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March 16, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.15.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The 10PM episode of CROWDED and the rerun of THE FLASH each lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Finals Bcast 2016 Mar TUE.15

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Remarkably, 6 of the Top 10 slots on Tuesday cable were filled by primary election coverage.  As usual, CNN led in 18-49s, topping at 1.22 in the 9PM hour, while FOX News had the advantage in the older total viewers metric, peaking at 5.2M in the 8PM hour.  Only FX’s PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON was close to the election miniseries, down 0.07 from last week to 1.17.  HGTV’s FIXER UPPER lost 0.06 to 0.77, with HOUSE HUNTERS at 0.56 and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL at 0.48.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS climbed 0.08 to 0.77, and the lead-out season premiere of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG was at 0.69.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS gained 0.04 to 0.67.  On TLC, JILL & JESSA was at 0.61, and THE WILLIS FAMILY was at 0.25.  USA’s CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST edged up 0.02 to 0.61.  Tru’s coverage of the NCAA TOURNAMENT play-in games was at 0.60/0.35.  On Freeform, the season finale of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS dropped 0.07 from last week to 0.59, which was down a brutal 0.68 from last March’s finale; its newly-renewed lead-out SHADOWHUNTERS fell a tenth from last week to 0.33.  Spike’s INK MASTER jumped 0.18 to 0.58, with the REDEMPTION after-show at 0.40.  Discovery billed its MOONSHINERS as a “special” at 0.52.  Comedy Central’s TOSH.0 gained 0.09 to 0.50, and NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER was up 0.04 to 0.29.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS lost 0.02 to 0.47, and MOTHER/DAUGHTER EXPERIMENT dropped 0.08 to 0.15.  The season finale of TNT’s RIZZOLI & ISLES slipped 0.03 from last week to 0.47, which was down 0.13 from last March’s finale.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE gained 0.03 to 0.43, and COUNTING CARS was up 0.06 to 0.39 after a 0.34 clip show (up 0.03 from last week’s clip show).  TBS premiered SEPARATION ANXIETY at 0.40.  Food Network’s CHOPPED fell 0.07 to 0.37.  On E!, TOTAL DIVAS rose 0.06 to 0.31, and LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD debuted at 0.14.  WGNAmerica’s OUTSIDERS added 0.04 to 0.28.  On MTV, AWKWARD returned at 0.25, and FAKING IT managed just 0.13.  BET’s IT’S A MANN’S WORLD was at 0.22/0.20 after last week’s 0.22/0.21.  A&E’s FIT TO FAT TO FIT slimmed down by 0.06 to 0.18.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING gained 0.03 to 0.09, with the re-airing hugely up by 0.05 to 0.06/123K, apparently boosted by having the season premiere of SCHITT’S CREEK as a lead-in at 0.04/123K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Finals Cable 2016 Mar TUE.15

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday March 15, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 9:00 PM 60 1.22 4,545
2 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 10:00 PM 60 1.17 4,170
3 ACS: PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON FX 10:00 PM 62 1.17 2,884
4 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 8:00 PM 60 1.10 4,233
5 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.85 4,866
6 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.77 2,912
7 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.77 2,852
8 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.75 4,921
9 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.75 5,232
10 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.75 2,845
11 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.69 2,472
12 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.67 1,703
13 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.63 2,816
14 JILL & JESSA: COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 64 0.61 1,913
15 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.61 1,496
16 TRU NCAA BSK 1ST4-PRTU-2: VANDERBILT/WICHITA ST TRUTV 9:13 PM 152 0.60 1,510
17 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 60 0.59 1,186
18 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.58 1,151
19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.56 2,272
20 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.55 2,082
21 MOONSHINERS SPECIAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.52 1,467
22 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.50 2,929
23 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.50 860
24 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.49 3,467
25 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.48 2,037
26 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.47 1,255
27 RIZZOLI & ISLES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.47 2,922
28 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.43 1,199
29 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.43 1,512
30 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.42 832
31 SEPARATION ANXIETY TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.40 951
32 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.39 1,336
33 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,045
34 PLACE FOR POLITICS: DECISION 2016 MSNBC 8:00 PM 180 0.36 2,096
35 TRU NCAA BSK 1ST4-BRG-TU TRUTV 8:57 PM 16 0.35 959
36 COUNTING CARS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 31 0.34 1,200
37 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.33 1,771
38 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.33 784
39 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.33 866
40 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.31 650
41 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.31 575
42 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.31 820
43 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.31 1,479
44 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.31 2,698
45 JILL & JESSA: COUNTDOWN: N/A TLC 7:00 PM 120 0.30 900
46 NOT SAFE W/ NIKKI GLASER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.29 533
47 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,054
48 OUTSIDERS WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 59 0.28 737
49 EARLY START CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.28 973
50 NIT TOURNAMENT  L: AKRON/OHIO STATE ESPN 7:00 PM 127 0.27 893
51 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.27 2,581
52 WILLIS FAMILY, THE TLC 10:04 PM 60 0.25 1,018
53 AWKWARD SSN 5B MTV 10:00 PM 33 0.25 517
54 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.25 517
55 TRU NCAA BSK 1ST4-PRTU-1: FGCU/FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TRUTV 6:30 PM 147 0.24 683
56 NIT TOURNAMENT  L ESPN 9:07 PM 108 0.24 705
57 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.24 1,139
58 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.23 460
59 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.23 1,383
60 PLACE FOR POLITICS: DECISION 2016 MSNBC 11:00 PM 120 0.23 1,280
61 ITS A MANNS WORLD S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 515
62 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.22 858
63 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.22 559
64 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:55 PM 65 0.22 511
65 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 532
66 TRU NCAA BSK 1ST4-POST-TU TRUTV 11:45 PM 33 0.21 462
67 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 513
68 OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 802
69 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 457
70 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.20 1,186
71 ITS A MANNS WORLD S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 461
72 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.19 363
73 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 355
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,691
75 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.19 790
76 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.19 364
77 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.19 341
78 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.18 410
79 FIT TO FAT TO FIT A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.18 344
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,864
81 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.18 412
82 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 356
83 FIT TO FAT TO FIT A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.18 338
84 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.17 375
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,002
86 PLACE FOR POLITICS: DECISION 2016 MSNBC 6:00 PM 120 0.17 1,198
87 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.17 470
88 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.17 428
89 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.17 425
90 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: LA CLIPPERS/SAN ANTONIO NBA-TV 8:30 PM 150 0.17 410
91 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.16 426
92 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 400
93 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.16 442
94 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 854
95 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.16 553
96 CONCACAF LC – L: SF: QUERETARO / TIGRES UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:00 PM 122 0.16 303
97 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,517
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 947
99 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,644
100 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,594
101 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 747
102 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 365
103 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,625
104 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,499
105 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,614
106 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 829
107 MOTHER/DAUGHTER EXPERIMEN LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.15 410
108 LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD E! 10:00 PM 60 0.14 334
109 INTERVENTION: CODEPENDENT LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.14 333
110 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,355
111 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 343
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 835
113 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 11:00 PM 30 0.13 279
114 FAKING IT SSN 3 MTV 10:33 PM 33 0.13 284
115 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.13 332
116 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.13 308
117 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,076
118 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING COMEDY CENTRAL 12:31 AM 33 0.12 230
119 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 811
120 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.12 258
121 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 337
122 SPY: SPY HBO PRIME 11:15 PM 120 0.11 274
123 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.11 253
124 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.11 275
125 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 626
126 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 906
127 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 467
128 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 509
129 IMPACT WRESTLING: 111 POP 9:00 PM 130 0.09 307
130 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.09 221
131 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 590
132 FRIDAY NIGHT TYKES ESQUIRE NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.09 196
133 MORNING JOE-SPC: N/A MSNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.09 691
134 MSNBC LIVE W/ T. ROBERTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 653
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 315
136 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 607
137 FILTHY RICH GUIDE, THE CNBC 10:00 PM 30 0.08 257
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 260
139 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 239
140 MAFS: THE FIRST YEAR SP FYI 8:00 PM 60 0.08 210
141 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.08 165
142 UCL ROUND OF 16 L: MAN CITY/DYNAMO KYIV FOX SPORTS 1 3:30 PM 150 0.07 180
143 FIRST LOOK: FRI NGT TYKES ESQUIRE NETWORK 10:00 PM 14 0.07 162
144 TAMMY HBO PRIME 1:20 AM 97 0.07 180
145 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.07 139
146 BEYOND THE PAINT NBA-TV 11:30 PM 30 0.07 172
147 NIT TOURNAMENT  L: LONG BEACH STATE/WASHINGTON ESPN2 9:04 PM 137 0.07 249
148 PLACE FOR POLITICS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 572
149 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.07 151
150 DEMOLITION MAN MAXPRIME 10:00 PM 115 0.07 157

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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.