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September 26, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.25.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  All the changes were on NBC, where THE VOICE and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, and NEW AMSTERDAM lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN regained the Tuesday cable lead, down 0.06 to 0.72, with THE PURGE steady at 0.44.  FX’s MAYANS MC had a troubling two-tenths drop to 0.59, and it was followed by the premiere of MR. INBETWEEN at 0.23/0.17.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.06 to 0.45.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.36/0.50/3M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.33/0.59/3.4M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.26/0.36/1.3M.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 ticked up to 0.35, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was steady at 0.17.  On TLC, OUTDAUGHTERED lost 0.03 to 0.33, and SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS was down 0.07 to 0.30.  TBS’s WRECKED gained 0.02 to 0.32.  Nickelodeon’s 6PM SPONGEBOB was at 0.32.  On ID, THE DEVIL SPEAKS returned at 0.32, and MURDER BY NUMBERS ticked up to 0.23.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.29.  Food Network’s CHOPPED was steady at 0.28.  On Bravo, FLIPPING OUT rose 0.07 to 0.27.  Paramount’s INK MASTER shed 0.02 to 0.27.  On HGTV, DESERT FLIPPERS lost a tick to 0.25, HOUSE HUNTERS fell 0.05 to 0.22, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.03 to 0.20.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS was at 0.19.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 ticked down to 0.18.  WGN’s CARTER was at 0.02/161K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 25, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.72 2,193
2 MAYANS M.C. FX 10:00 PM 86 0.59 1,526
3 CHALLENGE:FINAL RECKONING MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.45 713
4 PURGE, THE USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.44 1,126
5 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.36 3,023
6 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.35 617
7 OUTDAUGHTERED: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 124 0.33 1,323
8 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.33 3,406
9 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.32 792
10 SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON 6:00 PM 30 0.32 1,251
11 DEVIL SPEAKS, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.32 1,092
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 3,138
13 SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS TLC 10:04 PM 65 0.30 1,201
14 FX MOVIE PRIME: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE FX 7:30 PM 150 0.30 1,028
15 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 94 0.29 814
16 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,417
17 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 855
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 819
19 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.27 733
20 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.27 635
21 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.27 2,771
22 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,254
23 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,255
24 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 2,838
25 DESERT FLIPPERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.25 1,090
26 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: LA DODGERS/ARIZONA ESPN 10:25 PM 161 0.24 664
27 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.24 1,035
28 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 945
29 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,952
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,088
31 MURDER BY NUMBERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 903
32 MR INBETWEEN FX 11:26 PM 35 0.23 645
33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,463
34 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 590
35 RISE OF THE TMNT NICKELODEON 6:30 PM 30 0.22 865
36 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.22 1,157
37 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,784
38 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,159
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 898
40 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,381
41 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 958
42 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.21 491
43 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 465
44 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.20 2,049
45 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.20 1,148
46 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.20 1,731
47 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.20 771
48 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.20 432
49 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.19 1,240
50 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: NY YANKEES/TAMPA BAY ESPN 7:00 PM 205 0.19 606
51 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 544
52 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 468
53 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.19 792
54 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 403
55 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.18 1,162
56 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.18 471
57 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.18 592
58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,042
59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.17 1,755
60 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,850
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,857
62 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.17 356
63 MR INBETWEEN FX 12:01 AM 34 0.17 515
64 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,766
65 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 875
66 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,755
67 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,650
68 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 408
69 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,095
70 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 361
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.16 385
72 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,773
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,478
74 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.16 311
75 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.15 442
76 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.15 693
77 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,475
78 MAX AND RUBY NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.15 543
79 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 378
80 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,849
81 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:06 AM 61 0.15 370
82 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 949
83 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,724
84 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 544
85 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,823
86 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,591
87 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 1:06 AM 60 0.14 446
88 COPA MX – L: QF: AMERICA / FC JUAREZ UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:55 PM 128 0.13 286
89 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:30 PM 30 0.13 434
90 TOP WING NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.13 561
91 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 340
92 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 844
93 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,197
94 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 638
95 QUIZNEY DISNEY CHANNEL 7:00 PM 10 0.12 533
96 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 871
97 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,085
98 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 473
99 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,161
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 38 0.11 984
101 RUNNING WILD: OFF THE MAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 378
102 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:03 AM 57 0.10 196
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,021
104 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 549
105 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 740
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 682
107 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,049
108 STRANGE EVIDENCE SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.09 329
109 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 459
110 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 335
111 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 10:38 AM 40 0.08 821
112 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.08 202
113 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,041
114 UNDISPUTED L: 507 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 161
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:18 AM 42 0.08 942
116 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 1,096
117 PAID OFF TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.08 190
118 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 26 0.08 293
119 COPA MX – L: QF: NECAXA / LEON UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:55 PM 120 0.07 166
120 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 3 NO VS. ATL NFL NETWORK 8:30 PM 150 0.07 249
121 HOLMES AND HOLMES DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 309
122 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:30 PM 30 0.07 148
123 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 189
124 BLIND SIDE THE: BLIND SIDE THE HBO PRIME 9:20 AM 128 0.07 167
125 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 30 0.06 135
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 248
127 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 125
128 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 148
129 E! NEWS E! 1:00 AM 60 0.06 122
130 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 9:00 PM 106 0.06 165
131 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NFL NETWORK 6:00 AM 60 0.06 114
132 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 10:46 PM 108 0.05 193
133 NFL 360 NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.05 175
134 DRONE RACING LEAGUE ESPN2 8:00 PM 60 0.05 103
135 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 101
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 197
137 COPA MX: RD16:TIJUANA VS CRUZ AZUL FOX DEPORTES 10:15 PM 138 0.05 82
138 NFL UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.05 152
139 REAL SPORTS 18 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.05 162
140 21ST & PRIME NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.04 142
141 INSIDE THE NFL 18-19 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:00 PM 59 0.04 143
142 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 122
143 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES MAXPRIME 9:35 PM 105 0.04 125
144 CRIME & JUSTICE HLN 7:00 PM 60 0.04 175
145 GREATEST SHOWMAN, THE HBO PRIME 8:15 PM 105 0.04 161
146 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 107
147 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPNEWS 12:00 AM 65 0.04 98
148 NFL POWER RANKINGS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.04 148
149 HERD L: 825 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 120 0.04 90
150 JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS: JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS HBO PRIME 4:15 PM 134 0.04 179

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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.