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April 23, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.20.2018

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY lost 0.1 in final numbers, returning to the 0.1 level.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Apr 20.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games took the top slots on Friday cable with 1.15/1.04, while NBC Sports Net owned the bottom end of the Top 10 with the NHL PLAYOFFS at 0.30/0.30.  A&E’s LIVE PD rose 0.04 to 0.64.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER climbed 0.09 to 0.38, and WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS was steady at 0.08.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH ticked up to 0.43, and BERING SEA GOLD was down 0.06 to 0.30.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, above Fox News’s THE INGRAHAM ANGLE at 0.22/0.39/2.3M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.18/0.24/900K.  Univisioon’s LIGA soccer match was at 0.28.  Nickelodeon’s noon PAW PATROL was at 0.26, and its 6PM LOUD HOUSE was down 0.03 to 0.22.  Cartoon Network’s early evening TEEN TITANS GO was at 0.22, and AMAZING ROAD OF GUMBY was at 0.23, compared to last week’s 0.19.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS dipped 0.03 to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.21.  On We, MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP ticked down to 0.18, and BRIDEZILLAS held at 0.12.  ID’s EVIL STEPMOTHERS shed 0.02 to 0.16.  Cinemax’s RELLIK stayed off the chart, but gained 0.02 to 0.03/88K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Apr 20.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday April 20, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD     L: CLEVELAND/INDIANA ESPN 7:00 PM 160 1.15 3,060
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD     L: BOSTON/MILWAUKEE ESPN 9:40 PM 142 1.04 2,568
3 LIVE PD: 111 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.64 1,909
4 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 59 0.52 1,265
5 GOLD RUSH:PARKERS TRAIL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.43 1,962
6 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.38 843
7 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.38 1,750
8 BERING SEA GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,520
9 NHL QTR FINALS L: PHILADELPHIA/PITTSBURGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:04 PM 161 0.30 875
10 NHL QTR FINALS L: COLORADO/NASHVILLE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:45 PM 160 0.30 801
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,658
12 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / GUADALAJARA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 125 0.28 598
13 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 731
14 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.26 603
15 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.26 1,022
16 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.26 564
17 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 15 0.23 860
18 NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD     L: TORONTO/WASHINGTON ESPN2 8:00 PM 167 0.23 628
19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,330
20 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 6:00 PM 30 0.22 1,058
21 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,311
22 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,876
23 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,595
24 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,235
25 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 2,349
26 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 490
27 UNIKITTY THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:45 PM 15 0.19 738
28 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 458
29 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 501
30 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.19 778
31 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.18 652
32 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 411
33 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 65 0.18 447
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,720
35 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.18 402
36 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.18 883
37 RUSTY RIVETS NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.17 814
38 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 777
39 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.17 720
40 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:30 PM 145 0.17 376
41 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,367
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,987
43 EVIL STEPMOTHERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.16 704
44 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.16 986
45 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 893
46 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,395
47 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 858
48 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,716
49 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,006
50 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,717
51 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,983
52 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.15 363
53 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,578
54 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.14 308
55 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 934
56 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 784
57 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 267
58 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.13 398
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 284
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,732
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 769
62 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:47 PM 72 0.13 332
63 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,039
64 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,444
65 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,371
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 742
67 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 923
68 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,381
69 GREYS ANATOMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.12 360
70 JOSH GATES DEST TRUTH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 532
71 BRIDEZILLAS WETV 10:05 PM 60 0.12 327
72 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,015
73 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 237
74 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,177
75 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD MAXPRIME 7:55 PM 123 0.11 322
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 723
77 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 744
78 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,357
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,511
80 DRUGS, INC.: THE FIX NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 359
81 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 709
82 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,215
83 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 721
84 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,275
85 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 677
86 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 640
87 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 650
88 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L: RICHMOND FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 150 0.11 716
89 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 HBO PRIME 5:25 PM 122 0.10 343
90 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,203
91 COMBATE AMERICAS FRI UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:00 AM 90 0.10 199
92 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 511
93 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 983
94 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:25 AM 25 0.10 260
95 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 961
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,217
97 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 878
98 NASCAR M.E. CUP QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 5:30 PM 60 0.09 463
99 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 289
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 873
101 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,117
102 LOCKDOWN COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 253
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 830
104 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 866
105 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 30 0.08 266
106 WYATT CENACS PROBLEM AREA HBO PRIME 11:31 PM 27 0.08 330
107 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 130
108 GREYS ANATOMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.08 284
109 E! NEWS E! 11:59 PM 61 0.08 180
110 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD MAXPRIME 12:00 AM 123 0.07 160
111 PAYNES OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.07 358
112 NHL QTR FINALS L: MINNESOTA/WINNIPEG USA NETWORK 7:30 PM 161 0.07 249
113 GREYS ANATOMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.07 246
114 SP BEHIND BUILD SMART HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.06 360
115 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.06 155
116 HOUSE, THE HBO PRIME 8:25 PM 88 0.06 177
117 ROADKILL CLASSICS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 30 0.06 215
118 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 139
119 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 412
120 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE HBO PRIME 3:00 PM 144 0.05 134
121 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 14 0.05 166
122 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 123
123 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 119
124 PERFECT GETAWAY A MAXPRIME 6:15 PM 97 0.05 119
125 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN2 6:30 PM 90 0.05 98
126 NASCAR XFINITY QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 4:03 PM 57 0.05 259
127 BREAK HBO PRIME 8:14 PM 11 0.05 141
128 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 30 0.05 324
129 AFRICAS DEADLIEST COMP NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.05 282
130 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 1:58 AM 61 0.04 93
131 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 30 0.04 225
132 NBA PLAYOFFS REPEAT: BOSTON/MILWAUKEE ESPN2 1:00 AM 120 0.04 120
133 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.04 101
134 NHL LIVE PRE QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 64 0.04 101
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 214
136 VELOCITY DISPATCH VELOCITY 9:30 PM 30 0.04 211
137 NHRA QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 PM 60 0.04 286
138 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.04 152
139 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLBT PRIME MLB NETWORK 9:59 PM 181 0.04 144
140 PATH TO THE DRAFT NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 91
141 DEEPWATER HORIZON HBO PRIME 11:10 AM 107 0.04 151
142 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 1:00 AM 58 0.04 93
143 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CLE AT BAL/PIT AT PHI MLB NETWORK 7:07 PM 172 0.04 203
144 AFRICAS DEADLIEST NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.04 316
145 VICELAND SPECIALS VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.04 57
146 FAMILY THAT PREYS, THE: FAMILY THAT PREYS, THE POP 8:00 PM 150 0.04 147
147 PASION DE GAVILANES UNIVERSO 10:00 AM 60 0.03 85
148 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS USA NETWORK 10:11 PM 19 0.03 138
149 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.03 89
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 200

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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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