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November 23, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.20.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN, 20/20 and DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s night of the GOLD RUSH franchise was t 0.48/0.37/0.23, compared to last week’s 0.47/0.37/0.22.  Cable news was led by CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.33/0.50/2.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.28/0.48/3.6M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/0.44/3.6M.  On HGTV ,MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME returned at 0.27, and HOLIDAY CRAFTERS GONE WILD was at 0.15.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.26.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP dropped 0.05 to 0.25.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER edged up 0.02 to 0.18, and HOW TO ticked up to 0.05.  History’s ANCIENT ALIENS was at 0.17 compared to last week’s 0.17/0.13/0.10.  A&E’s LIVE RESCUE ticked down to 0.14.  On OWN, READY TO LOVE rose 0.04 to 0.09, and PUT A RING ON IT was up 0.02 to 0.07.  FX’s NY TIMES PRESENTS was at 0.07.  Cinemax’s WARRIOR was steady at 0.01/68K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday November 20, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 68 0.48 2,208
2 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:08 PM 66 0.37 1,724
3 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.33 2,359
4 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,569
5 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.30 2,185
6 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,178
7 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.28 3,593
8 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.28 1,988
9 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,003
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,618
11 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 35 0.27 1,512
12 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.27 2,212
13 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.26 1,825
14 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: SYRACUSE/LOUISVILLE ESPN 7:00 PM 194 0.26 1,034
15 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.26 2,046
16 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP: LIFE AFTER LOCKUP 03-19 WETV 9:00 PM 121 0.25 714
17 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.25 1,913
18 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.24 1,777
19 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:14 PM 60 0.23 973
20 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 1,777
21 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,465
22 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 3,046
23 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:14 PM 46 0.21 626
24 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,538
25 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,623
26 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,905
27 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,673
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,721
29 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 464
30 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 58 0.18 1,392
31 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,316
32 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.17 961
33 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 2,284
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 2,445
35 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 417
36 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,422
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,372
38 HOLIDAY CRAFTERS GONE WIL: EMIX-101H HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 121 0.15 913
39 MOVIE- ACQUIRED PREM: TASTE OF CHRISTMAS, A LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.15 1,154
40 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 391
41 90 DAY OTHER WAY: FL TLC 10:00 PM 30 0.14 998
42 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,426
43 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.14 476
44 JINGLE ALL THE WAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 118 0.14 560
45 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.14 2,406
46 LIVE RESCUE: 61 LIVE RESCUE A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.14 654
47 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,602
48 ASTRONAUTS NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.14 490
49 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 2,065
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,620
51 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,712
52 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 90 0.12 407
53 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,070
54 NBA: THE JUMP L: N/A ESPN 4:00 PM 120 0.12 284
55 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,517
56 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,695
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,399
58 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,553
59 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.12 404
60 SANTIAGO OF THE SEAS NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.11 423
61 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,602
62 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,611
63 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,484
64 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,759
65 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 359
66 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,685
67 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.11 403
68 JUST ROLL WITH IT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:28 PM 23 0.11 381
69 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,486
70 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,533
71 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.10 419
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,465
73 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 299
74 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 268
75 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 243
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,343
77 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,265
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 241
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,362
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,366
81 90 DAY OTHER WAY: MORE TO: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.09 653
82 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.09 810
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 241
84 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 8:30 PM 30 0.09 268
85 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.09 191
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,088
87 READY TO LOVE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.09 282
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 830
89 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 203
90 HOLIDAY CRAFTERS GONE WIL: EMIX-101H HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 AM 121 0.08 402
91 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 23 0.07 246
92 NEW YORK TIMES PRESENTS FX 10:00 PM 61 0.07 221
93 THUNDERCATS ROAR! THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 AM 15 0.07 176
94 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-3R2R02H TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.07 251
95 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 200
96 MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 AM 25 0.07 218
97 PUT A RING ON IT OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.07 220
98 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 598
99 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 1:00 AM 60 0.06 172
100 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.06 162
101 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.06 194
102 COLL FOOTBALL: MTN WEST L: NEW MEXICO/AIR FORCE FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 PM 196 0.05 271
103 UNDISPUTED L: 1048 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 134
104 HERD L: 1362 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 136
105 ROADKILLS JUNKYARD GOLD MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 201
106 MLS PLAYOFFS            L: NASHVILLE/MIAMI ESPN2 9:00 PM 150 0.05 129
107 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 25 0.05 231
108 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.05 148
109 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.05 159
110 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 933 COMIC BOOK MURDER, THE PARTS 1 & 2 OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 120 0.05 282
111 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 146
112 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 216
113 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.04 119
114 ROADKILL GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.04 179
115 CITY SLICKERS HBO PRIME 8:05 PM 114 0.04 186
116 MLS PLAYOFFS L: CONF PLAY-IN: NEW ENGLAND/MONTREAL FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 154 0.04 108
117 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.04 315
118 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 302
119 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 142
120 NFL GAMEDAY VIEW NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.04 116
121 TALKING DEAD: TWDU AMC 12:02 AM 60 0.04 107
122 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 344
123 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 117
124 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 312
125 POP TV MOVIES: FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF POP 8:00 PM 150 0.03 106
126 DIRT EVERY DAY MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 30 0.03 167
127 TERROR EN CASA DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 8:00 PM 60 0.03 113
128 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.03 117
129 CASO CERRADO – OV UNIVERSO 2:00 AM 60 0.03 82
130 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 323
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 185
132 NEWS W SHEPARD SMITH, THE CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.03 314
133 AMER GREED BONUS ED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.03 202
134 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.03 81
135 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.03 171
136 LA PEOR PESADILLA DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 9:00 PM 60 0.03 69
137 ASTRONAUTS NICKTOONS 11:30 PM 30 0.03 81
138 NFL LIVE ESPN2 11:30 PM 60 0.03 94
139 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.03 147
140 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1008 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.03 72
141 UFC LIVE ESPN2 7:30 PM 30 0.03 74
142 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 256
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 172
144 HERMANOS LA OBRA: SIEMPRE DISCOVERY FAMILIA 10:00 PM 60 0.03 87
145 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.03 80
146 PECADOS MORTALES DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 10:00 PM 60 0.03 74
147 MAX ON BOXING ESPN2 7:00 PM 30 0.02 81
148 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.02 37
149 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 11:00 AM 60 0.02 65
150 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 244

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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.