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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.16.2021

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 910
2 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,626
3 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,472
4 MLDH: DAVIDS DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 AM 30 0.19 905
5 MLDH: DAVIDS DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.19 1,490
6 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 537
7 MONSTER SHARKS ANDROS ISL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 636
8 NINJA SHARKS 2: MUTANTS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.16 532
9 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: 2021 OPEN – PART II GOLF CHANNEL 7:56 AM 424 0.15 1,147
10 MYSTERY BLACK DEMON SHARK DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 630
11 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,344
12 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.14 514
13 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 10:00 PM 13 0.14 456
14 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,350
15 I WAS PREY:TERRORS DEEP 2 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 507
16 PATRICK STAR SHOW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.13 443
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 2,010
18 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,739
19 90 DAY FIANCE HEA: FL TLC 10:00 PM 30 0.12 825
20 AIR JAWS: GOING FOR GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 402
21 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,400
22 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,633
23 DR. PIMPLE POPPER POPS SW DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 326
24 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.11 505
25 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 1,712
26 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,325
27 NINJA SHARKS 2: MUTANTS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.11 366
28 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,325
29 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,166
30 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,133
31 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,179
32 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 313
33 EXTINCT OR ALIVE: LOST DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.10 389
34 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 206
35 90 DAY FIANCE HEA: MORE T: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.10 507
36 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 339
37 CASAGRANDES NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.10 335
38 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.10 333
39 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN21 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.10 362
40 MIDDLEMOST POST NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.10 283
41 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.10 563
42 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 4:30 PM 30 0.10 423
43 JAWS STRIKES BACK DISCOVERY CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 359
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,266
45 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.09 271
46 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: MRS DOUBTFIRE PARAMOUNT 7:00 PM 180 0.09 306
47 SURREALESTATE SYFY 10:00 PM 55 0.09 497
48 MONSTER MAKO: PREDATOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 245
49 CONCACAF GOLD CUP L: GS:SURINAME/COSTA RICA FOX SPORTS 1 8:48 PM 139 0.09 219
50 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L: WE ARE D3/TEAM CHALLENGE ALS ESPN 7:00 PM 120 0.09 224
51 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.09 755
52 MEGA JAWS OF BIRD ISLAND DISCOVERY CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.09 404
53 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 605
54 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.09 1,716
55 ALIEN SHARKS: RETURN TO DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 306
56 COPA ORO 2021 UMA 23 L: SURINAM VS COSTA RICA TUDN 8:30 PM 150 0.09 236
57 MONSTER SHARKS ANDROS ISL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.09 269
58 MYSTERY BLACK DEMON SHARK DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.09 247
59 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 827
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 753
61 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.08 457
62 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.08 321
63 FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING L ESPN2 12:54 PM 79 0.08 345
64 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.08 629
65 X GAMES                 L: N/A ESPN 9:00 PM 148 0.08 171
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 224
67 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 725
68 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,277
69 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 297
70 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:28 PM 92 0.08 241
71 MICKEY MOUSE FUNHOUSE DISNEY JUNIOR 7:30 PM 25 0.08 285
72 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,252
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 211
74 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 733
75 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 706
76 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 691
77 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN21 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.08 320
78 SHARKADELIC SUMMER 2 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 272
79 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 809
80 LIVE FROM: THE OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 120 0.07 568
81 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.07 189
82 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 209
83 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.07 528
84 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 658
85 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:25 PM 24 0.07 320
86 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,096
87 T.O.T.S. DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 AM 23 0.07 300
88 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:01 PM 24 0.07 293
89 SHARK-CROC SHOWDOWN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.07 300
90 CELLMATE SECRETS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.07 310
91 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 828
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 852
93 T.O.T.S. DISNEY JUNIOR 8:30 PM 25 0.07 241
94 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 220
95 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.07 348
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 728
97 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.07 199
98 UNDISPUTED L: 1217 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 168
99 SANTIAGO OF THE SEAS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.06 290
100 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.06 931
101 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.06 279
102 SHARK VORTEX DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.06 241
103 PUT A RING ON IT OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.06 210
104 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.06 183
105 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 843
106 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 1,217
107 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 1,293
108 GOLD CUP MATCH DAY L FOX SPORTS 1 8:30 PM 18 0.06 143
109 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF CHANNEL 6:00 AM 116 0.06 511
110 SANTIAGO OF THE SEAS NICK JR 8:30 PM 30 0.06 234
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 632
112 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.06 1,205
113 CHICKEN SQUAD, THE DISNEY JUNIOR 8:00 PM 25 0.06 232
114 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.05 449
115 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2021 STAGE 19 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 AM 210 0.05 330
116 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 221
117 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 631
118 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.05 1,094
119 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.05 167
120 SPAWN OF EL DIABLO, THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.05 226
121 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 149
122 CELLMATE SECRETS LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.05 222
123 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 607
124 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 751
125 CONCACAF GOLD CUP L: GS:GUADALOUPE/JAMAICA FOX SPORTS 1 6:25 PM 125 0.05 137
126 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 772
127 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 494
128 LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS THE CARTOON NETWORK 9:00 AM 15 0.05 150
129 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 689
130 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 11:24 PM 96 0.05 152
131 LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS THE CARTOON NETWORK 9:15 AM 15 0.04 166
132 ROGUE SHARK? SNAPS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 235
133 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 10:15 PM 69 0.04 172
134 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 918
135 SHARK ATTACK FILES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.04 255
136 WHEN SHARKS ATTACK EXTRA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.04 224
137 FUNGIES!, THE THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:15 AM 15 0.04 109
138 FUNGIES!, THE THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 AM 15 0.04 109
139 ENGINE MASTERS MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 30 0.04 212
140 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-15R3R05AH TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.04 232
141 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 832
142 FAR AWAY FROM RAVEN?S HOM DISNEY CHANNEL 4:00 PM 11 0.04 163
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 192
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 218
145 FOX BET LIVE L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 30 0.03 71
146 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.03 308
147 ROADKILL GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.03 224
148 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 112
149 PGA TOUR: BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF CHANNEL 5:00 PM 150 0.03 213
150 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.03 735
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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.