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April 12, 2021
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.9.2021

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK, MACGYVER and WWE SMACKDOWN.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MASTERS coverage was at 0.51/0.15.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE edged up 0.02 to 0.24, and UNTUCKED was up 0.01 to 0.15.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.39/2.8M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.18/0.34/2.8M, and CNN’s INSIDE POLITICS at 0.16/0.24/1.1M.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.20/0.19/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.21/0.20.  On HGTV, EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE was at 0.17 compared to last week’s 0.21/0.19, and MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME ticked down to 0.13.  History’s THE UNXPLAINED was at 0.16/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.10.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES fell 0.09 to 0.15.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 was at 0.14/0.11 compared to last week’s 0.13.  We’s MAMA JUNE: FROM NOT TO HOT lost 0.03 to 0.13.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER was at 0.10.  OWN’s READY TO LOVE was steady at 0.07.  The series finale of Syfy’s WYNONNA EARP climbed 0.03 to 0.06. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday April 9, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT L ESPN 3:00 PM 12 0.51 2,689
2 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 7:12 PM 48 0.27 1,093
3 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 13 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.24 623
4 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,822
5 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 68 0.20 1,230
6 GOLD RUSH: FREDDY DODGE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:08 PM 60 0.19 1,277
7 90 DAY FIANCE: 1ST LOOK TLC 10:00 PM 30 0.19 901
8 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,356
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,778
10 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,285
11 EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 31 0.17 1,102
12 MY LOTTERY DREAM H REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.16 1,044
13 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,054
14 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,134
15 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.16 988
16 UNTUCKED 12 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.15 415
17 MASTERS GOLF TOURN (RPT): SECOND ROUND ENCORE PRESENTATION ESPN 8:00 PM 180 0.15 687
18 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,177
19 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,135
20 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.15 730
21 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,120
22 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:08 PM 60 0.14 1,007
23 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 929
24 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.14 458
25 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,049
26 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 866
27 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,477
28 MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.13 663
29 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,253
30 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME INT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.13 972
31 MAMA JUNE: FIRST LOOK WETV 10:00 PM 11 0.13 637
32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,620
33 UNXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.12 716
34 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,418
35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,016
36 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.12 319
37 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 398
38 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L FOX SPORTS 1 8:22 PM 69 0.12 707
39 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,421
40 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,501
41 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,171
42 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 710
43 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 1,715
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,546
45 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,602
46 SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.11 478
47 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.11 468
48 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,088
49 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 664
50 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 253
51 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 59 0.10 1,080
52 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L NBA-TV 10:23 PM 118 0.10 366
53 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,104
54 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.10 1,173
55 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,387
56 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 32 0.10 1,109
57 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:01 PM 23 0.10 329
58 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 497
59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,110
60 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN20 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.09 348
61 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.09 331
62 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,031
63 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.09 910
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,238
65 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,242
66 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:34 PM 86 0.09 1,621
67 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,724
68 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN20 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.09 279
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 674
70 90 DAY FIANCE: MORE TO LO: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.09 523
71 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 481
72 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,569
73 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.08 1,163
74 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:20 PM 40 0.08 1,150
75 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.08 302
76 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 3:37 PM 57 0.08 1,253
77 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 2:32 PM 51 0.08 1,092
78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.08 1,193
79 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:23 PM 14 0.08 1,084
80 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 601
81 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:00 PM 80 0.08 1,082
82 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 1:01 PM 59 0.07 472
83 LIVE FROM: MASTERS GOLF CHANNEL 8:00 AM 420 0.07 388
84 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 446
85 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 456
86 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 11:01 AM 59 0.07 273
87 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 437
88 ELLIOTT FROM EARTH THE CARTOON NETWORK 9:00 AM 15 0.07 172
89 WICKED TUNA COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:15 PM 60 0.07 219
90 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.07 231
91 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 12:00 PM 61 0.07 358
92 BARBARIAN AND THE TROLL NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.07 345
93 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:44 AM 16 0.07 1,022
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 206
95 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.07 794
96 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 10:00 AM 61 0.07 303
97 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.07 173
98 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:24 AM 80 0.07 1,102
99 LIGA MX L: FC JUAREZ / CLUB ATLETICO DE SAN LUIS TUDN 10:25 PM 125 0.07 211
100 READY TO LOVE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 273
101 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.07 240
102 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 24 0.07 223
103 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 5:00 PM 60 0.07 314
104 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: CIN AT AZ/SD AT TX (MUSGROVE NO HITTER) MLB NETWORK 10:35 PM 174 0.06 172
105 WYNONNA EARP SYFY 10:00 PM 71 0.06 278
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 200
107 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 387
108 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 24 0.06 1,195
109 SYDNEY TO THE MAX DISNEY CHANNEL 8:24 PM 23 0.06 269
110 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.06 1,187
111 JUST ROLL WITH IT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:47 PM 23 0.06 281
112 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,181
113 UNDISPUTED L: 1147 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 135
114 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.06 180
115 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 215
116 JOHN WAYNE GACY OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.06 243
117 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: MEMPHIS/NEW YORK NBA-TV 7:32 PM 171 0.06 218
118 LIGA MX L: NECAXA / UNAM TUDN 8:00 PM 145 0.05 153
119 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 358
120 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 476
121 DOING THE MOST PHOEBE ROB COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.05 113
122 SISTER SISTER VH1 12:30 PM 30 0.05 81
123 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 866
124 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN2 8:00 AM 120 0.05 177
125 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 151
126 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 6:00 PM 60 0.04 161
127 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:00 PM 30 0.04 127
128 POP TV MOVIES: 42 (2013) POP 8:00 PM 180 0.04 172
129 SISTER SISTER VH1 1:00 PM 30 0.04 70
130 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 8:30 PM 30 0.04 198
131 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 102
132 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 156
133 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICK JR 2:30 PM 30 0.04 234
134 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 82 0.04 307
135 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:30 PM 30 0.04 125
136 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.04 121
137 GRAHAM NORTON SHOW BBC-AMERICA 11:00 PM 60 0.04 121
138 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 351
139 COMBATE GLOBAL TUDN 12:30 AM 90 0.04 76
140 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1102 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.04 66
141 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.03 93
142 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 289
143 PATH TO THE DRAFT NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.03 104
144 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: PHI AT ATL/DET AT CLE MLB NETWORK 7:28 PM 187 0.03 204
145 BELLATOR MMA 2021 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:46 PM 15 0.03 103
146 SISTER SISTER VH1 1:30 PM 30 0.03 61
147 HERD L: 1462 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.03 116
148 SOCIO S5, EL UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.03 73
149 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 6:45 PM 43 0.03 152
150 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 12:21 AM 69 0.03 115

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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.