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April 2, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lost 0.1 in final numbers.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.96/0.96/0.83, compared to last week’s 0.91/0.90/0.85.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.80 compared to last week’s 0.95/0.90/0.72, and it was followed by a LOVE & HIP-HOP AWARDS special at 0.46.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES gained 0.06 to 0.57, and SUMMER HOUSE was steady at 0.21.  MTV’s TEEN MOM dipped 0.06 to 0.50, with a lead-out hour at 0.18.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS rose 0.11 to 0.44.  On Food Network, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP climbed 0.05 to 0.39, and FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN was up 0.05 to 0.26.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD shed 0.05 to 0.35.  On ID, BETRAYED grew by 0.06 to 0.30.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.27/0.45/3.1M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.23/0.37/2.5M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.17/0.18/1M.  Comedy Central’s THE DAILY SHOW made an unusual #13 appearance at 0.27.  On HGTV, ONE OF A KIND fell a tenth to 0.24, HOME TOWN dropped 0.08 to 0.24, HOUSE HUNTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.23, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down a tenth to 0.20.  Paramount’s original COPS was at 0.23.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 was up 0.02 to 0.20.  On History, JESUS: HIS LIFE was at 0.18/0.18 compared to last week’s 0.29/0.28, and KNIGHTFALL was down 0.08 to 0.09.  AMC’s INTO THE BADLANDS was steady at 0.17.  Lifetime’s ESCAPING POLYGAMY was at 0.13/0.11.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS ticked up to 0.13.  On Tru, THOSE WHO CAN’T dropped 0.04 to 0.05.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday April 1, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.96 2,754
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.96 2,788
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.83 2,374
4 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 8 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.80 1,639
5 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.57 1,362
6 TEEN MOM II SSN9 MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.50 966
7 LOVE & HIP HOP AWARDS VH1 9:01 PM 60 0.46 990
8 STREET OUTLAWS: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 121 0.44 1,247
9 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.39 1,274
10 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.35 736
11 BETRAYED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,098
12 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,053
13 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.27 832
14 FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.25 757
15 ONE OF A KIND HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,276
16 HOME TOWN HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,269
17 MLB WEEKDAY  L: CHICAGO CUBS/ATLANTA ESPN 7:13 PM 192 0.23 759
18 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.23 961
19 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,489
20 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.23 655
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,939
22 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.21 570
23 GRAVE MYSTERIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.20 842
24 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.20 755
25 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.20 1,086
26 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 59 0.20 574
27 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,592
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,467
29 MLB OPENING DAY      L: SAN FRANCISCO/LA DODGERS ESPN 10:25 PM 166 0.19 474
30 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,015
31 JESUS: HIS LIFE HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,175
32 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L ESPN2 9:04 PM 109 0.18 1,092
33 SUBSTITUTE, THE NICKELODEON 2:00 PM 30 0.18 866
34 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,058
35 JESUS: HIS LIFE HISTORY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,249
36 TEEN MOM BEING CORY MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.18 398
37 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 973
38 INTO THE BADLANDS AMC 10:00 PM 61 0.17 609
39 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,874
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,211
41 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,435
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 350
43 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 1:03 AM 59 0.15 401
44 EXPENDABLES TRIPLE THREAT: EXPENDABLES, THE AMC 7:30 PM 150 0.15 566
45 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 400
46 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:11 AM 61 0.15 300
47 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 365
48 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.15 518
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.15 1,807
50 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: COLORADO/ST. LOUIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 163 0.15 365
51 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L ESPN2 7:00 PM 116 0.15 942
52 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 882
53 MLB OPENING DAY      L ESPN 6:01 PM 72 0.15 513
54 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,563
55 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.14 396
56 HOSTILE PLANET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 61 0.14 691
57 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,470
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,754
59 CORN AND PEG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.14 560
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,647
61 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.13 423
62 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.13 526
63 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 791
64 ESCAPING POLYGAMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.13 427
65 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,452
66 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.13 367
67 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,355
68 HAUNTED HOSPITALS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 388
69 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 10:53 PM 67 0.12 419
70 MLB OPENING DAY      L: ST. LOUIS/PITTSBURGH ESPN 1:00 PM 301 0.12 480
71 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,693
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,148
73 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,458
74 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 684
75 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 617
76 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,347
77 ESCAPING POLYGAMY LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 58 0.11 358
78 OUTDAUGHTRED: QUINT CUTE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 180 0.11 500
79 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.10 427
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 688
81 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.10 418
82 LPBW: CLIPSHOW: N/A TLC 6:00 PM 120 0.10 458
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,299
84 WILD HAWAII COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 533
85 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:02 PM 58 0.10 279
86 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,426
87 PARANORMAL 911 TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 357
88 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.09 1,329
89 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.09 263
90 FEAR THE WOODS TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 387
91 KNIGHTFALL HISTORY 10:00 PM 62 0.09 555
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.09 1,235
93 GALAPAGOS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:01 PM 60 0.09 508
94 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 626
95 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,292
96 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 491
97 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.08 301
98 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 580
99 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 956
100 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.08 659
101 30 MINUTE MEALS FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.08 371
102 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.08 399
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 538
104 UNDISPUTED L: 640 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 161
105 NIGHTLY POP E! 10:30 PM 30 0.07 226
106 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 177
107 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 582
108 IN ICE COLD BLOOD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.07 236
109 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: MIAMI/BOSTON NBA-TV 7:30 PM 145 0.07 236
110 PREMIER LEAGUE L: NEWCASTLE/ARSENAL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:53 PM 133 0.07 220
111 BOURNE IDENTITY, THE HBO PRIME 4:55 PM 118 0.07 198
112 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 527
113 MEET THE PEETES HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 341
114 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:46 PM 44 0.07 189
115 MAINE CABIN MASTERS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 358
116 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 590
117 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 151
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 231
119 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPNEWS 5:30 PM 30 0.06 165
120 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 373
121 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.06 182
122 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 542
123 FIRST TAKE ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.06 151
124 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 538
125 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.06 123
126 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 951
127 ONE CHAMPIONSHIP MMA: A NEW ERA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:45 PM 120 0.06 176
128 HAUNTED CASE FILES TRAVEL CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.06 221
129 MLB OPENING DAY      L: CHICAGO/CLEVELAND ESPN2 4:00 PM 122 0.06 179
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 716
131 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 821
132 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN2 1:00 PM 30 0.05 145
133 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.05 347
134 AROUND THE HORN ESPNEWS 5:00 PM 30 0.05 126
135 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: CLEVELAND/PHOENIX NBA-TV 9:55 PM 147 0.05 179
136 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 784
137 THOSE WHO CANT TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.05 114
138 BABIES, BABIES, BABIES TLC 5:30 PM 30 0.05 167
139 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 780
140 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 316
141 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 227
142 JONAH HEX HBO PRIME 1:45 PM 81 0.05 135
143 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.05 226
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 197
145 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAS HBO PRIME 3:10 PM 101 0.05 110
146 PELICAN BRIEF, THE: PELICAN BRIEF, THE HBO PRIME 11:20 AM 141 0.04 105
147 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 113
148 LIFE OF THE PARTY HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 105 0.04 120
149 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.04 182
150 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.04 118

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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.