UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.18.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text this morning, a closer look at the finals:

CBS:  SUPERGIRL crawled up to 1.27 in finals, allowing it to barely escape the embarrassment of a season finale that was also a new series low (although it did still tie the previous low).  NCIS LA, however, lost 0.1 in finals, the result being that it was down 0.2 from last week and SCORPION was down 0.1.

CW:  The CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND season finale held this morning’s numbers, which meant that CRAZY remained 0.1 above last week’s horrible 0.2.

NBC:  No changes from this morning, so THE VOICE and BLINDSPOT were still 0.1 behind last week.

ABC:  No changes, which left DANCING WITH THE STARS down a big 0.4 from last week’s Disney-boosted episode and CASTLE down 0.1.

FOX:  The morning numbers held, so LUCIFER remained up 0.2 from last week, as well as above its lead-in GOTHAM.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s BETTER CALL SAUL gained 0.03 in its season finale to 0.85 (last season’s finale was 1.19), with a TALKING SAUL lead-out special at 0.23.  Syfy remains a deeply challenged network, as 12 MONKEYS, which the network considers one of its A-level series, returned at a bleak 0.14, and HUNTERS dropped 0.06 from its tepid premiere to an awful 0.10, with BITTEN at 0.07.

TNT’s coverage of the Golden State vs. Houston NBA PLAYOFFS game won Monday cable at 2.04, but Dallas vs. Oklahoma City, at 1.41, had to bow to VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP, which gained 0.03 from last week to 1.47.  LOVE’s lead-out BLACK INK CREW climbed 0.11 to 1.29.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.25/1.24/1.08 compared to last week’s 1.31/1.25/1.20.  MTV’s TEEN MOM held last week’s 0.94, with the lead-out “special” steady at 0.63.  On TBS, AMERICAN DAD slipped 0.03 to 0.56, DETOUR was down to 0.35 from last week’s premiere 0.52/0.46, and FULL FRONTAL lost a tick to 0.25.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS jumped 0.12 to 0.51, TINY HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.46/0.38 compared to last week’s 0.34, and LISTED SISTERS rose 0.05 to 0.30.  On Bravo, SOUTHERN CHARM gained 0.08 to 0.49, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS dropped 0.04 to 0.37.  On A&E, BATES MOTEL fell 0.09 to 0.49, and DAMIEN lost 0.02 to 0.16.  History’s SWAMP PEOPLE held at 0.45 and IRON & FIRE was at 0.26 compared to last week’s 0.27/0.25.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS fell 0.21 to 0.44, and MISFIT GARAGE was down 0.08 to 0.42.  Food Network’s CUPCAKE WARS dropped 0.04 to 0.22, while CAKE MASTERS was up 0.03 to 0.22.  On Logo, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE gained a tick to 0.17, and GAY FOR PLAY was at 0.08 after last week’s 0.08/0.07.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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