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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.19.2021

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 19, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAY-IN GAME L: GOLDEN STATE/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:11 PM 153 2.21 5,618
2 NBA PLAY-IN GAME L: SAN ANTONIO/MEMPHIS ESPN 7:39 PM 152 0.85 2,293
3 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:44 AM 76 0.65 1,558
4 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,084
5 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.32 949
6 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0085 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.28 821
7 LIGA MX L: SF: PACHUCA / CRUZ AZUL TUDN 9:00 PM 154 0.26 614
8 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.26 678
9 NHL QTR FINALS L: WASHINGTON/BOSTON NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:33 PM 242 0.25 730
10 MAFS (LIF) REUNION: ATLANTA REUNION PART 1 1218 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.24 1,021
11 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,906
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,575
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,016
14 SIESTA KEY SSN 4 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.18 362
15 BARGAIN BLOCK HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,198
16 SPORTSCENTER WITH SAS  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.18 456
17 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.17 651
18 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,831
19 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,557
20 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,402
21 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.16 662
22 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.16 916
23 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.16 522
24 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 59 0.16 674
25 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.16 1,166
26 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.15 698
27 NHL QTR FINALS L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:35 PM 66 0.15 401
28 EXPEDITION X DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.15 875
29 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.15 498
30 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.15 1,096
31 HILLS: NEW BEGINNINGS S2 MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.14 295
32 MURDER TAPES, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.14 627
33 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,018
34 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,100
35 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,785
36 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.12 426
37 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,918
38 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 889
39 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,202
40 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 311
41 COURT CAM A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 28 0.12 465
42 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 11:34 PM 26 0.12 239
43 NHL QTR FINALS L: ST. LOUIS/COLORADO CNBC 10:47 PM 151 0.11 294
44 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,633
45 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,025
46 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 313
47 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,266
48 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.10 825
49 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,614
50 AMERICAN GANGSTER: TRAP Q BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 277
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.10 1,390
52 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,438
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 363
54 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.10 860
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,240
56 JOSH GATES TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 72 0.09 513
57 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 763
58 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 286
59 MAFS: UNMATCHABLES LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.09 507
60 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,373
61 PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/BURNLEY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 3:09 PM 135 0.09 257
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,117
63 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 325
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,223
65 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,250
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 703
67 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.09 461
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 884
69 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 13 0.08 258
70 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.08 595
71 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 988
72 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.08 223
73 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:01 PM 59 0.08 262
74 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,651
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 61 0.08 275
76 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,634
77 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 746
78 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 705
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 225
80 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 654
81 CRANK YANKERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.07 151
82 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.07 187
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 682
84 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.07 196
85 NARCO WARS FL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 15 0.07 292
86 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 219
87 SURVIVORS REMORSE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 220
88 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.07 217
89 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.07 1,588
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 721
91 SAVE MY SKIN TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 441
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 643
93 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 892
94 NHL QTR FINALS L: NASHVILLE/CAROLINA CNBC 8:00 PM 167 0.06 191
95 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 681
96 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 561
97 MAFS (LIF) REUNION LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 58 0.06 270
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 620
99 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 887
100 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:14 PM 46 0.05 841
101 SMUGGLER: SECRET STASH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:15 PM 60 0.05 234
102 COURT CAM A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 28 0.05 269
103 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 8:30 PM 30 0.05 156
104 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 11:30 PM 61 0.05 218
105 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.05 149
106 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:24 PM 36 0.05 122
107 TEXAS METAL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 312
108 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 897
109 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 964
110 UNDISPUTED L: 1175 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 129
111 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 850
112 NHL LIVE PRE QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 33 0.04 114
113 FOOD PARADISE COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 153
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 215
115 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 47 0.04 783
116 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.04 135
117 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 503
118 MYST MUSEUM REPACK: STDA-2R1R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.04 382
119 HERD L: 1490 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 107
120 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:47 AM 27 0.04 727
121 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 945
122 BEYOND THE UNKNOWN TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 382
123 MAFS (LIF) REUNION: ATLANTA REUNION PART 1 1218 LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 123 0.04 144
124 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CLE AT LAA/WAS AT CHC (KLUBER NYY NH) MLB NETWORK 8:07 PM 188 0.04 234
125 HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 123
126 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 31 0.03 71
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 197
128 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 315
129 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 936 FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 AM 120 0.03 68
130 CUANDO EL MAL SE DISFRAZA DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 8:00 PM 60 0.03 61
131 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: COL AT SD MLB NETWORK 4:10 PM 174 0.03 181
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 142
133 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.03 288
134 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 168
135 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 283
136 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1130 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.03 74
137 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.03 555
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.03 169
139 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: CWS AT MIN MLB NETWORK 1:12 PM 156 0.03 146
140 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.03 178
141 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.03 171
142 FOX BET LIVE L FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 30 0.03 53
143 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 7:04 PM 63 0.02 170
144 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 304
145 HOME & FAMILY HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.02 171
146 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.02 75
147 COPPA ITALIA  L: ATALANTA/JUVENTUS ESPN2 2:50 PM 130 0.02 75
148 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 11:15 PM 105 0.02 104
149 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.02 497
150 MISTERIO EN LOS TITULARES DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 10:00 PM 60 0.02 73
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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.
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