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January 22, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.18.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.83 (Golden State vs. Clippers)/0.51 (San Antonio vs. Minnesota).  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH dropped 0.04 to 0.62, with the lead-out hour down 0.09 to 0.42, and the lead-in hour at 0.24.  A&E’s LIVE PD fell 0.07 to 0.57.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returned at 0.34.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP rose 0.05 to 0.30, and EXTREME LOVE was steady at 0.11.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE shrank by 0.07 to 0.30.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.29/0.46/3.1M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.28/0.49/2.9M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.25/0.33/1.4M.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was steady at 0.29.  On ID, SECRETS OF THE MORGUE gained 0.03 to 0.26, and YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE was up 0.04 to 0.25.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.26/0.26/0.26, compared to last week’s 0.23/0.22/0.21.  VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE edged up 0.02 to 0.25.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday January 18, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: GOLDEN STATE/LA CLIPPERS ESPN 10:51 PM 137 0.83 2,044
2 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.62 2,564
3 LIVE PD: 178 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.57 1,836
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: SAN ANTONIO/MINNESOTA ESPN 8:13 PM 158 0.51 1,341
5 NBA AFTER THE BUZZER  L ESPN 1:08 AM 15 0.50 1,172
6 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.42 1,705
7 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:23 AM 37 0.38 886
8 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.34 1,781
9 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 0.30 798
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.30 795
11 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.30 1,727
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,073
13 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.29 994
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,862
15 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.27 592
16 SECRETS OF THE MORGUE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 11:00 PM 60 0.26 952
17 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:31 PM 30 0.26 581
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 729
19 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 9:01 PM 31 0.26 603
20 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.26 552
21 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,364
22 YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,047
23 RUPAUL ALL STARS 4 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.25 566
24 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,188
25 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,208
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,451
27 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 520
28 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,783
29 HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: A WINTER PRINCESS HALLMARK CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.22 2,003
30 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.22 1,191
31 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 470
32 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,092
33 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 1,082
34 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.21 392
35 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.20 398
36 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,133
37 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.19 842
38 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 486
39 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 418
40 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,886
41 OCEANS 8 HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 110 0.18 526
42 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.18 409
43 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 942
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,176
45 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,129
46 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.17 863
47 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,121
48 LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.17 705
49 MOVIE- THEATRICAL RPT: SECRETARIAT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 183 0.17 750
50 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,428
51 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,043
52 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,050
53 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 384
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 974
55 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 974
56 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,983
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 936
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,907
59 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 345
60 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,249
61 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 984
62 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,474
63 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 293
64 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,880
65 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 310
66 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,358
67 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:50 AM 25 0.15 535
68 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,846
69 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.14 616
70 GHOST ADV REPACK: GHOST IN THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.14 388
71 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 339
72 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,473
73 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,676
74 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 834
75 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.14 477
76 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,404
77 GIGANTOSAURUS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:25 AM 25 0.14 479
78 MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 AM 25 0.14 576
79 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,545
80 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,530
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,674
82 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,439
83 GIGANTOSAURUS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.13 507
84 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,325
85 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,378
86 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.13 470
87 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:30 PM 30 0.12 289
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,493
89 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,375
90 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,354
91 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,782
92 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 676
93 HARD TIME: LOCKED UP CPL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 463
94 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,701
95 ANDI MACK DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.11 767
96 AMC TRIPLE FEATURE: CONCUSSION AMC 11:00 PM 120 0.11 406
97 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,215
98 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 596
99 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,363
100 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.11 305
101 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:50 PM 10 0.11 417
102 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:30 PM 30 0.10 660
103 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / SANTOS UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:30 PM 152 0.10 212
104 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.10 436
105 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN L: EARLY ROUND ESPN2 9:01 PM 356 0.10 512
106 OCEANS 8 HBO PRIME 9:30 AM 110 0.10 201
107 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,387
108 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.09 609
109 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:30 PM 30 0.09 204
110 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 253
111 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: WHEN VOWS BREAK (2019) LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.09 517
112 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:00 PM 30 0.09 197
113 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,200
114 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,240
115 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:00 PM 30 0.09 602
116 HANGING WITH HENDERSONS ANIMAL PLANET 9:01 PM 60 0.08 434
117 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.08 533
118 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 116 0.08 339
119 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 256
120 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 265
121 AMC TRIPLE FEATURE AMC 1:00 AM 60 0.08 305
122 UNDISPUTED L: 589 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 211
123 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 226
124 FOX COLLEGE HOOP BRIDGE L FOX SPORTS 1 8:26 PM 18 0.08 300
125 BARRETT JACKSON: 9 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 9 MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 120 0.07 422
126 BARRETT JACKSON: 8 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 8 MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 120 0.07 550
127 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.07 235
128 PETE HOLMES:DIRTY CLEAN HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 57 0.07 295
129 COLL BSKTBL: BIG EAST L: XAVIER/VILLANOVA FOX SPORTS 1 8:44 PM 123 0.07 277
130 EXTREME CAKE MAKERS COOKING CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.06 184
131 HERD L: 907 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 120 0.06 194
132 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.06 164
133 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 3:28 PM 32 0.06 149
134 BUNDESLIGA L: HOFFENHEIM/BAYERN MUNICH FOX SPORTS 1 2:20 PM 130 0.06 110
135 FUTBOL CENTRAL (DT) FRI UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 30 0.06 123
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 216
137 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 125
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 238
139 BARRETT JACKSON: 7 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 7 MOTOR TREND 4:00 PM 240 0.05 365
140 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 236
141 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 201
142 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 330
143 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 146
144 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 333
145 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L ESPNEWS 10:44 PM 11 0.04 107
146 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.04 113
147 HOWIE MANDEL PRESENTS HOW SHOWTIME PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.04 139
148 NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST (REMA MAXPRIME 9:40 PM 95 0.04 89
149 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.04 273
150 COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HBO PRIME 7:15 AM 131 0.04 136

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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.