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May 29, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.25.2019

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of the NIGHTLINE special that ran after LIFE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE WALL lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game easily topped Saturday cable at 2.22.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:   DRAGON BALL at 0.29 and at 0.11/355K & 0.12/336K, compared to last week’s 0.31 and 0.09/295K & 0.09 2.6K, MY HERO ACADEMIA up 0.01 to 0.20/414K, ATTACK ON TITAN (in an earlier 11:30PM slot) up 0.12 to 0.22/439K, PROMISED NEVERLAND up 0.0 to 0.20, SWORD ART ONLINE up 0.03 to 0.19, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE up 0.05 to 0.19/330K, BLACK CLOVER steady at 0.14/265K, BORUTO up 0.01 to 0.11/210K, NARUTO up 0.01 to 0.12/232K, HUNTER X HUNTER up 0.01 to 0.13/250K, and GEMUSETTO MACHU PICCHU at 0.11/213K.  Hallmark’s original movie FRIEND TO FIANCE was at 0.24.  HGTV’s BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT was at 0.20/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.23.  On Food Network, KITCHEN AT FN dropped 0.03 to 0.20, PIONEER WOMAN was at 0.20/0.18 compared to last week’s 0.20, and TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN ticked down to 0.16.  ID’s MURDER DECODED slipped 0.02 to 0.17.  On TLC, TRADING SPACES gained 0.02 to 0.12.  AMC’s THE SON ticked up to 0.07.  On OWN, IYANLA fell 0.02 to 0.05, and THE BOOK OF JOHN GRAY ticked up to 0.05.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday May 25, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- CONF FNLS L: BUCKS/RAPTORS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:30 PM 169 2.22 6,438
2 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:19 PM 50 1.36 3,513
3 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 30 0.52 1,594
4 DRAGON BALL SUPER ADULT SWIM 11:00 PM 30 0.29 610
5 HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: FRIEND TO FIANCE HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.24 2,337
6 HALLOWEEN (2018) HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 106 0.24 683
7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TBS NETWORK 5:30 PM 60 0.24 701
8 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.23 840
9 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: FLORIDA/TENNESSEE ESPN 6:47 PM 180 0.22 891
10 ATTACK ON TITAN ADULT SWIM 11:30 PM 30 0.22 439
11 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.22 933
12 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.22 681
13 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: TEXAS/ALABAMA ESPN 2:18 PM 173 0.21 1,005
14 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L ESPN 5:11 PM 96 0.21 783
15 BEACHFRONT BRGN HUNT RENO HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,059
16 KITCHEN AT FN, THE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,050
17 PROMISED NEVERLAND, THE ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 30 0.20 398
18 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.20 999
19 HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.20 994
20 SWORD ART OL:ALICIZATION ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.19 379
21 JOJOS ADV: DIAMOND UNBRK ADULT SWIM 1:00 AM 30 0.19 330
22 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: OKLAHOMA STATE/FLORIDA STATE ESPN 12:06 PM 132 0.18 816
23 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:30 AM 30 0.18 956
24 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.18 790
25 MURDER DECODED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 949
26 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 442
27 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:24 AM 36 0.16 515
28 GHOST ADV POP-UPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 396
29 TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.16 992
30 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.16 455
31 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 407
32 GAME SHAKERS NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.15 651
33 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 381
34 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 382
35 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 66 0.15 400
36 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.15 496
37 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.15 470
38 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.15 654
39 44 CATS NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 15 0.14 680
40 GAME SHAKERS NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.14 582
41 VICTOR & VALENTINO THE CARTOON NETWORK 9:30 AM 15 0.14 531
42 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.14 493
43 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.14 630
44 MOVIE- ACQUIRED PREM: FATAL GETAWAY LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 125 0.13 722
45 TOP RANK BOXING        L: MASAYUKI ITO/JAMEL HERRING ESPN 10:00 PM 144 0.13 556
46 CAVUTO LIVE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,385
47 GREG GUTFELD SHOW, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,812
48 JUNE WEDDINGS PREV SHOW HALLMARK CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.13 1,138
49 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.12 558
50 VET LIFE, THE ANIMAL PLANET 9:02 PM 62 0.12 867
51 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 371
52 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 3:00 AM 60 0.12 342
53 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 2:06 AM 58 0.12 374
54 TRADING SPACES: TRAINING TLC 8:00 PM 61 0.12 528
55 BORUTO:NARUTO NEXT GEN ADULT SWIM 2:00 AM 30 0.11 210
56 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,537
57 CAVUTO LIVE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,209
58 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,568
59 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.11 533
60 FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING L ESPN2 8:54 AM 74 0.11 382
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 596
62 DR. JEFF: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 61 0.11 957
63 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,276
64 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 866
65 JURASSIC PARK II: LOST WO: THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 180 0.10 400
66 JUSTICE W/ JUDGE JEANINE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 2,102
67 SMERCONISH CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 674
68 44 CATS NICKELODEON 4:30 PM 15 0.10 432
69 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 996
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 562
71 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L: CHARLOTTE FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 PM 186 0.09 863
72 JURASSIC PARK: JURASSIC PARK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 180 0.09 311
73 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: MEET THE BLACKS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 145 0.09 294
74 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 954
75 WATTERS WORLD FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,737
76 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 718
77 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.08 440
78 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: LSU/MINNESOTA ESPN2 6:00 PM 131 0.08 365
79 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 709
80 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: KENTUCKY/WASHINGTON ESPN2 11:00 PM 149 0.08 339
81 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.07 758
82 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 458
83 COLL SOFTBALL SUPER REG L: ARIZONA/OLE MISS ESPN2 8:11 PM 139 0.07 341
84 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 515
85 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:30 PM 30 0.07 328
86 NASCAR M.E. CUP FIN PRA L FOX SPORTS 1 11:00 AM 60 0.07 311
87 S.E. CUPP: UNFILTERED CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.07 459
88 FOX REPORT WITH JON SCOTT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.07 868
89 NCAA LACROSSE CHAMP L: YALE/PENN STATE ESPN2 3:16 PM 164 0.07 213
90 SON, THE AMC 9:00 PM 61 0.07 560
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 557
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 527
93 JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 673
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.06 556
95 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 462
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 501
97 FORMULA 1 PRACTICE L ESPN2 6:00 AM 60 0.06 152
98 SECRET LIFE OF THE ZOO ANIMAL PLANET 11:04 PM 56 0.06 400
99 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 449
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 476
101 JURASSIC PARK III: JURASSIC PARK III NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 120 0.06 313
102 NCAA LACROSSE CHAMP L: DUKE/VIRGINIA ESPN2 12:00 PM 166 0.06 184
103 NCAA STUDIO UPDATE  L ESPN2 2:46 PM 30 0.06 156
104 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: CIN AT CHC/NYY AT KC MLB NETWORK 2:21 PM 194 0.05 329
105 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED D FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 30 0.05 297
106 MLBT WEEKEND AFTERNOON MLB NETWORK 5:35 PM 25 0.05 269
107 IYANLA:WHERE ARE THEY NOW OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 255
108 SESAME STREET HBO PRIME 9:00 AM 26 0.05 98
109 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.05 465
110 AM JOY: N/A MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.05 971
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.05 434
112 HOT 20 COUNTDOWN: N/A CMT 9:00 AM 180 0.05 168
113 WAR HERO WEEKEND SUNDANCE TV 6:00 PM 15 0.05 521
114 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 248
115 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS/SAN FRANCISCO GIANT FOX SPORTS 1 4:06 PM 188 0.05 252
116 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 12:58 PM 107 0.05 528
117 BOOK OF JOHN GRAY OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.05 211
118 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 232
119 STACEY DAVIDS GEARZ MOTOR TREND 8:00 AM 30 0.04 159
120 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 10:30 AM 30 0.04 201
121 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.04 137
122 UP WITH DAVID GURA: N/A MSNBC 8:00 AM 120 0.04 573
123 BIG TEXAS FIX DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 212
124 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 1:23 AM 60 0.04 101
125 WAR HERO WEEKEND: SANDS OF IWO JIMA, THE SUNDANCE TV 3:45 PM 135 0.04 387
126 SATURDAY NIGHT POLITICS MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.04 796
127 WEEKENDS WITH ALEX WITT MSNBC 7:00 AM 60 0.04 419
128 WEEKENDS WITH ALEX WITT: N/A MSNBC 12:00 PM 120 0.04 644
129 GERMAN CUP SOCCER      L: RB LEIPZIG/BAYERN MUNICH ESPNEWS 1:55 PM 144 0.04 79
130 SAMS GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 AM 30 0.04 142
131 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 12:30 PM 30 0.03 342
132 MONSTER JAM: ORLANDO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.03 138
133 MY CLASSIC CAR MOTOR TREND 8:30 AM 30 0.03 179
134 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.03 97
135 DIRTY JOHN, DIRTY TRUTH: 100 SPECIAL OXYGEN MEDIA 11:00 PM 120 0.03 191
136 MSNBC LIVE W/ R. LUI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.03 546
137 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPNEWS 11:00 PM 75 0.03 100
138 NBA GAMETIME CF PREVIEW L NBA-TV 7:00 PM 60 0.03 102
139 CRONICAS SABADO DT SAT 2 GALAVISION 12:00 PM 60 0.03 97
140 PREMIER BOXING PRELIM L FOX SPORTS 1 7:14 PM 46 0.03 167
141 NASCAR XFINITY QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 60 0.03 156
142 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 6:00 AM 60 0.03 308
143 SENOR DE LOS CIELOS UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.03 74
144 PAID PROGRAM SYFY 6:00 AM 30 0.03 60
145 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME GOLF CHANNEL 12:00 PM 58 0.03 184
146 SENOR DE LOS CIELOS UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 68
147 PREMIER BOXING CHAMPION L: AUSTIN TROUT/TERRELL GAUSHA FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 188 0.03 208
148 WEEKEND RECHARGE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.03 279
149 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.03 162
150 POLITICS NATION MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.03 534

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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.