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May 21, 2021
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.20.2021

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 20, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- PLAY-IN L: PACERS/WIZARDS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 146 0.67 1,708
2 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:26 PM 39 0.45 1,088
3 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 30 0.30 1,431
4 NHL QTR FINALS L: LAS VEGAS/MINNESOTA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:48 PM 153 0.27 751
5 TOP CHEF BRAVO 8:00 PM 75 0.26 775
6 LIGA MX PLAYOFFS: SF:SANTOS VS PUEBLA FOX DEPORTES 9:50 PM 146 0.25 537
7 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP  L: FIRST ROUND ESPN 1:00 PM 437 0.24 1,180
8 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.23 836
9 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.23 1,255
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,856
11 NO DEMO RENO HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 61 0.21 1,209
12 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.20 812
13 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.20 1,291
14 FLORIBAMA S4 REUNION P1 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.19 384
15 NHL QTR FINALS L: PITTSBURGH/NY ISLANDERS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:02 PM 166 0.19 605
16 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.18 597
17 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 8:00 PM 59 0.18 582
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,543
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.17 1,290
20 WIPEOUT TBS TBS NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.17 544
21 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,002
22 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.17 814
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 2,427
24 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 2,480
25 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 9:15 PM 60 0.14 509
26 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,387
27 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.13 659
28 HAPPILY WHEREVER HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:01 PM 30 0.13 921
29 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.13 435
30 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.13 629
31 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 13 0.13 371
32 HOMESTEAD RESCUE: RANEY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,071
33 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 1,445
34 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.13 377
35 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:02 AM 58 0.13 307
36 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,395
37 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.12 255
38 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,814
39 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:30 PM 92 0.12 297
40 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.11 333
41 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.11 682
42 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,611
43 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,272
44 NHL QTR FINALS L: FLORIDA/TAMPA BAY USA NETWORK 6:30 PM 196 0.11 329
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 1,169
46 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 244
47 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.10 391
48 MY 600LB LIFE WATN: SUPER: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.10 419
49 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.10 615
50 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.10 1,052
51 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,164
52 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,336
53 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 771
54 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.10 197
55 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,461
56 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 967
57 TIME TO KILL, A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.10 547
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 919
59 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,437
60 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 8:17 PM 13 0.09 449
61 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,540
62 UNDISPUTED L: 1176 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 208
63 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 743
64 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 338
65 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,118
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 284
67 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.09 859
68 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 565
69 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 200
70 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:15 PM 30 0.09 267
71 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,375
72 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,322
73 NHL PLAYOFF BONUS L USA NETWORK 9:46 PM 42 0.08 223
74 BEYOND THE POLE: FL WETV 10:00 PM 14 0.08 292
75 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 681
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 371
77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 732
78 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:21 AM 29 0.08 228
79 TOP RANK BOX: ALL-ACCESS ESPN 8:30 PM 30 0.08 275
80 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 12:16 AM 30 0.08 152
81 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,007
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 272
83 BIG TRICK ENERGY TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.07 147
84 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,076
85 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED: N/A SCIENCE 9:00 PM 120 0.07 336
86 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.07 165
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 630
88 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,132
89 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 747
90 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 605
91 JOSELINES CABARET: MIAMI WETV 10:14 PM 60 0.06 206
92 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BOS AT TOR/MIA AT PHI MLB NETWORK 7:37 PM 207 0.06 268
93 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.06 451
94 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 676
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 729
96 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.06 1,460
97 DARK SIDE OF THE RING VICE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 191
98 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.06 463
99 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.06 293
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 632
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 705
102 TOP RANK BOXING: STUDIO L ESPN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 199
103 LIGA MX PREVIA FOX DEPORTES 9:28 PM 22 0.05 116
104 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 7:05 PM 32 0.05 153
105 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 259
106 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.05 840
107 MAX ON BOXING ESPN 9:30 PM 60 0.05 159
108 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 951
109 OVERSERVED WITH LVP E! 9:00 PM 30 0.05 260
110 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.05 187
111 HERD L: 1491 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 128
112 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 899
113 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 763
114 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 500
115 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 360
116 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 151
117 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 824
118 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.05 499
119 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: ARI AT LAD MLB NETWORK 11:04 PM 121 0.04 289
120 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 188
121 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 742
122 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.04 274
123 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 799
124 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.04 238
125 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 428
126 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 2:28 PM 24 0.04 822
127 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 738
128 EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE OKAY FREEFORM 10:00 PM 30 0.04 78
129 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1131 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.04 78
130 DARK SIDE OF FOOTBALL VICE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 134
131 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 119
132 AFTERNOON BASEBALL/JIP: HOU AT OAK MLB NETWORK 5:02 PM 123 0.04 180
133 IMPACT WRESTLING: 2120 AXS TV 8:00 PM 120 0.04 109
134 ARCA RACING NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:50 AM 60 0.03 99
135 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 937 FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 AM 120 0.03 106
136 QUIEN DA MAS S7 UNIVERSO 4:00 PM 30 0.03 51
137 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 28 0.03 812
138 FOOD FACTORY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:30 PM 30 0.03 151
139 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.03 112
140 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: FIRST ROUND ESPN2 8:00 PM 360 0.03 161
141 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.03 499
142 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 321
143 QUIEN DA MAS S7 UNIVERSO 4:30 PM 30 0.03 51
144 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 8:00 PM 60 0.03 87
145 FORMULA 1 PRACTICE L ESPN2 6:00 AM 34 0.03 133
146 FOOD FACTORY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 30 0.03 161
147 COPA LIBERTADORES: G.S. BOCA JUNIORS VS. BARCELONA SC BEIN SPORT ESPANOL 7:55 PM 125 0.03 64
148 VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE 11:00 PM 30 0.03 62
149 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO FOX DEPORTES 9:00 PM 28 0.03 65
150 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: NYY AT TEX/WAS AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:05 PM 177 0.03 187
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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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