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April 9, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.8.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 5.3, above last year’s 4.83 on cable, but considerably below the 7.1 for the last broadcast final 2 years ago.  In addition, the preceding rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY adjusted to 0.9.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.15/1.10/1.00 compared to last week’s 0.96/0.96/0.83, and it was followed by a WWE HALL OF FAME special at 0.39.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped a tenth to 0.70, and it was followed by a 40 GREATEST LOVE & HIP-HOP MOMENTS special at 0.34/0.28.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES was steady at 0.57, and SUMMER HOUSE ticked down to 0.20.  On MTV, TEEN MOM gained 0.04 to 0.54, with the lead-out hour down 0.02 to 0.16.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS ticked down to 0.43, and DIESEL BROTHERS returned at 0.33.  On Food Network, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP lost 0.02 to 0.37, and FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN was down 0.06 to 0.19.  On ID, BETRAYED dipped 0.03 to 0.27, and UNBREAKABLE was at 0.18.  On HGTV, HOME TOWN edged up 0.02 to 0.26, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.03 to 0.26, ONE OF A KIND ticked down to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.21.  ESPN’s MLB game was at 0.25.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.23/0.43/2.9M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.21/0.33/2.5M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.13/0.18/800K.  AMC’s INTO THE BADLANDS lost 0.03 to 0.14.  Lifetime’s ESCAPING POLYGAMY was at 0.13, compared to last week’s 0.13/0.11.  On History, JESUS: HIS LIFE was at 0.13/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.18, and KNIGHTFALL was down a tick to 0.08.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS fell 0.03 to 0.10.  Tru’s THOSE WHO CAN’T ticked up to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday April 8, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.15 3,182
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.10 2,943
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 1.00 2,646
4 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 8 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.70 1,542
5 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.57 1,458
6 TEEN MOM II SSN9 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.54 1,033
7 STREET OUTLAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.43 1,154
8 WWE HALL OF FAME USA NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.39 1,154
9 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.37 1,299
10 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.36 749
11 40 GREATEST L&HH MOMENTS VH1 9:01 PM 60 0.34 800
12 DIESEL BROTHERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 62 0.33 835
13 40 GREATEST L&HH MOMENTS VH1 10:01 PM 60 0.28 678
14 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.27 967
15 HOME TOWN HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,391
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.26 1,037
17 MLB WEEKDAY  L: NEW YORK YANKEES/HOUSTON ESPN 7:00 PM 193 0.25 823
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,932
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 721
20 ONE OF A KIND HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,263
21 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.21 463
22 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 513
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,535
24 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,478
25 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,372
26 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.20 557
27 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 380
28 FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.19 712
29 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.18 616
30 UNBREAKABLE: LIVE TO TELL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 826
31 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 29 0.17 479
32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,012
33 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,271
34 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 498
35 TEEN MOM BEING DANAE MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.16 327
36 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.16 318
37 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,029
38 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 288
39 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.16 462
40 FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.15 518
41 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 395
42 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 383
43 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.14 502
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,809
45 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,943
46 AMC PREMIERE EVENT: HANGOVER PART 3, THE AMC 8:00 PM 120 0.14 331
47 INTO THE BADLANDS AMC 10:00 PM 61 0.14 413
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 317
49 ESCAPING POLYGAMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.13 458
50 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 832
51 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 292
52 JESUS: HIS LIFE HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.13 912
53 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 298
54 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 364
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,072
56 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 742
57 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.12 459
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,457
59 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,645
60 PARANORMAL 911 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 359
61 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 639
62 HOSTILE PLANET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 61 0.12 562
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,388
64 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 268
65 JESUS: HIS LIFE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.12 886
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,582
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,680
68 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 647
69 HAUNTED HOSPITALS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 371
70 FEAR THE WOODS TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.11 432
71 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,386
72 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,181
73 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,415
74 NIPSEY HUSTLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 64 0.11 250
75 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 284
76 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,385
77 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 282
78 COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BKBL    L: N/A ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.11 286
79 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 732
80 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 379
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,328
82 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,166
83 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.10 420
84 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.10 305
85 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,077
86 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.10 763
87 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 659
88 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,329
89 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 11:00 AM 30 0.09 319
90 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,216
91 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 886
92 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,409
93 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:00 PM 62 0.08 540
94 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,252
95 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,203
96 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 506
97 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.08 464
98 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 830
99 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 979
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 524
101 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 569
102 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 248
103 BOTCHED-SP E! 8:00 PM 30 0.08 239
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 579
105 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 194
106 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:13 PM 47 0.07 222
107 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 485
108 UNDISPUTED L: 645 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 150
109 HOSTILE PLANET: ENHANCED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 375
110 LIVE PD PRESENTS: PD CAM A&E NETWORK 2:04 AM 28 0.07 213
111 HIP HOP SQUARES 2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:04 PM 32 0.07 166
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 572
113 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 419
114 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 833
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 991
116 IN ICE COLD BLOOD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.06 292
117 PREMIER LEAGUE L: WEST HAM/CHELSEA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 131 0.06 220
118 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 532
119 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 816
120 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 524
121 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 166
122 THOSE WHO CANT TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.06 129
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 913
124 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 580
125 MEET THE PEETES HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 354
126 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 139
127 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 124
128 BEST THING I EVER ATE COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.05 186
129 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.05 404
130 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 118
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 221
132 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 364
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 133
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 116
135 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: PIT AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:21 PM 192 0.05 243
136 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 915
137 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 108
138 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.04 587
139 HERD L: 963 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 112
140 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.04 85
141 PATH TO THE DRAFT NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 89
142 INTENTIONAL TALK MLB NETWORK 5:33 PM 42 0.04 135
143 30 MINUTE MEALS FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.04 269
144 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 6:15 PM 105 0.04 108
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 220
146 BUSY TONIGHT E! 11:00 PM 30 0.04 134
147 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.04 169
148 PBA BOWLING L: PBA PLAYOFFS – ROUND OF 24 FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 125 0.04 193
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 203
150 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: MIL AT LAA/SD AT SF MLB NETWORK 10:08 PM 160 0.04 153

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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.