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April 17, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.16.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GOOD GIRLS lost the same.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Apr 16.MON

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was firmly at the top of Monday cable, led by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.54/1.38.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.38/1.32/1.30, compared to last week’s 1.50/1.49/1.40, and NINJA VS NINJA ticked up to 0.32.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dipped 0.03 to 1.01, TEYANA & IMAN was also down 0.03 to 0.69, and LEAVE IT TO STEVIE followed suit, down 0.03 to 0.52.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES gained 0.07 to 0.66.  On MTV, TEEN MOM dropped 0.09 to 0.58, and the YOUNG & PREGNANT hour was down 0.02 to 0.36.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.49/0.72/3.6M, above Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.34/0.58/3.1M and CNN’s CNN TONIGHT at 0.29/0.36/1.3M.  On Discovery, FAST N LOUD lost 0.04 to 0.41.  On TBS, AMERICAN DAD fell a tenth to 0.37, and FINAL SPACE was down 0.09 to 0.16.  Food Network’s SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP dipped 0.03 to 0.36.  On History, AMERICAN PICKERS gained 0.02 to 0.32.  On ID, NATALIE WOOD: AN AMERICAN MYSTERY was at 0.29, EVIL TALKS rose 0.02 to 0.21, and VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL was at 0.14.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS shed 0.02 to 0.28, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.25, and FLIPPING VIRGINS was down 0.02 to 0.23.  On AMC, THE TERROR dropped 0.06 to 0.24, and MCMAFIA held at 0.05/207K.  Lifetime’s UNREAL was steady at 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Apr 16.MON

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday April 16, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: SPURS/WARRIORS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:52 PM 152 1.54 3,653
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.38 3,754
3 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: HEAT/76ERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 158 1.38 3,426
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 69 1.32 3,479
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.30 3,634
6 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 7 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.01 1,971
7 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:24 AM 52 0.71 1,607
8 TEYANA & IMAN VH1 9:00 PM 30 0.69 1,382
9 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.66 1,594
10 TEEN MOM SSN 7 REUNION P1 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.58 1,098
11 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.58 1,538
12 LEAVE IT TO STEVIE 2 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.52 1,107
13 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.49 3,613
14 FAST N LOUD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.41 1,225
15 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.39 3,701
16 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.37 802
17 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION 4 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,413
18 TEEN MOM: YOUNG & PREG MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.36 685
19 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.35 2,928
20 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.34 3,081
21 ANW: NINJA VS. NINJA USA NETWORK 11:09 PM 61 0.32 818
22 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.32 1,697
23 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.31 2,375
24 NATALIE WOOD:AN AMERICAN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,312
25 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,283
26 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,429
27 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,831
28 NHL PLAYOFF BONUS L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:53 PM 15 0.28 718
29 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,179
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.27 1,333
31 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.27 870
32 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.26 798
33 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.26 2,114
34 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.25 1,168
35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.25 1,113
36 PEPPA PIG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.25 928
37 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,319
38 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.25 2,053
39 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.25 1,190
40 NHL QTR FINALS L: BOSTON/TORONTO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:57 PM 176 0.24 683
41 TERROR, THE AMC 9:00 PM 61 0.24 905
42 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 2,542
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,510
44 FLIPPING VIRGINS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.23 978
45 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 521
46 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,223
47 NHL QTR FINALS L: NASHVILLE/COLORADO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:08 PM 174 0.22 564
48 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.21 1,227
49 EVIL TALKS: CHILLING INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 977
50 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.21 605
51 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 917
52 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 496
53 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.20 1,190
54 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.20 1,613
55 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,769
56 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 423
57 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,576
58 VEGAS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.17 583
59 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,766
60 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,889
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,675
62 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 857
63 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.16 399
64 THOMAS AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 697
65 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 354
66 FINAL SPACE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.16 386
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 903
68 GOLDIE & BEAR DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.16 570
69 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 359
70 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,575
71 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,334
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 859
73 ONE STRANGE ROCK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 607
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,519
75 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 795
76 STEVEN UNIVERSE THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.15 560
77 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,587
78 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 835
79 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 10:03 PM 61 0.15 590
80 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,626
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,672
82 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.15 548
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,103
84 VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.14 876
85 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,376
86 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 759
87 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.14 299
88 BASEBALL RAIN DELAY    L: N/A ESPN 7:00 PM 180 0.14 476
89 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,432
90 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 315
91 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 878
92 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 347
93 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 323
94 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,424
95 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 620
96 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 404
97 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.12 574
98 UNREAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.12 369
99 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:07 PM 53 0.12 255
100 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,165
101 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 216
102 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: CON AIR FREEFORM 8:30 PM 150 0.11 293
103 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:00 PM 67 0.11 315
104 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,065
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,065
106 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,008
107 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 212
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 975
109 NINJAGO (SERIES) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.10 504
110 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.10 218
111 NHL QTR FINALS L: TAMPA BAY/NEW JERSEY CNBC 7:30 PM 189 0.10 297
112 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.09 186
113 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:03 PM 30 0.09 304
114 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 23 0.09 351
115 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 895
116 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,023
117 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.09 149
118 IT WAS HIM PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 63 0.09 234
119 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.08 172
120 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.08 214
121 GRAN TORINO HBO PRIME 5:00 PM 116 0.08 242
122 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 847
123 S.W.A.T. HBO PRIME 2:00 PM 117 0.08 206
124 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.08 234
125 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.08 154
126 WONDER WOMAN (2017): WONDER WOMAN (2017) HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 141 0.08 189
127 THOMAS & FRIENDS NICK JR 4:00 PM 30 0.08 332
128 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.07 168
129 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.07 164
130 UNDISPUTED L: 402 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 172
131 CHINAS WILD SIDE COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 324
132 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 177
133 UNTAMED PHILIPPINES COMPI NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 AM 60 0.07 256
134 NBA PLAYOFFS BONUS NBA-TV 10:45 PM 11 0.07 173
135 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 336
136 I AM EVIDENCE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 86 0.07 193
137 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.06 126
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 243
139 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 163
140 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.06 122
141 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.06 150
142 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 206
143 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:02 AM 28 0.06 168
144 FCK THATS DELICIOUS VICELAND 10:30 PM 30 0.06 122
145 NHL QTR FINALS L: ANAHEIM/SAN JOSE CNBC 10:39 PM 167 0.06 139
146 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.06 149
147 HERD L: 704 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 142
148 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 114
149 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 127
150 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 145

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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.