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May 31, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.29.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and WORLD OF DANCE lost the same.  In addition, after baseball adjustment, CW’s reruns respectively dropped 0.1 and 0.2.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 May 29.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To those who asked, the official season premiere of TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM isn’t on the chart because it was technically a rerun of Monday’s post-NBA airing.  The Tuesday run was at 0.43/1.3M, almost identical with last year’s 0.44 despite the big audience that had already seen the show the previous night.

USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable , down 0.02 to 0.66, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST down 0.05 to 0.50, and THE CROMARTIES up 0.03 to 0.23.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK had a healthy 0.09 bump to 0.53, and SELL IT LIKE SERHANT was up 0.04 to 0.14.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH jumped 0.12 to 0.51, and a lead-in special was at 0.25, with lead-out EXPEDITION UNKNOWN premiering at 0.31.  TBS’s THE LAST OG rose 0.06 to 0.48.  On OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS was steady at 0.42, and the off-night season premiere of QUEEN SUGAR was at 0.40, which was down a big 0.28 from the June 2017 premiere, but its lead-in was similarly down 0.27.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE climbed 0.07 to 0.39.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE edged up 0.02 to 0.38.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD ticked up to 0.36, and OUR WILD LIFE was down 0.03 to 0.16.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.35/0.61/3.5M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.31/0.42/1.2M, and MSNBC’s special TOWN HALL at 0.26/0.41/2.1M.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was up 0.05 to 0.33.  On ID, DEAD NORTH was at 0.30.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 held at 0.30, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was up 0.02 to 0.17.  On HGTV, GOOD BONES ticked up to 0.29, HIDDEN POTENTIAL lost 0.03 to 0.24, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down a tick to 0.23.  A&E’s CULTS & EXTREME BELIEF was at 0.22.  BET’s IN CONTEMPT gained 0.02 to 0.18.  Paramount’s INK MASTER: ANGELS was steady at 0.18.  FX’s LEGION fell 0.03 to 0.15.  WGN’s latest import drama 100 CODE premiered at 0.05.  Nat Geo’s GENIUS ticked down to 0.05.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 May 29.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday May 29, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.66 2,195
2 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.53 1,359
3 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.51 1,839
4 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.50 1,455
5 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.48 1,165
6 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.42 1,899
7 QUEEN SUGAR OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.40 1,483
8 CHALLENGE:CHAMPS STARS S3 MTV 10:00 PM 61 0.39 627
9 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.38 1,124
10 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.36 1,639
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,451
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.35 3,048
13 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,033
14 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 60 0.31 1,221
15 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,241
16 DEAD NORTH: N/A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 120 0.30 1,356
17 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.30 563
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.29 767
19 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,499
20 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,142
21 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.27 812
22 MSNBC TOWN HALL MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,059
23 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,654
24 DEADLIEST CATCH SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 1,156
25 HIDDEN POTENTIAL (2018) HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,330
26 CROMARTIES, THE USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.23 743
27 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,365
28 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 988
29 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 504
30 CULTS AND EXTREME BELIEF A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.22 729
31 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,019
32 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 532
33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,262
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,824
35 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,249
36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,320
37 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.20 869
38 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,039
39 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 527
40 JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 15 0.20 440
41 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.20 471
42 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 873
43 EXP UNKNOWN: AFTER HUNT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:02 PM 60 0.19 763
44 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.19 440
45 NBA STUDIO: THE JUMP NBA FINALS PREVIEW SPECIAL ESPN 7:00 PM 120 0.18 409
46 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 404
47 AUTOBIOGRAPHY: MARY KAY LETOURNEAU: AUTOBGRPHY A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.18 579
48 HUNTING ISIS HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.18 561
49 IN CONTEMPT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.18 472
50 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,753
51 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 398
52 INK MASTER: ANGELS PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.18 397
53 NBA STUDIO ESPN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 403
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,693
55 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 782
56 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.17 395
57 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,604
58 OUR WILD LIFE TLC 10:03 PM 63 0.16 647
59 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,523
60 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 380
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,819
62 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 61 0.16 366
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,521
64 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,469
65 LEGION FX 10:00 PM 61 0.15 362
66 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 834
67 FIST FIGHT HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 91 0.15 351
68 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 377
69 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,396
70 SELL IT LIKE SERHANT BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.14 407
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.14 350
72 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,400
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 841
74 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 296
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,129
76 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,390
77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 833
78 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,430
79 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,308
80 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 328
81 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,344
82 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 765
83 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 305
84 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.12 311
85 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 995
86 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,447
87 ZIMMERN LIST TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.11 449
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 516
89 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 346
90 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,271
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 592
92 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 584
93 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,317
94 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 250
95 WRENCHD VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.10 379
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 881
97 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 643
98 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 337
99 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.09 322
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 550
101 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 542
102 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 529
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 796
104 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.08 175
105 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.08 158
106 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 755
107 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 369
108 WEIRD, TRUE AND FREAKY ANIMAL PLANET 10:06 PM 60 0.08 434
109 UNDISPUTED L: 429 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 185
110 FANTOMWORKS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 431
111 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 831
112 MONSTERS OF THE ABYSS: N/A ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 126 0.07 492
113 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 945
114 CHRIS GETHARD SHOW, THE TRUTV 11:00 PM 60 0.07 149
115 NBA STUDIO ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.07 161
116 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.07 216
117 SHOWCASE GAME: HOU AT NYY/WAS AT BAL MLB NETWORK 7:09 PM 233 0.07 389
118 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.07 151
119 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 174
120 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.07 312
121 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME MLB NETWORK 11:02 PM 64 0.06 207
122 DONT TELL MOM THE BABYSIT MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 105 0.06 134
123 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 657
124 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 127
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 256
126 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 658
127 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.06 149
128 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.05 105
129 HERD L: 739 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 114
130 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 116
131 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF D FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.05 117
132 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 12:06 AM 54 0.05 143
133 NBA STUDIO: N/A ESPN2 9:00 PM 120 0.05 133
134 TALE, THE HBO PRIME 9:35 PM 115 0.05 194
135 DIGBY DRAGON NICK JR 8:00 AM 28 0.05 254
136 WHY HIM MAXPRIME 9:45 PM 111 0.05 86
137 100 CODE WGN AMERICA 10:00 PM 59 0.05 215
138 FAHRENHEIT 451 HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 100 0.05 135
139 GENIUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 61 0.05 257
140 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.05 110
141 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.05 259
142 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 113 0.04 129
143 CRIME & JUSTICE HLN 7:00 PM 60 0.04 178
144 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.04 236
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 263
146 MLB INTENTIONAL TALK  L ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 71
147 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 80
148 ANIMAL FIGHT NIGHT NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.04 193
149 BEERLAND VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.04 64
150 HUNTING NAZI TREASURE AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 168

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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.