at 0.63, after last week’s 0.34/0.32.  ESPN2’s WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCH was at 0.53, and a later Spanish-language match on Univision was at 0.31.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER climbed 0.06 to 0.47, and ROOM 104 was down 0.02 to 0.08.  Adult Swim’s WILLIAMS STREAM was at 0.34/0.30, compared to last week’s 0.32/0.29.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was unusually below junior sibling ESPN2’s soccer match at 0.33.  Nickelodeon’s 11AM PAW PATROL was at 0.29, while Disney Channel’s primetime RAVENS HOME rose 0.03 to 0.27.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES slipped 0.02 to 0.25.  Bravo’s DON’T BE TARDY returned at 0.22.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.21, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.03 to 0.19.  ID’s DEADLY WOMEN fell 0.07 to 0.19.  Spike’s BELLATOR LIVE was at 0.16.  Syfy’s Z NATION dropped 0.02 to 0.15.  We’s MILLION DOLLAR MATCHMAKER gained 0.03 to 0.11.  On TLC, KINDRED SPIRITS shrank by 0.06 to 0.10, and EVIL THINGS was down 0.04 to 0.07. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Oct 06.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday October 6, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 MLB DIVISION SERIES: CUBS/NATIONALS TBS NETWORK 7:27 PM 195 0.94 3,495
2 MLB DIVISION SERIES: DODGERS-CUBS 2 TBS NETWORK 10:42 PM 215 0.88 2,942
3 DIVISION SERIES GAME: 2017 ALDS NYY AT CLE GM 2 MLB NETWORK 5:05 PM 313 0.85 3,202
4 LIVE PD: 63 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.63 1,764
5 WORLD CUP QUAL MATCHES  L: UNITED STATES/PANAMA ESPN2 7:00 PM 180 0.53 1,152
6 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.47 1,997
7 MLBT DIVISION POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:18 PM 70 0.39 1,161
8 WILLIAMS STREAM ADULT SWIM 4:00 AM 15 0.34 657
9 MLB AL DIVISION SERIES L: BOSTON/HOUSTON 2 FOX SPORTS 1 1:59 PM 249 0.33 1,630
10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: BOISE ST/BYU ESPN 10:45 PM 176 0.33 1,043
11 SELECCION MEXICA ELI 10/6: MEXICO / TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:28 PM 152 0.31 617
12 WILLIAMS STREAM ADULT SWIM 4:15 AM 15 0.30 588
13 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.29 1,108
14 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.27 1,278
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,374
16 MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW TBS NETWORK 7:00 PM 27 0.26 711
17 INSIDE THE MLB TBS NETWORK 2:17 AM 55 0.26 759
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,316
19 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.25 906
20 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.25 1,822
21 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.24 2,033
22 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,176
23 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.24 870
24 WHY HIM HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 111 0.24 569
25 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.24 1,132
26 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.24 1,969
27 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 2,056
28 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,001
29 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.23 1,176
30 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.23 864
31 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 8:30 PM 30 0.23 740
32 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,682
33 GOLDBERGS, THE NICK-AT-NITE 1:00 AM 33 0.23 580
34 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: MEMPHIS/UCONN ESPN 7:00 PM 225 0.22 769
35 FOX NEWS TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,681
36 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 8:00 PM 30 0.22 689
37 MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 25 0.22 964
38 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.22 918
39 OK K.O.! LETS BE HEROES THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.22 769
40 GOLDBERGS, THE NICK-AT-NITE 1:33 AM 33 0.21 505
41 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,117
42 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 558
43 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.21 768
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,758
45 VAMPIRINA DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.20 822
46 BIZAARDVARK DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.20 1,069
47 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 447
48 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.19 1,041
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,018
50 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L ESPN2 10:25 PM 21 0.19 551
51 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 843
52 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,709
53 DEADLY WOMEN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 797
54 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.19 755
55 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 876
56 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,709
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,474
58 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,562
59 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.18 495
60 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.18 367
61 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 993
62 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,548
63 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 743
64 AC360 SPECIAL REPORT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 860
65 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,037
66 SELECCION EE.UU ELI 10/6: ESTADOS UNIDOS / PANAMA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:00 PM 148 0.16 345
67 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,365
68 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 184 SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 150 0.16 437
69 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 754
70 SUNNY DAY NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.16 666
71 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT NICKELODEON 1:30 PM 30 0.16 650
72 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,673
73 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 341
74 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,608
75 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,550
76 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 348
77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 934
78 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.15 295
79 MLB ALDS POST L FOX SPORTS 1 6:08 PM 18 0.15 589
80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 838
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 264
82 Z NATION SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.15 545
83 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:41 AM 79 0.14 416
84 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 718
85 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 693
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 873
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 755
88 WANTED (2008) HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 110 0.14 346
89 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 30 0.14 405
90 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.14 272
91 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 290
92 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 281
93 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 317
94 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 618
95 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 319
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,024
97 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,211
98 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,073
99 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 651
100 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 10:00 PM 25 0.13 303
101 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 986
102 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 730
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,037
104 JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 532
105 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 547
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 887
107 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 238
108 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 3:12 AM 56 0.11 302
109 MILLION DOLLAR MATCHMAKER WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.11 367
110 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,028
111 CC STAND-UP PRESENTS COMEDY CENTRAL 12:00 AM 30 0.11 221
112 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: INTO THE WOODS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 180 0.11 369
113 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 803
114 KINDRED SPIRITS TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 433
115 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: MOTHERS CRIME, A LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.10 492
116 FOOTBALL LIFE NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.10 235
117 CC STAND-UP PRESENTS COMEDY CENTRAL 12:30 AM 30 0.10 198
118 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:46 PM 74 0.10 216
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 983
120 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 376
121 KUU KUU HARAJUKU NICK JR 7:30 PM 30 0.09 363
122 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 316
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 867
124 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.09 428
125 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.08 255
126 BELLATOR KICKBOXING: 203 – SAN JOSE SPIKE TV 11:30 PM 127 0.08 250
127 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 885
128 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 4:00 AM 60 0.08 405
129 ROOM 104 HBO PRIME 11:31 PM 21 0.08 307
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 742
131 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.08 142
132 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 178
133 NBA PRESEASON   L: BOSTON/PHILADELPHIA NBA-TV 7:00 PM 144 0.08 201
134 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 90 0.08 177
135 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 5:00 AM 60 0.07 514
136 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 189
137 NASCAR CUP SERIES QUAL L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:01 PM 89 0.07 458
138 DEATH RACE HBO PRIME 2:00 AM 105 0.07 199
139 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 147
140 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.07 147
141 EVIL THINGS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 276
142 TACKLE MY RIDE NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.07 156
143 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 552
144 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:30 AM 30 0.07 134
145 HERD L FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 60 0.07 138
146 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 148
147 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER L: MEXICO/TRINIDAD & TOBAGO FOX SPORTS 1 9:20 PM 141 0.07 191
148 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 843
149 MLB ALDS PRE GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 PM 59 0.06 249
150 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 161

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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.