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May 6, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.5.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES led Tuesday cable, down 0.06 to 0.44.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD was steady at 0.37, and 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS ticked down to 0.25.  MTV’a TEEN MOM slipped 0.02 to 0.35, and RIDICULOUSNESS was up 0.03 to 0.16.  Discovery’s DEADLIEST CATCH was at 0.35/0.35/0.18 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.36/0.19.  On A&E, ACCUSED: GUILTY OR INNOCENT rose 0.09 to 0.31, and THE FIRST 48 was down 0.07 to 0.28.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.29/0.47/4.1M, with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.27/0.41/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.40/3.2M.  On History, SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH was at 0.27, LOST GOLD OF WWII dropped 0.08 to 0.26, and a CURSE OF OAK ISLAND special was at 0.22.  On Food Network, SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT lost 0.04 to 0.26, and CHOPPED was down 0.02 to 0.25.  TBS’s THE LAST OG was steady at 0.24.  On HGTV, BARGAIN MANSIONS shed 0.03 to 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked up to 0.21, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.21.  VH1’s WILD N OUT climbed 0.04 to 0.21.  OWN’s IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG dipped 0.02 to 0.19.  On ID, DIABOLICAL held at 0.18, and REASONABLE DOUBT ticked down to 0.17.  HBO’s documentary NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS was at 0.05. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday May 5, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.44 1,164
2 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.37 2,014
3 TEEN MOM SSN 8B MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.37 752
4 DEADLIEST CATCH:BLOODLINE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:02 PM 64 0.35 1,311
5 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 62 0.35 1,381
6 ACCUSED: GUILTY OR INNCNT A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.31 915
7 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 4,099
8 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.28 844
9 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.27 2,043
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 3,982
11 SECRET SKINWALKER RANCH HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.27 1,686
12 BARGAIN MANSIONS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,107
13 SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.26 809
14 LOST GOLD OF WORLD WAR II HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.26 1,610
15 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 853
16 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,402
17 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.25 1,587
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 3,188
19 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.24 717
20 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 3,278
21 BARGAIN MANSIONS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,272
22 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 3,452
23 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,898
24 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,581
25 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 15 VH1 8:00 PM 30 0.21 426
26 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,606
27 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,478
28 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.21 1,252
29 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.21 1,278
30 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:00 AM 58 0.20 557
31 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.20 1,476
32 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.19 1,463
33 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.19 1,500
34 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.19 1,264
35 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 45 0.19 610
36 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.19 995
37 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,024
38 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,482
39 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,418
40 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 747
41 DEADLIEST CATCH: AFTER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:06 PM 67 0.18 728
42 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,275
43 REASONABLE DOUBT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.17 718
44 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,268
45 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 965
46 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.17 1,260
47 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,896
48 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,447
49 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 10:00 PM 30 0.16 400
50 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,848
51 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,832
52 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.15 1,775
53 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,772
54 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,949
55 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,995
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,733
57 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,772
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,814
59 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,041
60 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,973
61 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 349
62 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 301
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,955
64 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,809
65 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,734
66 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 45 0.12 509
67 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.12 340
68 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 2,193
69 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,625
70 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,495
71 DARK SIDE OF THE RING VICE 10:00 PM 60 0.10 246
72 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 10:30 AM 30 0.10 474
73 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 895
74 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,612
75 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 292
76 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,293
77 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 788
78 PROFIT AN INSIDE LOOK CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 285
79 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:01 PM 59 0.09 235
80 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,126
81 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 5:00 PM 61 0.09 270
82 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,247
83 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-7R1R04H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.08 298
84 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:18 PM 42 0.08 1,276
85 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 484
86 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.07 424
87 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 219
88 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 1,159
89 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.07 210
90 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 1,085
91 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,139
92 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 11:35 AM 43 0.07 1,226
93 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 3:00 PM 60 0.07 358
94 CLASSICS MLB GAME: 2004 NY YANKEES/BOSTON ESPN 7:00 PM 300 0.07 258
95 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 553
96 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 225
97 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 191
98 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.06 331
99 WWE BEST OF FOX SPORTS 1 9:00 PM 60 0.06 255
100 DRAIN THE OCEAN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.06 441
101 DRAIN THE OCEAN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.06 456
102 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-SP93H TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 120 0.06 227
103 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 35 0.06 1,072
104 TIRDY WORKS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.06 135
105 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.06 172
106 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.06 518
107 DRAIN THE OCEAN: DD POPS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.05 347
108 OVERHAULIN MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 295
109 SPOOLIN UP W THE DEBERTIS MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 174
110 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 253
111 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 340
112 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 30 0.05 142
113 NATALIE WOOD:WHAT REMAINS HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 100 0.05 459
114 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 304
115 MAN V. FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.05 166
116 MONK SUNDANCE TV 9:00 PM 60 0.05 222
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 252
118 WWE BEST OF FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 60 0.05 213
119 MONK SUNDANCE TV 8:00 PM 60 0.05 210
120 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 2:00 PM 60 0.05 316
121 MONK SUNDANCE TV 12:00 AM 60 0.05 170
122 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 9:30 PM 30 0.04 133
123 MONK SUNDANCE TV 1:00 AM 60 0.04 176
124 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 4:00 PM 60 0.04 343
125 MONK SUNDANCE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.04 198
126 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 30 0.04 133
127 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 302
128 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 5:00 PM 60 0.04 340
129 MONK SUNDANCE TV 11:00 PM 60 0.04 179
130 UNDISPUTED SP L: 916 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.04 103
131 SQUAWK BOX: N/A CNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 185
132 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 225
133 CURSE OF OAK ISLAND SPCLS HISTORY 1:00 PM 60 0.04 283
134 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 197
135 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.04 336
136 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.04 326
137 WWE BEST OF FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.04 198
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 276
139 HERD: COLIN COWHERD L: 1227 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.03 89
140 SP HGTV SMART HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 AM 60 0.03 228
141 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.03 104
142 WWE BEST OF FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 60 0.03 157
143 QUIEN DA MAS UNIVERSO 10:30 PM 30 0.03 88
144 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.03 239
145 DARK SIDE: AFTER DARK VICE 9:30 PM 30 0.03 72
146 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.03 218
147 MONK SUNDANCE TV 7:00 PM 60 0.03 157
148 KOREAN BASEBALL: NC DINOS/SAMSUNG LIONS ESPN2 3:00 PM 180 0.03 103
149 NFL LIVE ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.03 80
150 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.03 151

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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.