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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.2.2021

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 2, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 EUROPEAN CHAMP FOOTBALL L: BELGIUM/ITALY ESPN 2:44 PM 141 0.90 2,273
2 EUROPEAN CHAMP FOOTBALL L: SWITZERLAND/SPAIN ESPN 11:30 AM 194 0.56 1,451
3 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 5:05 PM 55 0.30 702
4 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.21 916
5 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 577
6 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,300
7 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.18 2,778
8 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 423
9 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.18 1,503
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 10:00 PM 13 0.17 496
11 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 67 0.17 1,115
12 COPA AMERICA QF L: BRAZIL/CHILE FOX SPORTS 1 7:48 PM 134 0.17 426
13 COPA AMERICA 2021 22 UMA: BRAZIL VS CHILE TUDN 7:32 PM 150 0.17 453
14 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,611
15 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: THIS MAGIC MOMENT ESPN 7:00 PM 120 0.15 407
16 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,538
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.13 2,038
18 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,343
19 BERING SEA GOLD: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:07 PM 121 0.13 923
20 FUTBOL CENTRAL FRI TUDN 7:17 PM 15 0.13 300
21 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,462
22 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,416
23 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 769
24 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,272
25 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 746
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 900
27 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 739
28 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 805
29 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,523
30 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: BAD BOYS ESPN 9:00 PM 120 0.11 428
31 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 727
32 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.10 349
33 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 344
34 COPA AMERICA 2021 21 UMA: PERU VS. PARAGUAY TUDN 4:45 PM 152 0.10 276
35 DPLUS SN: RELENTLESS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 11 0.10 482
36 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,602
37 CONTACTO DEL VERANO L TUDN 10:02 PM 58 0.10 239
38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 790
39 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,148
40 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.10 482
41 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 1,660
42 COPA AMERICA QF L: PERU/PARAGUAY FOX SPORTS 1 4:48 PM 151 0.09 228
43 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,272
44 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 828
45 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.09 384
46 CHICKEN SQUAD, THE DISNEY JUNIOR 7:30 PM 25 0.09 276
47 HAPPILY WHEREVER HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 AM 30 0.09 459
48 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.09 436
49 EUROCOPA UEFA 2021 45 UNI: SUIZA VS. ESPANA TUDN 12:00 PM 120 0.09 216
50 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL: N/A MSNBC 8:00 PM 120 0.09 1,559
51 UNDISPUTED L: 1207 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 182
52 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 770
53 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 637
54 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 4:30 PM 30 0.09 439
55 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 805
56 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 656
57 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 743
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.08 1,189
59 COPA AMERICA MATCH DAY L FOX SPORTS 1 7:19 PM 29 0.08 182
60 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:30 PM 30 0.08 236
61 PGA TOUR: ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC GOLF CHANNEL 2:58 PM 182 0.08 690
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 30 0.08 194
63 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 203
64 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.08 543
65 TENNIS: WIMBLEDON       L: THIRD ROUND ESPN2 11:30 AM 320 0.08 413
66 HAPPILY WHEREVER HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 AM 30 0.08 486
67 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 272
68 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.08 1,402
69 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.08 451
70 COPA AMERICA MATCH DAY L FOX SPORTS 1 10:02 PM 30 0.08 178
71 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,035
72 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 289
73 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,065
74 CELLMATE SECRETS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.07 349
75 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 624
76 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY JUNIOR 6:30 PM 25 0.07 275
77 MOVIE- FEATURE RPT: JODI ARIAS: DIRTY SP V2 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.07 382
78 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.07 320
79 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,290
80 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.07 228
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.06 852
82 READY TO LOVE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 326
83 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN2 8:00 AM 120 0.06 257
84 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 886
85 TENNIS: WIMBLEDON       L: THIRD ROUND ESPN 6:00 AM 330 0.06 347
86 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.06 864
87 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 8:30 PM 30 0.06 230
88 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:01 PM 23 0.06 276
89 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.06 315
90 PUT A RING ON IT OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.06 253
91 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICK JR 2:00 PM 30 0.06 252
92 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 11:00 PM 60 0.06 131
93 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 4:50 PM 70 0.06 202
94 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 531
95 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.05 299
96 FUNGIES!, THE THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 AM 15 0.05 193
97 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 840
98 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 995
99 FUNGIES!, THE THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:15 AM 15 0.05 213
100 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 811
101 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICK JR 3:00 PM 30 0.05 241
102 MYST MUSEUM: AREA 51 TRAVEL CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.05 216
103 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 912
104 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2021 STAGE 7 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:57 AM 213 0.05 369
105 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.05 215
106 MOVIE- FEATURE RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 58 0.05 216
107 BLAZE NICK JR 4:00 PM 30 0.05 213
108 MOVIE- FEATURE RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 58 0.05 228
109 PEPPA PIG NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.05 220
110 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:24 PM 21 0.04 235
111 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.04 187
112 MLBT RAIN DELAY: RAIN DELAY MLB NETWORK 7:00 PM 180 0.04 244
113 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 863
114 HERD L: 1522 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 120
115 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 813
116 COPS RELOADED REELZCHANNEL 7:00 PM 30 0.04 172
117 HOT ROD GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.04 217
118 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 385
119 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 902
120 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 207
121 LPGA TOUR: VOA CLASSIC GOLF CHANNEL 6:00 PM 157 0.04 239
122 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 111
123 CELLMATE SECRETS LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:59 AM 60 0.03 184
124 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.03 271
125 ROADKILL GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.03 245
126 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.03 596
127 FUTBOL CENTRAL DT FRI TUDN 4:00 PM 45 0.03 75
128 AMERICA SAYS GSN 7:00 PM 30 0.03 383
129 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 60 0.03 89
130 AFV: ANIMAL EDITION NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.03 293
131 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.03 177
132 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.03 191
133 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.03 207
134 MYST MUSEUM: AREA 51 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.03 254
135 FORMULA 1 PRACTICE L ESPNU 8:55 AM 69 0.03 88
136 JOJO & GRAN GRAN NICK JR 7:30 AM 30 0.03 111
137 NOGGIN KNOWS NICK JR 7:00 AM 30 0.03 87
138 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME GOLF CHANNEL 2:30 PM 28 0.03 211
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.03 104
140 AFV: ANIMAL EDITION NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.03 259
141 CORNHOLE            L: ACL CORNHOLE CHAMPIONSHIPS: FINAL CHASE ESPN2 9:00 PM 120 0.03 101
142 TOUR DE FRANCE – BONUS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:14 AM 43 0.03 228
143 BETTY HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 28 0.03 54
144 EURO TONIGHT ESPN2 8:00 PM 30 0.03 80
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 156
146 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.03 465
147 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 241
148 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.02 273
149 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.02 184
150 MADEAS FAMILY REUNION HBO PRIME 8:45 AM 109 0.02 95
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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.