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November 14, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.13.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning preliminary numbers. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.86/0.64.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK gained 0.03 to 0.50, and CRANK YANKERS was steady at 0.21.  The season finale of FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 was up a tick from last week to 0.50, but that was down a sharp 0.31 from last year’s APOCALYPSE finale.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING rose 0.08 to 0.43.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY slipped 0.02 to 0.42, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS was down 0.03 to 0.22.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW climbed 0.04 to 0.37.  On the first day of impeachment hearings, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.37/0.58/3.6M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.32/0.59/4.4M, and CNN’s 11AM-noon coverage at 0.27/0.36/2.1M.  On BET, THE OVAL rebounded by 0.09 to 0.28, and SISTAS was up 0.09 to 0.25.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS was steady at 0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.20, and HOUSE HUNTERS was steady at 0.20.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES gained 0.07 to 0.25.  USA’s WWE NXT dropped 0.05 to 0.25.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.23/0.15, compared to last week’s 0.25.  On ID, SHATTERED ticked down to 0.20, and HOMICIDE HUNTER was up 0.02 to 0.19.  On FXX, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA grew by 0.08 to 0.20, and the season finale of CAKE was up 0.02 to 0.04.  TBS’s newly-renewed FULL FRONTAL dropped 0.07 to 0.18.  AMC’s limited docu-series THE PREPPY MURDER premiered at 0.10.  Off the chart, IFC’s BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW was at 0.01/36K & 0.01/25K compared to last week’s 0.04/0.01, and Sundance’s THE CRY dropped 0.01 to zero/61K, which puts it below our continued coverage.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday November 13, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: GOLDEN STATE/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:14 PM 139 0.86 1,992
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: LA CLIPPERS/HOUSTON ESPN 7:43 PM 151 0.64 1,664
3 SOUTH PARK COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.50 848
4 AMERICAN HORROR STORY FX 10:00 PM 66 0.50 1,082
5 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0007 NASHVILLE TN TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.43 957
6 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:33 AM 57 0.42 979
7 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.42 1,064
8 BLACK INK CREW 8 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.37 749
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.37 3,631
10 CHALLENGE:WAR OF WORLDS 2 MTV 9:00 PM 97 0.34 575
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.32 4,426
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.32 3,966
13 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:30 PM 13 0.31 797
14 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 962
15 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.27 2,067
16 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,234
17 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.27 1,851
18 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 3,477
19 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.26 1,870
20 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 613
21 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.25 1,808
22 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 128 0.25 750
23 SISTAS SERIES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.25 851
24 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.24 3,118
25 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.24 1,732
26 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.24 1,736
27 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.24 1,572
28 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,327
29 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 3,635
30 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.24 3,025
31 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.24 1,431
32 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.23 657
33 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.23 812
34 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,614
35 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,706
36 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 1,289
37 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 762
38 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,438
39 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 3,097
40 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 1:30 AM 90 0.23 510
41 MSNBC NEWS ANALYSIS MSNBC 12:20 PM 21 0.22 2,689
42 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.22 607
43 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,330
44 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,922
45 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.22 3,163
46 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,190
47 CRANK YANKERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.21 358
48 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS MSNBC 12:41 PM 175 0.21 2,561
49 SPORTSCENTER WITH SAS  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.21 536
50 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.21 976
51 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 977
52 SHATTERED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.20 960
53 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS MSNBC 9:00 AM 200 0.20 2,574
54 ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP FXX 10:00 PM 31 0.20 314
55 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.20 909
56 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,102
57 FX MOVIE PRIME: GIRLS TRIP FX 7:30 PM 150 0.19 551
58 MSNBC NEWS ANALYSIS MSNBC 3:36 PM 24 0.19 2,500
59 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 481
60 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 2,734
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 438
62 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.19 2,808
63 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.18 695
64 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,950
65 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.18 772
66 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,072
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 2,663
68 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.17 627
69 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.17 2,457
70 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 2,612
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.16 385
72 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,079
73 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,140
74 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.16 545
75 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 491
76 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.16 336
77 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 445
78 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 914
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 369
80 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.15 342
81 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.15 645
82 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:32 PM 168 0.14 465
83 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 2,079
84 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,132
85 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 299
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 325
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,757
88 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.14 778
89 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 302
90 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 299
91 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.13 2,022
92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,812
93 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 410
94 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.12 400
95 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,253
96 COPWATCH AMERICA BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.11 350
97 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 796
98 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: LSU/VCU ESPN2 6:00 PM 133 0.10 266
99 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,209
100 PREPPY MURDER, THE: 101/102 PARTS 1 AND 2 AMC 9:00 PM 121 0.10 383
101 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.10 310
102 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: CHICAGO/LAS VEGAS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:20 PM 148 0.09 289
103 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.09 595
104 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: NORTHERN ILLINOIS/TOLEDO ESPN2 8:13 PM 196 0.09 347
105 EXTINCT OR ALIVE ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 61 0.09 286
106 CASH CAB BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.08 278
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 545
108 MOUNTAIN MONSTERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 263
109 TIME MACHINE: HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES HISTORY 1:00 PM 120 0.07 373
110 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: VILLANOVA/OHIO ST FOX SPORTS 1 7:01 PM 121 0.07 310
111 UNDISPUTED L: 797 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 180
112 MOUNTAIN MONSTERS REPACK: TMMO-2R3R02H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.06 273
113 DEADLY ENGINEERING SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.06 311
114 ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 311
115 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 219
116 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 405
117 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.06 198
118 AMERICAN MYSTERY TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.06 177
119 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:29 PM 31 0.05 182
120 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 314
121 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 172
122 CATCH 21 (2019) GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.05 407
123 DRIFT THIS MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.05 180
124 BITCHIN RIDES: BEYOND BIT MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 285
125 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.05 202
126 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 103
127 HOLMES AND HOLMES DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 242
128 FOX COLLEGE HOOP BRIDGE L FOX SPORTS 1 9:02 PM 12 0.05 319
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 206
130 BACK IN THE GAME CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.05 185
131 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 127
132 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 92
133 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 118
134 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.04 118
135 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 141
136 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:48 AM 29 0.04 103
137 CAKE FXX 10:31 PM 30 0.04 62
138 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 383
139 HERD L: 1112 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 130
140 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 91
141 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.04 102
142 COLL BSKTBL: BIG EAST L: PURDUE/MARQUETTE FOX SPORTS 1 9:14 PM 131 0.04 221
143 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.03 100
144 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.03 94
145 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.03 135
146 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.03 119
147 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 30 0.03 121
148 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.03 100
149 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2019 WK 10 MIN VS. DAL NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.03 184
150 NHL LIVE PRE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:30 PM 62 0.03 89

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."