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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.31.2017

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE ORIGINALS and DATELINE lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Mar 31.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Basketball was at the top of Friday cable.  On the pro side, ESPN had the night’s NBA doubleheader with Golden State vs. Houston at 0.89 and San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City at 0.61.  ESPN’s WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage of the giant UConn vs. Mississippi State upset came between the NBA games at 0.65, although the earlier Final 4 game was much lower rated at 0.26. The top non-basketball show of the night was We’s MAMA JUNE: FROM NOT TO HOT, up a big 0.16 to 0.58.  On Lifetime, THE RAP GAME gained 0.05 to 0.42, while BRING IT was down 0.03 to 0.38, and THE POP GAME was steady at 0.22.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER rose 0.05 to 0.46, VICE was at 0.16, and ANIMALS was up 0.04 to 0.11.  A GOLD RUSH show on Discovery was steady with last week’s at 0.44.  A&E’s LIVE PD climbed 0.05 to 0.42.  VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE dropped 0.06 to 0.40.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES jumped 0.11 to 0.39.  Spike’s BELLATOR MMA was at 0.38.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS ticked down to 0.21.  On TLC, A HAUNTING fell 0.03 to 0.13, and GHOST BROTHERS was down 0.04 to 0.11.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Mar 31.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday March 31, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: HOUSTON/GOLDEN STATE ESPN 10:36 PM 142 0.89 2,213
2 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L: MISSISSIPPI ST/CONNECTICUT ESPN2 9:54 PM 152 0.65 2,763
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: SAN ANTONIO/OKLAHOMA CITY ESPN 8:03 PM 153 0.61 1,609
4 MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT WETV 9:00 PM 65 0.58 1,674
5 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:58 AM 92 0.49 1,154
6 RAP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.47 1,181
7 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.46 1,675
8 GOLD RUSH:PARKERS TRAIL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.44 1,661
9 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:26 AM 33 0.43 1,496
10 LIVE PD: 28 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.42 1,310
11 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 9 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.40 754
12 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.39 1,266
13 BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 175 SPIKE TV 9:00 PM 172 0.38 907
14 BRING IT! LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.38 1,032
15 NCAA WBKBL CHAMP STUDIO L ESPN2 9:29 PM 25 0.36 1,691
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.30 753
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,535
18 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.28 1,129
19 SHIMMER AND SHINE NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.28 1,090
20 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.26 1,010
21 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.26 1,003
22 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L ESPN2 7:30 PM 119 0.26 1,497
23 PPG 2016 THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.25 886
24 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 63 0.24 514
25 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,191
26 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.24 512
27 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,102
28 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 120 0.23 686
29 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.23 471
30 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.23 446
31 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.23 466
32 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,796
33 POP GAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:06 PM 60 0.22 563
34 HUNTER STREET NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.22 1,190
35 TANGLED: THE SERIES DISNEY CHANNEL 7:30 PM 30 0.22 1,047
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.22 1,197
37 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 447
38 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN9 MTV 8:00 PM 32 0.21 443
39 RANK THE PRANK NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.21 924
40 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,006
41 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.21 414
42 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.21 932
43 THE OREILLY FACTOR SPCL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,292
44 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,377
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.20 1,873
46 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.20 380
47 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,814
48 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 6:00 PM 30 0.19 1,111
49 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 949
50 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,043
51 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,169
52 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.19 1,574
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,788
54 CNN SPECIAL REPORT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.19 837
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.19 1,740
56 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,096
57 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.18 356
58 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,728
59 COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BKBL    L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.18 360
60 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,922
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,074
62 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,032
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 897
64 VICE HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 27 0.16 438
65 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,675
66 DR. MIAMI WETV 10:05 PM 61 0.16 492
67 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.16 819
68 ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE HBO PRIME 3:45 PM 95 0.16 373
69 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,650
70 GREATEST EVER TRUTV 11:30 PM 30 0.15 357
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 343
72 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,398
73 FIRST 100 DAYS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,741
74 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,552
75 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,512
76 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 723
77 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,623
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 859
79 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 860
80 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.14 593
81 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 774
82 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,396
83 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.14 1,145
84 HAUNTING, A TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 423
85 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE HBO PRIME 5:40 PM 108 0.13 307
86 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 277
87 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,108
88 VICE HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 29 0.12 279
89 GHOST BROTHERS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 419
90 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 248
91 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 433
92 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 276
93 ANIMALS. HBO PRIME 11:31 PM 29 0.11 228
94 FOR THE RECORD W/GRETA MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,094
95 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,103
96 LEGEND OF TARZAN, THE HBO PRIME 1:55 PM 110 0.11 272
97 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: SEATTLE SOUNDERS/ATLANTA UNITED FOX SPORTS 1 9:58 PM 126 0.11 224
98 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.10 200
99 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 815
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.KORNACKI MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 973
101 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,005
102 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 282
103 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 5:25 PM 13 0.09 185
104 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 269
105 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.09 229
106 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGE HBO PRIME 10:15 AM 120 0.08 239
107 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 820
108 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 257
109 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 863
110 MSNBC LIVE W/K.SNOW MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 925
111 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 973
112 PGA TOUR: 2017 SHELL HOUSTON OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 4:00 PM 178 0.07 621
113 IT TAKES A KILLER OXYGEN MEDIA 11:00 PM 30 0.06 252
114 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 254
115 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 4:00 PM 30 0.06 237
116 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 60 0.05 184
117 NCAA WBKBL CHAMP STUDIO L ESPN2 6:56 PM 34 0.05 334
118 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.05 176
119 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 184
120 MEET DAVE HBO PRIME 12:20 PM 90 0.05 146
121 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: TORONTO/SPORTING KANSAS CITY FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 PM 148 0.05 113
122 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.05 237
123 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL  L ESPN2 5:00 PM 116 0.05 128
124 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 10:00 AM 60 0.05 121
125 GONE IN 60 SECONDS MAXPRIME 12:10 AM 118 0.05 106
126 WORLD STAR TV MTV2 11:00 PM 30 0.04 81
127 TATTOO AGE VICELAND 9:00 PM 30 0.04 101
128 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.04 111
129 NAKED SCIENCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:30 PM 30 0.04 268
130 TENNIS: ATP TOUR MASTER L: MIAMI OPEN ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.04 165
131 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL  L ESPN2 3:00 PM 89 0.04 111
132 NAKED SCIENCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 30 0.04 311
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 230
134 LPGA TOUR: 2017 ANA INSPIRATION GOLF CHANNEL 6:58 PM 122 0.04 314
135 CESAR MILLANS DOG NATION NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.04 186
136 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.04 230
137 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.04 418
138 WWE RAW – EN ESP: N/A NBC UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 180 0.04 89
139 SPRING TRAINING: NYY AT ATL MLB NETWORK 7:30 PM 176 0.04 199
140 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.03 205
141 UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.03 72
142 DAN LE BATARD SHOW L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.03 88
143 UNCOMMON SENSE S3 MTV2 11:30 PM 30 0.03 67
144 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, T POP 6:30 PM 30 0.03 267
145 MICHAELA HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.03 151
146 NCWTS PRACTICE L FOX SPORTS 1 1:04 PM 56 0.03 198
147 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:02 AM 45 0.03 106
148 TUXEDO, THE HBO PRIME 6:30 AM 99 0.03 82
149 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II MAXPRIME 10:05 PM 124 0.03 89
150 ER POP 4:00 PM 60 0.03 110

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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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