UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.23.2016

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Analysis to follow.

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning preliminary numbers.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was ESPN’s night at the top of Monday cable with its Cleveland vs. Toronto NBA PLAYOFFS game at 2.48.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped 0.08 to 1.43, and BLACK INK CREW was up 0.03 to 1.11.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.21/1.17/1.07, compared to last week’s 1.13/1.11/1.02.  The NHL PLAYOFFS on NBC Sports Net were at 0.55.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS gained 0.07 to 1.06, and FAT N FURIOUS was up 0.06 to 0.57.  MTV’s TEEN MOMS lost a tick to 0.80, and the after-show rose 0.05 to 0.49.  On TBS, AMERICAN DAD was down a hundredth to 0.48, THE DETOUR climbed 0.07 to 0.40, and FULL FRONTAL (which according to a reader didn’t air its new episode in primetime in all time zones) registered as down 0.04 to 0.23.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was up 0.02 to 0.32, and TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING was at 0.32/0.29 compared to last week’s 0.31/0.29.  On Food Network, DINERS DRIVE-INS & DIVES was at 0.29, and KIDS BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.27.  AMC’s TURN rose 0.02 to 0.15.  HBO’s AFTER THE THRONES aired an hour earlier than it had last week (and concerned a particularly thrilling episode of its mothership) and more than doubled to 0.11.  On Syfy, 12 MONKEYS tumbled 0.04 to 0.08, and HUNTERS stayed at 0.07.  Those were still better than Freeform’s MONICA THE MEDIUM, though, which dropped 0.04 to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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