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November 20, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.19.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for football, DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.2 to 1.1, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.1 to 1.1.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Prestige premieres continued to have a bad week, as AMC’s THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL launched its 3-night run at 0.07, despite a 0.25 lead-in from the movie CAST AWAY.  The second night of HBO’s MY BRILLIANT FRIEND fell off the chart to 0.02/128K.  

ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL swamped Monday cable at 5.53, up 2.08 from last week’s game.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.94/0.87/0.81, compared to last week’s 0.94/0.83/0.80.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped 0.08 to 0.91, and TI & TINY was down 0.04 to 0.51.  On MTV, TEEN MOM was at 0.45/0.24, compared to last week’s 0.52/0.30.  On Food Network, HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ticked down to 0.44, and CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE was up 0.04 to 0.35.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY lost 0.11 to 0.44.  ESPN2’s MAUI INVITATIONAL college basketball coverage was at 0.31.  On HGTV, LOVE IT OR LIST IT shed 0.04 to 0.28, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.07 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.19.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS fell 0.08 to 0.28.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.24/0.37/2.5M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/0.39/2.5M, and CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.18/0.24/1M.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS was at 0.24/0.16.  On ID, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES lost 0.08 to 0.22, and DEADLIEST DECADE was down 0.02 to 0.19.  On TLC, LONG ISLAND MEDIUM slipped 0.02 to 0.20, MAMA MEDIUM lost 0.03 to 0.15, and LONG LOST FAMILY was down 0.05 to 0.11.  Night 2 of A&E’s THE CLINTON AFFAIR was at 0.20/0.19.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday November 19, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON      L: KANSAS CITY/LA RAMS ESPN 8:13 PM 232 5.53 16,610
2 MONDAY NIGHT KICKOFF    L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 1.77 5,871
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:05 AM 85 1.47 3,678
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.94 2,721
5 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 5 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.91 1,929
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.87 2,502
7 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.81 2,256
8 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN  L: N/A ESPN 6:00 PM 120 0.58 1,502
9 T.I. & TINY:FAMILY HUSTLE VH1 9:01 PM 60 0.51 1,116
10 TEEN MOM SSN 7B MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.45 792
11 HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.44 1,637
12 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.44 1,178
13 CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHLG FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.35 1,232
14 MAUI INVITATIONAL       L: DUKE/SAN DIEGO STATE ESPN2 5:20 PM 128 0.31 850
15 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.30 863
16 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,149
17 STREET OUTLAWS: MEMPHIS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.28 865
18 AMC MOVIE: CAST AWAY AMC 6:00 PM 180 0.25 754
19 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,492
20 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.24 1,320
21 TEEN MOM:YOUNG & PREG S1B MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.24 490
22 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,469
23 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 1,150
24 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 571
25 PEOPLE MAG INVESTIGATES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 874
26 KEEP IT SPOTLESS NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.21 762
27 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,148
28 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,436
29 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.21 456
30 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 493
31 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 882
32 CLINTON AFFAIR, THE A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.20 956
33 CLINTON AFFAIR, THE A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.19 962
34 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.19 998
35 1990S:DEADLIEST DECADE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 747
36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.18 2,485
37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 995
38 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,379
39 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,705
40 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.17 801
41 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 388
42 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 918
43 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 935
44 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,022
45 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 4:58 PM 22 0.16 521
46 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.16 839
47 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,705
48 MAMA MEDIUM TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.15 777
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,942
50 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,096
51 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 884
52 FLORIBAMA: EVERYTHING MTV 11:02 PM 61 0.15 271
53 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,777
54 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 377
55 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,607
56 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,409
57 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: LAST VERMONT CHRISTMAS HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.14 1,142
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,819
59 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:30 PM 90 0.14 405
60 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,551
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,224
62 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 831
63 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,358
64 NFL PRIMETIME     L ESPN 1:30 PM 60 0.13 380
65 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,310
66 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,157
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,562
68 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,491
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,427
70 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.13 298
71 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 382
72 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,506
73 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 725
74 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,517
75 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 391
76 LONG LOST FAMILY TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 869
77 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.11 847
78 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,332
79 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 641
80 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,213
81 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 7:28 PM 108 0.11 333
82 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 527
83 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,014
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 684
85 MAUI INVITATIONAL       L: AUBURN/XAVIER ESPN2 2:30 PM 148 0.10 335
86 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 764
87 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,137
88 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 720
89 UNDISPUTED L: 546 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.10 215
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 727
91 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM:BEYOND TLC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 387
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 710
93 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.10 358
94 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 1:06 AM 60 0.09 389
95 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,064
96 UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUT TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 432
97 MAUI INVITATIONAL       L: GONZAGA/ILLINOIS ESPN2 11:30 PM 151 0.09 273
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 661
99 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,390
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 962
101 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 919
102 GOOD EATS: RELOADED COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.09 240
103 UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 382
104 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 919
105 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 895
106 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.08 481
107 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: PHOENIX/PHILADELPHIA NBA-TV 7:01 PM 158 0.08 188
108 UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUT TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 400
109 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 422
110 PARKER PLAYS DISNEY XD 8:30 PM 30 0.07 259
111 HERD L: 865 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.07 157
112 LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, THE: 101/102 AMC 9:00 PM 155 0.07 396
113 ESPN FC ESPN2 2:01 AM 29 0.07 129
114 MISSION TO THE SUN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 374
115 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: OKLAHOMA CITY/SACRAMENTO NBA-TV 9:59 PM 148 0.07 185
116 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.06 153
117 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.06 182
118 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 9:39 PM 20 0.06 143
119 NFL TOTAL ACCESS: N/A NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 135 0.06 171
120 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.06 160
121 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.06 317
122 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.06 144
123 INTO ALASKA ANIMAL PLANET 10:01 PM 60 0.05 266
124 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 115
125 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 9:16 PM 14 0.05 177
126 MARS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 413
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 218
128 ON THE STORY HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 233
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 177
130 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 124
131 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICK JR 3:00 PM 30 0.04 232
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 203
133 RACE TO MARS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 266
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 130
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 214
136 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.04 237
137 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 23 0.04 180
138 BUSY TONIGHT E! 10:00 PM 30 0.04 100
139 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.04 110
140 LIVING ALASKA GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 9:00 PM 30 0.04 120
141 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN: DUKE/SAN DIEGO STATE ESPNU 1:00 AM 120 0.04 61
142 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: USC/TEXAS TECH ESPN2 9:30 PM 120 0.04 143
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 221
144 UNIVISION DEPORTES FC L UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:32 PM 28 0.04 76
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 128
146 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 311 FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 AM 180 0.04 90
147 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.04 174
148 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.04 193
149 EXPLORER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 246
150 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPNU 11:01 PM 119 0.04 113

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."