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May 15, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.14.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY and MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 May 14.MON

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 3.51.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP rose 0.07 to 1.04, followed by the season premiere of BASKETBALL WIVES at 0.91.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.95/0.87/0.87 compared to last week’s 0.91/0.90/0.88, and NINJA VS NINJA was up 0.03 to 0.27.  On MTV, TEEN MOM lost 0.07 to 0.65, and YOUNG & PREGNANT was steady at 0.45, with the AFTER-SHOW down 0.04 to 0.29.  On Bravo, VANDERPUMP RULES dropped 0.05 to 0.62.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.44.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS returned at 0.39.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.34/0.55/3.2M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.26/0.37/2.1M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.17/0.23/800K.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.30, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up a tick to 0.29, with LOVE IT OR LIST IT up 0.02 to 0.28.  Food Network’s BEST BAKER IN AMERICA gained 0.03 to 0.26, CAKE MASTERS remained at 0.20, and DALLAS CAKES ticked down to 0.18.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS shed 0.02 to 0.25, and PAWN STARS held at 0.23.  On ID, DEAD OF NIGHT dipped 0.04 to 0.22, and EVIL TALKS was down 0.04 to 0.18.  On AMC, THE TERROR was steady at 0.21, and STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION ticked down to 0.08.  On TLC, LONG LOST FAMILY was at 0.15, and THIS IS LIFE was at 0.10.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 May 14.MON

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 14, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- CONF FNLS L: WARRIORS/ROCKETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 149 3.51 8,820
2 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:29 PM 41 1.69 3,954
3 LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 7 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.04 2,021
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.95 2,903
5 BASKETBALL WIVES 7 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.91 1,866
6 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 70 0.87 2,628
7 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.87 2,692
8 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.80 2,155
9 TEEN MOM II SSN8B MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.65 1,208
10 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.62 1,462
11 TEEN MOM: YOUNG & PREG MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.45 818
12 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: LAS VEGAS/WINNIPEG NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:01 PM 170 0.44 1,240
13 STREET OUTLAWS: NPK SPC: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 121 0.39 1,090
14 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 3,188
15 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.30 1,493
16 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.29 1,455
17 TEEN MOM II SSN8B AFTER MTV 11:02 PM 31 0.29 544
18 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.28 1,227
19 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,829
20 ANW: NINJA VS. NINJA USA NETWORK 11:10 PM 59 0.27 739
21 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 2,652
22 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.26 2,105
23 BEST BAKER IN AMERICA 2 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.26 915
24 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 9:00 PM 64 0.25 1,321
25 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 675
26 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.24 497
27 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:04 PM 30 0.23 1,194
28 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 800
29 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 535
30 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.23 462
31 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.22 462
32 DEAD OF NIGHT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 992
33 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.21 376
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,793
35 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 463
36 TERROR, THE AMC 9:00 PM 80 0.21 777
37 PEPPA PIG NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.21 734
38 CAKE MASTERS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.20 702
39 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,171
40 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 388
41 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 395
42 SOFIA THE FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL 11:30 AM 25 0.19 698
43 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: TAMPA BAY/KANSAS CITY ESPN 7:00 PM 162 0.18 556
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,901
45 EVIL TALKS: CHILLING INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 783
46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 1,919
47 DALLAS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.18 570
48 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,305
49 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 769
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,906
51 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.17 799
52 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.17 324
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 734
54 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 726
55 VEGAS CAKES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.16 511
56 THOMAS AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.16 666
57 SUNNY DAY NICKELODEON 9:30 AM 30 0.16 586
58 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,386
59 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,969
60 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,569
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,614
62 MIGHTY MAGISWORDS THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:15 AM 15 0.15 369
63 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 306
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,827
65 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,486
66 LONG LOST FAMILY TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 846
67 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 701
68 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.14 303
69 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.14 312
70 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,522
71 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.14 428
72 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,255
73 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:59 PM 61 0.14 284
74 BEN 10 (2017) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.14 555
75 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,302
76 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,179
77 MISSION FORCE ONE DISNEY JUNIOR 5:30 PM 25 0.13 513
78 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 598
79 NINJAGO (SERIES) THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.12 476
80 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 810
81 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 816
82 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 669
83 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,002
84 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 698
85 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,422
86 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.11 309
87 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.11 257
88 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 696
89 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 26 0.11 326
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 787
91 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 662
92 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 338
93 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 623
94 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.11 655
95 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,448
96 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,479
97 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 857
98 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 564
99 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,333
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 904
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.10 640
102 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 826
103 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,090
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 651
105 ONE STRANGE ROCK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 517
106 THIS IS LIFE LIVE: N/A TLC 9:00 PM 123 0.10 727
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 692
108 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:51 PM 69 0.10 280
109 WAR FOR THE PLANET OF APE: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF APE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 140 0.09 255
110 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 812
111 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,163
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 618
113 STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION AMC 10:20 PM 60 0.08 274
114 COPS (O) PARAMOUNT 10:01 PM 30 0.08 265
115 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 154
116 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 427
117 JAPAN BETWEEN EARTH AND S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.06 266
118 FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE HBO PRIME 1:25 PM 133 0.06 191
119 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 61 0.06 173
120 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 100
121 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 9:42 PM 77 0.06 185
122 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 140
123 UNDISPUTED L: 419 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 136
124 IT WAS HIM PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 61 0.06 211
125 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 113
126 HERD L: 725 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 110
127 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 275
128 E! NEWS E! 12:00 AM 60 0.05 145
129 THOMAS & FRIENDS NICK JR 4:00 PM 30 0.05 216
130 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 119
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 197
132 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.05 196
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 232
134 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: ATL AT CHC MLB NETWORK 2:22 PM 194 0.05 253
135 WACKY RACES (2017) BOOMERANG 8:00 PM 30 0.05 173
136 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.05 128
137 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.05 113
138 ACCOUNTANT, THE: ACCOUNTANT, THE MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 128 0.05 159
139 X-FILES, THE BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 233
140 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.05 183
141 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 111
142 LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, THE HBO PRIME 5:10 PM 101 0.05 140
143 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.05 176
144 BIG BEACH BUILDS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.05 239
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.04 93
146 NBA GAMETIME CF PREVIEW L NBA-TV 7:00 PM 60 0.04 122
147 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 192
148 X-FILES, THE BBC-AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.04 206
149 INTENTIONAL TALK MLB NETWORK 5:36 PM 39 0.04 148
150 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.04 89

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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.