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April 19, 2021
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.16.2021

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Quite a few adjustments to the next tenth, for SHARK TANK, 20/20, MACGYVER, THE BLACKLIST and WWE SMACKDOWN. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.41/0.29.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.25/0.25/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.19/0.14.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.24/0.38/2.8M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.22/0.27/1.2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.12/2M.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE dropped 0.04 to 0.20.  WE’s MAMA JUNE: FROM NOT TO HOT rose 0.05 to 0.18.  On HGTV, MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME edged up 0.02 to 0.18, and EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE was down 0.03 to 0.14.  Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB was at 0.17, with lead-out BARBARIAN & THE TROLL at 0.14.  MTVs RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.16/0.16.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was steady at 0.15.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 was at 0.13/0.13 compared to last week’s 0.14/0.11.  History’s THE UNXPLAINED was at 0.12/0.11 compared to last week’s 0.16/0.12.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER held at 0.10.  OWN’s READY TO LOVE ticked up to 0.08.  The final season premiere of Syfy’s VAN HELSING was at 0.06, down a tick from the last premiere in 2019. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday April 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: NEW YORK/DALLAS ESPN 9:50 PM 142 0.41 1,171
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA CLIPPERS/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 7:14 PM 156 0.29 885
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:12 AM 48 0.26 686
4 GOLD RUSH: FREDDY DODGE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:08 PM 62 0.25 1,501
5 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 68 0.25 1,431
6 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,838
7 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,163
8 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 13: 1315 VH1 8:00 PM 120 0.20 479
9 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,078
10 MAMA JUNE: FIRST LOOK WETV 10:00 PM 13 0.18 680
11 MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 673
12 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME INT HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 1,055
13 SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.17 593
14 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,407
15 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 920
16 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 14 0.16 385
17 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN20 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.16 408
18 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,161
19 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,150
20 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN20 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.16 387
21 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.15 514
22 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,014
23 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,033
24 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.15 738
25 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,792
26 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,098
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.14 913
28 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,559
29 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,445
30 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 385
31 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:33 PM 27 0.14 2,319
32 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 843
33 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,366
34 EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.14 1,090
35 BARBARIAN AND THE TROLL NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.14 497
36 SR/BIDEN-JAPAN PRIME MIN FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:05 PM 28 0.13 1,851
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 895
38 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.13 420
39 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 974
40 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.13 493
41 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 979
42 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 328
43 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,366
44 LIGA MX L: MAZATLAN / ATLAS TUDN 10:28 PM 126 0.13 292
45 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME INT HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.12 979
46 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,548
47 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 897
48 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:10 PM 59 0.12 865
49 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.12 343
50 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,387
51 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 2,034
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 667
53 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.12 826
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,577
55 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,747
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 273
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 261
58 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.11 721
59 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,511
60 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.10 403
61 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,247
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 234
63 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,479
64 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 25 0.10 279
65 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.10 463
66 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 218
67 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 348
68 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 57 0.10 1,054
69 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY JUNIOR 6:00 PM 25 0.10 375
70 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,268
71 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 5:34 PM 26 0.10 1,523
72 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,612
73 90 DAY FIANCE: MORE TO LO: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.09 538
74 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,189
75 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 257
76 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,209
77 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 302
78 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 247
79 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,248
80 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.09 218
81 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.08 199
82 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 892
83 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 708
84 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,085
85 READY TO LOVE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.08 349
86 SYDNEY TO THE MAX DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 23 0.08 259
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 960
88 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:12 AM 48 0.08 1,032
89 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,131
90 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,178
91 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 5:05 PM 29 0.07 1,518
92 PAW PATROL NICK JR 6:30 PM 30 0.07 393
93 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,083
94 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.07 212
95 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 10:39 AM 33 0.07 1,208
96 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 1,239
97 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 39 0.07 1,143
98 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:00 PM 30 0.07 234
99 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 65 0.07 1,521
100 JUST ROLL WITH IT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:48 PM 24 0.07 253
101 PREMIER LEAGUE L: TOTTENHAM/EVERTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 133 0.07 195
102 DOING THE MOST PHOEBE ROB COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.07 200
103 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:30 PM 30 0.07 224
104 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.07 346
105 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 1,205
106 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 23 0.06 258
107 ROADKILL GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.06 241
108 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 540
109 VAN HELSING SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.06 304
110 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 1,059
111 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: SEATTLE SOUNDERS/MINNESOTA UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 PM 151 0.06 163
112 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 972
113 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.06 263
114 APPLE & ONION THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.06 179
115 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: SAVING MY DAUGHTER LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.05 316
116 LIVING WITH SERIAL KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 90 0.05 285
117 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.05 211
118 LIGA MX L: NECAXA / QUERETARO TUDN 8:00 PM 148 0.05 141
119 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 452
120 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.05 197
121 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 308
122 GREEN RIVER KILLER: 100 CRIM CONF 208 OXYGEN MEDIA 10:30 PM 122 0.05 257
123 VIOLA DAVIS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.05 169
124 HERD L: 1467 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 139
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 184
126 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: TB AT NYY/CWS AT BOS MLB NETWORK 7:08 PM 210 0.04 233
127 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: ATL AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:20 PM 243 0.04 259
128 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 30 0.04 207
129 MARK OF A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.04 259
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 180
131 D.CHAUVIN: TODAY IN COURT HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.04 169
132 NUESTRO HOGAR EN EL CARIB DISCOVERY FAMILIA 11:00 PM 30 0.04 103
133 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 6:23 PM 45 0.04 210
134 APPLE & ONION THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.04 162
135 ENGINE MASTERS MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 30 0.04 222
136 DOING THE MOST PHOEBE ROB COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 30 0.04 118
137 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 11:00 AM 60 0.04 86
138 D.CHAUVIN: TODAY IN COURT HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.04 155
139 COMBATE GLOBAL TUDN 12:34 AM 86 0.04 89
140 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:06 PM 24 0.04 110
141 OPTIONS ACTION CNBC 5:30 PM 30 0.04 164
142 WICKED TUNA COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:15 PM 60 0.04 150
143 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.04 244
144 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 295
145 BACK FUTURE TRILOGY: BACK TO THE FUTURE PT 3 BBC-AMERICA 8:30 PM 150 0.04 163
146 UNDISPUTED SP L: 1152 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 104
147 SCRUBS IFC TV 6:00 AM 30 0.04 59
148 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.03 271
149 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 89
150 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 1:30 AM 30 0.03 74

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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.