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November 19, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.16.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable at 0.73/0.71, and the TOP RANK BOXING lead-out was at 0.36.  A&E’s LIVE PD climbed 0.09 to 0.70, and the clip-show lead-in was up 0.06 to 0.37.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH ticked down to 0.58, and MASTER OF ARMS was steady at 0.26.  Nickelodeon’s noon PAW PATROL was at 0.30.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.30/0.41/3M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.24/0.44/2.7M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.23/0.28/1.1M.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE slipped 0.02 to 0.28, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.04 to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.22.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER dropped 0.07 to 0.28, and ROOM 104 was at 0.04/220K and 0.03/179K, compared to last week’s 0.06/0.05.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.25/0.24, steady with last week.  MV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.25/0.21/0.21, compared to last week’s 0.30/0.26, and TOO STUPID TO DIE was up 0.03 to 0.16.  ID’s DEADLY WOMEN dropped a tick to 0.22.  On Syfy, Z NATION rose 0.06 to 0.18, and VAN HELSING was up 0.04 to 0.12.  Paramount’s BELLATOR LIVE was at 0.13.  On We, MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP fell 0.09 to 0.09.  On Bravo, SWEET HOME was at 0.09, BUYING IT BLIND was at 0.07, and GET A ROOM was at 0.07.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday November 16, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: TORONTO/BOSTON ESPN 7:11 PM 161 0.73 1,824
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L ESPN 9:52 PM 119 0.71 1,704
3 LIVE PD: 161 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.70 2,034
4 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.58 2,384
5 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.37 1,180
6 TOP RANK BOXING        L ESPN 11:51 PM 58 0.36 950
7 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,239
8 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.30 1,202
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.30 2,965
10 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 11 0.28 709
11 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.28 1,471
12 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.28 1,506
13 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:49 AM 71 0.26 632
14 MASTER OF ARMS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.26 940
15 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,084
16 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.25 1,044
17 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 9:01 PM 31 0.25 613
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,678
19 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 6:31 PM 23 0.23 486
20 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: CONNECTICUT/IOWA ESPN2 6:54 PM 133 0.23 570
21 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,167
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,101
23 DEADLY WOMEN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 944
24 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 1,158
25 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:31 PM 30 0.21 560
26 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.21 532
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 855
28 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,578
29 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.20 840
30 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.20 656
31 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 459
32 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,627
33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,396
34 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,130
35 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,851
36 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,040
37 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,008
38 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,041
39 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,180
40 Z NATION SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 531
41 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,657
42 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: SYRACUSE/OREGON ESPN2 4:30 PM 121 0.18 406
43 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 983
44 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: MEMPHIS/SMU ESPN2 9:07 PM 217 0.18 623
45 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 497
46 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 470
47 ANDI MACK DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.17 894
48 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,029
49 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.17 291
50 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.17 406
51 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,200
52 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.17 355
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.17 466
54 COOP & CAMI ASK THE WORLD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 25 0.17 834
55 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.17 293
56 LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.16 814
57 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 333
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 2,087
59 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 880
60 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,488
61 TOO STUPID TO DIE MTV 9:32 PM 31 0.16 367
62 SELECCION MEXICANA FRI: ARGENTINA / MEXICO UNIVISION DEPORTES 6:30 PM 150 0.15 367
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.15 971
64 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,762
65 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ST. JOSEPHS/UCF ESPN2 1:30 PM 120 0.15 252
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,485
67 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.15 360
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 330
69 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 844
70 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,522
71 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,540
72 90 DAY FIANCE: 1ST LOOK TLC 10:00 PM 32 0.14 589
73 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.14 417
74 HAUNTED LIVE TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 457
75 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.14 814
76 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.14 336
77 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 25 0.14 558
78 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,511
79 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 832
80 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,399
81 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,626
82 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,824
83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,197
84 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 754
85 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,510
86 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 209 PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 132 0.13 381
87 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,400
88 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,557
89 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,442
90 VAN HELSING SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.12 359
91 ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF HBO PRIME 8:15 PM 94 0.12 250
92 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 785
93 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:05 PM 175 0.12 400
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 282
95 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,213
96 FANCY NANCY DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.12 486
97 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.12 505
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 789
99 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.11 517
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,048
101 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 294
102 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 583
103 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,451
104 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 34 0.11 1,069
105 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,158
106 MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.11 484
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 949
108 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,055
109 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,201
110 PAYNES OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.10 451
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 747
112 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.10 166
113 NCWTS RACING L: HOMESTEAD FOX SPORTS 1 7:58 PM 122 0.09 542
114 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:10 PM 50 0.09 848
115 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.09 290
116 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:34 PM 36 0.09 757
117 SCALED ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 60 0.09 258
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 941
119 COMEDY CELLAR COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.09 199
120 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 484
121 SWEET HOME BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.09 294
122 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: HE KNOWS YOUR EVERY MOVE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.09 466
123 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:30 PM 30 0.09 202
124 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 30 0.08 178
125 LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 547
126 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 30 0.08 227
127 BUYING IT BLIND BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.07 299
128 HERD L: 864 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.07 158
129 ESPN FC ESPN2 12:44 AM 31 0.07 228
130 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:49 PM 11 0.07 249
131 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.07 218
132 FOOTBALL LIFE NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.07 286
133 NASCAR CUP SERIES QUAL L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 90 0.07 480
134 GET A ROOM: CARSON & THOM BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.07 320
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 265
136 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 4:00 PM 30 0.07 187
137 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 390
138 UNDISPUTED L: 545 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 167
139 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 366
140 UEFA N.L. 2018 FRI: HOLANDA / FRANCIA UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 142 0.06 121
141 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.06 243
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 255
143 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 60 0.06 121
144 TOP 10 NFL NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.05 120
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 107
146 HOLIDAY COOKIE BUILDS COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.05 192
147 NIGHT FLIGHT IFC TV 1:00 AM 15 0.05 163
148 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 291
149 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 188
150 AFTERNOON MOVIE 2: DICTATOR, THE IFC TV 4:00 PM 120 0.05 97

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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."