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May 9, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.6.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the preliminary Friday numbers.  

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2016 May FRI.06

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again dominated by the NBA PLAYOFFS, this time on ESPN.  At 2.07, the San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City game topped everything on network TV, and with the rating extended out to the hundredths, the 1.23 Cleveland vs. Atlanta game did the same, narrowly beating SHARK TANK’s 1.22.  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was up 0.29 over last week’s special episode to 0.73, with TRAILBLAZERS up 0.03 to 0.25.  The #6-10 slots were largely morning and afternoon kids programming, with Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB at 0.44 and LOUD HOUSE at 0.38, and Disney Channel’s MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE at 0.37 and SOFIA THE FIRST at 0.34.  NBC’s Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.30.  Food Network’s DINERS, DIVES & DRIVE-INS was also at 0.30.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER gained 0.03 to 0.28, and VICE was down 0.04 to 0.11.  OWN’s FOR BETTER OR WORSE ticked up to 0.22. We’s KENDRA ON TOP dipped slightly to 0.16/0.14, compared to last week’s 0.18/0.17.  Bravo’s THE PEOPLE’S COUCH lost 0.03 to 0.15. Syfy’s WYNONNA EARP held at 0.15.  TLC’s SAY YES TO THE DRESS dropped 0.05 to 0.14.  Cinemax’s BANSHEE added a hundredth to 0.13.  Lifetime’s ATLANTA PLASTIC fell 0.09 to 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2016 May FRI.06

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 6, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: SAN ANTONIO/OKLAHOMA CITY ESPN 9:40 PM 162 2.07 4,993
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: CLEVELAND/ATLANTA ESPN 6:59 PM 161 1.23 3,184
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:22 AM 68 1.06 2,257
4 ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.73 3,103
5 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.58 1,228
6 SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON 5:30 PM 30 0.44 1,801
7 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.38 1,740
8 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.37 1,292
9 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.36 1,247
10 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.34 1,239
11 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.31 723
12 NHL SEMI FINALS L: TAMPA BAY/NY ISLANDERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:02 PM 196 0.30 879
13 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.30 909
14 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.28 1,196
15 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.25 503
16 TRAILBLAZERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.25 938
17 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.24 526
18 SPORTSNATION ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.24 489
19 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.23 552
20 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 59 0.23 480
21 JURASSIC WORLD: JURASSIC WORLD HBO PRIME 4:35 PM 124 0.22 540
22 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 10:02 PM 61 0.22 542
23 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,742
24 FOR BETTER OR WORSE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.22 716
25 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.21 411
26 MOVIE: DESPERATE HRS:AMBER ALERT LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.20 754
27 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,525
28 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 60 0.18 709
29 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.18 353
30 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.18 379
31 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.18 356
32 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,887
33 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 355
34 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 30 0.17 860
35 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,980
36 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:18 PM 35 0.16 439
37 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,839
38 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 799
39 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.16 365
40 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 776
41 KENDRA ON TOP WETV 9:30 PM 30 0.16 366
42 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 810
43 NCWTS RACING L: KANSAS FOX SPORTS 1 8:31 PM 165 0.15 774
44 PEOPLES COUCH, THE BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.15 403
45 PETER RABBIT NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.15 730
46 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.15 316
47 WYNONNA EARP SYFY 10:00 PM 61 0.15 548
48 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 551
49 SAY YES TO THE DRESS TLC 9:00 PM 31 0.14 749
50 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,323
51 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,091
52 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.14 363
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,410
54 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.14 276
55 KENDRA ON TOP WETV 9:00 PM 30 0.14 341
56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 802
57 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,545
58 INSANE POOLS: OFF THE DEE ANIMAL PLANET 9:01 PM 61 0.13 410
59 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.13 316
60 BANSHEE MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 48 0.13 425
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.13 283
62 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 749
63 ATLANTA PLASTIC LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.12 400
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,450
65 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,188
66 GHOST BROTHERS DESTINATION AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.12 425
67 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 912
68 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 728
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 787
70 BACKSTAGE DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.12 847
71 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 867
72 VICE HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 29 0.11 407
73 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.11 271
74 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,227
75 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,335
76 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 667
77 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,183
78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,318
79 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 224
80 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,257
81 NCWTS POST RACE SHOW L FOX SPORTS 1 11:16 PM 14 0.10 494
82 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.10 260
83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,102
84 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.10 242
85 LIGA MX L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:03 PM 117 0.10 202
86 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 298
87 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 790
88 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 572
89 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 319
90 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 592
91 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.09 159
92 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 446
93 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUAL L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 90 0.08 617
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 551
95 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 326
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 723
97 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 457
98 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: WAS AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:11 PM 178 0.08 306
99 BREAK HBO PRIME 8:50 PM 10 0.08 232
100 NFL LIVE ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.08 174
101 LATE MOVIE: TWITCHES FREEFORM 12:00 AM 120 0.08 232
102 SHOWCASE GAME: BOS AT NYY/LAD AT TOR MLB NETWORK 7:00 PM 199 0.08 330
103 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 397
104 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 610
105 PGA TOUR: 2016 WELLS FARGO CHAMP GOLF CHANNEL 3:58 PM 182 0.07 485
106 BREAK MAXPRIME 10:48 PM 12 0.07 261
107 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.07 179
108 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 512
109 NCWTS SETUP L FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 31 0.07 452
110 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.07 135
111 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 592
112 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 493
113 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.06 138
114 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.06 151
115 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:02 PM 58 0.06 540
116 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 255
117 NBA TONIGHT     L ESPN2 12:24 AM 36 0.06 140
118 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 550
119 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 492
120 WILD THORNBERRYS TEENNICK 12:33 AM 31 0.06 163
121 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:19 PM 64 0.06 201
122 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 10:30 PM 30 0.05 116
123 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 84 0.05 120
124 ROAD WARRIORS MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.05 493
125 EAGLE EYE HBO PRIME 2:30 PM 118 0.05 112
126 INTENTIONAL TALK MLB NETWORK 5:09 PM 51 0.05 143
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 221
128 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 11:23 PM 100 0.05 132
129 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 403
130 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 57 0.05 485
131 TMZ SPORTS FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 AM 30 0.05 108
132 NINAS WORLD SPROUT 5:30 PM 30 0.05 207
133 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.05 425
134 BOXING ESPN2 10:00 PM 30 0.05 90
135 NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA GALAVISION 11:32 PM 54 0.05 145
136 NCWTS QUALIFYING L FOX SPORTS 1 4:30 PM 89 0.05 262
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 158
138 BBCA MOVIE: MAD MAX BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 120 0.04 162
139 DAILY SHARE HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.04 141
140 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 185
141 ANIMALS GONE WILD NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.04 232
142 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:15 PM 47 0.04 125
143 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 5:59 PM 31 0.04 305
144 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 387
145 DAILY SHARE HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.04 135
146 GOLF CENTRAL-POST GOLF CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 164
147 MLB WHIPAROUND L FOX SPORTS 1 11:30 PM 60 0.04 121
148 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.04 259
149 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2016 INSPERITY INVIT GOLF CHANNEL 7:00 PM 180 0.04 207
150 PREMONITION: PREMONITION POP 8:00 PM 120 0.04 172

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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.