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March 19, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.18.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.92/0.91/0.83, compared to last week’s 0.99/0.97/0.96.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.81/0.58/0.55 compared to last week’s 0.68/0.53.  On MTV, TEEN MOM rose 0.05 to 0.60, and LINDSAY LOHAN’S BEACH CLUB was up 0.05 to 0.21.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.57/0.49.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES gained 0.05 to 0.50, and SUMMER HOUSE was down 0.02 to 0.19.  On Food Network, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP returned at 0.36, and FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN was at 0.24.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD dipped 0.04 to 0.36.  On HGTV, HOME TOWN rose 0.08 to 0.35, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.33/0.31 compared to last week’s 0.29/0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.30.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS dropped 0.07 to 0.29.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.35/0.47/3.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.26/0.40/3M, and a CNN TOWN HALL at 0.19/0.23/1.1M.  On ID, BETRAYED fell 0.11 to 0.25, and GRAVE MYSTERIES was down 0.05 to 0.18.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS and PAWN STARS each ticked down to 0.24/0.24.  TLC’s COUNTING ON shed 0.03 to 0.20.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 lowered by 0.03 to 0.18.  HBO’s documentary THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY was at 0.16.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS was steady at 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday March 18, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.92 2,810
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.91 2,717
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.83 2,559
4 LOVE AND HIP HOP 9 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.81 1,626
5 TEEN MOM II SSN9 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.60 1,119
6 LOVE & HIP HOP MIAMI 2 VH1 10:01 PM 60 0.58 1,123
7 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: GOLDEN STATE/SAN ANTONIO ESPN 8:12 PM 145 0.57 1,753
8 LOVE & HIP HOP MIAMI 2 VH1 9:01 PM 60 0.55 1,056
9 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.50 1,261
10 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: INDIANA/PORTLAND ESPN 10:37 PM 142 0.49 1,156
11 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,285
12 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.36 699
13 HOME TOWN HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,436
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.35 3,171
15 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.34 1,765
16 NBA AFTER THE BUZZER  L ESPN 12:59 AM 16 0.33 697
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,456
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.31 1,056
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.30 1,431
20 STREET OUTLAWS:MEMPH SPC: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 125 0.29 867
21 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 1:15 AM 45 0.28 584
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 768
23 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,977
24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.25 824
25 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.25 965
26 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.24 1,276
27 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.24 1,225
28 FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.24 685
29 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.24 474
30 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,953
31 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 12 0.23 785
32 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 554
33 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.22 520
34 LINDSAY LOHANS BEACH CLUB MTV 10:02 PM 60 0.21 420
35 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,506
36 COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,030
37 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 407
38 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.19 559
39 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 456
40 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 79 0.19 1,091
41 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 59 0.18 554
42 GRAVE MYSTERIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 900
43 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 489
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,200
45 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 1:03 AM 59 0.17 434
46 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,421
47 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:19 PM 41 0.17 1,033
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 325
49 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.16 348
50 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.16 335
51 OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 119 0.16 483
52 NCAA WBKBL CHAMP STUDIO ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 483
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,669
54 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 335
55 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.15 290
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,206
57 ABBY HATCHER NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 15 0.15 594
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,485
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,652
60 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 344
61 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 2,060
62 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,621
63 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,329
64 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,619
65 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,733
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,523
67 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 864
68 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 297
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,512
70 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,906
71 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 443
72 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.13 356
73 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.12 526
74 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:30 PM 30 0.12 376
75 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,599
76 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 814
77 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.12 308
78 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,522
79 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,243
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 779
81 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 667
82 THOSE WHO CANT TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.12 190
83 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,361
84 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,365
85 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,510
86 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 886
87 PAWN STARS HISTORY 1:04 AM 60 0.11 410
88 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.10 477
89 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,123
90 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.10 428
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 710
92 PARANORMAL 911 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 376
93 BURIED SECRETS OF THE BIB NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 515
94 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,245
95 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 653
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,075
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 724
98 HAUNTED HOSPITALS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 360
99 ABBY HATCHER NICK JR 6:30 PM 15 0.09 454
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 629
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,101
102 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 613
103 LOST TREASURES OF THE MAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.09 577
104 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.09 196
105 IN ICE COLD BLOOD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.09 365
106 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 579
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,042
108 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 697
109 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 315
110 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 198
111 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.08 202
112 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 518
113 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 637
114 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,263
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 973
116 FEAR THE WOODS TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.08 314
117 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.07 175
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 927
119 COLLEGE GAMENIGHT       L: TOURNAMENT SPECIAL ESPN2 8:00 PM 180 0.07 194
120 TOMB RAIDER HBO PRIME 7:00 PM 118 0.07 202
121 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.07 161
122 UNDISPUTED L: 630 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 157
123 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 980
124 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 440
125 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:41 AM 19 0.07 350
126 SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.06 250
127 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 921
128 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 908
129 MEET THE PEETES HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 342
130 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.06 193
131 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.06 252
132 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 401
133 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.06 104
134 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 129
135 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 133
136 HAUNTING TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.05 197
137 ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF HBO PRIME 4:40 PM 94 0.05 113
138 MAINE CABIN MASTERS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 313
139 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 133
140 HAUNTING TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.05 173
141 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 270
142 COLLEGE GAMENIGHT       L ESPN2 1:00 AM 60 0.05 105
143 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 114
144 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 192
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 113
146 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.04 220
147 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 97
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 234
149 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 106
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 217

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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.