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May 31, 2023
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.27.

CBS:  Reruns at 0.23/0.19/0.17.

NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR returned at 0.30, followed by a rerun at 0.21.

FOX:  A NASCAR race in the afternoon at 0.52 was followed by primetime reruns at 0.16/0.14.

CW:  Although a few legacy shows will air into the summer, the new administration took the acquisition-heavy reins with the premieres of THE RISING at 0.05 and BARONS at 0.03.

TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP dropped 0.06 to 0.18, and SECRETOS DE SANGRE was at 0.13.

UNIVISION:  PERDONA NUESTROS ticked down to 0.30, AMOR INVENCIBLE ticked up to 0.32, and MUJER was down 0.04 to 0.18.

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s coverage of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference NBA PLAYOFFS was huge at 4.24, and the network followed it with another “sneak” of the LAZARUS PROJECT pilot at 0.43.  On USA, WWE; RAW was at 054/0.53/0.50 compared to last week’s 0.58/0.54/0.50, and RACE TO SURVIVE was up 0.04 to 0.12.  ESPN’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.44, and LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.22.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK lost 0.04 to 0.19, and SUMMER HOUSE was also down 0.04 to 0.19.  ID’s CURIOUS CASE OF NATALIA GRACE was at 0.18.  On TLC, 90 DAY FIANCE held at 0.16, and YOU, ME & MY EX ticked up to 0.13.  Food Network’s SUMMER BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ticked up to 0.11.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW was at 0.09/0.06 compared to last week’s 0.06/0.04.  On HGTV, CELEBRITY IOU rose 0.04 to 0.09, and RENOVATION WILD was up 0.02 to 0.07.  A&E’s HOARDERS was at 0.08.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD was down 0.02 to 0.08.  History’s FDR was at 0.08.  History’s GREATEST MYSTERIES was steady at 0.06.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.05/0.04 compared to last week’s 0.07/0.05. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 29, 2023 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- CONF FNLS L: HEAT/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:28 PM 138 4.24 12,000
2 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:46 PM 62 1.75 4,699
3 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:30 PM 58 0.76 2,288
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.54 1,696
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.53 1,642
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.50 1,495
7 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS   L: VEGAS/DALLAS ESPN 8:00 PM 167 0.44 1,584
8 LAZARUS PROJECT SNEAK TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:48 PM 60 0.43 1,180
9 NCAA LACROSSE CHAMP L: NOTRE DAME/DUKE ESPN 1:00 PM 162 0.22 757
10 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 570
11 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 10:47 PM 74 0.21 598
12 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:01 AM 59 0.20 485
13 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.19 770
14 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.19 556
15 CURIOUS CASE NATALIA GRAC: N/A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 120 0.18 1,107
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.17 512
17 90 DAY: LOVE IN PARADISE TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 672
18 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 429
19 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.15 330
20 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 397
21 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.14 378
22 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 468
23 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:42 PM 78 0.13 361
24 YOU, ME & MY EX TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.13 441
25 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 5:32 PM 100 0.13 724
26 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 4:00 PM 92 0.13 762
27 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 7:12 PM 81 0.13 764
28 NASCAR XFIN RACE RAIN L FOX SPORTS 1 12:28 PM 62 0.12 722
29 RACE TO SURVIVE: ALASKA USA NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 394
30 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L FOX SPORTS 1 11:00 AM 53 0.11 603
31 SUMMER BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.11 867
32 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 263
33 NASCAR XFIN RACE RAIN L FOX SPORTS 1 11:33 AM 35 0.11 543
34 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 1:22 PM 82 0.11 642
35 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:31 PM 30 0.11 735
36 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 8:33 PM 80 0.11 787
37 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 2:44 PM 76 0.10 702
38 BLACK INK CREW 10 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.09 207
39 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 520
40 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 31 0.09 632
41 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 280
42 CELEBRITY IOU HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 60 0.09 924
43 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 903
44 UNDISPUTED L FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 90 0.09 193
45 HOARDERS: LIA 143 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 124 0.08 414
46 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,101
47 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 9:53 PM 86 0.08 650
48 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.08 292
49 FDR: 1 NOTHING TO FEAR HISTORY 8:00 PM 123 0.08 936
50 90D: LOVE IN PARADISE PT TLC 10:02 PM 60 0.08 410
51 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 537
52 GUTFELD SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 1,131
53 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 11:52 AM 90 0.07 549
54 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 10:41 AM 71 0.07 528
55 RENOVATION WILD HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 60 0.07 495
56 OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.07 964
57 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 433
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 183
59 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,191
60 FIVE, THE SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.06 1,354
61 HIST GREATEST MYSTERIES HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.06 568
62 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 762
63 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 397
64 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,152
65 SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.06 1,162
66 BLACK INK CREW LA VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.06 159
67 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.06 196
68 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.06 607
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.06 555
70 FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.06 1,187
71 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.06 613
72 MYST MUSEUM REPACK: STDA-6R1R02H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.06 301
73 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:45 PM 15 0.06 201
74 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.06 196
75 ESPNU SELECTION SPECIAL L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.06 255
76 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 11:00 PM 60 0.05 176
77 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 984
78 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 562
79 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN32 MTV 9:30 PM 30 0.05 183
80 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.05 556
81 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L FOX SPORTS 2 9:45 PM 116 0.05 255
82 SO: LOCALS ONLY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:07 PM 68 0.05 318
83 BAND OF BROTHERS AMC 9:00 AM 101 0.05 344
84 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.05 209
85 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 147
86 FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 736
87 BLUE?S BIG CITY ADVENTURE: BLUE?S BIG CITY ADVENTURE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 120 0.05 195
88 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.05 208
89 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN32 MTV 9:00 PM 30 0.05 182
90 CASEY ANTHONY: WHERE THE OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 87 0.05 223
91 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 521
92 FDR: 1 NOTHING TO FEAR HISTORY 12:03 AM 120 0.05 307
93 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 3:00 PM 60 0.05 154
94 YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.05 693
95 AMERICAN GANGSTER: TRAP Q VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.05 144
96 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 15 0.05 173
97 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 4:00 PM 60 0.05 148
98 J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.05 1,393
99 THOMAS & FRIENDS: ALL ENG THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:15 AM 15 0.04 76
100 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:15 PM 15 0.04 169
101 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: MIN AT HOU/COL AT ARI MLB NETWORK 3:48 PM 200 0.04 249
102 YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN RPT SP: BIDEN MEMORIAL DAY REMARKS 1142-1157 MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.04 680
103 SPLIT SECOND GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.04 380
104 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: LOS ANGELES ANGELS/CHICAGO WHITE SOX FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 182 0.04 168
105 FIRST THINGS FIRST L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.04 172
106 HBO FILM: BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND BROKEN HEART CNN 8:00 PM 135 0.04 730
107 FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.04 960
108 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 118
109 THIS JUST IN L ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 173
110 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 7:08 PM 52 0.04 182
111 SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.04 566
112 MORNING JOE-SPC: N/A MSNBC 8:00 AM 120 0.04 693
113 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 416
114 P+ JOE PICKETT PARAMOUNT 11:30 PM 60 0.04 319
115 CASEY ANTHONY: WHERE THE OXYGEN MEDIA 8:27 PM 103 0.04 245
116 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.04 921
117 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: TEX AT DET/CLE AT BAL MLB NETWORK 1:11 PM 157 0.04 192
118 CASEY ANTHONY: WHERE THE OXYGEN MEDIA 10:10 PM 110 0.04 252
119 GORDON: UNCHARTED POP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 179
120 SO: LOCALS ONLY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 67 0.04 263
121 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 92
122 ROLAND GARROS TENNIS CHANNEL 10:34 AM 62 0.04 294
123 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN32 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.03 174
124 ROLAND GARROS TENNIS CHANNEL 2:03 PM 88 0.03 234
125 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.03 175
126 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS SPC: N/A MSNBC 12:00 PM 120 0.03 566
127 BREAKFAST CLUB, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 AM 60 0.03 103
128 MOVIE- ORIGINAL RPT: PRIDE: SEVEN DEADLY SINS LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 121 0.03 225
129 ROLAND GARROS: ROLAND GAR ATPWTA:MR1 ALCC/COBF TENNIS CHANNEL 11:36 AM 147 0.03 279
130 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 340
131 LIGA MX FEMENIL: SF:MONTERREY VS PACHUCA FOX DEPORTES 11:02 PM 129 0.03 60
132 SPEAK L FOX SPORTS 1 4:30 PM 90 0.03 97
133 NAT. LACROSSE LEAGUE   L: BUFFALO/COLORADO ESPN2 4:00 PM 157 0.03 71
134 NCAA GOLF: MENS GOLF CHP GOLF CHANNEL 4:58 PM 298 0.03 133
135 CNN/CNN THIS MORNING HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 150
136 KATY TUR RPTS SPCL: N/A MSNBC 2:00 PM 120 0.03 557
137 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 353
138 FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.03 596
139 ROLAND GARROS TENNIS CHANNEL 3:31 PM 28 0.03 227
140 GORDON: UNCHARTED POP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.03 169
141 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP MLB NETWORK 11:05 PM 88 0.03 123
142 JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW, THE TLC 6:00 AM 60 0.03 81
143 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.02 273
144 GORDON: UNCHARTED POP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.02 176
145 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.02 187
146 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 12:33 AM 60 0.02 73
147 MODERN WARRIORS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.02 847
148 CNN/CNN THIS MORNING HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.02 93
149 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:30 AM 30 0.02 321
150 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.02 34

 

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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.