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September 5, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.3.2018

 

 

NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning tomorrow, and for the next 2 weeks, charts will be posted as usual, but text and responses to comments will be spotty and delayed for travel reasons.

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and the rerun of MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:    ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game dominated Monday cable at 1.87.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.00/0.97/0.95, compared to last week’s 1.04/0.97/0.89.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP gained 0.07 to 0.99.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS dropped 0.06 to 0.61, and DIESEL BROTHERS was down 0.15 to 0.37.  On AMC, BETTER CALL SAUL rose 0.04 to 0.43, and LODGE 49 was down 0.02 to 0.08.  On MTV, TEEN MOM fell 0.22 to 0.37 compared to last week’s Reunion special, and FLORIBAMA SHORE was down a tenth to 0.31.  ID’s TWISTED SISTERS arrived at 0.37, and EVIL LIVES HERE was up 0.03 to 0.33.  Nickelodeon’s noon PAW PATROL placed #16 at 0.34.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL climbed 0.09 to 0.33, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.06 to 0.32, and LOVE IT OR LIST IT was at 0.29.  On Food Network, KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP was steady at 0.28, and BAKED launched at 0.16/0.13.  CNN’s telecast of the theatrical movie RBG was at 0.23.  On TLC, COUNTING ON shed a tenth to 0.21, and LITTLE LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE was down 0.04 to 0.12.  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM was down 0.04 to 0.13.  REST IN POWER gained 0.02 to 0.09 on Paramount.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday September 3, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: VIRGINIA TECH/FLORIDA STATE ESPN 7:58 PM 191 1.87 5,576
2 COLL FTBL REG SSN SUST L ESPN 11:09 PM 12 1.44 3,859
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.00 2,933
4 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 5 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.99 1,955
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 69 0.97 2,740
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.95 2,945
7 STREET OUTLAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.61 1,639
8 COLL FTBL COUNTDOWN L ESPN 7:13 PM 45 0.54 1,509
9 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:21 PM 99 0.49 1,192
10 BETTER CALL SAUL AMC 9:00 PM 75 0.43 1,525
11 TEEN MOM II SSN 8B UNSEEN MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.37 733
12 DIESEL BROTHERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.37 871
13 TWISTED SISTERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,325
14 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.34 1,235
15 EVIL LIVES HERE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,363
16 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,557
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,629
18 FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN2 MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.31 561
19 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,538
20 KIDS BAKING CHAMP FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,152
21 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 90 0.27 910
22 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: ROUND OF 16 ESPN2 7:00 PM 359 0.27 1,398
23 DEADLY WOMEN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 3:00 PM 60 0.26 957
24 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.25 629
25 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.25 921
26 SPORTSCENTER 1AM ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 601
27 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.25 543
28 GHOST ADV REPACK: HAUNTED ASYLUMS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.24 558
29 WHAT LIES BENEATH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,203
30 CHARLIE CHOCOLATE FACTORY NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.23 982
31 CNN FILMS: RBG CNN 9:00 PM 120 0.23 1,742
32 MLB HOLIDAY L: NY YANKEES/OAKLAND ESPN 4:49 PM 144 0.22 839
33 BLOOD RUNS COLD INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,040
34 COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.21 1,082
35 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 4:00 PM 30 0.21 963
36 MLB HOLIDAY L: BOSTON/ATLANTA ESPN 1:00 PM 229 0.21 681
37 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: ROUND OF 16 ESPN2 11:00 AM 480 0.21 1,074
38 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 30 0.21 1,105
39 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,370
40 TO CATCH A KILLER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 6:00 PM 60 0.20 923
41 BLIND SIDE THE: BLIND SIDE THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 128 0.20 581
42 CORONER: I SPEAK FOR THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 5:00 PM 60 0.18 926
43 SPORTSCENTER MORNING ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.18 427
44 IN PLAIN SIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 4:30 PM 30 0.18 905
45 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 11:30 AM 113 0.17 1,000
46 BAKED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.16 664
47 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.16 426
48 ANDERSON COOPER SPECIAL CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.16 996
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,618
50 MOVIE- ACQUIRED PREM: HIS PERFECT OBSESSION LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 124 0.15 636
51 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,777
52 FERDINAND HBO PRIME 6:10 PM 108 0.14 401
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,639
54 SOUTHERN CHARM SAVANNAH BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.13 438
55 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,376
56 BAKED FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.13 578
57 LAST WORD W. LO SPEC MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,745
58 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 1,352
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 793
60 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,147
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 325
62 FIVE, THE SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,428
63 LITTLE LIFE ON THE PRAIRI TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.12 572
64 SITUATION ROOM SPCL CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 725
65 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,531
66 SITUATION ROOM SPCL CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 742
67 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.11 344
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 1,156
69 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 1,323
70 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,030
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,563
72 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,068
73 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 678
74 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 1,368
75 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 895
76 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,080
77 NIGHTWATCH SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 11:04 PM 15 0.10 331
78 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 749
79 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 836
80 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 817
81 DAYTIME MOVIE: ALVIN/CHIP: CHIPWRECKED FREEFORM 11:00 AM 120 0.10 302
82 AT THIS HOUR SPCL CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 820
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 914
84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,331
85 REST IN POWER: TRAYVON PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.09 257
86 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.09 239
87 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,475
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 852
89 MTP DAILY SPECIAL MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,090
90 NFL FANTASY LIVE: SEASON PREVIEW NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 120 0.09 226
91 YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 877
92 NEW DAY SPECIAL CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 635
93 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.09 266
94 WOLF SPCL CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 743
95 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 679
96 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 772
97 UNDISPUTED L FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 90 0.08 189
98 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,124
99 LODGE 49 AMC 10:15 PM 66 0.08 409
100 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 872
101 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 731
102 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 311 IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 120 0.08 406
103 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 879
104 E:60 ESPN2 12:59 AM 61 0.07 255
105 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 871
106 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 845
107 NIGHTWATCH SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 11:19 PM 15 0.07 286
108 RUSH HOUR 2 MAXPRIME 4:55 PM 90 0.07 166
109 DR POL COMPILATION NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.07 537
110 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.07 166
111 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 318
112 NINE TO FIVE HBO PRIME 4:15 PM 109 0.06 204
113 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 906
114 NFL UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.06 181
115 POOL KINGS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.06 226
116 NHRA L: INDIANAPOLIS FOX SPORTS 1 11:00 AM 120 0.06 279
117 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 4:30 PM 30 0.06 294
118 AMERICAN GREED CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 247
119 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 253
120 MORNING JOE-SPC: N/A MSNBC 7:00 AM 120 0.06 797
121 NEW DAY SPECIAL CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 457
122 NEW DAY SPECIAL CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 335
123 ATOMIC BLONDE HBO PRIME 11:41 PM 115 0.06 190
124 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 6:00 AM 60 0.05 519
125 ATL HOMICIDE TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 173
126 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.05 298
127 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYM AT LAD/SD AT ARI MLB NETWORK 8:11 PM 210 0.05 255
128 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 109
129 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 277
130 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 30 0.05 388
131 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPNEWS 6:00 PM 60 0.05 136
132 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.05 303
133 COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPEAT: MIAMI (FL)/LSU ESPNU 3:00 PM 180 0.05 145
134 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.05 338
135 MLB PREGAME MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 11 0.05 203
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 260
137 INCREDIBLE DR POL: MINI M NAT GEO WILD 9:30 PM 30 0.05 350
138 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.05 262
139 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 122
140 HOUSE POP 3:18 PM 64 0.05 230
141 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.05 239
142 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.05 323
143 HOUSE POP 4:22 PM 64 0.04 220
144 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.04 366
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 225
146 CLASH OF THE TITANS (REMA MAXPRIME 3:05 PM 106 0.04 103
147 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME GOLF CHANNEL 10:00 AM 90 0.04 194
148 CAROLINE & FRIENDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.04 298
149 OCTOBER SKY MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 107 0.04 146
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 174

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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.