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March 23, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2016

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers (HEARTBEAT held the morning rating, although over the course of its hour it fell from 1.7 to 1.2), and the GRANDFATHERED rerun lost the same.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  STITCHERS made an unimpressive return to Freeform with a series low 0.17, about half its season finale result, and also about half its lead-in from SHADOWHUNTERS, which held steady at 0.33 despite the absence of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS as a lead-in. Tuesday cable was led by FX’s PEOPLE V OJ SIMPSON, up 0.02 to 1.19.  HGTV’s FIXER UPPER climbed 0.12 to 0.89, although HOUSE HUNTERS INTL slipped a hundredth to 0.47.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS lost 0.02 to 0.65.  USA’s CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST ticked down to 0.60.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG dropped a tenth to 0.59 without a HAVES AND HAVE NOTS lead-in.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 gained 0.04 to 0.54, but NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER fell 0.06 to 0.23.  Spike’s INK MASTER was down 0.05 to 0.53, with the REDEMPTION after-show down a tick to 0.39.  On Lifetime, DANCE MOMS added a tick to 0.48.  TLC’s JILL & JESSA fell 0.13 to 0.48, and THE WILLIS FAMILY dropped 0.03 to 0.22.  TNT’s NBA double feature was at 0.47/0.45.  On History, COUNTING CARS gained 0.06 to 0.45, while FORGED IN FIRE dropped a hundredth to 0.42.  TBS’s SEPARATION ANXIETY was steady at 0.40.  On MTV, AWKWARD climbed 0.06 to 0.31, and FAKING IT had a 0.08 bump to 0.21.  On E!, TOTAL DIVAS held at 0.31, and LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD lost 0.03 to 0.11.  On BET, IT’S A MANN’S WORLD was at 0.25/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.20.  WGNAmerica’s OUTSIDERS fell 0.06 to 0.22.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.10, with the re-airing down by half from last week to 0.03/59K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday March 22, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 ACS: PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON FX 10:00 PM 61 1.19 2,911
2 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.89 3,540
3 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.65 1,832
4 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.60 1,505
5 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.59 2,200
6 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.57 2,198
7 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.54 974
8 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.53 2,277
9 INK MASTER SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.53 1,086
10 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.48 1,392
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.48 3,505
12 JILL & JESSA: COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.48 1,551
13 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.47 2,129
14 NBA BASKETBALL: HOUSTON/OKLAHOMA CITY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 149 0.47 1,211
15 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 9:31 PM 32 0.45 1,463
16 NBA BASKETBALL: MEMPHIS/LOS ANGELES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:43 PM 151 0.45 946
17 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.44 1,728
18 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.43 2,772
19 60 DAYS IN FL A&E NETWORK 10:49 PM 11 0.43 945
20 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.42 1,235
21 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.41 1,835
22 SEPARATION ANXIETY TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.40 969
23 AMERICAS CHOICE 2016 CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.40 1,449
24 INK MASTER: REDEMPTION SPIKE TV 11:00 PM 30 0.39 834
25 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.38 3,346
26 COUNTING CARS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 31 0.38 1,214
27 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.36 1,071
28 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.35 3,807
29 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.33 781
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.33 1,495
31 AWKWARD SSN 5B MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.31 576
32 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.31 1,311
33 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.31 663
34 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.31 1,327
35 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:35 PM 27 0.31 821
36 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,128
37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.30 1,333
38 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.29 1,381
39 MLB SPRING TRAINING   L: TAMPA BAY/CUBA ESPN 1:20 PM 255 0.28 863
40 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.27 727
41 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.26 1,450
42 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.26 1,682
43 ITS A MANNS WORLD S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.25 636
44 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.25 854
45 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.25 2,855
46 PLACE FOR POLITICS: DECISION 2016 MSNBC 9:45 PM 135 0.24 1,493
47 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 2,684
48 BAD GIRLS CLUB OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.24 508
49 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.24 1,404
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.23 1,867
51 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.23 2,055
52 NOT SAFE W/ NIKKI GLASER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.23 462
53 OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 932
54 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,572
55 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.22 1,244
56 ITS A MANNS WORLD S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.22 583
57 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.22 1,283
58 OUTSIDERS WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 59 0.22 673
59 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:14 AM 39 0.22 471
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.22 1,292
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.22 1,323
62 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:08 PM 53 0.22 490
63 WILLIS FAMILY, THE TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.22 855
64 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:01 AM 59 0.21 460
65 NIT TOURNAMENT  L: CREIGHTON/BRIGHAM YOUNG ESPN 9:04 PM 124 0.21 789
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.21 1,475
67 JILL & JESSA: COUNTDOWN TLC 8:05 PM 55 0.21 794
68 FAKING IT SSN 3 MTV 10:31 PM 31 0.21 398
69 NIT TOURNAMENT  L ESPN 7:00 PM 111 0.21 701
70 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.20 1,285
71 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,992
72 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,183
73 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,900
74 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.20 1,116
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.20 2,062
76 INTERVENTION: CODEPENDENT LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.20 439
77 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.20 1,717
78 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:02 PM 58 0.19 524
79 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 45 0.19 1,348
80 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.19 497
81 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN 8:51 PM 13 0.19 724
82 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.19 638
83 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.19 384
84 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,117
85 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.18 492
86 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 383
87 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 2,031
88 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.17 321
89 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.17 517
90 PRANCING ELITES PROJECT OXYGEN MEDIA 9:00 PM 60 0.17 333
91 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,880
92 STITCHERS FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.17 433
93 PLACE FOR POLITICS: DECISION 2016 MSNBC 12:00 AM 120 0.17 884
94 BILLION DOLLAR BUYER CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.17 448
95 BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.16 514
96 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.16 335
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 322
98 FRIDAY NIGHT TYKES ESQUIRE NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.16 266
99 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.16 328
100 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,660
101 NASAS UNEXPLAINED FILES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.15 546
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 919
103 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 308
104 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: LOS ANGELES/MINNESOTA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:32 PM 166 0.14 323
105 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 803
106 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.13 301
107 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 277
108 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 284
109 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 80 0.13 297
110 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS: TERROR IN BRUSSELS MSNBC 7:00 PM 120 0.13 1,046
111 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.13 301
112 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.13 780
113 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,028
114 ALMOST GENIUS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.13 304
115 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.12 244
116 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 692
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 408
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.12 389
119 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.12 323
120 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.12 237
121 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.12 295
122 PAROLE BOARD:VICTIM SPEAK LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 307
123 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 10:52 AM 68 0.11 681
124 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.11 222
125 LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD E! 10:00 PM 60 0.11 249
126 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.10 213
127 IMPACT WRESTLING: 112 POP 9:00 PM 120 0.10 331
128 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: TERROR IN BRUSSELS MSNBC 5:00 PM 120 0.10 742
129 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.10 635
130 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN2 1:30 PM 60 0.10 205
131 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 527
132 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.09 239
133 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING COMEDY CENTRAL 12:31 AM 33 0.09 206
134 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 7:10 AM 110 0.09 562
135 REAL SPORTS 16 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.09 221
136 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 653
137 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 664
138 MAX (2015) HBO PRIME 3:15 PM 111 0.08 190
139 BORN AGAIN VIRGIN S2 TV ONE 8:30 PM 30 0.08 168
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 312
141 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: TERROR IN BRUSSELS MSNBC 1:00 PM 120 0.08 579
142 NBA: THE JUMP   L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.07 179
143 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:18 AM 34 0.07 702
144 FRI NIGHT TYKES:STEEL CTY ESQUIRE NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.07 137
145 HERE WE GO AGAIN TV ONE 8:00 PM 30 0.07 157
146 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 6:00 AM 70 0.07 464
147 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 2:30 PM 60 0.07 191
148 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 9:00 AM 78 0.07 609
149 GANGSTERS (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.06 177
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 256

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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.