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June 22, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.21.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Thursday’s preliminary ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Jun 21.THU

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT easily led Thursday cable at 1.25, down 0.11 from 2017, and with the pre-show at 0.78 (down 0.23).  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE slipped 0.02 to 0.95, and EX ON THE BEACH ticked up to 0.49.  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM edged up 0.02 to 0.50, and GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO DIVORCE was up 0.03 to 0.14.  On USA, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH had an 0.41 season premiere, impressively up a tick from 2017, and SHOOTER returned at 0.27, down 0.14 from last year (although that had a much bigger lead-in from WWE SMACKDOWN).  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY ticked up to 0.37.  On HGTV, FLIP OR FLOP fell 0.11 to 0.33, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.05 to 0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.08 to 0.25.  Fox Sports 1’s WORLD CUP match was at 0.32.  On History, ALONE shed 0.02 to 0.30, and SWAMP MYSTERIES was down 0.06 to 0.23.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW and Fox News’s HANNITY tied in the 18-49 demo at 0.29, and in other demos MADDOW was at 0.42/2.7M, with HANNITY at 0.51/3.2M, while CNN TONIGHT was at 0.24/0.29/1.1M.  On ID, PRIMAL INSTINCT was steady at 0.29, and MURDER CALLS was down 0.02 to 0.26.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE dropped 0.08 to 0.27.  We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP ticked up to 0.22.  Freeform’s CLOAK & DAGGER ticked up to 0.20.  On Tru, CARBONARO EFFECT rose 0.04 to 0.18, and INSIDE CARBONARO was up 0.02 to 0.14.  CMT’s NASHVILLE ticked up to 0.16.  TNT’s COVERAGE of the AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD was at 0.15.  On Paramount, LIP SYNC BATTLE gained 0.02 to 0.15, and AMERICAN WOMAN was up 0.02 to 0.12.  The BETX LIVE special was at 0.13.  On Comedy Central, DETROITERS returned at 0.13/0.10.  POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked down to 0.06.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Jun 21.THU

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday June 21, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA DRAFT               L: 2018 NBA DRAFT ESPN 7:30 PM 273 1.25 3,066
2 JERSEY SHORE:FAM VACATION MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.95 1,662
3 NBA DRAFT               L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.78 2,032
4 SOUTHERN CHARM BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.50 1,491
5 EX ON THE BEACH MTV MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.49 862
6 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.41 1,240
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:03 AM 60 0.40 888
8 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.37 1,087
9 FLIP OR FLOP HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.33 1,957
10 FIFA WORLD CUP GS L: DENMARK/AUSTRALIA FOX SPORTS 1 7:41 AM 139 0.32 854
11 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.32 748
12 ALONE HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.30 1,296
13 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.29 2,685
14 PRIMAL INSTINCT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,227
15 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,158
16 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:03 AM 57 0.28 570
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,613
18 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 9:31 PM 31 0.28 1,036
19 SHOOTER USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 49 0.27 924
20 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 10 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.27 632
21 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 10:02 PM 32 0.27 974
22 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 2,532
23 MURDER CALLS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,119
24 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.25 1,438
25 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.25 678
26 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 31 0.25 1,011
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.24 1,065
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,644
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,286
30 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL A&E NETWORK 10:34 PM 33 0.23 901
31 SWAMP MYSTERIES HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.23 1,506
32 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.23 456
33 GROWING UP HIP HOP WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.22 520
34 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,138
35 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 848
36 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.20 685
37 MARVELS CLOAK & DAGGER FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.20 606
38 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,343
39 MUSIC CITY FIX HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.19 1,034
40 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,115
41 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 468
42 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,151
43 CARBONARO EFFECT, THE TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.18 420
44 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,693
45 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,651
46 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 409
47 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 963
48 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 805
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,796
50 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,588
51 BAD BOYS II: BAD BOYS II HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 147 0.16 377
52 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,565
53 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,574
54 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 9:00 AM 30 0.16 1,009
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,618
56 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,903
57 NASHVILLE CMT 9:00 PM 62 0.16 749
58 AFI LIFETIME ACHVMT AWARD TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 90 0.15 483
59 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,666
60 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 10:30 PM 32 0.15 411
61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 764
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,402
63 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 349
64 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,562
65 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.14 672
66 GIRLFRND GUIDE TO DIVORCE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.14 449
67 INSIDE CARBONARO TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.14 371
68 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,402
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 704
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 820
71 2018 BETX LIVE SPECIAL: 2018 BETX LIVE SPECIAL-THU PREM BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 6:00 PM 120 0.13 310
72 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,423
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,172
74 DETROITERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.13 264
75 UNDISPUTED L: 445 FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 AM 120 0.13 299
76 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,331
77 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.12 452
78 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 793
79 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,114
80 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES    L: FLORIDA/TEXAS TECH ESPNU 8:00 PM 241 0.12 608
81 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,309
82 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 742
83 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,290
84 AMERICAN WOMAN PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 30 0.12 381
85 THIS IS A.I.: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.11 379
86 BIG CITY GREENS DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 30 0.11 786
87 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 248
88 NBA DRAFT ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.11 254
89 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.11 245
90 FIFA WORLD CUP TODAY L FOX SPORTS 1 4:00 PM 60 0.11 275
91 FIFA WORLD CUP TONIGHT L FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.10 300
92 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 580
93 DETROITERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.10 233
94 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 682
95 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI PARAMOUNT 11:02 PM 30 0.10 281
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,028
97 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 984
98 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 662
99 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,207
100 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.10 250
101 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 231
102 FIFA-COPA MNDL-23-UNVSO-R: ARGEN VS CROA  6/21 R UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 120 0.10 235
103 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 679
104 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 508
105 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 816
106 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 311
107 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 523
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 823
109 COURTSIDE AT NBA FINALS HBO PRIME 10:30 PM 57 0.09 212
110 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 835
111 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 438
112 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.08 197
113 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.08 149
114 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.08 211
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:32 PM 24 0.08 319
116 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 614
117 IE: EXTREME RAILROADS SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.08 296
118 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 892
119 E! NEWS E! 10:29 PM 61 0.07 182
120 FIFA WORLD CUP: GS:ARGENTINA VS CROATIA FOX DEPORTES 9:00 PM 120 0.07 185
121 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 255
122 LOGAN: LOGAN HBO PRIME 5:10 PM 137 0.07 179
123 TELETUBBIES NICK JR 8:00 AM 28 0.07 262
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 788
125 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.06 229
126 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.06 133
127 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF D FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.06 182
128 IMPACT WRESTLING: 325 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.06 262
129 UFOS: THE LOST EVIDENCE TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 428
130 FIFA WORLD CUP LIVE L FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 AM 41 0.06 137
131 EPIC ENGINEERING: SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.05 257
132 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 123
133 AMERICA SAYS GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.05 345
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 101
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 195
136 FIFA WORLD CUP: GS:FRANCE VS PERU FOX DEPORTES 7:00 PM 120 0.05 97
137 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.05 188
138 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 160
139 HERD L: 756 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 106
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 219
141 PGA TOUR: 2018 TRAVELERS CHP GOLF CHANNEL 3:28 PM 182 0.04 466
142 LOVE YURTS DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.04 197
143 GEOSTORM MAXPRIME 12:45 AM 109 0.04 110
144 SPLIT MAXPRIME 9:45 PM 117 0.04 106
145 BARRETT JACKSON: 2 – MOHEGAN SUN EPISODE 2 VELOCITY 5:00 PM 180 0.04 259
146 NFL LIVE ESPN2 12:04 AM 56 0.04 81
147 BEACH BITES W/ KATIE LEE COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 148
148 BBCA MOVIE: TWINS BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 150 0.04 147
149 LOVE YURTS DIY NETWORK 9:30 PM 30 0.04 229
150 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 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.