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June 8, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.7.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP game adjusted up to 2.2.  Elsewhere, the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jun 07.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The week’s trend of underwhelming high-profile scripted cable premieres continued with the 0.32/0.25  for Freeform’s CLOAK & DAGGER, less promising than the 0.30/0.30 for SIREN’s premiere in March.  Paramount’s AMERICAN WOMAN debuted at 0.21.  The final half-season of CMT’s NASHVILLE began at 0.15.  

MTV topped Thursday cable with JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION, down 0.22 from last week to 0.99, with EX ON THE BEACH down 0.02 to 0.48.  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM rose 0.07 to 0.57, and the series finale of IMPOSTERS was up 0.02 to 0.13.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP edged up 0.02, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was also up 0.02 to 0.33, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.02 to 0.32.  On History, a special SWAMP MYSTERIES was at 0.33, and lead-in SWAMP PEOPLE was up 0.03 to 0.31.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE returned from a week off at 0.31, and UNTUCKED was at 0.25.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY shed 0.04 to 0.28.  On ID, EXTREME MEASURES gained 0.03 to 0.28, and MURDER CALLS was at 0.25.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.27/0.43/2.7M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.24/0.46/3.1M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.20/0.28/900K.  Nickelodeon’s LOUD HOUSE stayed in the Top 15 at 0.27.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP was steady at 0.20.  Tru’s THE CARBONARO EFFECT held at 0.14, and INSIDE CARBONARO remained at 0.12.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.07.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jun 07.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday June 7, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 JERSEY SHORE:FAM VACATION MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.99 1,650
2 SOUTHERN CHARM BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.57 1,568
3 EX ON THE BEACH MTV MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.48 852
4 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.41 1,728
5 SWAMP MYSTERIES HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.33 1,622
6 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,577
7 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,622
8 MARVELS CLOAK & DAGGER FREEFORM 8:00 PM 63 0.32 919
9 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 10 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.31 631
10 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.31 1,608
11 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.28 946
12 EXTREME MEASURES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,186
13 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 9:31 PM 31 0.27 973
14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,731
15 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.27 1,426
16 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 31 0.25 881
17 MARVELS CLOAK & DAGGER FREEFORM 9:03 PM 61 0.25 750
18 MURDER CALLS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,144
19 UNTUCKED 9 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.25 518
20 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 10:02 PM 31 0.25 879
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 3,115
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.24 789
23 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,538
24 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 10:33 PM 31 0.23 786
25 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,497
26 MUSIC CITY FIX HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.22 1,025
27 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.22 499
28 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 607
29 AMERICAN WOMAN PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.21 595
30 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.20 502
31 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 511
32 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.20 888
33 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 453
34 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,210
35 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,751
36 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 441
37 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,137
38 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 436
39 NHL LIVE POST SPECIAL SC NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:20 PM 70 0.19 492
40 ALONE SPECIALS HISTORY 11:05 PM 60 0.18 820
41 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 394
42 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,982
43 TOP WING NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.17 748
44 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 977
45 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 311
46 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: RED SOX/TIGERS ESPN 7:00 PM 189 0.16 543
47 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,961
48 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 696
49 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 424
50 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 326
51 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 422
52 NASHVILLE CMT 9:00 PM 62 0.15 722
53 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 827
54 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,554
55 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,099
56 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,118
57 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.14 290
58 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 358
59 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:09 PM 51 0.14 414
60 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,428
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,514
62 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,455
63 DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 109 0.13 313
64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 661
65 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 659
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,314
67 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,104
68 IMPOSTERS BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.13 487
69 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 320
70 INSIDE CARBONARO TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.12 266
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,670
72 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.12 298
73 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.12 309
74 MY 600LB LIFE WATN: SUPER: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.12 459
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,595
76 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,155
77 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,348
78 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 257
79 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,227
80 UFOS: THE LOST EVIDENCE TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 483
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,124
82 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:49 PM 11 0.11 216
83 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,295
84 GEOSTORM MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 109 0.10 284
85 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 947
86 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,418
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 266
88 SKIN TIGHT: TRANSFORMED TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.10 453
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 579
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 619
91 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 598
92 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 303
93 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 590
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 557
95 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,276
96 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 572
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 570
98 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 568
99 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 568
100 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 567
101 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 875
102 COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD L: 2018 NCAA MENS AND WOMENS TRACK AND FIEL ESPN2 7:00 PM 221 0.09 377
103 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 519
104 WOMENS INTL FRIENDLY L: USA/CHINA FOX SPORTS 1 9:00 PM 150 0.09 247
105 UNDISPUTED L: 436 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 205
106 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 737
107 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,132
108 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,288
109 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 554
110 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 775
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 710
112 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 411
113 BOOK OF ELI, THE MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.08 235
114 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 730
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:32 PM 25 0.07 215
116 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 322
117 BBCA MOVIE: REAL GENIUS BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 150 0.07 199
118 CARNIVAL EATS COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.07 160
119 IMPACT WRESTLING: 323 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.07 296
120 EPIC ENGINEERING: SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.07 385
121 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 110
122 TALE, THE HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 115 0.07 186
123 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 250
124 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 185
125 HERD L: 746 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 150 0.06 139
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 248
127 IE: EXTREME RAILROADS SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.06 291
128 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 142
129 WNBA BASKETBALL         L ESPN2 10:41 PM 110 0.05 204
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 233
131 E! NEWS E! 11:59 PM 61 0.05 174
132 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.05 147
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 120
134 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 116
135 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 146
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 216
137 FRESH PRINCE TEENNICK 10:30 PM 30 0.04 148
138 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 121
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 145
140 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.04 105
141 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.04 404
142 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.04 161
143 DIGBY DRAGON NICK JR 8:00 AM 28 0.04 198
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 185
145 BEACH BITES W/ KATIE LEE COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 170
146 ISLE OF MAN TT VELOCITY 11:00 PM 60 0.04 115
147 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.03 90
148 LA ULTIMA PALABRA – L FOX DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.03 67
149 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.03 183
150 FRESH PRINCE TEENNICK 10:00 PM 30 0.03 140

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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.