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April 24, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.23.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF JR and THE FLASH each gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another cable victory for the NBA PLAYOFFS, this night on TNT, with 1.33/0.91 games, while NBATV’s game was at 0.18.  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dipped 0.03 to 0.71, MIZ & MRS lost 0.02 to 0.39, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY was down 0.04 to 0.22.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS slimmed by 0.04 to 0.58, and MEXICAN DYNASTIES held at 0.12.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.46/0.46.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH rose 0.03 to 0.36., with a lead-out hour at 0.27  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND fell 0.31 to 0.34 (clip show?), and LOST TOLD OF WORLD WAR II was up 0.02 to 0.32.  TBS’s THE LAST OG was steady at 0.32.  BET’s feature-length series finale of BEING MARY JANE was at 0.32, with the lead-out premiere of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY at 0.27.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD shrank by 0.03 to 0.26, and 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS was down 0.05 to 0.23.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.26/0.41/2.7M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/0.38/2.8M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.15/0.22/1M.  Univision’s CONCACAF match was at 0.25.  A&E’s KIDS BEHIND BARS was at 0.25, lead-in KIDS WHO KILL was at 0.20, and lead-out LOST FOR LIFE was also at 0.22.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 ticked down to 0.24, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was down 0.07 to 0.10.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was steady at 0.24.  On HGTV, RESTORED BY THE FORDS was at 0.23/0.18, compared to last week’s 0.23/0.22, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.02 to 0.21.  On ID, TRUE CONVICTION held at 0.22, and NEVER SAY GOODBYE ticked up to 0.19.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG dropped 0.07 to 0.15.  FX’s FOSSE/VERDON climbed 0.03 to 0.13.  Freeform’s THE BOLD TYPE was steady at 0.09. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday April 23, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: THUNDER/TRAILBLAZERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:38 PM 151 1.33 3,112
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: NETS/76ERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:09 PM 149 0.91 2,275
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:09 AM 51 0.82 1,791
4 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.71 2,072
5 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.58 1,693
6 NHL QTR FINALS L: LAS VEGAS/SAN JOSE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:57 PM 214 0.46 1,065
7 NHL QTR FINALS L: TORONTO/BOSTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:55 PM 166 0.46 1,297
8 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:41 PM 16 0.45 1,090
9 MIZ & MRS USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.39 940
10 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 59 0.36 1,379
11 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.34 2,082
12 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.32 853
13 BET ORIGINAL MOVIE: BEING MARY JANE FINALE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 120 0.32 768
14 LOST GOLD OF WORLD WAR II HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.32 1,633
15 DEADLIEST CATCH SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:59 PM 63 0.27 1,036
16 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.27 760
17 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,530
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,715
19 CONCACAF LC – L: FINAL: TIGRES UANL / MONTERREY UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:30 PM 151 0.25 603
20 KIDS BEHIND BARS: LIFE FL A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 14 0.25 736
21 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.24 468
22 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.24 753
23 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,143
24 RESTORED BY THE FORDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,012
25 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,829
26 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,253
27 TRUE CONVICTION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 901
28 GROWING UP CHRISLEY USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.22 599
29 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 663
30 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,939
31 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 1,214
32 KIDS WHO KILL A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 119 0.20 636
33 KBB: LOST FOR LIFE A&E NETWORK 10:15 PM 91 0.20 582
34 NEVER SAY GOODBYE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 830
35 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,207
36 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: DENVER/SAN ANTONIO G5 NBA-TV 9:33 PM 140 0.18 490
37 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:31 AM 30 0.18 335
38 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 436
39 RESTORED BY THE FORDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.18 1,031
40 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.18 588
41 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.17 468
42 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.16 452
43 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.16 696
44 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.16 366
45 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.15 994
46 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.15 463
47 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.15 343
48 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.15 961
49 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 2,053
50 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 358
51 SP FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 3:00 PM 60 0.14 580
52 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 847
53 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 389
54 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.14 373
55 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 12:03 AM 63 0.14 565
56 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 303
57 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 2,003
58 DUDE PERFECT SHOW NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.13 496
59 KIDS WHO KILL A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 118 0.13 371
60 FOSSE/VERDON FX 10:00 PM 60 0.13 453
61 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.13 251
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,463
63 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 2,030
64 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 797
65 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 315
66 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,637
67 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.12 2,307
68 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 309
69 MEXICAN DYNASTIES BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.12 383
70 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN 7:00 PM 90 0.12 369
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 293
72 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 9:30 PM 90 0.12 316
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,701
74 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.12 449
75 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,453
76 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.12 426
77 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 251
78 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 856
79 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: ORLANDO/TORONTO G5 NBA-TV 7:00 PM 153 0.11 364
80 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 1,501
81 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 236
82 NORTH WOODS LAW ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.11 514
83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,067
84 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,166
85 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.10 277
86 CORN AND PEG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.10 481
87 PREMIER LACROSSE LG DRAFT NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:01 AM 59 0.10 166
88 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.10 227
89 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,432
90 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 658
91 SUPERSTRUCTURES: ENGINEER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 420
92 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 543
93 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 308
94 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.09 241
95 FUTBOL CENTRAL L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 30 0.09 217
96 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.09 683
97 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 705
98 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.09 221
99 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 606
100 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,376
101 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,057
102 REAL SPORTS 19 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.08 227
103 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 648
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 602
105 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,456
106 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,551
107 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,220
108 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,199
109 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,400
110 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.08 166
111 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 590
112 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 551
113 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:01 AM 59 0.07 139
114 PREMIER LEAGUE L: BRIGHTON/TOTTENHAM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:39 PM 135 0.07 196
115 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,359
116 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,139
117 NFL PROGRAMMING ESPN 9:00 PM 30 0.07 187
118 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,156
119 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 560
120 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.07 157
121 SHOWCASE GAME: LAD AT CHC/MIN AT HOU MLB NETWORK 8:06 PM 178 0.07 264
122 AT HOME W AMY SEDARIS TRUTV 10:00 PM 31 0.07 142
123 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 627
124 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:30 PM 60 0.06 148
125 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.06 129
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,038
127 UNDISPUTED L: 656 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 128
128 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 123
129 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.06 126
130 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.06 1,196
131 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 127
132 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 595
133 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 459
134 NAZI MEGASTRUCTURES: AMER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 430
135 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 825
136 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.05 582
137 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 854
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 240
139 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 834
140 BUSY TONIGHT E! 11:00 PM 30 0.05 138
141 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 392
142 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 160
143 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 759
144 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 909
145 RESTORATION GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.04 212
146 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 1:00 PM 60 0.04 96
147 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 11:04 PM 69 0.04 116
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 252
149 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 2:00 PM 58 0.04 105
150 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 137

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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.