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October 28, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.27.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The last game of the 2020 WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.4, down 0.7 from the final rating for 2019’s Game 6.  Elsewhere, THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE CONNERS lost 0.1.  An additional note:  in finals, the 2 episodes of THIS IS US were rated 1.4 as a 2-hour block, but if broken down by episode they would have been 1.5/1.3.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we draw closer to the election, cable news is dominant, holding all of the Top 10 slots on Tuesday, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.76/1.27/7.6M, CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.31/0.49/2.2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.31/0.50/3.4M.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD was steady at 0.28, and SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS was down 0.02 to 0.13.  On MTV, TEEN MOM dropped 0.09 to 0.26, and 16 & PREGNANT was down 0.05 to 0.11.  The BET HIP-HOP AWARDS were at 0.24 on BET itself, with simulcasts on VH1 at 0.06, on BET Her at 0.02/33K, and on MTV2 at 0.01/20K.  On HGTV, FIXER TO FABULOUS was at 0.22, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked up to 0.20, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was steady at 0.19.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS dropped 0.04 to 0.20.  Food Network’s CHOPPED ticked down to 0.19.  Discovery’s HOMESTEAD RESCUE slipped 0.02 to 0.17.  On ID, DEAD SILENT ticked up to 0.15, and HOMICIDE CITY shed a tick to 0.013.  TBS’s THE MISERY INDEX fell 0.07 to 0.15.  Bravo’s DON’T BE TARDY was at 0.14/0.07 compared to last week’s 0.12/0.05. Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 dropped a tenth to 0.12.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday October 27, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.76 7,562
2 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.63 6,403
3 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.47 4,765
4 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.33 4,262
5 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.33 1,877
6 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.32 2,579
7 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,174
8 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.31 3,426
9 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.30 3,270
10 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.30 1,939
11 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.28 1,601
12 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.28 3,573
13 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.27 1,746
14 TEEN MOM II SSN10 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.26 544
15 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: 2020 HIP HOP AWARDS PREM BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 125 0.24 534
16 FIXER TO FABULOUS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,247
17 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,378
18 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,686
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.21 708
20 FIXER TO FABULOUS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,135
21 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,268
22 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,554
23 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.20 1,623
24 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,062
25 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.20 2,441
26 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,347
27 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 1,080
28 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,525
29 MLB WORLD SERIES ON FOXD: GM6: RAYS VS DODGERS FOX DEPORTES 8:03 PM 226 0.19 519
30 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 1,435
31 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,502
32 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.19 2,252
33 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.19 1,420
34 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,606
35 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.19 1,048
36 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,388
37 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.19 798
38 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 2,416
39 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,869
40 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 2,101
41 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 2,176
42 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,784
43 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,221
44 HOMESTEAD RESCUE: RANEY DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,106
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 2,035
46 DEAD SILENT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.15 869
47 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 475
48 SR/OBAMA FL RALLY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:09 PM 38 0.15 1,520
49 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.15 601
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 463
51 MISERY INDEX, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.15 490
52 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 2,071
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 2,280
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,103
55 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.14 2,406
56 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:47 PM 13 0.14 1,593
57 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 829
58 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.14 405
59 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 350
60 HOMICIDE CITY INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.13 725
61 SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.13 902
62 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 14 0.13 463
63 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.13 312
64 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,388
65 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.12 270
66 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: 2020 HIP HOP AWARDS ENC1 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:05 PM 125 0.12 235
67 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 326
68 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:47 PM 13 0.12 1,450
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,058
70 CFP RANKINGS SHOW ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 353
71 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,539
72 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,259
73 MLB WS POST GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 12:09 AM 85 0.12 333
74 16 AND PREGNANT SSN 6 MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.11 306
75 BELOW DECK BRAVO 8:00 PM 30 0.11 464
76 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,394
77 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,480
78 MSNBC PRES CAMPAIGN TRAIL MSNBC 12:08 PM 39 0.11 1,422
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 292
80 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.11 258
81 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,372
82 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.10 313
83 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 309
84 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 11:49 PM 65 0.10 221
85 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,575
86 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 859
87 KAL PENN APPROVES THIS ME FREEFORM 10:30 PM 30 0.10 244
88 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.10 247
89 VICTOR & VALENTINO THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.10 304
90 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 238
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,102
92 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 639
93 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 593
94 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 769
95 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 230
96 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 220
97 TOTAL DRAMARAMA THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 15 0.09 268
98 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 281
99 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN18 MTV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 207
100 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 231
101 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 461
102 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 F0R 30: YOUNGSTOWN BOYS ESPN 9:00 PM 120 0.08 231
103 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.08 258
104 NICK NEWS: KIDS PICK THE NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.08 297
105 DEAD FILES REPACK: TDFL-12R1R04H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.07 346
106 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 581
107 MOVIE- ORIGINAL RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 116 0.07 329
108 UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE TUE 2: BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH VS. REAL MADRID TUDN 3:50 PM 131 0.07 207
109 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 9:30 PM 30 0.07 206
110 DEAD FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 300
111 DC HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.06 258
112 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.06 184
113 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: 2020 HIP HOP AWARDS PREM VH1 9:00 PM 125 0.06 131
114 GARAGE SQUAD MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.06 337
115 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.06 244
116 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 305
117 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 6:01 PM 60 0.06 109
118 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 325
119 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.05 154
120 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 292
121 UFC ARCHIVAL PPV: UFC 252: MIOCIC/CORMIER 3 ESPN2 8:00 PM 180 0.05 186
122 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.05 337
123 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.05 178
124 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA DISNEY CHANNEL 4:30 PM 30 0.05 211
125 MOVIE- ORIGINAL RPT: WRAPPED UP IN CHRISTMAS LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 121 0.05 326
126 TIME MACHINE: CAMPAIGNS THAT MADE HISTORY, THE HISTORY 12:03 AM 125 0.05 147
127 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.05 238
128 TIME MACHINE: PRESIDENTS BOOK OF SECRETS 402 HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.04 297
129 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 306
130 UNDISPUTED L: 1030 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 150
131 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 212
132 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAG 20 DT: FC LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW VS FC BAYERN MUNICH GALAVISION 1:30 PM 141 0.04 95
133 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 118
134 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAG 20 EF: ATLETICO MADRID VS FC SALZBURG GALAVISION 3:51 PM 131 0.04 89
135 TIME MACHINE: CAMPAIGNS THAT MADE HISTORY, THE HISTORY 9:00 PM 125 0.04 274
136 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.04 117
137 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 92
138 MLB WS ON FOXD – PRE FOX DEPORTES 7:35 PM 28 0.04 113
139 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 129
140 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.04 272
141 HERD L: 1343 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 110
142 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 101
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 225
144 IMSA PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.04 183
145 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.03 98
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 162
147 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.03 107
148 FUTBOL CLUB L TUDN 7:01 PM 60 0.03 55
149 SQUAWK BOX: N/A CNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.03 137
150 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.03 101

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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.