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May 21, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.18.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for preemption in NY, both the HARRY & MEGHAN: A LOVE STORY special and LIFE SENTENCE dropped 0.1.  In addition, the season finale of BLINDSPOT and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 May 18.FRI

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A slow cable night was led by NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game at 0.50.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER rose 0.08 to 0.39, and WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS ticked up to 0.10.  On Discovery, BERING SEA GOLD edged up 0.02 to 0.28, and BATTLEBOTS held at 0.26.  CNN, unusually, had a quartet of shows in the Top 10, led by SITUATION ROOM at 0.26/0.32/1.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.25/0.38/2.5M, and Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.25/0.40/2.4M.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL slipped 0.02 to 0.25, MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE also shed 0.02 to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS followed suit, down 0.02 to 0.23.  History’s ANCIENT ALIENS was steady at 0.24, and TESLA FILES ticked down to 0.19.  TLC’s pair of specials MEGHAN MARKLE: A ROYAL LOVE STORY and SECRETS OF THE ROYAL WEDDING were both at 0.20, with PRINCE HARRY: WILD NO MORE at 0.16.  On We, MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP fell 0.06 to 0.13.  The finale of Cinemax’s RELLIK stayed off the chart, steady at 0.01/64K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 May 18.FRI

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 18, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: WINNIPEG/LAS VEGAS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:01 PM 177 0.50 1,525
2 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 57 0.39 1,802
3 BERING SEA GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 60 0.28 1,089
4 BATTLEBOTS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.26 1,022
5 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.26 1,193
6 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.25 1,354
7 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,500
8 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.25 1,292
9 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.25 1,248
10 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 2,406
11 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,173
12 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.24 1,297
13 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.24 1,098
14 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.24 1,096
15 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.24 1,163
16 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.24 2,062
17 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.23 1,200
18 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.23 1,923
19 HITMANS BODYGUARD, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 118 0.23 619
20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,122
21 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,155
22 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,971
23 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,538
24 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,925
25 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.22 2,091
26 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 597
27 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,157
28 DUCKTALES (2017) DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 30 0.21 869
29 ROYAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.21 910
30 LAST 24, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.21 872
31 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 2,038
32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.21 1,942
33 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,223
34 MEGHAN MARKLE: A ROYAL LO TLC 9:02 PM 62 0.20 1,020
35 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.20 1,946
36 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.20 450
37 SECRETS OF THE ROYAL WEDD TLC 10:04 PM 62 0.20 957
38 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 1,716
39 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 400
40 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,492
41 ROYAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 857
42 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,982
43 TESLA FILES, THE HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.19 936
44 LAST 24, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.19 785
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.18 1,699
46 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 15 0.18 446
47 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 941
48 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.18 979
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,706
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,870
51 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:58 PM 62 0.17 477
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 845
53 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:58 PM 62 0.17 388
54 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,668
55 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,318
56 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,471
57 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.16 342
58 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.16 336
59 PRINCE HARRY: WILD NO MOR TLC 8:00 PM 62 0.16 867
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,622
61 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,373
62 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.15 346
63 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,357
64 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.15 1,378
65 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.15 642
66 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 363
67 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 298
68 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 331
69 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.15 599
70 TANKED ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 62 0.14 422
71 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS: SANTE FE HS SHOOTING MSNBC 2:00 PM 120 0.14 1,030
72 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 325
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 671
74 ROYAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.14 739
75 MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.13 426
76 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,007
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,222
78 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.13 281
79 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,004
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,038
81 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 279
82 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.13 999
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 714
84 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,062
85 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 264
86 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.12 268
87 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 927
88 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.11 230
89 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 637
90 TASKMASTER COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.11 186
91 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 648
92 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: OLE MISS/LONG BEACH STATE ESPN 7:00 PM 141 0.10 321
93 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L ESPN 9:21 PM 97 0.10 337
94 NCWTS RACING L: CHARLOTTE FOX SPORTS 1 8:28 PM 127 0.10 643
95 WYATT CENACS PROBLEM AREA HBO PRIME 11:31 PM 27 0.10 291
96 TASKMASTER COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 30 0.09 143
97 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 455
98 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 255
99 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN HBO PRIME 3:20 PM 113 0.07 208
100 HORSE RACING SPECIAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.07 168
101 HEY DUGGEE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.07 371
102 NASCAR M.E. CUP QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 6:30 PM 89 0.06 491
103 NASCAR RACEDAY: NCWTS L FOX SPORTS 1 7:59 PM 29 0.06 430
104 BRIDEZILLAS: FIRST LOOK WETV 10:00 PM 13 0.06 232
105 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON HBO PRIME 1:40 PM 98 0.06 131
106 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 251
107 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 61 0.06 187
108 DAVID TUTERA CELEBRATIONS WETV 10:13 PM 60 0.06 207
109 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L ESPN2 11:33 PM 103 0.06 174
110 ALASKAS GRIZZLY GAUNTLET NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.06 282
111 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 134
112 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: NORTH DAKOTA/MISSISSIPPI ST ESPN2 9:00 PM 153 0.05 219
113 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 120
114 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 105
115 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 260
116 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.05 393
117 WACKY RACES (2017) BOOMERANG 8:00 PM 30 0.05 144
118 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 110
119 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 101
120 CAKE WARS COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 150
121 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L: BOSTON UNIVERSITY/OKLAHOMA ESPN2 7:00 PM 120 0.05 214
122 ENGINE POWER NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:00 AM 30 0.05 109
123 PRE-DRAFT CAMPS    L: NBA DRAFT COMBINE ESPN2 3:00 PM 240 0.05 104
124 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 258
125 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.05 219
126 SP TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 403
127 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 1:16 AM 104 0.04 102
128 MIGHTY NORTHWEST NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 60 0.04 222
129 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: CLE AT HOU/MIL AT MIN MLB NETWORK 8:11 PM 170 0.04 198
130 BRIDGET JONES DIARY HBO PRIME 5:50 PM 98 0.04 110
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 222
132 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 133
133 E! NEWS E! 12:00 AM 60 0.04 151
134 NHRA QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 1 10:35 PM 60 0.04 331
135 LA ULTIMA PALABRA – L FOX DEPORTES 12:00 AM 60 0.04 78
136 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 11:01 PM 119 0.04 139
137 COLL SOFTBALL REGIONALS L ESPN2 12:00 PM 107 0.04 114
138 ON THE STORY HLN 2:00 PM 60 0.04 174
139 TOUR OF CALIFORNIA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:05 PM 115 0.03 133
140 ON THE STORY HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.03 185
141 ACROSS AMERICA W/COSTELLO HLN 12:00 PM 60 0.03 250
142 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.03 170
143 MECUM AUTO AUCTIONS: INDIANAPOLIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:00 PM 180 0.03 126
144 SOFTBALL BASES LOADED  L ESPN2 1:47 PM 55 0.03 105
145 CASO CERR-MAS ATREVIDOS UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.03 75
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 262
147 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 60 0.03 81
148 COMBATE AMERICAS L UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:00 PM 90 0.03 56
149 CENTRAL FOX US FOX DEPORTES 11:00 PM 60 0.03 56
150 I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER HBO PRIME 11:55 AM 102 0.03 60

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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.