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March 9, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.6.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.02 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.57 (New Orleans vs. Miami).  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.60/0.43/0.32 compared to last week’s 0.42/0.33/0.22.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.05 to 0.52, with the lead-in hour down 0.09 to 0.26.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP was steady at 0.27.  TUDN’s LIGA match was at 0.25.  VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE gained 0.04 to 0.24, and UNTUCKED returned at 0.15.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES ticked up to 0.25.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME was at 0.21.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER dipped 0.03 to 0.21, and HIGH  MAINTENANCE was steady at 0.06.  ID’s FATAL VOWS lost 0.06 to 0.11.  On FX, THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL ALIVE was at 0.11/0.07/0.06.  Lifetime’s SUPERNANNY ticked down to 0.07.  Note that Cinemax’s STRIKE BACK has reached the zero ratings level in 18-49s (34K total viewers), so we will no longer be providing its ratings here or responding to requests on them.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday March 6, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MILWAUKEE/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:50 PM 153 1.02 2,432
2 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 96 0.60 2,534
3 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:23 AM 37 0.58 1,341
4 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: MIAMI/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 8:13 PM 157 0.57 1,513
5 LIVE PD: 281 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.52 1,751
6 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:36 PM 58 0.43 1,922
7 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.37 778
8 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 0.35 891
9 GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:34 PM 34 0.32 1,361
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 729
11 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:07 PM 51 0.26 973
12 LIGA MX FRI: UNAM / AMERICA TUDN 8:30 PM 150 0.25 538
13 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 12 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.24 558
14 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.24 896
15 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 516
16 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 3,345
17 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 3,074
18 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 3,373
19 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.21 1,471
20 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.21 1,329
21 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,540
22 90 DAY B90D: FIRST LOOK TLC 10:00 PM 30 0.19 803
23 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.19 650
24 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,182
25 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,065
26 SHAHS OF SUNSET BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.18 579
27 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,618
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 409
29 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 2,094
30 UNTUCKED 11 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.15 398
31 STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 15 0.15 536
32 STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:15 PM 15 0.15 515
33 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,066
34 90 DAY FIANCE BT90D: MORE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.15 567
35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,076
36 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 2,203
37 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,726
38 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 367
39 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 961
40 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,082
41 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,048
42 CRYSTAL MAZE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 504
43 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 1,706
44 BUBBLE GUPPIES NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.14 489
45 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 1,128
46 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,731
47 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,604
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,900
49 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.13 486
50 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 868
51 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,706
52 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.13 538
53 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 9:02 PM 61 0.13 697
54 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,801
55 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,646
56 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:01 PM 29 0.12 360
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,879
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 978
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,843
60 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 704
61 MSNBC LIVE: DECISION 2020 MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,456
62 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,931
63 FATAL VOWS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.11 584
64 STEVEN THE MOVIE SING THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 90 0.11 438
65 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,692
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,582
67 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.11 364
68 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:08 PM 52 0.11 613
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 768
70 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,552
71 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL FX 8:00 PM 59 0.11 425
72 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 247
73 MLB SPRING TRAINING   L: BOSTON/ATLANTA ESPN 1:00 PM 212 0.11 325
74 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 276
75 COMEDY CELLAR COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.11 199
76 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:32 PM 29 0.10 282
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,397
78 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 279
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 745
80 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,277
81 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 545
82 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 27 0.10 540
83 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 24 0.10 364
84 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,187
85 ANCIENT ALIENS AC HISTORY 1:05 AM 61 0.09 403
86 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 921
87 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 699
88 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.09 370
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 739
90 OWL HOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:52 PM 23 0.09 509
91 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 722
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 781
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,030
94 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 320
95 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 698
96 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 24 0.08 279
97 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 819
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 917
99 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: FAME AT A DEADLY COST LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.07 396
100 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 900
101 ELENA OF AVALOR DISNEY CHANNEL 1:28 PM 23 0.07 237
102 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 63 0.07 404
103 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.07 259
104 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 481
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 1,065
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 845
107 HAUNTING IN THE HEARTLAND TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 365
108 ARCA RACING L: PHOENIX FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 140 0.07 340
109 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL FX 8:59 PM 61 0.07 330
110 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 402
111 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 158
112 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 219
113 PGA TOUR: 2020 ARNOLD PALMER INVIT GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 180 0.06 567
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 266
115 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.06 168
116 UNDISPUTED L: 877 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 143
117 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 279
118 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 821 THE MAN WHO WASNT THERE OXYGEN MEDIA 7:00 PM 120 0.06 366
119 HIGH MAINTENANCE HBO PRIME 11:02 PM 26 0.06 224
120 LIGA MX FRI: PUEBLA VS TIGRES UANL GALAVISION 9:55 PM 125 0.06 118
121 ELEAGUE SUPER PUNCH TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.06 156
122 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL FX 10:00 PM 60 0.06 253
123 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 440
124 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 136
125 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.05 251
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 255
127 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.05 268
128 NASCAR CUP SERI FIN PRA L FOX SPORTS 1 5:30 PM 60 0.05 254
129 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 202
130 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 30 0.05 226
131 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.05 269
132 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 180
133 FUTBOL CENTRAL FRI TUDN 8:00 PM 30 0.05 98
134 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL FX 11:00 PM 63 0.05 199
135 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.05 293
136 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 317
137 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 356
138 MAFS: COUPLES COUCH LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:03 PM 112 0.04 224
139 FRESH OUT LIVE MTV 5:00 PM 10 0.04 96
140 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.04 211
141 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.04 221
142 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.04 77
143 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: GEORGIA TECH/CLEMSON ESPN2 7:00 PM 126 0.04 214
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 206
145 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 315
146 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:00 AM 60 0.04 81
147 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.04 121
148 NASCAR CUP SERIES PRAC L FOX SPORTS 1 3:30 PM 60 0.04 227
149 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.03 87
150 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 274

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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.