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October 12, 2021
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 10.11.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.03 to 0.69, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.04 to 0.38.

CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD held at 0.62, and I HEART ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.53.  NCIS dropped 0.08 to 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII (which just received a backorder) was down 0.06 to 0.42.

NBC:  THE VOICE lost 0.04 to 0.92, and ORDINARY JOE was up 0.13 to 0.45.

FOX:  9-1-1 was steady at 0.85, and THE BIG LEAP was up 0.02 to 0.25.

CW:  The 2-episode season finale of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO was at 0.07/0.06 compared to last season’s 0.1 finale, and last week’s 0.07 episode.

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped 0.27 to 3.49.  The MLB PLAYOFFS featured TBS games at 0.92/0.36, and a Fox Sport 1 game at 0.77.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.44/0.42/0.39 compared to last week’s 0.54/0.54/0.48.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/0.35/3.1M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.14/0.21/2.1M, and CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.10/900K.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK lost 0.05 to 0.23.  On Food Network, HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP edged up 0.02 to 0.22, and CHOCOLATE MELTDOWN ticked down to 0.14.  On TLC, THE FAMILY CHANTEL was at 0.18, and 90 DAY FIANCE ticked down to 0.18.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.18 compared to last week’s 0.19/0.19, and BLACK INK CREW was down 0.02 to 0.17.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was up 0.04 to 0.15.  On HGTV, HELP I WRECKED MY HOUSE was at 0.15 compared to last week’s 0.17/0.13, and LOVE IT OR LIST IT was at 0.13.  ID’s DETECTIVE DIARIES was at 0.10/0.07 compared to last week’s 0.08.  On Showtime, the season finale of THE L WORD: GENERATION Q leaped (relatively speaking) by 0.03 to 0.04 (down 0.02 from the 2020 finale on a Sunday), and BACK TO LIFE jumped from zero to 0.03. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday October 11, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON      L: INDIANAPOLIS/BALTIMORE ESPN 8:13 PM 205 3.49 11,333
2 MONDAY NIGHT POSTGAME L ESPN 11:38 PM 16 1.46 4,494
3 MONDAY NIGHT KICKOFF    L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 1.36 4,750
4 MLB DIVISION SERIES: GIANTS/LA DODGERS GM3 TBS NETWORK 9:30 PM 202 0.92 3,553
5 MLB AL DIVISION SERIES L: TAMPA/BOSTON 4 FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 220 0.77 3,299
6 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:54 PM 66 0.62 1,898
7 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.44 1,641
8 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.42 1,516
9 MLB ALDS POST L FOX SPORTS 1 10:40 PM 27 0.41 1,388
10 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN  L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.40 1,170
11 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.39 1,588
12 MLB DIVISION SERIES: BREWERS/BRAVES GM3 TBS NETWORK 1:00 PM 240 0.36 1,506
13 INSIDE THE MLB TBS NETWORK 12:52 AM 49 0.34 1,087
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 3,072
15 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,067
16 HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMP FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,014
17 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 3,256
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 878
19 SPORTSCENTER 12AM ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 595
20 FAMILY CHANTEL TLC 8:00 PM 62 0.18 859
21 90 DAY: SINGLE LIFE TLC 9:02 PM 67 0.18 1,015
22 LOVE & HIP HOP MIAMI 4 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.18 382
23 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,337
24 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,210
25 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 7 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.17 366
26 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,727
27 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 503
28 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 608
29 STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 121 0.15 605
30 HELP! I WRECKED MY HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 61 0.15 952
31 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 2,254
32 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 1,938
33 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.14 664
34 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,814
35 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 2,129
36 CHOCOLATE MELTDOWN: HERSH FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.14 621
37 90 DAY: SINGLE LIFE PILLO TLC 10:09 PM 61 0.14 885
38 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,308
39 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 495
40 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 61 0.13 1,077
41 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,712
42 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.13 899
43 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,496
44 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 398
45 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 395
46 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 506
47 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,396
48 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,581
49 LOVE IT OR LIST IT REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 60 0.11 778
50 NFL REWIND   L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 347
51 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.10 444
52 UNDISPUTED L: 1278 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.10 260
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,664
54 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.10 654
55 SO: NO PREP KINGS: TEAM DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 119 0.10 454
56 DETECTIVE DIARIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.10 598
57 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 315
58 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,202
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 1,496
60 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 313
61 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.09 1,268
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,593
63 BIG BAKE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.08 359
64 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 619
65 MLB ALDS PRE GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 30 0.08 531
66 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 617
67 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 686
68 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.08 530
69 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 597
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 581
71 DETECTIVE DIARIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 472
72 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,114
73 FF MOVIE: JAWS 2 FREEFORM 2:30 PM 155 0.07 250
74 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 178
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 554
76 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 580
77 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 1,081
78 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.06 698
79 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 1,293
80 HERD L: 1593 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 201
81 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 4:00 PM 60 0.06 334
82 MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW TBS NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.06 200
83 NBA PRE-SEASON    L: BROOKLYN/PHILADELPHIA ESPN2 8:00 PM 137 0.06 209
84 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 6:00 PM 60 0.06 307
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 552
86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.06 788
87 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 5:00 PM 60 0.06 332
88 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.06 374
89 CREEPSHOW: SPECIALS AMC 10:00 PM 64 0.06 254
90 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.06 586
91 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: CONTAGION (2011) PARAMOUNT 7:00 PM 150 0.06 300
92 PEOPLE PUZZLER GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.06 532
93 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.06 673
94 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 9:02 PM 63 0.06 414
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.06 1,095
96 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 944
97 WORST WITCH (SERIES) DISNEY CHANNEL 4:01 PM 33 0.06 179
98 FF MOVIE: JAWS FREEFORM 11:30 AM 180 0.05 217
99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 435
100 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 3:00 PM 60 0.05 337
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 467
102 MYST MUSEUM REPACK: STDA-2R1R35H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.05 371
103 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 721
104 WORST WITCH (SERIES) DISNEY CHANNEL 4:34 PM 34 0.05 213
105 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 540
106 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:30 AM 30 0.05 113
107 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.05 456
108 YOUNG SHELDON NICK-AT-NITE 6:00 AM 30 0.05 281
109 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 AM 30 0.05 125
110 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:30 PM 30 0.05 130
111 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 468
112 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 140
113 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 PM 30 0.05 125
114 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 AM 30 0.05 113
115 RIZZOLI & ISLES LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 58 0.05 409
116 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.05 168
117 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 149
118 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 11:05 PM 58 0.05 320
119 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 139
120 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:30 PM 30 0.04 111
121 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.04 408
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 235
123 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 PM 30 0.04 108
124 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 134
125 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 121
126 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 308
127 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 7:00 PM 60 0.04 328
128 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 AM 30 0.04 123
129 L WORD, THE: GEN Q S2 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:02 PM 48 0.04 97
130 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 489
131 LIVING SINGLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:00 PM 30 0.04 114
132 MODERN MARVELS SPECIAL HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.04 250
133 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 716
134 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.04 329
135 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE PARAMOUNT 9:30 PM 150 0.04 155
136 NEWS W SHEPARD SMITH, THE CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 241
137 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 155
138 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 516
139 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.04 571
140 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 726
141 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 75 0.04 156
142 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.03 338
143 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.03 130
144 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 403
145 SAY YES TO THE DRESS: UK TLC 8:00 AM 30 0.03 119
146 BACK TO LIFE S2 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:00 PM 27 0.03 73
147 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 365
148 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.03 132
149 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 12:33 AM 60 0.03 140
150 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.03 101
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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."