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May 15, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.12.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of SHARK TANK and 48 HOURS: NCIS each gained 0.1 in final numbers, but both THE ORIGINALS and REIGN fell the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 May 12.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated Friday cable with 1.59 for its NBA PLAYOFFS game, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.31.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER ticked down to 0.41, and ANIMALS was down 0.02 to 0.08.  A&E’s LIVE PD fell 0.08 to 0.40.  Nickelodeon’s 12:30PM PAW PATROL hit the Top 10 at 0.39, with lead-out RUSTY RIVETS at 0.27.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE rose 0.04 to 0.37.  MSNBC again had THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW in the Top 10 at 0.32/2.5M.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL climbed 0.04 to 0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.27.  On Food Network, DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES returned at 0.27, and GINORMOUS FOOD was steady at 0.27.  History’s ANCIENT ALIENS ticked up to 0.27.  Disney Channel’s morning MICKEY & THE ROADSTER and PUPPY DOG PALS were both at 0.26, the latter steady with last week.  On We, MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP slipped 0.02 to 0.21.  Discovery’s YUKON MEN lost 0.03 to 0.17.  The second night of TNT’s AMERICAN RACE was at 0.11/0.08.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 May 12.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 12, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: CELTICS/WIZARDS ESPN 7:59 PM 168 1.59 4,262
2 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:47 PM 73 0.80 1,897
3 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.41 1,817
4 LIVE PD: 39 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.40 1,198
5 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.39 1,399
6 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 9 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.37 738
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.34 795
8 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 59 0.33 763
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,537
10 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: NASHVILLE/ANAHEIM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:02 PM 200 0.31 856
11 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,364
12 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.28 662
13 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.27 807
14 GINORMOUS FOOD FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.27 789
15 RUSTY RIVETS NICKELODEON 1:00 PM 30 0.27 1,065
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.27 1,338
17 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.27 1,074
18 MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.26 992
19 PUPPY DOG PALS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 25 0.26 1,045
20 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.25 1,273
21 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,942
22 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 563
23 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,781
24 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.24 1,236
25 ANDI MACK DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 25 0.24 1,491
26 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.23 479
27 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,263
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 446
29 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 496
30 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.22 1,278
31 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,616
32 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,551
33 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,093
34 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.22 1,793
35 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.21 1,814
36 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 60 0.21 589
37 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 64 0.21 519
38 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.20 1,582
39 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.20 1,163
40 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,179
41 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 466
42 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,745
43 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 415
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,081
45 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,058
46 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,487
47 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 868
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.18 982
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,544
50 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 1,025
51 PAW PATROL NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.18 658
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,049
53 YUKON MEN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.17 1,025
54 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 842
55 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,049
56 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 937
57 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.17 761
58 FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,649
59 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,601
60 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,858
61 SPORTSNATION ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.16 336
62 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.16 2,104
63 SUICIDE SQUAD: SUICIDE SQUAD HBO PRIME 5:25 PM 123 0.16 422
64 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:22 AM 38 0.16 371
65 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 69 0.16 364
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 996
67 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 958
68 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,626
69 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,405
70 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.15 1,306
71 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,165
72 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 649
73 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,489
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,190
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:09 PM 21 0.14 348
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 274
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 310
78 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 12:00 AM 60 0.14 316
79 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.14 316
80 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: DAUGHTER FOR SALE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.14 608
81 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,086
82 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,171
83 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.13 923
84 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,314
85 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.13 285
86 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.13 603
87 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.13 299
88 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,235
89 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,075
90 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,065
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 993
92 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 282
93 ELEAGUE: STREET FIGHTER V – GROUP D TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 120 0.11 221
94 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,054
95 PGA TOUR: 2017 PLAYERS GOLF CHANNEL 1:00 PM 369 0.11 898
96 AMERICAN RACE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.11 297
97 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 953
98 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:00 AM 60 0.11 232
99 E! NEWS E! 6:59 PM 61 0.11 300
100 NCWTS RACING L: KANSAS FOX SPORTS 1 8:30 PM 159 0.11 694
101 GREATEST EVER TRUTV 11:30 PM 30 0.10 255
102 KUU KUU HARAJUKU NICK JR 7:30 PM 30 0.10 473
103 E! NEWS E! 10:31 PM 63 0.10 263
104 LEGENDHUNTER TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 364
105 IT TAKES A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 11:01 PM 30 0.09 200
106 GHOST BROTHERS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.09 229
107 NCWTS POST RACE SHOW L FOX SPORTS 1 11:09 PM 21 0.09 369
108 PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/WEST BROM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 162 0.09 205
109 ANIMALS. HBO PRIME 11:31 PM 28 0.08 239
110 AMERICAN RACE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.08 248
111 NASCAR M.E. CUP QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 89 0.08 506
112 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.08 595
113 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 213
114 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 30 0.08 251
115 VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 110 0.07 249
116 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.07 190
117 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:50 PM 10 0.07 261
118 CUPCAKE WARS CELEBRITY COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 221
119 CUPCAKE WARS CELEBRITY COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.07 193
120 NCWTS SETUP L FOX SPORTS 1 7:59 PM 31 0.07 412
121 ANIMAL FIGHT NIGHT NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.07 350
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 178
123 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 150
124 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.06 133
125 GIRL STARTER TLC 7:00 PM 60 0.06 179
126 THIS IS LIFE HLN 10:00 PM 60 0.06 192
127 AUSTRALIAS DEADLY MONSTER NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 60 0.06 263
128 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.05 495
129 LIVE FROM: PLAYERS CHP GOLF CHANNEL 7:09 PM 120 0.05 259
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 203
131 ER POP 5:00 PM 60 0.05 178
132 POWDER HBO PRIME 10:15 AM 112 0.05 128
133 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL MAXPRIME 10:40 PM 104 0.05 169
134 PRE-DRAFT CAMPS    L: NBA DRAFT COMBINE ESPN2 3:00 PM 240 0.05 119
135 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 1:30 AM 30 0.05 111
136 ER POP 3:00 PM 60 0.05 137
137 RENAISSANCE MAN: RENAISSANCE MAN HBO PRIME 8:00 AM 128 0.05 114
138 GEORGE LOPEZ BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:31 AM 31 0.05 88
139 WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKI HBO PRIME 6:05 AM 114 0.05 110
140 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 PM 62 0.05 147
141 ER POP 6:00 PM 60 0.05 214
142 CUPCAKE WARS CELEBRITY COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 168
143 ER POP 4:00 PM 60 0.04 153
144 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.04 210
145 LATE MOVIE: POST GRAD FREEFORM 12:00 AM 120 0.04 110
146 GEORGE LOPEZ BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 AM 31 0.04 94
147 UNDISPUTED L: 173 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 120 0.04 101
148 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CHC AT STL/LAD AT COL MLB NETWORK 8:16 PM 183 0.04 274
149 BY THE SEA: BY THE SEA MAXPRIME 12:25 AM 122 0.04 95
150 MLB WHIPAROUND L FOX SPORTS 1 11:30 PM 60 0.04 121

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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.