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February 24, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.21.2020

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NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.58/0.49/0.32, compared to last week’s 0.39/0.33/0.22.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.03 to 0.56, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.28.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.37.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP rose 0.04 to 0.31, and EXTREME LOVE was up 0.02 to 0.09.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.29/0.45/3.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.19/0.32/2.5M and CNN TONIGHT at 0.13/0.18/700K.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME climbed 0.05 to 0.26.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.22/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.20.  On ID, FATAL VOWS was at 0.19.  Paramount’s BELLATOR LIVE WAS AT 0.07.  HBO’s HIGH MAINTENANCE ticked down to 0.05.  FX’s THE WEEKLY dropped 0.05 to 0.05.  Cinemax’s STRIKE BACK ticked down to 0.01/59K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday February 21, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 62 0.58 2,485
2 LIVE PD: 277 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.56 1,833
3 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:02 PM 63 0.49 2,080
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: NEW ORLEANS/PORTLAND ESPN 10:35 PM 153 0.44 1,174
5 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/OKLAHOMA CITY ESPN 8:00 PM 155 0.37 1,015
6 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:05 PM 59 0.32 1,394
7 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.31 867
8 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.29 3,423
9 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:07 PM 51 0.28 1,035
10 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.26 1,608
11 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:08 AM 52 0.24 629
12 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 3,475
13 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 3,069
14 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.22 747
15 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.22 773
16 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,434
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,453
18 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.19 2,200
19 FATAL VOWS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.19 693
20 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 458
21 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,742
22 LIGA MX: TIJUANA VS GUADALAJARA FOX DEPORTES 9:46 PM 146 0.17 402
23 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 452
24 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.17 587
25 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 12:30 AM 30 0.16 502
26 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 2,196
27 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.16 702
28 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,978
29 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,931
30 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,545
31 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,893
32 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,502
33 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,612
34 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.13 561
35 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,638
36 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.13 371
37 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,783
38 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:04 PM 56 0.13 622
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 709
40 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.13 323
41 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,857
42 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 376
43 MY FEET KILLING ME:FNOTES TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 741
44 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 288
45 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST: JUSTIN BIEBER COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 120 0.12 331
46 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.12 349
47 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,424
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.12 276
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,819
50 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 592
51 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 959
52 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.11 896
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,372
54 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.11 462
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 823
56 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 292
57 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 657
58 COMEDY CELLAR COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.10 240
59 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.10 446
60 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 819 ANGELS & DEMONS OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 120 0.10 367
61 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 21 0.10 429
62 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 433
63 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / PACHUCA TUDN 7:30 PM 143 0.09 211
64 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 241
65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 758
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,367
67 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,174
68 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 736
69 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.09 343
70 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,414
71 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:09 PM 60 0.09 264
72 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.09 300
73 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,312
74 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.09 339
75 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 323
76 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 12:12 AM 18 0.09 207
77 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,471
78 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.09 239
79 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 767
80 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 210
81 NASCAR TRUCKS RACING L: LAS VEGAS FOX SPORTS 1 8:57 PM 123 0.08 544
82 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 778
83 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.08 975
84 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,029
85 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 23 0.08 315
86 OWL HOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:46 PM 24 0.08 391
87 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 942
88 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,348
89 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / TOLUCA TUDN 9:53 PM 131 0.08 152
90 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 489
91 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 761
92 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 239 PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 127 0.07 296
93 PGA TOUR: 2020 WGC-MEXICO CHP GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 235 0.07 477
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 563
95 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.07 334
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 688
97 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.07 315
98 VAMPIRINA DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.07 273
99 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 633
100 UNDISPUTED L: 867 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 150
101 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.07 316
102 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.07 360
103 HAUNTING IN THE HEARTLAND TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 441
104 NASCAR CUP SERIES PRAC L FOX SPORTS 1 4:00 PM 60 0.07 276
105 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 637
106 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 768
107 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 184
108 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 277
109 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 805
110 WASHINGTON: 3 FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY HISTORY 10:02 PM 121 0.07 433
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 640
112 ROCKETEER SERIES DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.06 229
113 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 649
114 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:30 PM 30 0.06 463
115 FRESH OUT LIVE MTV 5:00 PM 10 0.06 170
116 ELEAGUE SUPER PUNCH TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.06 233
117 NASCAR TRUCKS QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.06 238
118 NASCAR CUP SERI FIN PRA L FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 PM 60 0.06 343
119 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 387
120 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 PM 30 0.06 463
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 838
122 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 717
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 833
124 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 255
125 NASCAR RACEDAY:TRCKS L FOX SPORTS 1 8:30 PM 27 0.05 316
126 WEEKLY FX 10:00 PM 32 0.05 177
127 LA ULTIMA PALABRA – L FOX DEPORTES 12:30 AM 60 0.05 120
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 288
129 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.05 256
130 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 301
131 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.05 183
132 WASHINGTON: 2 REBEL COMMANDER HISTORY 8:00 PM 122 0.05 419
133 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 127
134 SHAHS OF SUNSET BRAVO 3:07 PM 62 0.05 135
135 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.05 158
136 TOP RANK BOXING: STUDIO L ESPN2 6:00 PM 62 0.05 129
137 HIGH MAINTENANCE HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 28 0.05 194
138 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 60 0.04 233
139 COMBATE AMERICAS FRI TUDN 12:04 AM 86 0.04 82
140 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 134
141 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 332
142 POP OF THE MORNING E! 11:00 AM 60 0.04 104
143 DR POL COMPILATION NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.04 429
144 GOLF CENTRAL-POST GOLF CHANNEL 6:55 PM 65 0.04 183
145 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.04 73
146 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 7:02 PM 28 0.04 191
147 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:44 PM 78 0.04 153
148 HERD: DOUG GOTTLIEB L: 1179 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 96
149 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 117
150 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:02 PM 58 0.04 106

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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.
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