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October 31, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.28.2016

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up half a point to 5.2.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES each lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, sports and news took up most of the cable Top 10.  ESPN’s NBA games occupied 2 of the Top 3 slots, with Golden State vs. New Orleans at 0.83, and Cleveland vs. Toronto at 0.59.  The FBI propelled Fox News into 5 of the remaining top slots, led by HANNITY at 0.50.  (CNN voters–er, viewers–didn’t want to hear about it, with a top 18-49 rating of 0.30 for ANDERSON COOPER 360, and less than half the top Fox News rating, 3.9M vs. 1.5M.)  The only non-sports, non-news telecast in a top slot was Discovery’s GOLD RUSH, down 0.11 from last week to 0.83.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returned at 0.34, and TRACY ULLMAN’S SHOW premiered at 0.11.  On TLC, KINDRED SPIRITS gained 0.07 to 0.22, and 2 episodes of A HAUNTING were up 0.02 to 0.20.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL fell 0.06 to 0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.06 to 0.24.  Syfy’s Z NATION ticked up to 0.24, and VAN HELSING was steady at 0.16.  OWN’s FOR BETTER OR WORSE added a tick to 0.20.  We’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP dropped 0.03 to 0.19, and MY LIFE IS A TELENOVELA was down 0.04 to 0.05.  Food Network’s BURGERS, BREW & QUE lost 0.09 to 0.17.  History’s DOOMSDAY was at 0.14/0.12, down from 0.24 last week.    The season finale of Cinemax’s QUARRY held at 0.05/178K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday October 28, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: GOLDEN STATE/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 9:37 PM 154 0.83 1,875
2 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 63 0.83 2,631
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: CLEVELAND/TORONTO ESPN 7:00 PM 157 0.59 1,410
4 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:11 AM 69 0.54 1,167
5 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.50 3,920
6 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.43 3,744
7 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.41 3,831
8 ON THE RECORD WITH BRIT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.38 3,330
9 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.36 3,617
10 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:20 AM 60 0.35 702
11 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.34 1,340
12 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.33 3,458
13 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.33 839
14 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.32 2,605
15 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 25 0.32 986
16 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.30 1,504
17 KINDRED SPIRITS TLC 10:02 PM 61 0.29 823
18 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,214
19 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.28 1,188
20 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,067
21 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.27 601
22 RANK THE PRANK NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.27 1,100
23 LIVE PD: 1 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 120 0.26 776
24 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.26 1,943
25 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.26 1,356
26 AMERICAS ELECTION HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.26 2,158
27 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,107
28 Z NATION SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 717
29 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.24 983
30 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.24 1,224
31 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,167
32 FIRST 48 MINI A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 15 0.23 688
33 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,680
34 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 536
35 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,361
36 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.22 1,245
37 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 60 0.21 567
38 HAUNTING, A TLC 9:01 PM 61 0.20 652
39 FOR BETTER OR WORSE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 607
40 HAUNTING, A TLC 8:00 PM 61 0.20 635
41 FIRST 48 MINI A&E NETWORK 8:15 PM 15 0.20 627
42 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.20 447
43 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.20 1,775
44 SUSPICION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 751
45 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.19 362
46 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.19 448
47 SPIKE TV MOVIE: THIR13EN GHOSTS (2001) SPIKE TV 6:00 PM 120 0.19 446
48 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,793
49 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,123
50 NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 678
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,822
52 BURGERS, BREW & QUE FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.17 692
53 FIRST 48 MINI A&E NETWORK 8:30 PM 15 0.17 563
54 FIRST 48 MINI A&E NETWORK 8:45 PM 15 0.17 618
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 1,696
56 RHNJ FIRST LOOK BRAVO 7:40 PM 13 0.17 543
57 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 434
58 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,223
59 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.16 1,716
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 876
61 VAN HELSING SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 530
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,393
63 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,289
64 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,621
65 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.15 390
66 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,353
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 808
68 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.15 921
69 DOOMSDAY 10 WAYS WRLD END HISTORY 10:00 PM 63 0.14 542
70 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 898
71 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.14 295
72 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 749
73 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 30 0.14 1,110
74 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.13 257
75 MEET THE BROWN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:30 PM 30 0.13 336
76 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 301
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 314
78 DOC MCSTUFFINS DISNEY JUNIOR 9:20 AM 25 0.13 480
79 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,109
80 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 338
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 263
82 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: NAVY/SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN2 7:00 PM 217 0.13 556
83 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 830
84 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 908
85 RHNJ SNEAK PEEK BRAVO 7:53 PM 14 0.12 377
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 301
87 DOOMSDAY 10 WAYS WRLD END HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.12 529
88 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 308
89 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: AIR FORCE/FRESNO STATE ESPN2 10:37 PM 203 0.12 435
90 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,022
91 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.12 356
92 I AM LEGEND HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 100 0.12 287
93 MEET THE BROWN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:00 PM 30 0.12 287
94 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.12 280
95 LODGE, THE DISNEY CHANNEL 5:00 PM 30 0.12 731
96 LUCY HBO PRIME 1:05 AM 89 0.12 260
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 254
98 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 839
99 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.11 232
100 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 274
101 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 622
102 MLB WORLD SERIES GM3-IN: INDIANS VS CUBS FOX DEPORTES 8:04 PM 221 0.11 300
103 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 957
104 TRACEY ULLMANS SHOW HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 30 0.11 437
105 SPIKE TV MOVIE: R.I.P.D. (2013) SPIKE TV 4:00 PM 120 0.10 259
106 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 298
107 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 486
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ T. ROBERTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 751
109 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 830
110 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.09 202
111 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 309
112 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 272
113 JURASSIC WORLD: JURASSIC WORLD HBO PRIME 2:50 PM 124 0.09 244
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 315
115 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.09 263
116 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 844
117 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.09 226
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 716
119 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 352
120 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.08 192
121 FURIOUS 7: FURIOUS 7 MAXPRIME 7:40 PM 137 0.08 203
122 UFC RELOADED: 198:WERDUM/MIOCIC FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 180 0.08 237
123 TOP 10 NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.07 149
124 LATE MOVIE: RETURN TO HALLOWEENTOWN FREEFORM 12:00 AM 120 0.07 204
125 RIDE ALONG 2 HBO PRIME 7:30 AM 101 0.07 138
126 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.07 156
127 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 717
128 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 163
129 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.07 134
130 MICHAELA HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 227
131 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.07 385
132 AMC FEARFEST: GRUDGE, THE AMC 12:00 PM 120 0.07 205
133 BRIDE WARS HBO PRIME 1:15 PM 89 0.07 136
134 TOYMAKERZ VELOCITY 8:00 PM 60 0.06 219
135 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 29 0.06 163
136 FANTASY AND FRIENDS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.06 132
137 BREAK HBO PRIME 9:47 PM 13 0.06 239
138 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 664
139 MSNBC LIVE W/ T.HALL MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 627
140 ABANDONED VICELAND 9:00 PM 60 0.06 121
141 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 670
142 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUAL L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:34 PM 86 0.06 354
143 MY LIFE IS A TELENOVELA WETV 11:00 PM 60 0.05 120
144 WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 60 0.05 152
145 MICHAELA HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 177
146 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.05 270
147 MLB WS POST GAME L FOX SPORTS 1 11:49 PM 41 0.05 179
148 LOUISIANA FLIP N MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.05 279
149 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.05 128
150 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS NBC UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.05 123

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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.