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June 5, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.4.2019

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, despite a 0.09 drop to 0.60, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST at 0.43 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.41, and the official premiere of RADKES (“sneaks” of the episode had already aired) at 0.22.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS lost 0.08 to 0.52, and TEXICANAS was steady at 0.11.  ESPN’s COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES final was at 0.46.  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH slipped 0.02 to 0.33, and GUARDIANS OF THE GLADES was steady at 0.23.  On TLC, LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD ticked down to 0.32, and SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS was down 0.04 to 0.22.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM fell a tenth from last week’s season premiere to 0.31.  On OWN, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS held at 0.29, followed by previews of the new season of QUEEN SUGAR at 0.12/0.08.  On A&E, KIDS BEHIND BARS returned at 0.29, and THE FIRST 48 was at 0.23.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW was at 0.28.  On HGTV, GOOD BONES gained 0.04 to 0.27, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.09 to 0.27, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.08 to 0.26.  TBS’s THE LAST OG fell 0.13 to 0.25.  Food Network’s CHOPPED grew by 0.05 to 0.24.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT topped cable news at 0.23/0.38/2.9M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW. at 0.20/0.30/2.5M, and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.12/0.16/800K.  ID’s TRUE CONVICTION shrank by 0.09 to 0.22, and DIABOLICAL was down 0.02 to 0.22.  History’s CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD lost 0.03 to 0.19.  On Lifetime, an evening of programming relating to the season premiere of DANCE MOMS was at 0.19/0.17/0.17.  BET’s GAMES PEOPLE PLAY dropped 0.09 to 0.15.  Freeform’s THE BOLD TYPE ticked down to 0.11.  WGN’s PURE ticked down to 0.03/219K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday June 4, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.60 2,016
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.52 1,599
3 COLL SOFTBALL WRLD SRS  L: OKLAHOMA/UCLA ESPN 8:29 PM 181 0.46 1,799
4 CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.43 1,340
5 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.33 1,379
6 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 9:00 PM 61 0.32 1,484
7 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.31 1,096
8 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,621
9 KIDS BEHIND BARS: LIFE OR A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.29 732
10 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 5B VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.28 739
11 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:30 PM 30 0.28 715
12 SP GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,441
13 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.27 1,364
14 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.26 1,299
15 LAST OG, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 31 0.25 799
16 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.24 731
17 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.24 725
18 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,860
19 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.23 709
20 GUARDIANS OF THE GLADES DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.23 801
21 TRUE CONVICTION INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 963
22 SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS TLC 10:01 PM 61 0.22 1,115
23 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 2,947
24 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 897
25 RADKES USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.22 683
26 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 36 0.20 670
27 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.20 496
28 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,549
29 CURSE OF CIVIL WAR GOLD HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.19 1,075
30 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.19 482
31 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 66 0.19 630
32 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.19 500
33 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.17 555
34 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:06 PM 69 0.17 569
35 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,224
36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,393
37 LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 813
38 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: THIS MAGIC MOMENT ESPN2 9:00 PM 120 0.16 321
39 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 428
40 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.15 2,043
41 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.15 1,599
42 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.15 283
43 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.15 395
44 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 2,065
45 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.14 333
46 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.14 815
47 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,813
48 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 391
49 SP GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:00 AM 60 0.14 682
50 FIRST TAKE SPECIAL L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 377
51 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 372
52 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,559
53 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 340
54 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,800
55 QUEEN SUGAR SP OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.12 871
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,752
57 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.12 802
58 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,271
59 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 305
60 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,543
61 BUTTERBEANS CAFE NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.12 563
62 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 775
63 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 8:00 PM 29 0.12 446
64 LADIES NIGHT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.11 246
65 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 283
66 BOLD TYPE, THE FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.11 248
67 TEXICANAS BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.11 356
68 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 821
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 652
70 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 731
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 285
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,180
73 HITLER YOUTH COMP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.10 536
74 DANCE MOMS FL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:15 PM 12 0.10 312
75 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 275
76 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:01 PM 29 0.10 314
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 248
78 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 249
79 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.09 316
80 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,347
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 662
82 PAID OFF TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 160
83 AMERICA UNEARTHED TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.09 372
84 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.09 227
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 759
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 588
87 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 60 0.08 221
88 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 695
89 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,392
90 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 631
91 QUEEN SUGAR SP OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.08 558
92 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,303
93 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 613
94 UNDISPUTED L: 686 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 177
95 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 591
96 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 992
97 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,295
98 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 619
99 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,322
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.08 1,085
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 612
102 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,406
103 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,161
104 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:27 PM 34 0.08 217
105 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:36 AM 30 0.07 130
106 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,263
107 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.07 1,322
108 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 267
109 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 580
110 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,255
111 15:17 TO PARIS, THE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 94 0.07 217
112 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLBT PRIME MLB NETWORK 9:36 PM 207 0.07 187
113 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,304
114 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 560
115 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 809
116 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 22 0.07 230
117 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 828
118 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 502
119 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 414
120 AMERICA UNEARTHED TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 431
121 AFTER HITLER COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.06 494
122 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 759
123 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:30 PM 30 0.06 236
124 EYEWITNESS WAR SPECIAL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.06 504
125 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.06 138
126 QUEEN SUGAR SP OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 1:00 AM 30 0.06 277
127 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: MIN AT CLE/NYY AT TOR MLB NETWORK 7:11 PM 145 0.05 222
128 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 180
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 249
130 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 800
131 HERD L: 1003 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 119
132 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.04 805
133 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 4:00 PM 30 0.04 152
134 HOLMES MAKES IT RIGHT:RET DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.04 253
135 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.04 218
136 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.04 178
137 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.04 757
138 QUEEN SUGAR SP OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 1:30 AM 30 0.04 223
139 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 89
140 EXECUTED W/ DEBORAH NORVI REELZCHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.04 168
141 PARALELO 23 GALAVISION 4:30 PM 30 0.04 97
142 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.04 91
143 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.04 107
144 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 1:03 AM 60 0.04 108
145 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.04 199
146 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.04 85
147 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.04 95
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 204
149 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.03 99
150 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.03 94

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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.