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April 4, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.3.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  RISE fell 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2018 Apr 03.TUE

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Season 2 premiere of FX’s LEGION was at 0.30, which was down 0.39 from last year’s series premiere, and down 0.12 from the Season 1 finale.  The official premiere of TBS’s THE LAST OG isn’t on the chart because it was listed as a rerun due to its post-NCAA “sneak peek,” but even with that advance audience, it started strong at 0.68/1.75M.

USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up a tick to 0.79, with UNSOLVED down 0.06 to 0.32.  On HGTV, FIXER UPPER climbed 0.14 to 0.73, GOOD BONES was at 0.38, HOUSE HUNTERS aired in the 11PM hour and fell 0.14 to 0.26, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.12 to 0.24.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.71 (Golden State vs. Oklahoma City)/0.41 (Clippers vs. San Antonio).  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS rose 0.05 to 0.56, and SUMMER HOUSE was at 0.23.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE gained 0.03 to 0.43, and CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD was down 0.03 to 0.31.  VH1’s AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL ticked up to 0.36.  TLC’s LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD returned at 0.35, and MY LITTLE LIFE premiered at 0.26.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT gained 0.04 to 0.34, and LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT remained at 0.12.  Paramount’s INK MASTER was steady at 0.33, and INK MASTER: ANGELS was up 0.02 to 0.16.  On ID, FORBIDDEN slipped 0.02 to 0.32, and WEB OF LIES was down 0.03 to 0.26.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news in the demo at 0.32/0.47/2.7M, above Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.30/0.48/2.9M and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.22/0.29/1.2M.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 edged up 0.02 to 0.29, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was up 0.03 to 0.16, with a late-night THE PRESIDENT SHOW special at 0.12.  Discovery aired a DEADLIEST CATCH special at 0.30.  Food Network’s CHOPPED ticked up to 0.26.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE lost 0.04 to 0.23.  BET’s THE QUAD gained 0.03 to 0.22.  Freeform’s SHADOWHUNTERS rose 0.04 to 0.20. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2018 Apr 03.TUE

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday April 3, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.79 2,467
2 FIXER UPPER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.73 3,268
3 NBA BASKETBALL: WARRIORS/THUNDER TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 149 0.71 2,055
4 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.56 1,761
5 CHALLENGE: VENDETTAS MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.54 900
6 FX MOVIE PRIME: DEADPOOL (2016) FX 7:30 PM 150 0.50 1,189
7 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.43 1,303
8 NBA BASKETBALL: SPURS/CLIPPERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:43 PM 164 0.41 1,000
9 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 60 0.38 1,784
10 AMERICAS TOP MODEL 24 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.36 833
11 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 64 0.35 1,880
12 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 62 0.34 912
13 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.33 718
14 UNSOLVED USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 64 0.32 844
15 FORBIDDEN: DYING FOR LOVE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.32 1,178
16 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.32 2,747
17 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.31 588
18 CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD HISTORY 10:03 PM 59 0.31 1,278
19 LEGION FX 10:00 PM 82 0.30 669
20 DEADLIEST CATCH SPC: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 121 0.30 1,133
21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 2,931
22 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.30 934
23 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.26 1,033
24 MY LITTLE LIFE TLC 10:04 PM 64 0.26 1,101
25 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.26 812
26 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.26 1,240
27 CONCACAF LC – L: IDA TORONTO FC / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:00 PM 122 0.26 515
28 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,416
29 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:30 PM 30 0.24 1,162
30 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.24 2,111
31 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.23 648
32 CHALLENGE VENDETTAS AFTER MTV 10:01 PM 31 0.23 387
33 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.23 2,269
34 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.22 1,188
35 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,055
36 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,034
37 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 1,033
38 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,992
39 QUAD, THE S2 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.22 551
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,234
41 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.21 923
42 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,820
43 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.21 962
44 SHADOWHUNTERS FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.20 463
45 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.20 1,626
46 KEEP IT SPOTLESS NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.19 1,125
47 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.19 458
48 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:27 AM 61 0.18 423
49 LPBW: COUNTDOWN: N/A TLC 7:00 PM 120 0.18 877
50 MSNBC BREAKING NEWS MSNBC 5:00 PM 77 0.18 1,401
51 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,008
52 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.17 887
53 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 366
54 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 7:49 PM 11 0.17 448
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,644
56 BIZARRE FOODS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.16 537
57 ZIMMERN LIST TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.16 559
58 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,403
59 MLB OPENING DAY      L: TAMBA BAY/NEW YORK YANKEES ESPN 4:19 PM 210 0.16 507
60 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 751
61 INK MASTER: ANGELS PARAMOUNT 9:00 PM 60 0.16 383
62 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,313
63 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY   L: CLEVELAND/LA ANGELS ESPN 10:00 PM 181 0.15 392
64 MAFS SHORT LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:30 PM 30 0.15 446
65 LION GUARD DISNEY CHANNEL 1:00 PM 25 0.15 686
66 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:17 PM 43 0.15 1,139
67 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:22 PM 38 0.15 1,432
68 UCL QUARTERFINAL L: JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB/REAL MADRID FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.14 319
69 BASEBALL RAIN DELAY    L ESPN 4:00 PM 19 0.14 324
70 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 388
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 308
72 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.14 1,048
73 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 305
74 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,336
75 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:01 AM 59 0.13 292
76 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 838
77 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,240
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 814
79 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,438
80 UEFA CL QUARTER FINALS: JUVENTUS VS REAL MADRID FOX DEPORTES 2:30 PM 144 0.13 249
81 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,089
82 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.13 626
83 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.13 985
84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,543
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 852
86 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 22 0.12 1,117
87 PRESIDENT SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 61 0.12 357
88 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 947
89 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,047
90 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.12 247
91 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.12 917
92 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,384
93 LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:02 PM 77 0.12 350
94 LINEA DE CUATRO L UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:02 PM 58 0.12 238
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 618
96 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.11 812
97 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,393
98 YES MAN HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 104 0.11 250
99 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 673
100 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.11 834
101 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,226
102 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 550
103 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 269
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 631
105 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,130
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 934
107 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.10 349
108 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.10 629
109 MYSTERIES OF ABANDONED SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.10 523
110 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,117
111 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 7:00 AM 180 0.10 243
112 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN2 6:00 PM 84 0.09 224
113 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.09 180
114 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.09 244
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 26 0.08 304
116 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 60 0.08 268
117 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 266
118 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.08 216
119 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 9:30 PM 30 0.08 264
120 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 241
121 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 421
122 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.08 147
123 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.08 175
124 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: BOSTON/TAMPA BAY NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:33 PM 164 0.07 252
125 INSIDE WEST COAST CUSTOMS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 238
126 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.07 108
127 E! NEWS E! 10:30 PM 60 0.07 191
128 INSIDE WORLD WAR II: THE PEOPLES WAR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 120 0.07 537
129 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.07 153
130 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.07 125
131 LIVE FROM GOLF CHANNEL 9:00 PM 65 0.07 240
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 221
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.06 144
134 CHRIS GETHARD SHOW, THE TRUTV 11:00 PM 60 0.06 133
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 194
136 AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR HBO PRIME 11:00 AM 101 0.06 128
137 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.06 145
138 FOX DEPORTES EN VIVO ESP FOX DEPORTES 4:54 PM 66 0.06 102
139 LIVE FROM: MASTERS GOLF CHANNEL 7:00 PM 120 0.06 256
140 GOBLIN WORKS GARAGE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.05 245
141 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 251
142 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BAL AT HOU/PHI AT NYM MLB NETWORK 8:11 PM 199 0.05 218
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 216
144 UNDISPUTED L: 393 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.05 124
145 WEATHER CENTER LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 251
146 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 223
147 GANGSTERS (ORIGINAL) REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.05 164
148 SPORTSNATION        L ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.05 114
149 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 180 0.05 99
150 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF D FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.05 107

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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.