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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.14.2018

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for news and weather.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped the former with 0.37/0.57/3.7M, with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.30/0.39/1.4M, and Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.25/0.43/3M.  Weather Channel’s hurricane coverage filled 9 of the Top 16 slots, led by the 10AM hour at 0.32.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER ticked down to 0.31, and ANIMALS was steady at 0.05/171K .  A&E’s LIVE PD clip show gained 0.03 to 0.30.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.26.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES dipped 0.03 to 0.26.  On History, IN SEARCH OF was at 0.26/0.21, compared to last week’s 0.17.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was steady at 0.25, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.04 to 0.22.  ID’s DEADLY WOMEN was at 0.24 and IN PLAIN SIGHT was at 0.20/0.19.  MTV’s WILD N OUT was at 0.24/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.28/0.26, and SAFEWORD fell a tenth to 0.13.  On Discovery, TREASURE QUEST lost 0.02 to 0.18, and BATTLEBOTS was down 0.04 to 0.18.  We’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP held at 0.15.  On Syfy, WYNONNA EARP rose 0.02 to 0.13, and KILLJOYS was down 0.03 to 0.07.  Cinemax’s OUTCAST stayed off the chart at 0.03/98K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday September 14, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.37 3,662
2 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.32 1,805
3 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.32 1,587
4 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.31 1,741
5 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.31 1,881
6 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.30 1,429
7 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 53 0.30 1,039
8 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.30 1,797
9 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.29 1,555
10 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,366
11 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.28 1,544
12 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,147
13 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.27 1,296
14 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.27 1,485
15 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.27 463
16 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,275
17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: GEORGIA STATE/MEMPHIS ESPN 6:58 PM 207 0.26 790
18 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.26 1,300
19 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.26 885
20 IN SEARCH OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 57 0.26 1,023
21 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.26 1,446
22 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 1,270
23 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,251
24 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.25 1,416
25 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.25 3,010
26 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 2,482
27 DEADLY WOMEN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 972
28 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.24 1,467
29 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,215
30 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 12 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.24 440
31 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,220
32 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.23 1,911
33 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 1,229
34 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.23 1,453
35 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,438
36 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,457
37 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.23 1,091
38 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 1,885
39 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.23 1,284
40 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 646
41 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,172
42 TOP RANK BOXING        L: JOSE RAMIREZ/ANTONIO OROZCO ESPN 10:25 PM 165 0.22 662
43 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 996
44 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 12 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.22 415
45 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 1,206
46 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,316
47 IN SEARCH OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.21 1,002
48 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.21 980
49 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 2,539
50 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.21 1,132
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,376
52 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.21 1,856
53 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,571
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,324
55 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.20 836
56 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,324
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,916
58 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.20 477
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,597
60 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:30 PM 30 0.19 814
61 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 1,216
62 TREASURE QUEST: SNAKE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.18 764
63 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,116
64 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:10 AM 60 0.18 410
65 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,329
66 BATTLEBOTS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.18 827
67 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.18 791
68 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,828
69 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 863
70 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,228
71 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.17 391
72 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.16 814
73 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 599
74 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 687
75 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,703
76 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,908
77 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,552
78 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,550
79 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,657
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,690
81 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 58 0.15 372
82 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,574
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,590
84 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,556
85 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,783
86 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 65 0.15 473
87 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.15 726
88 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,439
89 HAUNTED LIVE TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 540
90 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.14 1,055
91 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 332
92 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 311
93 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,404
94 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,710
95 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 316
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,373
97 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.14 712
98 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 652
99 WYNONNA EARP SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.13 490
100 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: WRONG FRIEND, THE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.13 586
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,298
102 HURRICANE FLORENCE CVG FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.13 770
103 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,333
104 SAFEWORD SSN 2 MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.13 247
105 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 283
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,250
107 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.12 321
108 RUSTY RIVETS NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.12 541
109 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:45 PM 15 0.12 404
110 KYLE BRANDT FOOTBALL EXP NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.12 245
111 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 252
112 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 271
113 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 15 0.12 390
114 TREEHOUSE MASTERS ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 60 0.12 519
115 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.12 520
116 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,287
117 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,161
118 GREATEST SHOWMAN, THE HBO PRIME 8:10 PM 105 0.12 380
119 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 265
120 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 261
121 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 529
122 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER FREEFORM 8:50 PM 130 0.11 361
123 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.11 439
124 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,151
125 12 STRONG: 12 STRONG MAXPRIME 7:45 PM 130 0.10 319
126 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 285
127 KINDRED SPIRITS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 359
128 FOOTBALL LIFE NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.10 292
129 MODEL SQUAD E! 8:00 PM 60 0.10 204
130 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.10 414
131 HURRICANE FLORENCE CVG FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.09 615
132 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 241
133 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.09 265
134 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.09 231
135 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.08 444
136 LOVE IT LIST IT TOO HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 AM 60 0.08 415
137 LIGA MX L: VERACRUZ / TOLUCA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:30 PM 155 0.08 213
138 E! NEWS E! 1:59 AM 61 0.08 158
139 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.08 152
140 KILLJOYS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.07 428
141 DAVID TUTERA CELEBRATIONS WETV 10:05 PM 60 0.07 268
142 PAYNES OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.07 416
143 SCALED ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.07 283
144 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.07 161
145 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN2 10:28 PM 32 0.07 198
146 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 30 0.07 234
147 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 12:00 AM 57 0.07 324
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 254
149 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 135
150 UNEXPLAINED, THE HISTORY 9:00 AM 60 0.06 298

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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.
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