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October 28, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.25.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.8, down 0.6 from 2018’s Game 3.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.74/0.44.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH lost 0.04 to 0.44, with a lead-out hour at 0.32.  A&E’s LIVE PD dipped 0.03 to 0.43, and the clip-show lead-in ticked down to 0.20.  Adult Swim’s BLACK JESUS was down 0.03 to 0.29.  Fox Sports 1’s WWE SMACKDOWN (relocated due to the World Series on broadcast FOX) was at 0.27.  On We, LOVE AFTER LOCKUP ticked up to 0.25, and MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP was down 0.02 to 0.09.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER edged up 0.02 to 0.23, and ROOM 104 ticked up to 0.04/161K.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.19.  On Food Network, DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.19/0.15, compared to last week’s 0.20/0.19.  On HGTV, WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY dropped 0.08 to 0.17, and BEACH HUNTERS was at 0.17/0.16.  TLC’s LONG ISLAND MEDIUM was steady at 0.13, and LONG LOST FAMILY was at 0.12.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS ticked down to 0.12.  History’s ANCIENT ALIENS was at 0.12/0.10 compared to last week’s 0.13.  Syfy’s VAN HELSING climbed 0.02 to 0.10.  Paramount’s BELLATOR LIVE was at 0.09.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday October 25, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: UTAH/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:40 PM 153 0.74 1,783
2 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DALLAS/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 8:12 PM 148 0.44 1,103
3 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.44 2,076
4 LIVE PD: 245 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.43 1,534
5 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:13 AM 62 0.35 845
6 GOLD RUSH: SPECIAL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.32 1,434
7 BLACK JESUS ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 30 0.29 655
8 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 12 0.28 736
9 WWE FRI NIGHT SMACKDOWN L: 4 FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 120 0.27 888
10 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 635
11 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 56 0.23 1,351
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,735
13 PIRATE/CARIB:DEAD MENTELL: PIRATE/CARIB:DEAD MENTELL TBS NETWORK 8:30 PM 150 0.22 578
14 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.20 871
15 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,699
16 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 507
17 MOM NICK-AT-NITE 1:35 AM 35 0.20 541
18 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: USC/COLORADO ESPN2 8:57 PM 209 0.19 773
19 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.19 669
20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.18 644
21 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,698
22 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,445
23 WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MON HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.17 877
24 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 417
25 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.17 886
26 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.17 2,210
27 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 2:00 PM 30 0.17 658
28 BEACH HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.16 823
29 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 443
30 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 12:00 AM 30 0.16 490
31 VAMPIRINA DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 24 0.16 466
32 RICKY ZOOM NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.16 536
33 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.15 544
34 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 327
35 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 25 0.15 452
36 FINDING ESCOBARS MILLIONS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:02 PM 58 0.15 518
37 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:26 AM 34 0.15 445
38 GHOST NATION TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 602
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 335
40 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.14 554
41 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,762
42 WWE BACKSTAGE PREVIEW L FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.14 426
43 MLB WORLD SERIES ON FOXD: GM3: ASTROS VS NATIONALS FOX DEPORTES 8:03 PM 249 0.14 358
44 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,732
45 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,859
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,093
47 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,978
48 ARE YOU AFRAID NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 689
49 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 1,001
50 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.13 378
51 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.13 498
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,026
53 MOVIE- ORIGINAL PREM: SWEET MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.13 1,007
54 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,661
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,665
56 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 339
57 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.13 425
58 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,536
59 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.13 335
60 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 2,127
61 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 312
62 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 928
63 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 1,789
64 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,029
65 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN15 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.12 329
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 876
67 LONG LOST FAMILY TLC 10:00 PM 62 0.12 867
68 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 879
69 CC STAND-UP PRESENTS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.12 236
70 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 929
71 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:02 PM 63 0.12 569
72 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.12 370
73 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,700
74 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 297
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,212
76 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 949
77 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.11 1,013
78 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 733
79 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.11 297
80 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,735
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 910
82 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 681
83 TNT OVERNIGHT MOVIES: CINDERELLA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:50 PM 135 0.11 419
84 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 872
85 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,503
86 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.10 554
87 RAVENS HOME DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.10 519
88 DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 14 CMT 9:00 PM 60 0.10 354
89 PORTALS TO HELL REPACK: TPTH-1R1R03H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.10 402
90 CC STAND-UP PRESENTS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 30 0.10 206
91 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,312
92 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,430
93 VAN HELSING SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.10 339
94 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,564
95 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 236
96 ELENA OF AVALOR DISNEY CHANNEL 12:30 PM 25 0.09 306
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 717
98 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,400
99 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,302
100 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.09 793
101 MOVIE- ORIGINAL RPT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 116 0.09 662
102 TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.09 892
103 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,302
104 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,166
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,133
106 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,103
107 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 231 PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 181 0.09 265
108 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA DISNEY CHANNEL 1:30 PM 30 0.09 265
109 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 10:00 PM 65 0.09 258
110 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: A MERRY CHRISTMAS MATCH HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.08 899
111 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,235
112 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.08 528
113 DC SUPER HERO G (SERIES) THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.08 406
114 JUST ROLL WITH IT DISNEY CHANNEL 8:30 PM 30 0.08 468
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,197
116 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 554
117 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.08 672
118 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 1:00 AM 30 0.08 246
119 SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPK DISNEY JUNIOR 10:30 AM 55 0.08 334
120 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.08 825
121 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,122
122 SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPK DISNEY CHANNEL 7:00 AM 50 0.08 399
123 HALL OF VILLAINS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.07 510
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,239
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,146
126 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,163
127 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.07 146
128 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,134
129 DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE SHORT DISNEY CHANNEL 4:00 PM 30 0.07 306
130 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 1:30 AM 30 0.07 201
131 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 441
132 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.06 139
133 INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.06 612
134 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.06 459
135 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / NECAXA TUDN 9:58 PM 129 0.06 173
136 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 156
137 UNDISPUTED L: 784 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 158
138 ROADKILL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 221
139 HERD L: 1099 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 166
140 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: DESIGNED TO KILL LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.05 313
141 HALLOWEEN WARS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 204
142 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 115
143 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING 1: N/A POP 12:00 AM 150 0.05 125
144 SECRET LIFE OF THE ZOO ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.05 283
145 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 119
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 248
147 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 12:12 AM 18 0.05 127
148 CATCH 21 (2019) GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.05 390
149 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 137
150 HALLOWEEN WARS COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 176

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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.