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May 19, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.18.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.53/0.53/0.48 compared to last week’s 0.59/0.58/0.53.  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE gained 0.05 to 0.52, the SELF-QUARANTINE hour rose 0.13 to 0.52, and DRAGNIFICENT was up 0.07 to 0.24.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK slipped 0.02 to 0.39, and CAMP GETAWAY was down 0.02 to 0.11.  ON HGTV, CELEBRITY IOU lost 0.03 to 0.37.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS climbed 0.05 to 0.31, FAST N LOUD was at 0.27/0.19 compared to last week’s 0.27, and CAR KINGS was steady at 0.14.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.31/0.49/3.7M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.25/0.36/2.9M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.25/0.42/1.9M.  TBS’s AMERICAN DAD lost 0.02 to 0.29.  VH1’s TI & TINY dropped 0.06 to 0.27, and ST LOUIS SUPERMAN was at 0.16 (with an MTV simulcast at 0.06).  On Food Network, AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK gained 0.02 to 0.23, and BAKEAWAY CAMP was at 0.20.  On ID, SOUTHERN GOTHIC dipped 0.02 to 0.19.  On History, PAWN STARS grew by 0.02 to 0.17.  E!’s BOTCHED was steady at 0.15.  WGN’s ALMOST PARADISE was at 0.04. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 18, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.53 1,810
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.53 1,818
3 90 DAY FIANCE: WHAT NOW TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.52 2,105
4 90 DAY FIANCE: SELF-QUAR TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.52 1,984
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 62 0.48 1,644
6 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.39 1,168
7 CELEBRITY IOU HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.37 2,128
8 STREET OUTLAWS: MEMPHIS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 943
9 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.31 3,734
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 4,054
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 4,109
12 AMERICAN DAD TBS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.29 601
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.29 3,451
14 T.I. & TINY:FAM HUSTLE S3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.27 657
15 FAST N LOUD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.27 882
16 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.26 2,912
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,890
18 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,883
19 HOME TOWN REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,463
20 DRAGNIFICENT! TLC 11:00 PM 60 0.24 936
21 A. SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.23 770
22 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,528
23 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.21 2,236
24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 45 0.20 706
25 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,578
26 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,366
27 BAKEAWAY CAMP M. STEWART FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.20 852
28 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,981
29 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,039
30 SOUTHERN GOTHIC INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.19 880
31 FAST N LOUD SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 58 0.19 592
32 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,372
33 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,282
34 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,297
35 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.18 1,905
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 1,245
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.17 1,188
38 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.17 2,016
39 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,433
40 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:03 PM 58 0.17 906
41 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 1,208
42 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,352
43 ST LOUIS SUPERMAN VH1 9:00 PM 28 0.16 425
44 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,858
45 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.16 975
46 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,253
47 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,766
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,236
49 BOTCHED E! 9:00 PM 60 0.15 579
50 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,892
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,993
52 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.14 461
53 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 1,726
54 CAR KINGS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 401
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,755
56 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,940
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 369
58 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,800
59 PEYTONS PLACES ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.12 327
60 CREEPSHOW AMC 10:00 PM 62 0.12 478
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,059
62 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.12 287
63 FIRST 48, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 61 0.12 327
64 A. SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK FOOD NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.12 282
65 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,589
66 CAMP GETAWAY BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.11 273
67 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,954
68 FIRST 48, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 61 0.11 340
69 FIRST 48, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 1:04 AM 58 0.11 286
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 921
71 FIRST TAKE EXTRA ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.11 263
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.11 1,626
73 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:20 PM 20 0.11 249
74 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,639
75 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 4:00 PM 20 0.11 249
76 MYST MUSEUM REPACK: TMATM-1R2R04H TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 120 0.11 480
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 253
78 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 10:42 PM 78 0.11 261
79 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 274
80 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 269
81 FIRST 48, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:03 PM 58 0.10 340
82 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 4:40 PM 20 0.10 243
83 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,476
84 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 295
85 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 5:00 PM 60 0.10 277
86 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 297
87 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,227
88 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,184
89 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,170
90 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,370
91 BEYOND THE UNKNOWN REPACK: TMOU-2R2R06H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.09 527
92 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,257
93 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,112
94 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 11:32 AM 28 0.08 1,117
95 RICKY ZOOM NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.08 351
96 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.08 222
97 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 413
98 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,140
99 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 32 0.08 1,035
100 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.08 191
101 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 815
102 GOOD EATS: RELOADED COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.08 239
103 MAINE CABIN MASTERS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.08 515
104 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.07 213
105 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.07 185
106 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 649
107 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 362
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 477
109 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.06 405
110 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.06 145
111 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 356
112 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.06 381
113 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.06 1,199
114 NFL LIVE ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.06 123
115 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 300
116 FATAL ATTRACTION TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 247
117 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 290
118 ST LOUIS SUPERMAN MTV 9:00 PM 28 0.06 121
119 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 353
120 FCK THATS DELICIOUS VICE 10:00 PM 30 0.05 85
121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 252
122 HERD L: 1236 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 100
123 NIGHTLY POP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.05 134
124 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.04 122
125 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.04 506
126 SOCIO S4, EL UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.04 97
127 CNBC SPECIAL REPORT CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 182
128 MOST EXPENSIVEST VICE 10:30 PM 30 0.04 64
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 207
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 241
131 DESUS & MERO S2 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:00 PM 28 0.04 74
132 ALMOST PARADISE WGN AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.04 259
133 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.03 132
134 UNDISPUTED SP L: 925 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.03 82
135 BOTCHED-SP E! 6:00 AM 30 0.03 92
136 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 154
137 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF – S L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 60 0.03 85
138 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.03 76
139 VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE 11:00 PM 30 0.03 55
140 SOCIO S2, EL UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.03 100
141 SELL THIS HOUSE FYI 10:00 PM 31 0.03 80
142 BUNDESLIGA L: WERDER BREMEN/LEVERKUSEN FOX SPORTS 2 2:20 PM 130 0.03 54
143 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:30 PM 30 0.03 97
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.03 263
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 208
146 PLAYER SELECT DISNEY XD 8:00 PM 30 0.03 154
147 SELL THIS HOUSE FYI 10:31 PM 30 0.02 76
148 FISHERMAN, THE HBO PRIME 1:30 PM 15 0.02 70
149 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT BRAVO 1:32 AM 60 0.02 65
150 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.02 146

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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.