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December 23, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.22.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  It was a busy night for adjustments, with THE BACHELORETTE finale up 0.2, and 0.1 bumps for THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT, LET’S MAKE A DEAL PRIMETIME, the 8PM episode of NEXT and the rerun of THE VOICE.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 2020/21 NBA season kicked off with a TNT doubleheader at 1.30 (Lakers vs. Clippers)/1.07 (Warriors vs. Nets).  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND ticked up to 0.55, with the lead-out hour down a tick to 0.23.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at 0.36/0.19.  Cable news was led by CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.47/2.5M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.41/3.5M and Fox News’s INGRAHAM ANGLE at 0.22/0.31/2.1M.  TUDN’s CONCACAF match was at 0.26.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS fell a tenth to 0.25, with a lead-out hour at 0.21.  On MTV, TEEN MOM dropped 0.05 to 0.25, and CATFISH was down 0,02 to 0.13.  On TLC, MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE lost 0.07 to 0.24, and WELCOME TO PLATHVILLE was down 0.04 to 0.19.  ESPN2’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.23.  On HGTV, FIXER TO FABULOUS was steady at 0.18, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL shrank by 0.05 to 0.16, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.04 to 0.15.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS lost 0.08 to 0.17.  On ID, MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND fell 0.06 to 0.16, and DEAD SILENT was down 0.04 to 0.16.  TBS’s THE MISERY INDEX dropped 0.09 to 0.16. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday December 22, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: CLIPPERS/LAKERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:04 PM 158 1.30 3,081
2 NBA BASKETBALL: WARRIORS/NETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 184 1.07 2,697
3 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.55 2,809
4 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:42 AM 52 0.44 1,075
5 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: UCF/BYU ESPN 7:00 PM 210 0.36 1,551
6 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,536
7 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS L: TIGRES / LAFC TUDN 9:58 PM 145 0.26 639
8 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.26 2,079
9 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,166
10 TEEN MOM II SSN10 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.25 568
11 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,790
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 3,494
13 MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.24 1,022
14 BEYOND OAK ISLAND HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.23 1,497
15 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:10 PM 110 0.23 843
16 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,124
17 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.22 1,733
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 3,149
19 MOONSHINERS SPECIAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,020
20 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,225
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,715
22 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,424
23 COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L: TULANE/NEVADA ESPN 3:30 PM 210 0.19 914
24 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,736
25 WELCOME TO PLATHVILLE TLC 10:01 PM 60 0.19 883
26 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,598
27 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,521
28 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,614
29 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,350
30 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,143
31 FIXER TO FABULOUS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.18 1,166
32 CHOPPED REPACK FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.18 678
33 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW: N/A TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:00 PM 120 0.17 411
34 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,059
35 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: NIGHT BEFORE, THE FREEFORM 10:20 PM 130 0.17 398
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,264
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,297
38 MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,002
39 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,668
40 MISERY INDEX, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.16 548
41 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.16 1,152
42 DEAD SILENT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.16 843
43 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.15 1,191
44 FIXER TO FABULOUS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.15 939
45 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,092
46 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 2,575
47 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 2,338
48 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 2,245
49 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN19 MTV 11:00 PM 30 0.14 326
50 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.14 399
51 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 355
52 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 351
53 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 386
54 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.14 941
55 CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN8C MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.13 312
56 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,549
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 320
58 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,822
59 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.12 327
60 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.12 410
61 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,244
62 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 881
63 SUPERMARKET STAKE RELOAD FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.12 543
64 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,823
65 AUSTIN & JESSIE & ALLY NY DISNEY CHANNEL 2:30 PM 60 0.11 384
66 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:30 PM 90 0.11 426
67 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.11 290
68 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.11 2,228
69 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,525
70 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 704
71 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,892
72 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 452
73 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: TEXAS TECH/OKLAHOMA ESPN2 7:00 PM 130 0.09 349
74 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,381
75 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 2:51 PM 33 0.09 1,488
76 GOOD LUCK JESSIE: NYC CHR DISNEY CHANNEL 1:30 PM 60 0.09 298
77 DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 15 CMT 10:00 PM 60 0.09 261
78 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 9:00 PM 58 0.09 211
79 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 421
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,285
81 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 28 0.09 400
82 DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE SHORT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.09 319
83 OWN HOLIDAY MOVIE: FIRST CHRISTMAS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 120 0.09 585
84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,320
85 PINEY: THE LONESOME PINE DISNEY CHANNEL 7:30 AM 30 0.09 304
86 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,375
87 PINEY: THE LONESOME PINE DISNEY JUNIOR 6:05 PM 30 0.08 451
88 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.08 276
89 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 1,304
90 SPOOKLEY SQUARE P & CHRIS DISNEY JUNIOR 8:00 PM 50 0.08 376
91 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:24 PM 36 0.08 1,406
92 CHOPPED REPACK FOOD NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.08 274
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,321
94 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.08 212
95 TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGO DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.08 321
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,330
97 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,175
98 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: NEBRASKA/WISCONSIN FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 120 0.08 315
99 MOVIE- ACQUIRED PREM: CHRISTMAS HIGH NOTE, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.08 908
100 SPOOKLEY SQUARE P & CHRIS DISNEY JUNIOR 4:55 PM 45 0.08 383
101 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,191
102 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 51 0.08 1,229
103 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.07 284
104 PINEY: THE LONESOME PINE DISNEY JUNIOR 8:50 PM 30 0.07 301
105 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.07 188
106 SPOOKLEY SQUARE P & CHRIS DISNEY JUNIOR 9:20 AM 50 0.07 259
107 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.07 202
108 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.07 355
109 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 581
110 HERD L: 1383 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.07 164
111 TIME MACHINE: GOD CODE HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.07 325
112 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,139
113 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.07 244
114 UNDISPUTED L: 1070 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 154
115 B1G MENS BASKETBALL L BIG TEN NETWORK 9:06 PM 112 0.06 303
116 GOOD LUCK JESSIE: NYC CHR DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.06 290
117 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.06 1,278
118 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 61 0.06 889
119 TIME MACHINE: BANNED FROM THE BIBLE HISTORY 2:00 PM 120 0.06 422
120 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:23 AM 37 0.06 132
121 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.06 1,172
122 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.06 669
123 TIME MACHINE: LAST POPE, THE HISTORY 12:00 PM 120 0.06 358
124 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.06 1,241
125 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 116 0.06 521
126 CONCACAF CHAMP LEAGUE L: FINAL:TIGRES UANL/LAFC FOX SPORTS 2 9:56 PM 150 0.06 121
127 DOC MCSTUFFINS: DOC IS IN DISNEY JUNIOR 3:10 PM 25 0.06 322
128 DEAD FILES REPACK: TDFL-2R3R04H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.06 292
129 WHEELER DEALERS MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.06 278
130 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 1,140
131 DISNEY HOLIDAY MAGIC QUES DISNEY CHANNEL 9:05 PM 55 0.06 245
132 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 12:00 AM 30 0.06 190
133 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.05 1,185
134 TIME MACHINE: BANNED FROM THE BIBLE II HISTORY 4:00 PM 120 0.05 461
135 FOOD PARADISE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 60 0.05 279
136 FLIPPING BANGERS MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 207
137 DISNEY CHANNEL?S EPIC HOL DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.05 232
138 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.05 156
139 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 28 0.05 268
140 POP TV MOVIES: VARSITY BLUES POP 8:30 PM 150 0.05 126
141 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 923
142 ATLAS OF CURSED PLACES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:01 PM 60 0.05 411
143 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.05 325
144 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 138
145 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.05 145
146 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 12:30 AM 31 0.04 147
147 MOLANG SPECIAL DISNEY JUNIOR 7:05 AM 10 0.04 106
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 188
149 STINCHFIELD NEWSMAX TV 8:00 PM 60 0.04 512
150 QUIEN DA MAS S4 UNIVERSO 10:30 PM 30 0.04 60

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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.