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June 20, 2017
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.17.2017

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DATELINE and the rerun of TO TELL THE TRUTH fell the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2017 Jun 17.SAT

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TURN returned for its final season on AMC with a pair of episodes at 0.15/0.10. That compares to 0.13 for the 2016 premiere (on a Monday in April), and 0.19 for last season’s finale. HBO’s TJ MILLER stand-up special was at 0.15.  

A&E’s LIVE PD continued its run at the top of the cable chart on Saturday, down 0.01 from last Saturday to 0.50. Nickelodeon’s morning line-up stayed strong, as SPONGEBOB rose 0.03 to 0.47, and lead-out ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS was up 0.03 to 0.38, with BUNSEN IS A BEAST up 0.03 to 0.30.  Adult Swim’s late-night block performed as follows:  DRAGON BALL Z up 0.02 to 0.44 (the primetime episode was up 0.03 to 0.28), ATTACK ON TITAN down 0.02 to 0.34, TOKYO GHOUL up 0.03 to 0.32, newcomer LUPIN THE 3RD at 0.24, HUNTER X HUNTER down 0.01 to 0.29/650K, NARUTO down 0.01 to 0.26/588K, and GHOST IN THE SHELL down 0.01 to 0.25/543K.  ESPN’s coverage of the COLLEGE WORLD SERIES was at 0.35.  The top-rated shows among HGTV’s entries were the afternoon FLIPPING BUDDIES and the primetime HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION, both at 0.30 (the latter up 0.02 from last week).  ID’s FATAL VOWS ticked up to 0.27.  Hallmark’s original movie THE WEDDING MARCH 2 was at 0.25.  On Food Network, KITCHEN AT FN slipped 0.02 to 0.21, and PIONEER WOMAN ticked down to 0.21.  Spike’s original COPS was at 0.19.  On OWN, FOR BETTER OR WORSE aired a trio of episodes at 0.16/0.14/0.12, compared to last week’s 0.13/0.13.  On BBCAmerica, DOCTOR WHO shed a tick to 0.16, and ORPHAN BLACK was also down 0.01 to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2017 Jun 17.SAT

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday June 17, 2017 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 LIVE PD: 46 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.50 1,471
2 SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON 10:00 AM 30 0.47 1,774
3 DRAGON BALL Z KAI/FINAL ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 30 0.44 944
4 ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMU NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.38 1,386
5 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: FLORIDA STATE/LSU ESPN 8:00 PM 203 0.35 1,246
6 ATTACK ON TITAN ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.34 776
7 TOKYO GHOUL ADULT SWIM 1:00 AM 30 0.32 711
8 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:23 PM 37 0.31 760
9 BUNSEN IS A BEAST NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.30 1,135
10 FLIPPING BUDDIES HOME AND GARDEN TV 2:00 PM 30 0.30 1,373
11 HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,441
12 BEACHFRONT BRGN HUNT RENO HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,500
13 THUNDERMANS NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.28 1,579
14 GHOST ADVENTURES TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.28 722
15 NICKY, RICKY, DICKY &DAWN NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.28 1,509
16 WE BOUGHT THE FARM HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.28 1,265
17 DRAGON BALL SUPER ADULT SWIM 8:00 PM 30 0.28 698
18 WE BOUGHT THE FARM HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.28 1,349
19 FATAL VOWS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.27 918
20 DOC MCSTUFFINS DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 AM 25 0.26 1,077
21 HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: THE WEDDING MARCH 2-RTL HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.25 2,323
22 LUPIN THE 3RD: PART 4 ADULT SWIM 2:00 AM 30 0.24 545
23 TRANSFORMERS:ROBOTS/DISGU THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 AM 30 0.23 689
24 DEADPOOL HBO PRIME 11:40 PM 108 0.21 468
25 JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 AM 15 0.21 676
26 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.21 493
27 KITCHEN AT FN, THE FOOD NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.21 1,044
28 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 10:00 AM 30 0.21 1,125
29 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.20 1,843
30 CONJURING 2, THE: CONJURING 2, THE HBO PRIME 7:45 PM 134 0.20 536
31 COPS (O) SPIKE TV 8:00 PM 30 0.19 778
32 PAT THE DOG DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 30 0.18 907
33 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.18 421
34 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,876
35 BULLS & BEARS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 22 0.17 1,530
36 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:37 PM 23 0.17 564
37 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 61 0.17 404
38 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.17 349
39 FOR BETTER OR WORSE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.16 621
40 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 862
41 DOCTOR WHO BBC-AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.16 516
42 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: CAL ST FULLERTON/OREGON ST ESPN 3:03 PM 214 0.16 691
43 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 9:01 AM 59 0.16 379
44 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.16 876
45 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 61 0.15 366
46 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 319
47 SR/BILL COSBY MISTRIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:22 AM 38 0.15 1,521
48 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES L: MICHIGAN FOX SPORTS 1 1:30 PM 150 0.15 1,106
49 TURN AMC 9:00 PM 60 0.15 664
50 GREG GUTFELD SHOW, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,654
51 T.J. MILLER: METICULOUSLY HBO PRIME 1:30 AM 61 0.15 271
52 SAY YES TO THE DRESS: UK TLC 9:01 PM 60 0.15 541
53 ALL PRESIDENTS MEN-REVIST: N/A MSNBC 9:00 PM 120 0.15 1,486
54 ZHUZHUS DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.14 753
55 FOR BETTER OR WORSE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.14 549
56 SMERCONISH CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 822
57 T.J. MILLER: METICULOUSLY HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 61 0.14 348
58 JUSTICE W/ JUDGE JEANINE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 2,052
59 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 432
60 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: NANNY NIGHTMARE LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.14 570
61 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,384
62 SAY YES TO THE DRESS: UK TLC 10:01 PM 62 0.14 529
63 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 11:01 AM 59 0.14 326
64 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,321
65 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,153
66 FOR BETTER OR WORSE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.12 501
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 850
68 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.WITT MSNBC 12:00 PM 30 0.12 790
69 MY CAT FROM HELL ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 60 0.12 527
70 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.12 657
71 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,081
72 AM JOY: N/A MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.12 934
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 771
74 WATTERS WORLD FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,682
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 791
76 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS MAXPRIME 9:50 PM 108 0.12 251
77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.12 695
78 MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: NEW YORK CITY/SEATTLE ESPN 1:00 PM 123 0.12 306
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 689
80 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 8:00 PM 30 0.11 308
81 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.11 700
82 FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE MAXPRIME 8:00 PM 107 0.11 229
83 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,050
84 INFERNO: INFERNO STARZ PRIMARY 8:01 PM 122 0.11 439
85 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 621
86 CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.11 396
87 VELSHI & RUHLE MSNBC 12:30 PM 30 0.11 699
88 BLAST FROM THE PAST HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 112 0.10 320
89 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 915
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 680
91 TURN AMC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 541
92 JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 959
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 667
94 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.10 298
95 HUNTSMAN, THE:WINTERS WAR HBO PRIME 2:45 PM 114 0.10 289
96 NEW DAY SATURDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 599
97 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 277
98 CONJURING, THE HBO PRIME 5:50 PM 112 0.09 253
99 FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 933
100 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.09 918
101 T.J. MILLER: METICULOUSLY HBO PRIME 3:00 AM 61 0.09 165
102 VERY SOUL TRAIN 90S PARTY BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:58 PM 62 0.09 287
103 CONFEDERATIONS CUP L: GS:RUSSIA/NEW ZEALAND FOX SPORTS 1 10:38 AM 142 0.08 253
104 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 8:30 PM 30 0.08 171
105 FOX REPORT SATURDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,127
106 GOLDEN BOY BOXING L: N/A ESPN2 11:00 PM 120 0.08 232
107 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.08 907
108 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 5:00 AM 60 0.08 408
109 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 265
110 IDIOTSITTER COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 30 0.08 148
111 AUTOPSY (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 235
112 NASCAR RACEDAY: XFINITY L FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 PM 30 0.08 465
113 DR. K COMPILATION NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 60 0.08 468
114 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 4:00 AM 60 0.08 331
115 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 763
116 FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HBO PRIME 4:35 AM 85 0.07 185
117 NWSL PREGAME LIFETIME TELEVISION 3:30 PM 20 0.07 200
118 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.WITT MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 614
119 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.07 348
120 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: TAMPA BAY RAYS/DETROIT TIGERS FOX SPORTS 1 4:00 PM 214 0.07 519
121 MR. RIGHT MAXPRIME 11:40 PM 95 0.07 159
122 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.07 221
123 E! NEWS E! 10:00 AM 60 0.07 188
124 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:LION: CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:LION HBO PRIME 10:00 AM 143 0.07 194
125 HOT 20 COUNTDOWN: N/A CMT 9:00 AM 180 0.06 250
126 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 8:00 AM 30 0.06 180
127 ORPHAN BLACK BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.06 225
128 FIRST TIME FLIPPERS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.06 274
129 MARVELS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DISNEY XD 12:00 PM 28 0.06 217
130 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 655
131 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.06 563
132 SESAME STREET HBO PRIME 9:00 AM 26 0.06 130
133 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 596
134 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 595
135 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 228
136 NCWTS RACING L: GATEWAY FOX SPORTS 1 8:25 PM 155 0.06 502
137 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 8:00 AM 60 0.06 519
138 PAID PROGRAM USA NETWORK 8:30 AM 30 0.06 137
139 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 234
140 MINORITY REPORT: MINORITY REPORT MAXPRIME 1:15 AM 145 0.06 127
141 COPYCAT KILLERS REELZCHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 160
142 NCWTS QUALIFYING D FOX SPORTS 1 7:34 PM 26 0.05 308
143 LEGO SW: FREEMAKER ADV DISNEY XD 11:00 AM 30 0.05 265
144 HBO FIRST LOOK HBO PRIME 2:30 PM 12 0.05 194
145 LEGO SW: FREEMAKER ADV DISNEY XD 10:30 AM 30 0.05 222
146 MARVELS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DISNEY XD 11:30 AM 30 0.05 215
147 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 7:00 AM 30 0.05 483
148 MY CLASSIC CAR VELOCITY 8:30 AM 30 0.05 202
149 NHRA QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 1 11:00 PM 60 0.05 249
150 NCWTS SETUP L FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 25 0.05 320

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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.