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May 30, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.28.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 declines for THE LION KING, 1969, both reruns of NCIS, SONGLAND, MASTERCHEF JR and the rerun of THE FLASH in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.08 to 0.69, with back-to-back CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST episodes at 0.50/0.41, compared to last week’s 0.24, and with a “sneak peek” of the upcoming THE RADKES at 0.27.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS climbed 0.07 to 0.60, and TEXICANAS ticked up to 0.11.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM season premiere was solid at 0.41, down just 0.02 from the 2018 premiere.  TBS’s THE LAST OG ticked down to 0.38.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH ticked up to 0.35, and GUARDIANS OF THE GLADES was at 0.23.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD gained 0.05 to 0.33, and SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS arrived at 0.26.  On ID, TRUE CONVICTION grew by 0.08 to 0.31, and DIABOLICAL was up 0.03 to 0.24.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS was up a tick to 0.29.  NatGeo’s THE HOT ZONE was at 0.25/0.23, a strong hold from Monday’s 0.28/0.24.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT had a decisive win in cable news at 0.24/0.37/2.7M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.17/0.28/2.4M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.16/0.22/900K.  BET’s GAMES PEOPLE PLAY jumped 0.11 to 0.24.  On HGTV, GOOD BONES ticked down to 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS fell 0.07 to 0.18, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.06 to 0.18.  History’s CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD lost a tick to 0.22.  Food Network’s CHOPPED dropped 0.04 to 0.19.  Freeform’s THE BOLD TYPE was steady at 0.12.  The finale of FX’s FOSSE/VERDON rose 0.04 to 0.11.  HBO’s RUNNING WITH BETO premiered at 0.06.  WGNAmerica’s PURE was at 0.04/241K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday May 28, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.69 2,072
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.60 1,709
3 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.50 1,342
4 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.41 1,087
5 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.41 1,354
6 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.38 931
7 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.35 1,479
8 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,559
9 TRUE CONVICTION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,179
10 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,564
11 RADKES SNEAK PEEK USA NETWORK 11:02 PM 27 0.27 707
12 SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS TLC 10:00 PM 62 0.26 1,202
13 HOT ZONE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,110
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 2,742
15 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,033
16 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.24 507
17 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,259
18 GUARDIANS OF THE GLADES DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 59 0.23 932
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,953
20 HOT ZONE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 1,002
21 CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.22 1,158
22 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.21 631
23 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,435
24 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.19 613
25 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL   L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 507
26 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.19 612
27 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.18 1,181
28 MARLEY & ME NICK-AT-NITE 9:00 PM 89 0.18 554
29 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) PARAMOUNT 8:00 PM 240 0.18 482
30 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 67 0.18 2,209
31 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 1,207
32 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.17 384
33 BIOGRAPHY: JEFF DUNHAM: TALKING HEADS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 121 0.17 865
34 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 406
35 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,444
36 BIOGRAPHY A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.17 849
37 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.16 348
38 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.16 873
39 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,512
40 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,314
41 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.16 919
42 BITE CLUB FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.15 473
43 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 2,039
44 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,823
45 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.15 423
46 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:02 PM 58 0.15 374
47 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,637
48 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.15 913
49 MARLEY & ME NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.14 600
50 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.14 801
51 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,325
52 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.14 798
53 JEFF DUNHAM: CONTROL CHAO A&E NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.14 598
54 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 355
55 LADIES NIGHT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.13 281
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,452
57 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 302
58 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.12 234
59 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.12 301
60 JEFF DUNHAM: CONTROL CHAO A&E NETWORK 11:04 PM 59 0.12 584
61 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 286
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,332
63 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:07 PM 53 0.12 1,560
64 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.12 335
65 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 8:00 PM 90 0.12 360
66 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,441
67 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,365
68 FOSSE/VERDON FX 10:00 PM 82 0.11 495
69 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.11 1,076
70 TO HAVE & HOLD: CHARLOTTE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.11 605
71 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 273
72 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 691
73 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.11 263
74 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 669
75 TEXICANAS BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.11 360
76 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 646
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 275
78 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,283
79 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 373
80 HOT ZONE: BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 477
81 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 364
82 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,459
83 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.09 452
84 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 270
85 BIOGRAPHY: JEFF DUNHAM: TALKING HEADS A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 121 0.09 386
86 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 738
87 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 337
88 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 233
89 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:04 PM 30 0.09 331
90 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 619
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 612
92 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,481
93 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,012
94 AMERICA UNEARTHED REPACK: TAUH-3R1R06H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.09 361
95 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 315
96 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,526
97 UNDISPUTED L: 681 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 178
98 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.08 261
99 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.08 261
100 AMERICA UNEARTHED TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 440
101 SHS: COUNTDOWN TLC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 448
102 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 9:53 PM 10 0.08 295
103 MOVIE- FEATURE RPT: HARRY & MEGHAN:BC RYL ENC LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 124 0.08 366
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 618
105 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 558
106 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,367
107 PAID OFF TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 126
108 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 615
109 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 245
110 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 526
111 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,113
112 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,191
113 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,345
114 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 561
115 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 500
116 SECRETS OF THE LOST SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.07 255
117 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 175
118 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 249
119 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 909
120 RUNNING WITH BETO HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 92 0.06 149
121 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 140
122 SP HGTV SMART HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 AM 60 0.06 258
123 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 600
124 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.06 275
125 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: SD AT NYY/STL AT PHI MLB NETWORK 6:39 PM 194 0.06 288
126 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.06 1,039
127 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 249
128 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 12:00 PM 60 0.06 137
129 BIOGRAPHY: CHRIS FARLEY: ANYTHING FOR LAUGH A&E NETWORK 5:00 PM 120 0.06 229
130 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.06 141
131 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 440
132 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 134
133 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 790
134 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.05 195
135 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 345
136 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.05 257
137 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.05 185
138 PREDATORS IN PARADISE NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 60 0.05 142
139 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 245
140 HOT ZONE: BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.05 335
141 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 949
142 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYM AT LAD/TEX AT SEA MLB NETWORK 10:10 PM 203 0.05 194
143 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 770
144 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 769
145 HERD L: 999 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 118
146 BIOGRAPHY: JOHN BELUSHI (0849) A&E NETWORK 3:00 PM 120 0.05 174
147 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 127
148 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 129
149 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.04 242
150 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.04 96

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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.