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December 9, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.6.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.5.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE  HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.74 (Lakers vs. Portland)/0.48 (Boston vs. Denver).  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.07 to 0.51, and the lead-in hour was down a tick to 0.30.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.43/0.28 compared to last week’s 0.57/0.40.  On HGTV, MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME ticked up to 0.28, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was steady at 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.05 to 0.17.  Adult Swim’s JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU returned at 0.25/0.23.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.20/0.20/0.20 compared to last week’s 0.23/0.21.  On TLC, LONG LOST FAMILY gained 0.04 to 0.18, and LONG ISLAND MEDIUM was down 0.02 to 0.14.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS lost 0.02 to 0.17.  We’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP was at 0.09.  Syfy’s VAN HELSING rose 0.03 to 0.08.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday December 6, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA LAKERS/PORTLAND ESPN 10:35 PM 156 0.74 1,618
2 LIVE PD: 257 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.51 1,791
3 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:11 AM 49 0.50 990
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/BOSTON ESPN 8:13 PM 142 0.48 1,107
5 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REI FREEFORM 8:30 PM 60 0.47 1,543
6 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.43 2,285
7 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN FREEFORM 8:00 PM 30 0.41 1,395
8 THOR 3: RAGNAROK: THOR 3: RAGNAROK TBS NETWORK 8:15 PM 165 0.39 1,290
9 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 0.37 851
10 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.30 1,106
11 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.30 592
12 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.28 1,543
13 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.28 1,371
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 765
15 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.25 517
16 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 570
17 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.23 479
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 1,185
19 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.20 742
20 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 3,262
21 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.20 643
22 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 706
23 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 536
24 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 536
25 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,770
26 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,897
27 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,705
28 LONG LOST FAMILY TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 930
29 SP HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.17 1,037
30 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN15 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.17 428
31 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.17 2,404
32 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,787
33 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 2,176
34 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 617
35 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.16 434
36 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 370
37 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,730
38 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 499
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 399
40 RICKY ZOOM NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.15 551
41 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:00 AM 30 0.15 445
42 SPOOKLEY SQUARE P & CHRIS DISNEY JUNIOR 7:00 PM 55 0.15 622
43 TOP ELF NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 600
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,851
45 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 827
46 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,576
47 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 2,007
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,923
49 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 24 0.13 488
50 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:01 PM 59 0.13 821
51 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,757
52 MOVIE- ACQUIRED PREM: STORYBOOK CHRISTMAS, A LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.13 912
53 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 23 0.13 383
54 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 315
55 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 818
56 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,598
57 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 1,017
58 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 11:00 PM 62 0.12 595
59 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:02 PM 58 0.12 647
60 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 313
61 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 294
62 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,554
63 TIME MACHINE: UFOS:DANGEROUS ENCNTRS EXPOSD:SP HISTORY 8:00 PM 121 0.12 789
64 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,739
65 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.11 361
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 840
67 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.11 344
68 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 287
69 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,805
70 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY FREEFORM 1:30 AM 30 0.11 413
71 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 913
72 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,647
73 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,519
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,303
75 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,579
76 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 1,870
77 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.10 269
78 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,545
79 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 943
80 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,584
81 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 843
82 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 12:00 PM 25 0.10 261
83 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 765
84 AMERICAS MOST MUSICAL FAM NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.10 410
85 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 798
86 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.10 854
87 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 754
88 ROCKETEER SERIES DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.09 241
89 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,122
90 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 24 0.09 231
91 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 740
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,484
93 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,507
94 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 191
95 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 60 0.09 491
96 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 66 0.09 205
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 892
98 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.08 447
99 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.08 423
100 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM:BEYOND TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 553
101 UNDISPUTED L: 814 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 232
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 726
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,190
104 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.08 207
105 VAN HELSING SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 270
106 GHOST NATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 384
107 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,023
108 ELENA OF AVALOR DISNEY CHANNEL 12:33 PM 23 0.08 234
109 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: IOWA/MICHIGAN FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 136 0.08 385
110 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.07 386
111 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 30 0.07 280
112 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.07 419
113 TIME MACHINE: UFOS:DANGEROUS ENCNTRS EXPOSD:SP HISTORY 12:02 AM 121 0.07 455
114 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 1,100
115 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 971
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,016
117 LOCKDOWN: ON THE INSIDE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 229
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,037
119 CNN HEROES SPECIAL PRES CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.07 476
120 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.06 542
121 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 12:00 AM 60 0.06 164
122 JUST ROLL WITH IT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.06 393
123 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 162
124 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 621
125 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 197
126 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 533
127 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 149
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 248
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 238
130 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.06 190
131 DUCK THE HALLS: MICKEY MO DISNEY CHANNEL 1:30 PM 30 0.06 203
132 KINDRED SPIRITS REPACK: TKSP-3R1R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.05 261
133 HERD L: 1127 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 170
134 PGA TOUR: 2019 WORLD CHALLENGE GOLF CHANNEL 1:00 PM 190 0.05 426
135 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 336
136 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 407
137 AUSTIN POWERS SPY WHO SHA: N/A POP 7:10 PM 130 0.05 118
138 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 995
139 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 337
140 NFL 100 ALL-TIME TEAM NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.05 174
141 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 386
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 186
143 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.04 228
144 AUSTIN POWERS GOLDMEMBER: N/A POP 9:20 PM 130 0.04 108
145 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.04 132
146 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.04 185
147 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 141
148 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:13 PM 47 0.04 122
149 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.04 113
150 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 139

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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."