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October 24, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.23.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Game 2 of THE WORLD SERIES stayed at the morning’s 2.9, which put it 0.4 below the final for 2018’s Game 2.  In addition, SEAL TEAM lost 0.1 in final numbers.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.76/0.66.  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 jumped 0.11 to 0.61.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING ticked up to 0.45.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE added a tick to 0.41.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW fell 0.14 to 0.32, followed by simulcasts of BET’s premieres of THE OVAL (0.28 on BET, 0.17 on VH1, another simulcast on BET HER at 0.02/75K) and SISTAS (0.23 on BET, 0.16 on VH1, 0.02/74K on BET HER.).  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.30/0.49/3.2M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.27/0.49/3.2M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.18/0.28/1.2M.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS gained 0.04 to 0.26.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL returned at 0.22.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.22/0.21, compared to last week’s 0.26.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES fell a tenth to 0.22.  USA’s WWE NXT ticked up to 0.21.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS dipped 0.04 to 0.20, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL dropped 0.07 to 0.18, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.06 to 0.17.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER rose 0.04 to 0.19, and SHATTERED was steady at 0.16.  A&E’s GHOST HUNTERS was at 0.16/0.16, compared to last week’s 0.17/0.15.  WGN’s DOG’S MOST WANTED climbed 0.03 to 0.16.  On FXX, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA lost 0.03 to 0.13, and CAKE ticked down to 0.03/47K.  Discovery’s BUILDING OFF THE GRID edged up 0.02 to 0.13.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday October 23, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: BOSTON/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 7:43 PM 157 0.76 1,698
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/PORTLAND ESPN 10:20 PM 142 0.66 1,345
3 AMERICAN HORROR STORY FX 10:00 PM 60 0.61 1,350
4 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0004 PITTSBURGH PA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.45 963
5 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:30 PM 13 0.42 1,031
6 CHALLENGE:WAR OF WORLDS 2 MTV 9:00 PM 91 0.41 727
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:42 AM 63 0.37 802
8 BLACK INK CREW 8 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.32 681
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,215
10 SPORTSCENTER WITH SAS  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.29 682
11 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,014
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,179
13 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.26 770
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 810
15 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.23 894
16 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 3,261
17 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.22 687
18 MOM NICK-AT-NITE 1:34 AM 35 0.22 524
19 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.22 834
20 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 647
21 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 128 0.21 698
22 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,792
23 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.21 752
24 SP PROPERTY BROS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,175
25 MOM NICK-AT-NITE 2:09 AM 35 0.20 483
26 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 533
27 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,492
28 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:45 AM 75 0.20 418
29 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,106
30 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,239
31 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,385
32 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 497
33 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,476
34 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 1,059
35 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,160
36 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,055
37 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 1,058
38 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,104
39 OVAL, THE VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.17 427
40 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 944
41 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,806
42 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.16 512
43 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.16 609
44 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,878
45 SISTAS SERIES VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.16 375
46 REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.16 522
47 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.16 457
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 390
49 DOGS MOST WANTED WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.16 609
50 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.15 1,325
51 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 314
52 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.14 366
53 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,642
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,723
55 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,657
56 COPWATCH AMERICA BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.14 463
57 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,573
58 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 2:00 PM 30 0.14 451
59 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: PITTSBURGH/TAMPA BAY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:58 PM 182 0.14 356
60 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 313
61 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,787
62 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.13 1,448
63 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,289
64 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,788
65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 967
66 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 982
67 ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP FXX 10:00 PM 31 0.13 259
68 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,743
69 BUILDING OFF THE GRID DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 622
70 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 369
71 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 930
72 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 285
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,011
74 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,611
75 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,094
76 RICKY ZOOM NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.12 469
77 MLB WORLD SERIES ON FOXD: GM2: NATIONALS VS ASTROS FOX DEPORTES 8:00 PM 255 0.12 323
78 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,036
79 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 284
80 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.12 996
81 PARA CAUGHT CAM REPACK: TPCC-1R2R08H TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 120 0.12 319
82 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 978
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 909
84 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 292
85 DOUBLE DARE NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.11 406
86 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,575
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 798
88 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 263
89 BITCHIN RIDES MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.10 415
90 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,759
91 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 333
92 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 745
93 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.10 1,770
94 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,080
95 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.09 337
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,087
97 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,270
98 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 1,233
99 GARAGE SQUAD MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.08 361
100 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 601
101 IFC MOVIE: CARRIE (2013) IFC TV 9:00 PM 135 0.08 225
102 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,266
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 674
104 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: AJAX VS. CHELSEA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:39 PM 131 0.08 190
105 CASH CAB BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.08 247
106 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:00 PM 39 0.08 194
107 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,146
108 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,579
109 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 476
110 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,128
111 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 669
112 UNDISPUTED L: 782 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 192
113 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:08 PM 22 0.07 138
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 266
115 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: INTER MILAN VS. DORTMUND TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:50 PM 138 0.07 186
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 1,258
117 EXTINCT OR ALIVE ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.07 339
118 UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE WED 2: SK SLAVIA PRAHA / FC BARCELONA TUDN 2:50 PM 161 0.07 173
119 MLS PLAYOFFS L: CONF SEMI:SEATTLE/REAL SALT LAKE FOX SPORTS 1 9:54 PM 144 0.07 169
120 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 283
121 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 1,061
122 HALL OF VILLAINS DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.06 345
123 ELENA OF AVALOR DISNEY CHANNEL 12:30 PM 23 0.06 237
124 FXX MOVIE PRIME: FLATLINERS (2017) FXX 7:30 PM 150 0.05 198
125 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 250
126 LITTLE GIANTS ANIMAL PLANET 10:01 PM 30 0.05 242
127 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.05 131
128 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA DISNEY CHANNEL 1:28 PM 31 0.05 196
129 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 112
130 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 100
131 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.05 158
132 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.05 238
133 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 100
134 HERD L: 1097 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 146
135 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 45 0.04 147
136 DEADLY ENGINEERING SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 285
137 BEST THING I EVER ATE COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.04 153
138 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 148
139 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.04 113
140 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.04 103
141 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 97
142 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 95
143 HOLMES AND HOLMES DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 231
144 BAKED COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.04 120
145 NHL LIVE PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 58 0.04 113
146 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.04 87
147 BAKED COOKING CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.04 127
148 LATINX NOW UNIVERSO 1:00 AM 30 0.04 61
149 MLS PLAYOFFS L: CONF SEMI:NEW YORK CITY/TORONTO FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 150 0.04 111
150 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 93

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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.