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November 21, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.20.2018

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had a healthy share of the Tuesday cable Top 10, with its COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader at 0.79 (Auburn vs. Duke)/0.43 (Arizona vs. Gonzaga), and the week’s CFP RANKINGS SHOW up 0.03 to 0.37.  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.11 to 0.69, and REAL COUNTRY was down 0.06 to 0.17.  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND edged up 0.02 to 0.68, with a lead-in half-hour at 0.31, and lead-out BROTHERS IN ARMS arriving at 0.24.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK was steady at 0.53, and FLIPPING OUT was up 0.07 to 0.35.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE lost 0.07 to 0.44.  TBS’s THE GUEST BOOK gained 0.08 to 0.36.  Food Network’s CHOPPED ticked up to 0.36.  Paramount’s INK MASTER rose 0.08 to 0.30.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 climbed 0.05 to 0.29, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was up 0.02 to 0.14.  On ID, WELCOME TO MURDERTOWN gained 0.03 to 0.27.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.27/0.40/2.9M, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.24/0.40/2.7M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.23/0.31/1.1M.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.26/0.22/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.25/0.23/0.21, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.23.  The third night of A&E’s THE CLINTON AFFAIR was rated in a 3-hour block at 0.22.  On TLC, THE LITTLE COUPLE shrank by 0.09 to 0.20, and 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS was down 0.05 to 0.19.  On Discovery, VEGAS RAT RODS ticked down to 0.15.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT: HAPPILY EVER AFTER rose 0.03 to 0.14 and HONEYMOON ISLAND was at 0.10.  The second night of AMC’s THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL was off the chart at 0.04/232K. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday November 20, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: AUBURN/DUKE ESPN 8:00 PM 127 0.79 2,167
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.69 2,150
3 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.68 2,914
4 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN 10:07 PM 23 0.67 1,784
5 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.53 1,403
6 CHALLENGE:FINAL RECKONING MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.44 736
7 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ARIZONA/GONZAGA ESPN 10:30 PM 127 0.43 1,261
8 CFP RANKINGS SHOW  L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.37 978
9 GUEST BOOK, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.36 1,023
10 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.36 1,090
11 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.35 1,004
12 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.31 761
13 CURSE OF OAK BEHIND DIG HISTORY 8:30 PM 30 0.31 1,415
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.30 899
15 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.30 681
16 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.29 550
17 WELCOME TO MURDERTOWN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,059
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,851
19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.26 1,236
20 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:37 AM 83 0.26 645
21 BROTHERS IN ARMS HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.24 966
22 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,700
23 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.23 519
24 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,110
25 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,113
26 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 594
27 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.22 1,122
28 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.22 1,147
29 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.22 442
30 CLINTON AFFAIR, THE: PT 5/6: STATE UNION/WILL PEOPLE A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 183 0.22 971
31 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,205
32 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.22 563
33 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 575
34 LITTLE COUPLE TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 1,216
35 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 456
36 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,023
37 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.20 1,045
38 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 432
39 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 976
40 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.19 495
41 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,366
42 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,037
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.18 478
44 AMC PREMIERE EVENT: WERE THE MILLERS AMC 6:30 PM 150 0.18 464
45 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.17 406
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 2,002
47 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,477
48 REAL COUNTRY USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.17 764
49 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.16 895
50 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,655
51 KEEP IT SPOTLESS NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.16 935
52 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,791
53 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,233
54 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.16 441
55 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 1,994
56 VEGAS RAT RODS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.15 527
57 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 849
58 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,597
59 PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 111 0.14 325
60 SELECCION MEXICANA TUE: ARGENTINA / MEXICO UNIVISION DEPORTES 6:30 PM 150 0.14 405
61 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.14 320
62 LONE STAR LAW ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.14 488
63 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,608
64 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,425
65 FAMILY BUSINESS, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.14 430
66 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 910
67 MAFS: HAPPILY EVER AFTER LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.14 492
68 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.13 1,173
69 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 2,150
70 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 870
71 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,758
72 KEEP IT SPOTLESS NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.13 808
73 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: HOPE AT CHRISTMAS HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.12 1,291
74 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,506
75 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,479
76 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 426
77 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 7:08 PM 22 0.12 316
78 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.12 528
79 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,360
80 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 751
81 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,760
82 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,417
83 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 900
84 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,172
85 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,177
86 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,569
87 HUSTLE IN BROOKLYN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.11 279
88 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,502
89 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,466
90 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 977
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.10 904
92 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,353
93 MAFS: HONEYMOON ISLAND LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.10 387
94 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 400
95 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: IOWA ST/ILLINOIS ESPN2 5:04 PM 124 0.10 355
96 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,479
97 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 471
98 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,038
99 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 554
100 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,002
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 726
102 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 747
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 633
104 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 631
105 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 737
106 MONSTER ENCOUNTERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.09 381
107 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 966
108 RAQ RANTS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 30 0.09 223
109 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY L: USA/ITALY FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.09 208
110 LONE STAR LAW ANIMAL PLANET 8:00 PM 60 0.09 444
111 LIVE FREE: DOWN&DIRTY CPL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 505
112 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.08 446
113 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 654
114 BITCHIN RIDES VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.08 394
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 686
116 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 235
117 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 9:53 PM 67 0.08 173
118 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: ST JOHNS/VCU ESPN2 7:30 PM 146 0.08 299
119 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 4:41 PM 23 0.08 276
120 UNEARTHED SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.08 343
121 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 406
122 ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF HBO PRIME 4:55 PM 94 0.07 158
123 HAND BUILT HOT RODS VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.07 379
124 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: XAVIER/SAN DIEGO ST ESPN2 2:30 PM 131 0.07 226
125 REAL SPORTS 18 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 58 0.07 141
126 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.07 139
127 UNDISPUTED L: 547 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 146
128 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 177
129 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,032
130 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: PORTLAND/NEW YORK NBA-TV 7:31 PM 142 0.07 200
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 291
132 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 9:00 PM 60 0.07 152
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 283
134 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 350
135 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:56 PM 104 0.06 240
136 HERD L: 866 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 150 0.06 148
137 RICKEY SMILEY FOR REAL TV ONE 8:00 PM 60 0.06 167
138 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 132
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 131
140 MAFS: HNY ISLD: UNLOCKED LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 56 0.05 215
141 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: TEXAS A&M/WASHINGTON ESPN2 11:40 PM 137 0.05 141
142 BUSY TONIGHT E! 10:00 PM 30 0.05 96
143 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.05 146
144 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 107
145 NFL POWER RANKINGS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.05 137
146 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 11 DAL VS. ATL NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 150 0.05 221
147 21ST & PRIME NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.05 116
148 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.05 118
149 MAN V. FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.05 157
150 PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING HBO PRIME 8:15 AM 111 0.05 111

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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.