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April 12, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.11.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of GOTHAM lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 2-episode premiere of MTV’s DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE led Thursday cable at 0.51/0.50.  ESPN’s afternoon coverage of THE MASTERS was at 0.46 (and was disproportionately big in the 50+ demo at 1.63).  On History, SWAMP PEOPLE rose 0.07 to 0.33, and THE AMERICAN FARM was up 0.08 to 0.24.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 was at 0.33, and THE HUNT FOR JONBENET’S KILLER was at 0.20.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS climbed 0.08 to 0.31, and TACOMA FD was up 0.04 to 0.24.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY gained 0.03 to 0.31.  The BET REMEMBERS NIPSEY HUSSLE special was at 0.28.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT and HANNITY tied for the cable news lead respectively at 0.26/0.43/3.1M and 0.26/0.46/3.5M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.20/0.32/2.6M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.14/0.19/900K.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE dropped 0.07 to 0.24, and UNTUCKED was down 0.04 to 0.18.  The NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.24/0.23 on NBC Sports Net and 0.21 on USA.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL fell 0.07 to 0.22, FLIP OR FLOP edged up 0.02 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.05 to 0.21.  Bravo’s PROJECT RUNWAY ticked up to 0.22.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN ATLANTA grew by 0.02 to 0.21, and LITTLE WOMEN LA was up 0.05 to 0.18.  On ID, DEAD OF NIGHT lost 0.05 to 0.21.  Paramount’s WIFE SWAP rose 0.05 to 0.18.  On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES was steady at 0.18, and HUSTLE & SOUL ticked down to 0.10.  E!’s HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM gained 0.04 to 0.18.  Freeform’s CLOAK & DAGGER was at 0.13, compared to last week’s 0.15/0.11.  FX’s BETTER THINGS crashed by 0.07 to 0.08.  Off the chart, Showtime’s DESUS & MERO gained 0.02 to 0.03/78K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday April 11, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE MTV MTV 8:00 PM 45 0.51 924
2 DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE MTV MTV 8:45 PM 45 0.50 914
3 MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT L: N/A ESPN 3:00 PM 274 0.46 2,482
4 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.33 1,543
5 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.33 1,172
6 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.31 561
7 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.31 943
8 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 7:34 PM 26 0.30 1,067
9 BET REMEMBERS NIPSEY: BET REMEMBERS: NIPSEY HUSSLE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:59 PM 200 0.28 575
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,060
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 3,466
12 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 11 VH1 9:00 PM 90 0.24 529
13 TACOMA FD TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.24 410
14 NHL QTR FINALS L: COLORADO/CALGARY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:06 PM 169 0.24 556
15 AMERICAN FARM, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.24 854
16 NHL QTR FINALS L: TORONTO/BOSTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:55 PM 165 0.23 640
17 NHL PLAYOFF BONUS L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:40 PM 26 0.23 577
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 1,297
19 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.22 1,017
20 PROJECT RUNWAY BRAVO 8:00 PM 90 0.22 1,030
21 NHL QTR FINALS L: CAROLINA/WASHINGTON USA NETWORK 7:30 PM 167 0.21 503
22 LITTLE WOMEN ATL LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.21 746
23 DEAD OF NIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 943
24 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 1,262
25 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,643
26 MASTERS GOLF TOURN (RPT): N/A ESPN 8:00 PM 180 0.20 844
27 UNTOLD STORY, THE: HUNTING JONBENETS KILLER A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 124 0.20 910
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,706
29 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.19 721
30 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 485
31 WIFE SWAP PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 60 0.18 496
32 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 648
33 UNTUCKED 10 VH1 10:30 PM 30 0.18 405
34 HOLLYWD MEDIUM E! 8:00 PM 60 0.18 668
35 LITTLE WOMEN LA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.18 714
36 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,428
37 PIRATES DEAD MANS CHEST NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.18 695
38 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 352
39 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.16 609
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,076
41 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,999
42 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.15 512
43 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,564
44 PIRATES DEAD MANS CHEST: PIRATES DEAD MANS CHEST NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 120 0.15 450
45 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.15 301
46 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 2,217
47 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 886
48 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,554
49 LWATL FIRST LOOK LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 10 0.14 510
50 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,573
51 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.13 518
52 MARVELS CLOAK & DAGGER FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.13 404
53 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 311
54 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 722
55 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.13 919
56 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,692
57 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 370
58 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 225
59 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 478
60 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 370
61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 752
62 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 409
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,160
64 AMC MOVIE: LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER AMC 10:35 PM 135 0.12 343
65 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,491
66 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 687
67 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 58 0.11 417
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,601
69 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 609
70 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,334
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,526
72 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,216
73 CONCACAF LC – L: SF: SPORTING KC / MONTERREY UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 120 0.11 277
74 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,278
75 HUSTLE & SOUL WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.10 405
76 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 316
77 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 378
78 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,194
79 SP FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.10 454
80 GHOST BAIT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.10 343
81 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,460
82 CNN TOWN HALL CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 654
83 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 253
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 601
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 594
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 251
87 GHOST BAIT TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.10 352
88 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 602
89 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,176
90 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,241
91 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 622
92 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,204
93 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 541
94 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,247
95 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.09 362
96 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,415
97 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 998
98 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 549
99 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:55 AM 31 0.08 156
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 845
101 BETTER THINGS FX 10:00 PM 34 0.08 274
102 XTREME OFF-ROAD NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:26 AM 32 0.08 130
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 603
104 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 653
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,064
106 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 844
107 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 586
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,007
109 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.07 599
110 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 440
111 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 473
112 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.07 315
113 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.07 269
114 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 558
115 NCAA HOCKEY CHAMP L: PROVIDENCE/MINNESOTA DULUTH ESPN2 5:00 PM 163 0.07 195
116 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.07 573
117 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 781
118 UNDISPUTED L: 648 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 173
119 ENGINE POWER NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:58 AM 32 0.06 118
120 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.06 435
121 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.06 131
122 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 563
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 791
124 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.06 154
125 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 8:00 PM 60 0.06 245
126 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 26 0.06 231
127 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: PIT AT CHC/NYM AT ATL MLB NETWORK 7:35 PM 139 0.06 308
128 LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 58 0.06 255
129 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 400
130 NCAA HOCKEY CHAMP L: DENVER/MASSACHUSETTS ESPN2 8:43 PM 205 0.06 213
131 LIVE FROM: MASTERS GOLF CHANNEL 7:35 PM 125 0.06 234
132 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 304
133 REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA BRAVO 11:30 PM 60 0.05 167
134 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 145
135 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 791
136 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 11:00 PM 60 0.05 216
137 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: COL AT SF/SD AT ARI MLB NETWORK 10:02 PM 138 0.05 223
138 UEFA EUROPA L: QF: ARSENAL FC / SSC NAPOLI UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 150 0.05 119
139 STARTALK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 PM 60 0.05 200
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 231
141 30 MINUTE MEALS FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.05 222
142 HERD L: 966 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 119
143 BUSY TONIGHT E! 11:00 PM 30 0.05 165
144 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 60 0.05 98
145 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 5:00 PM 60 0.05 190
146 TOP RANK BOXING: STUDIO L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 88
147 LAW & ORDER SUNDANCE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.04 251
148 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:00 PM 60 0.04 106
149 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 114
150 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 121

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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.