UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.16.2016

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NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.2 in final numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA PLAYOFFS took Saturday’s top 3 cable slots at 1.30/1.18/0.79, and the 2 primetime games outrated anything on the broadcast networks.  In fact, ESPN’s programming held 8 of the day’s top ratings.  Adult Swim’s late-night block provided the night’s next most popular shows, with a bit of a scheduling shift, as HUNTER X HUNTER took the 1AM slot, and PARASYTE moved to 3AM:  DRAGON BALL Z was up 0.09 to 0.71/1.393M, DIMENSION W ticked up to 0.53, HUNTER X HUNTER started at 0.47/1.007M, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO gained 0.04 to 0.41/890K, NARUTO was up 0.04 to 0.36/810K, ONE PIECE rose 0.05 to 0.32/731K, and in its new slot, PARASYTE dropped 0.16 to 0.29/673K.  On HGTV, WE BOUGHT THE FORM was down to 0.33/0.30 from last week’s 0.37/0.36, and HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION was at 0.30.  On Food Network, PIONEER WOMAN slipped 0.02 to 0.28, and KITCHEN AT FN was down 0.05 to 0.26.  HBO’s original movie CONFIRMATION was at 0.22, and then BOXING tallied at 0.27.  Starz’s OUTLANDER fell 0.12 to 0.27 from last week’s season premiere.  Spike’s BELLATOR MMA was at 0.21.  Esquire’s BEOWULF held at 0.03/157 in its finale.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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