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May 6, 2019
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2019

 

NOTE:  We’ll post final charts when we have them.  Also, at this time we have no information on Friday cable ratings below the Top 150.

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PROVEN INNOCENT, BLUE BLOODS and SCREENTIME lost the same. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.47/1.46.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.03 to 0.60, with the clip-show lead-in hour up a tick to 0.30.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.45/0.33.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH rose 0.07 to 0.31, with lead-out DARK WATERS at 0.17.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOUSE dipped 0.04 to 0.29.  Adult Swim’s YOUR PRETTY FACE was at 0.27/0.26.  On We, MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT ticked down to 0.22.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER lost 0.04 to 0.22, and WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS was at 0.06.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.20/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.24/0.23.  MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.17/0.16, compared to last week’s 0.20/0.16.  Bravo’s DON’T BE TARDY fell 0.08 to 0.05. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

 

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 3, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: DENVER/PORTLAND ESPN 10:51 PM 205 1.47 3,651
2 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: MILWAUKEE/BOSTON ESPN 8:10 PM 161 1.46 4,057
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 2:16 AM 44 0.75 1,610
4 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 10 0.63 1,917
5 LIVE PD: 205 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.60 1,875
6 NHL SEMI FINALS L: DALLAS/ST. LOUIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 9:41 PM 164 0.45 1,143
7 NHL SEMI FINALS L: NY ISLANDERS/CAROLINA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:59 PM 162 0.33 1,017
8 GOLD RUSH:PARKERS TRAIL DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.31 1,399
9 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.30 1,057
10 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,494
11 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.28 714
12 YOUR PRETTY FACE/HELL ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.27 523
13 YOUR PRETTY FACE/HELL ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.26 494
14 MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.22 756
15 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 60 0.22 1,532
16 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.20 740
17 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.20 728
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.19 623
19 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:25 AM 35 0.18 386
20 DARK WATERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.17 688
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,750
22 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN13 MTV 8:00 PM 31 0.17 459
23 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.17 453
24 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.17 434
25 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.17 366
26 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,402
27 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 2,499
28 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN13 MTV 8:31 PM 31 0.16 426
29 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 636
30 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.16 607
31 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.15 627
32 90 DAY FIANCE: CLIP SHOW: N/A TLC 9:00 PM 180 0.15 505
33 LIGA MX FRI: VERACRUZ / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:30 PM 153 0.15 324
34 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 392
35 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 379
36 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 339
37 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.14 592
38 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 2,207
39 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 2,212
40 SPORTSCENTER MORNING ESPN 6:00 AM 60 0.14 313
41 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 327
42 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 328
43 PORTALS TO HELL TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 472
44 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.13 371
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,511
46 ANCIENT ALIENS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.13 601
47 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,745
48 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 321
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,728
50 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 298
51 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 315
52 MUPPET BABIES DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 15 0.11 400
53 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,346
54 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.11 489
55 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 25 0.11 428
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,649
57 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,590
58 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.11 262
59 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,255
60 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,407
61 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,617
62 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,319
63 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,490
64 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,111
65 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 687
66 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 576
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,626
68 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.09 703
69 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 1,511
70 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 266
71 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 728
72 LIVE PD SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.09 301
73 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 508
74 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,380
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 601
76 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.09 643
77 UNDISPUTED L: 664 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.09 185
78 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,317
79 AT THE HEART OF GOLD HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 91 0.09 354
80 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 417
81 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,228
82 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 618
83 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: MOTHER ON THE EDGE, A LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.08 431
84 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 575
85 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 674
86 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,110
87 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 579
88 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 1,062
89 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 402
90 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 466
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 595
92 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.07 1,178
93 NEW NEGROES COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.07 179
94 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.07 133
95 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.07 117
96 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 487
97 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 501
98 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 563
99 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,184
100 COLL SOFTBALL REG SSN   L: ALABAMA/LSU ESPN2 7:00 PM 148 0.07 234
101 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 1,104
102 HERD L: 982 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 148
103 CNN TONIGHT CNN 12:00 AM 17 0.06 480
104 PREMIER LEAGUE L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:59 PM 117 0.06 147
105 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 176
106 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 510
107 WYATT CENACS PROBLEM AREA HBO PRIME 11:04 PM 30 0.06 310
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 126
109 ANIMAL CRIBS ANIMAL PLANET 9:01 PM 61 0.06 271
110 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 11:19 PM 65 0.06 117
111 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:34 PM 25 0.06 207
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 969
113 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:03 AM 57 0.05 108
114 ALOHA BUILDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 AM 30 0.05 240
115 KENTUCKY OAKS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4:56 PM 98 0.05 286
116 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 118
117 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 122
118 ANIMAL CRIBS SPECIAL ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 61 0.05 254
119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 810
120 NASCAR TRUCKS RACING L: DOVER FOX SPORTS 1 4:58 PM 139 0.05 333
121 JUNKYARD GOLD MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.05 199
122 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 28 0.05 247
123 DONT BE TARDY BRAVO 6:26 PM 31 0.05 180
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 774
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 753
126 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.05 162
127 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 768
128 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.05 134
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 220
130 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.05 99
131 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 748
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 212
133 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 857
134 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:30 PM 81 0.04 125
135 MAX ON BOXING ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.04 95
136 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 90
137 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 101
138 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: STL AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:22 PM 148 0.04 243
139 TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 301
140 ELIZABETH HARVEST SHOWTIME PRIME 8:00 PM 109 0.04 158
141 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 111
142 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 93
143 PGA TOUR: 2019 WELLS FARGO CHAMP GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 240 0.04 374
144 NASCAR M.E. CUP QUALIFY L FOX SPORTS 1 3:30 PM 60 0.04 281
145 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 12:24 AM 68 0.04 94
146 ALVINNN CHIPMUNKS NICKTOONS 10:00 PM 30 0.04 162
147 PARALELO 23 GALAVISION 4:30 PM 30 0.04 95
148 ANIMAL FIGHT NIGHT COMPIL NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.04 237
149 ALOHA BUILDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 AM 30 0.04 213
150 NASCAR RACE HUB WKND ED L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 30 0.04 125

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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.