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March 4, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.1.2019

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.89 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.55 (Portland vs. Toronto).  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 to 0.60, with the lead-in clip show at 0.31.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH dropped 0.08 to 0.54, and the lead-out hour was down 0.11 to 0.38, with the lead-in hour at 0.22.  Adult Swim’s TROPICAL COP TALES was at 0.37/0.27, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.18.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP gained 0.02 to 0.33.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE fell 0.04 to 0.28.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.26/0.24, compared to last week’s 0.28.  Bravo’s DON’T BE TARDY rose 0.08 to 0.23.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.25/0.43/2.9M, with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.20/0.27/1.2M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.20/0.33/2.5M.  On ID, SECRETS OF THE MORGUE was at 0.20/0.17, compared to last week’s 0.25/0.22.  MTV’s WILD N OUT was at 0.19/0.17, compared to last week’s 0.26/0.24/0.22.  On HBO, THE SHOP returned at 0.07, and 2 DOPE QUEENS was off the chart, down 0.02 to 0.04/108K.  Also off the chart:  CInemax’s STRIKE BACK, down a tick to 0.02/96K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday March 1, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MILWAUKEE/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:39 PM 135 0.89 2,097
2 NBA AFTER THE BUZZER  L ESPN 12:54 AM 16 0.69 1,533
3 LIVE PD: 190 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.60 1,887
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PORTLAND/TORONTO ESPN 8:14 PM 145 0.55 1,407
5 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.54 2,697
6 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:10 AM 51 0.43 955
7 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.38 1,867
8 TROPICAL COP TALES ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.37 720
9 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 14 0.35 838
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.33 873
11 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.31 1,030
12 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:01 AM 59 0.29 612
13 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.28 1,690
14 TROPICAL COP TALES ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.27 573
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,945
16 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.24 898
17 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 9:00 PM 30 0.23 669
18 MAMA JUNE FIRST LOOK WETV 10:01 PM 13 0.23 645
19 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 525
20 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.22 1,309
21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 725
22 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 497
23 LIGA MX L: MONARCAS MORELIA / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:30 PM 158 0.20 453
24 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,227
25 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:03 PM 57 0.20 901
26 SECRETS OF THE MORGUE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 11:00 PM 60 0.20 803
27 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,531
28 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,399
29 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,519
30 NICK CANNON WILDNOUT 12B MTV 8:31 PM 30 0.19 362
31 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,956
32 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,215
33 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 1:05 AM 61 0.17 570
34 SECRETS OF THE MORGUE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 744
35 DUDE PERFECT SHOW NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.17 714
36 TOP WING NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.17 577
37 NICK CANNON WILDNOUT 12B MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.17 316
38 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.17 722
39 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:31 PM 29 0.17 411
40 ANDI MACK DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.16 790
41 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,956
42 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 31 0.16 413
43 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,033
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,678
45 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 9:02 PM 61 0.15 827
46 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.15 900
47 SYDNEY TO THE MAX DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 25 0.15 677
48 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 930
49 DOC MCSTUFFINS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.14 562
50 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,319
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,577
52 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 2,388
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.13 424
54 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,973
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 756
56 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,934
57 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 976
58 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,630
59 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: GHOSTBUSTERS II FREEFORM 8:00 PM 150 0.12 356
60 NASCAR TRUCKS RACING L: LAS VEGAS FOX SPORTS 1 8:57 PM 123 0.12 557
61 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,754
62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 793
63 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 756
64 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,643
65 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,282
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 758
67 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,315
68 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 645
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 840
70 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 715
71 GHOST ADV REPACK: HAUNTED HOSPITALS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.12 365
72 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 695
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 735
74 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 90 0.12 263
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 253
76 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,626
77 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 704
78 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:30 PM 90 0.11 271
79 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,247
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,416
81 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 290
82 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 260
83 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,536
84 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,124
85 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,335
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 230
87 BOURNE IDENTITY, THE HBO PRIME 8:30 PM 118 0.10 346
88 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,297
89 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,419
90 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 501
91 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.10 484
92 GIGANTOSAURUS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.10 491
93 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,682
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 225
95 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: YOUR HUSBAND IS MINE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.10 534
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,166
97 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,480
98 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.09 179
99 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,471
100 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,053
101 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 342
102 NASCAR RACEDAY:TRCKS L FOX SPORTS 1 8:30 PM 27 0.09 431
103 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,124
104 NASCAR M.E. CUP QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 PM 60 0.09 499
105 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,208
106 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 432
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,111
108 TOMB RAIDER HBO PRIME 6:31 PM 118 0.08 225
109 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:08 AM 52 0.08 167
110 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 11:00 PM 60 0.08 312
111 SHOP, THE HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 30 0.07 202
112 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 1,022
113 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 609 THE SHADOW OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 120 0.07 412
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 285
115 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 164
116 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.07 464
117 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.06 109
118 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE: 2019 RB, OL, ST NFL NETWORK 9:00 AM 420 0.06 147
119 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 12:00 AM 60 0.06 297
120 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 7:00 PM 60 0.06 274
121 WMNS COLL GYMNASTICS L ESPN2 9:14 PM 87 0.06 199
122 ANIMAL CRIBS ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.06 324
123 UNDISPUTED L: 619 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 143
124 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.06 308
125 BEST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 AM 30 0.06 271
126 SOUTHERN JUSTICE COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 302
127 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.06 134
128 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 1:00 AM 60 0.05 254
129 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 18 0.05 143
130 SOUTHERN JUSTICE COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 375
131 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 6:00 PM 60 0.05 214
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 214
133 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 303
134 NASCAR M.E. CUP PRAC L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 60 0.05 221
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 258
136 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 163
137 NASCAR TRUCKS QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 90 0.05 260
138 BEST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 AM 30 0.05 208
139 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 110
140 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 226
141 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: RHODE ISLAND/DAYTON ESPN2 7:00 PM 134 0.05 164
142 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:41 PM 79 0.05 128
143 WHERE THE HEART IS (2000): WHERE THE HEART IS (2000) HBO PRIME 9:30 AM 120 0.04 106
144 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 8:00 PM 60 0.04 335
145 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.04 168
146 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 11:30 AM 12 0.04 79
147 NASCAR XFINITY PRACTICE L FOX SPORTS 1 4:00 PM 60 0.04 258
148 PGA TOUR: 2019 HONDA CLS GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 185 0.04 491
149 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 60 0.04 264
150 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.04 226

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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.