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April 23, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.22.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and the rerun BULL lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.21/1.02.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.90/0.79/0.75, compared to last week’s 0.93/0.92/0.87.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP gained 0.04 to 0.75, and TI & TINY was up 0.02 to 0.47.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES rose 0.03 to 0.52, and SUMMER HOUSE ticked up to 0.19.  MTV’s TEEN MOM slipped 0.03 to 0.47, with the lead-out hour at 0.15.  The premiere of A&E’s LIVE RESCUE was at 0.44, preceded by a LIVE PD special at 0.29, and with a LIVE PD clip-show lead-out at 0.26.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS lost 0.05 to 0.43, and DIESEL BROTHERS was up 0.03 to 0.32.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD dropped 0.03 to 0.36.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.35/0.22.  CNN’s TOWN HALL specials gave it the cable news lead, topped by Kamala Harris at 0.31/0.41/1.5M (followed in order by Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar), with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.24/0.41/2.9M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.23/0.37/2.6M.  On Food Network, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ticked down to 0.30, with DUFF TAKES THE CAKE down a tick to 0.24, and ACE OF CAKES also down a tick to 0.22.  On HGTV, BARGAIN MANSIONS was at 0.26/0.23 compared to last week’s 0.25/0.23, with ONE OF A KIND down 0.02 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS steady at 0.19.  AMC’s INTO THE BADLANDS more than doubled last week’s rating, up 0.14 to 0.24.  On ID, BETRAYED dipped 0.04 to 0.23, and UNBREAKABLE ticked up to 0.19.  Lifetime’s ESCAPING POLYGAMY was at 0.18, compared to last week’s 0.11/0.10.  HBO’s GENTLEMAN JACK premiered at 0.11.  History’s KNIGHTFALL fell 0.04 to 0.10.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS dropped 0.03 to 0.10. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday April 22, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: ROCKETS/JAZZ TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:47 PM 149 1.21 2,963
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: BUCKS/PISTONS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:08 PM 159 1.02 2,811
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.90 2,680
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.79 2,296
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.75 2,146
6 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 8 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.75 1,548
7 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:16 AM 54 0.54 1,219
8 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.52 1,333
9 TEEN MOM II SSN9 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.47 885
10 T.I. & TINY:FAM HUSTLE S2 VH1 9:00 PM 61 0.47 1,038
11 LIVE RESCUE: 1 LIVE RESCUE A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 120 0.44 1,393
12 STREET OUTLAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.43 1,262
13 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.36 696
14 NHL QTR FINALS L: WASHINGTON/CAROLINA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:55 PM 181 0.35 992
15 DIESEL BROTHERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.32 828
16 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 9:59 PM 61 0.31 1,437
17 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,226
18 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 9:00 PM 59 0.30 1,338
19 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.29 909
20 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 11:00 PM 58 0.26 695
21 BARGAIN MANSIONS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.26 1,059
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 747
23 DUFF TAKES THE CAKE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.24 941
24 INTO THE BADLANDS AMC 10:00 PM 61 0.24 653
25 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.24 1,179
26 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,885
27 BARGAIN MANSIONS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.23 1,053
28 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,180
29 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,617
30 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,007
31 ACE OF CAKES FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.22 740
32 NHL QTR FINALS L: NASHVILLE/DALLAS CNBC 8:32 PM 210 0.22 568
33 ONE OF A KIND HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 1,270
34 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.21 742
35 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,918
36 UNBREAKABLE: LIVE TO TELL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 840
37 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.19 1,227
38 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,257
39 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.19 548
40 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 472
41 ESCAPING POLYGAMY SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.18 515
42 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.18 522
43 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.18 644
44 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,324
45 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 450
46 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.17 489
47 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,089
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 394
49 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,053
50 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,254
51 TEEN MOM: YOUNG MOMS CLUB MTV 10:01 PM 62 0.15 304
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 325
53 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.15 526
54 DUDE PERFECT SHOW NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.14 564
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,834
56 CORN AND PEG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.14 572
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,700
58 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:56 PM 34 0.14 435
59 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.14 1,006
60 2020 DEMOCRATS CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 695
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 419
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,474
63 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 342
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.14 336
65 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 298
66 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,853
67 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 344
68 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 292
69 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,398
70 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.13 253
71 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,587
72 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,546
73 90 DAY FIANCE: CLIP SHOW: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.12 468
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,417
75 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,430
76 MLB WEEKDAY  L: PHILADELPHIA/NY METS ESPN 8:45 PM 167 0.12 476
77 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,519
78 BASEBALL RAIN DELAY    L ESPN 7:00 PM 105 0.12 480
79 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,343
80 TOTAL DRAMARAMA THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.12 460
81 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,276
82 HOSTILE PLANET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 623
83 GENTLEMAN JACK HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 59 0.11 441
84 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 869
85 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,336
86 LION GUARD DISNEY JUNIOR 2:00 PM 25 0.10 436
87 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 240
88 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,331
89 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 254
90 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:00 PM 62 0.10 531
91 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.10 415
92 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,403
93 PARANORMAL 911 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 404
94 MY HAUNTED HOUSE TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.10 346
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,077
96 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.10 318
97 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,491
98 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,458
99 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.09 332
100 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.09 339
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 521
102 HAUNTED HOSPITALS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 361
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 620
104 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 720
105 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 670
106 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.09 450
107 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 271
108 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.08 238
109 HOSTILE PLANET: ENHANCED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 484
110 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 703
111 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 502
112 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:32 PM 28 0.08 261
113 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 588
114 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 578
115 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,251
116 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.07 622
117 BOTCHED-SP E! 10:30 PM 30 0.07 177
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 958
119 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 991
120 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.07 293
121 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 593
122 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 368
123 ACE OF CAKES FOOD NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.07 240
124 30 MINUTE MEALS FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.07 314
125 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 830
126 UNDISPUTED L: 655 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 174
127 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.06 311
128 SAVAGE KINGDOM: NEW REALM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 450
129 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 633
130 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 205
131 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 901
132 PREMIER LEAGUE L: BURNLEY/CHELSEA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 134 0.06 207
133 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 11:30 PM 61 0.06 215
134 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 236
135 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 841
136 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 451
137 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 172
138 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:30 PM 60 0.06 150
139 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 737
140 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.06 412
141 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 164
142 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 825
143 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 130
144 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 853
145 NHL LIVE PRE QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 55 0.05 115
146 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 3:59 PM 61 0.05 133
147 MY GHOST STORY TRAVEL CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.05 219
148 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 139
149 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 2:58 PM 61 0.05 124
150 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:07 PM 23 0.05 138

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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.