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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.8.2021

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for STATION 19 and B POSITIVE.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.43/0.35.  ESPN’s MASTERS coverage was at 0.39/0.17.  MTV’s FLORIBAMA SHORE gained 0.03 to 0.33.  On E!, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS jumped 0.13 to 0.31 and FOR REAL was at 0.11.  TBS’s WIPEOUT dipped 0.03 to 0.30.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 was at 0.28 compared to last week’s 0.28/0.15, and NIGHTWATCH was down 0.04 to 0.14.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.26/0.45/3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.18/0.30/2.6M and CNN NEWSROOM at 0.17/0.26/1.2M.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF ticked up to 0.25, and SUMMER HOUSE was up 0.02 to 0.15.  On HGTV, NO DEMO RENO edged up 0.02 to 0.22, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL grew by 0.02 to 0.18, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.05 to 0.17.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY was at 0.20, CHEF BOOT CAMP was at 0.16, and RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE ticked down to 0.15 .  History’s SWAMP PEOPLE was at 0.18/0.17 compared to last week’s 0.26/0.16/0.14.  On USA, CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST ticked up to 0.15, and SHE’S THE BOSS.  Discovery’s BATTLEBOTS was at 0.10.  On We, WAKA & TAMMY gained 0.03 to 0.10.  FXX’s CAKE climbed 0.05 to 0.08.  The season premiere episodes of Freeform’s EVERYTHING GONNA BE OKAY were at 0.08/0.04, down from last year’s 0.12/0.07 premiere.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT: AUSTRALIA was at 0.06/0.06 compared to last week’s 0.07/0.07.   The concluding hours of HBO’s EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES were at 0.02/137K & 0.02/136K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday April 8, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: SUNS/CLIPPERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:26 PM 146 0.43 1,133
2 MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT L: FIRST ROUND ESPN 3:00 PM 276 0.39 2,299
3 NBA BASKETBALL: LAKERS/HEAT TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:44 PM 162 0.35 999
4 FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN4 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.33 579
5 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 8:00 PM 59 0.31 795
6 WIPEOUT TBS TBS NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.30 892
7 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.28 994
8 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 2,971
9 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 7:36 PM 24 0.25 981
10 TOP CHEF BRAVO 8:00 PM 75 0.25 737
11 FLIP OR FLOP REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.25 1,211
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,735
13 NO DEMO RENO HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,194
14 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:52 AM 62 0.21 510
15 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,477
16 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.20 796
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,569
18 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.18 887
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 1,260
20 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,015
21 MASTERS GOLF TOURN (RPT): FIRST ROUND ENCORE PRESENTATION ESPN 8:00 PM 180 0.17 720
22 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 1,204
23 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.17 1,246
24 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,153
25 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,224
26 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.16 635
27 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,590
28 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,293
29 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 1,104
30 CHEF BOOT CAMP FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 605
31 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,069
32 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:30 PM 14 0.15 401
33 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.15 794
34 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 9:15 PM 60 0.15 395
35 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 1,142
36 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 32 0.15 516
37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,075
38 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,217
39 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,010
40 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,529
41 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,370
42 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,652
43 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.14 582
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,965
45 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,779
46 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,015
47 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.12 313
48 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 951
49 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 13 0.12 427
50 FOR REAL STORY REALITY TV E! 9:00 PM 60 0.11 296
51 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 246
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 626
53 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 304
54 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,581
55 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:15 PM 30 0.10 246
56 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,145
57 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,421
58 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,195
59 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 520
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,325
61 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,260
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,238
63 BATTLEBOTS: BOUNTY HUNTER: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 132 0.10 553
64 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.10 246
65 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,022
66 WAKA & TAMMY WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 241
67 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 556
68 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,613
69 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 1,447
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 843
71 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,091
72 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 533
73 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.09 219
74 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:08 PM 52 0.09 986
75 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 32 0.09 1,011
76 LIVE FROM: MASTERS GOLF CHANNEL 8:00 AM 420 0.09 463
77 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 464
78 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 12:00 AM 30 0.09 192
79 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 459
80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 728
81 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 472
82 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.09 1,507
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 216
84 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 159
85 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,007
86 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 431
87 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.08 678
88 CAKE FXX 10:00 PM 36 0.08 142
89 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 520
90 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.08 346
91 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 624
92 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,041
93 OVERSERVED WITH LVP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.08 197
94 EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE OKAY FREEFORM 10:00 PM 30 0.08 193
95 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 2:32 PM 88 0.07 1,050
96 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 854
97 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 440
98 NCAA HOCKEY CHAMP L: MINNESOTA DULUTH/MASSACHUSETTS ESPN2 9:00 PM 197 0.07 266
99 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 1:04 AM 60 0.07 395
100 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.07 844
101 ELLIOTT FROM EARTH THE CARTOON NETWORK 9:00 AM 15 0.07 189
102 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 265
103 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.07 289
104 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.07 387
105 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 12:32 PM 36 0.07 1,021
106 FAST FOODIES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.07 184
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 543
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 212
109 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 11:56 AM 36 0.06 1,092
110 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.06 1,073
111 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 328
112 GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL WETV 8:50 PM 10 0.06 156
113 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 155
114 LBZ NEXT GENERATION FL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 15 0.06 501
115 IMPACT WRESTLING: 2114 AXS TV 8:00 PM 120 0.06 168
116 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 278
117 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.06 527
118 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.06 495
119 LBZ NEXT GEN SNAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 440
120 TS MADISON EXPERIENCE WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.05 135
121 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 60 0.05 281
122 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 161
123 GOLF SPORTCENTER SPEC   L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 233
124 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 188
125 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 22 0.05 898
126 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 106
127 UNDISPUTED L: 1146 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 130
128 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:32 AM 24 0.05 907
129 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:22 AM 70 0.05 975
130 D.CHAUVIN: TODAY IN COURT HLN 7:00 PM 60 0.05 246
131 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 388
132 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.05 158
133 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 11:00 PM 60 0.05 159
134 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 270
135 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 304
136 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 60 0.05 205
137 DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 339
138 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 951
139 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: OAK AT HOU MLB NETWORK 8:11 PM 191 0.04 218
140 JC: MIAMI FIRST LOOK WETV 11:00 PM 12 0.04 144
141 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.04 338
142 EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE OKAY FREEFORM 10:30 PM 30 0.04 113
143 STRANGE EVIDENCE SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 236
144 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 92
145 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 11:22 PM 60 0.04 107
146 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN2 8:00 AM 120 0.04 132
147 ALASKA ANIMAL RESCUE COMP NAT GEO WILD 9:15 PM 60 0.04 180
148 NCAA HOCKEY CHAMP L: ST CLOUD ST/MINNESOTA ST ESPN2 5:00 PM 167 0.03 117
149 ALASKA ANIMAL RESCUE SNAP NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.03 145
150 RUTAS MORTALES S2 UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.03 66

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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.
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