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April 18, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.17.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  Although ROSEANNE stayed put, ALEX INC gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS, LETHAL WEAPON and THE FLASH, while FOR THE PEOPLE lost the same.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Apr 17.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were on top of Tuesday cable, with TNT’s coverage at 1.27/1.17.  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN was steady at 0.98, and UNSOLVED dropped 0.04 to 0.29.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS climbed 0.08 to 0.59.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH slipped 0.02 to 0.54 (after a lead-in hour down 0.03 to 0.23), and THE LAST OUTPOST premiered at 0.28.  TBS’s THE LAST OG lost 0.09 to 0.49.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE aired a pair of hours, with the 9PM episode down 0.05 to 0.46, and 10PM at 0.35.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE fell a tenth to 0.41, and KNIFE OR DEATH premiered at 0.36.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.39, and LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT was also down 0.01 to 0.10.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW edged out the cable news lead in the demo at 0.36/0.57/3.2M, over Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.35/0.58/3.1M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.32/0.41/1.4M.  NBC Sports’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.37/0.25.  Univision’s CONCACAF soccer match was at 0.36.  On Paramount, INK MASTER gained 0.06 to 0.33, and INK MASTER: ANGELS was up 0.03 to 0.15.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD dipped 0.03 to 0.33, and MY LITTLE LIFE was down a tick to 0.16.  On ID, FORBIDDEN was at 0.31 and WEB OF LIES was at 0.27.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 dropped 0.04 to 0.28, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW ticked down to 0.14.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.28/0.25 compared to last week’s 0.30, GOOD BONES fell 0.06 to 0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.03 to 0.26, and a special FIXER UPPER was at 0.26.  Food Network’s CHOPPED dropped 0.04 to 0.25.  FX’s LEGION fell again, down 0.05 to 0.16.  BET’s IN CONTEMPT shed 0.03 to 0.16.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS was steady at 0.12.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Apr 17.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday April 17, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: PELICANS/TRAIL BLAZERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:39 PM 146 1.27 2,906
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: BUCKS/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:09 PM 150 1.17 2,880
3 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.98 2,796
4 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:05 AM 46 0.63 1,460
5 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.59 1,796
6 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.54 1,846
7 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.49 1,116
8 CHALLENGE: VENDET REUN P2 MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.46 745
9 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.41 1,164
10 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.39 1,113
11 NHL QTR FINALS L: WASHINGTON/COLUMBUS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 240 0.37 888
12 KNIFE OR DEATH HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.36 1,137
13 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.36 3,227
14 CONCACAF LC – L: F: TORONTO FC / GUADALAJARA UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:30 PM 123 0.36 785
15 CHALLENGE:CHAMPS STARS S3 MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.35 567
16 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,140
17 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.33 765
18 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 62 0.33 1,518
19 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.32 1,385
20 FORBIDDEN: DYING FOR LOVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,176
21 UNSOLVED USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 64 0.29 760
22 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.28 530
23 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.28 2,492
24 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,521
25 LAST OUTPOST DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.28 985
26 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.28 1,182
27 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.28 2,582
28 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,189
29 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,296
30 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,119
31 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.26 2,425
32 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.26 1,461
33 FIXER UPPER BEHIND DESIGN HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.26 1,250
34 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.25 1,140
35 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.25 927
36 NHL QTR FINALS L NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:33 PM 107 0.25 557
37 DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 833
38 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 762
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,018
40 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,148
41 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,621
42 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 640
43 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.21 835
44 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.21 1,828
45 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,213
46 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,809
47 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 456
48 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:33 PM 27 0.19 385
49 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.19 437
50 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.19 2,169
51 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 912
52 THOMAS AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.18 741
53 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 478
54 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.18 411
55 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.17 342
56 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 739
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.17 1,828
58 MY LITTLE LIFE TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.16 802
59 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,523
60 IN CONTEMPT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 61 0.16 468
61 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,708
62 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.16 1,374
63 LEGION FX 10:00 PM 90 0.16 380
64 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,645
65 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.16 380
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,509
67 MAFS SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:30 PM 30 0.15 545
68 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: WASHINGTON/TORONTO G2 NBA-TV 7:00 PM 162 0.15 416
69 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 927
70 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,228
71 INK MASTER: ANGELS PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 60 0.15 408
72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 868
73 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.15 1,250
74 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 924
75 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,276
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 308
77 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.14 342
78 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.14 874
79 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,463
80 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 809
81 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,278
82 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.14 614
83 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,214
84 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.14 348
85 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,458
86 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,389
87 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 798
88 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 711
89 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 7:30 PM 30 0.13 249
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 906
91 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.13 271
92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,470
93 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 794
94 GIRLS TRIP: GIRLS TRIP HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 122 0.13 323
95 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 322
96 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 684
97 HITLER YOUTH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.12 496
98 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.12 296
99 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,020
100 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,048
101 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.12 295
102 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,161
103 NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 1:20 AM 27 0.12 241
104 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 982
105 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,042
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 780
107 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 320
108 ZIMMERN LIST TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.11 445
109 MLB REGULAR SEASON L: CLEVELAND INDIANS/MINNESOTA TWINS FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 215 0.11 455
110 FUTBOL CENTRAL L UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 30 0.11 229
111 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,215
112 NHL QTR FINALS L: WINNIPEG/MINNESOTA CNBC 8:00 PM 161 0.10 259
113 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 300
114 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.10 254
115 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 217
116 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,042
117 HITLER YOUTH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 448
118 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.10 233
119 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 232
120 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 972
121 LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 60 0.10 403
122 GOBLIN WORKS GARAGE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 325
123 E! NEWS E! 12:00 AM 60 0.09 249
124 CRAZY-DELICIOUS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 30 0.09 273
125 JDM LEGENDS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.09 342
126 BIZARRE FOODS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 382
127 CRAZY-DELICIOUS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:30 PM 30 0.09 222
128 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.08 214
129 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 27 0.08 325
130 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.08 452
131 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 8:00 PM 30 0.08 162
132 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:00 PM 60 0.08 154
133 THOMAS & FRIENDS NICK JR 4:00 PM 30 0.08 311
134 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 199
135 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.07 134
136 NAZI UNDERWORLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 375
137 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 1:00 PM 120 0.07 141
138 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.07 136
139 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 8:30 PM 30 0.07 160
140 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 156
141 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 125
142 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.07 125
143 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 10:00 PM 60 0.06 171
144 LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:02 PM 59 0.06 284
145 OTL – FIRST REPORT ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.06 104
146 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 7:00 AM 60 0.06 150
147 UNDISPUTED L: 403 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 152
148 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.06 142
149 GANGSTERS (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 170
150 NBA PO POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 9:42 PM 66 0.05 133

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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.