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August 21, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.20.2019

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM was at 0.41, up a tick from last week and impressively up 0.02 from the 2018 finale.  The season finale of TBS’s THE DETOUR was at 0.25, up a tenth from last week, but down 0.09 from 2018.  The season finale of FX’s POSE was at 0.18, down 0.02 from last week and down a tenth from last season.  

USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, down a tick to 0.68, with MIZ & MRS up 0.02 to 0.38, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY up 0.08 to 0.331.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY slipped a tick to 0,48, and FLIPPING EXES ticked down to 0.10.  On Discovery, THE DEADLIEST CATCH dropped 0.08 to 0.31, and UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE was down a big 0.15 to 0.21.  On Food Network, CHOPPED gained 0.05 to 0.28, and SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT was up 0.03 to 0.26.  ESPN’s LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.25/0.13.  TUDN’s LEAGUE CUP matches were at 0.25/0.21.  HBO’s HARD KNOCKS fell 0.08 to 0.27.  On TLC< THE LITTLE COUPLE shrank by 0.03 to 0.23.  On HGTV, a 2-hour GOOD BONES was at 0.22, down 0.02 from last week’s hour.  On ID, TILL DEATH DO US PART lost 0.06 to 0.22, and WEB OF LIES was steady at 0.21.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.22/0.40/3.1M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.19/0.32/2.3M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.16/0.22/1.1M.  Paramount’s INK MASTER edged up 0.02 to 0.22.  On VH1, HIP-HOP SQUARES was at 0.22/0.20, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.20.  On A&E, INTERVENTION held at 0.21, and 90 DAYS IN NARCOLAND was up 0.03 to 0.20.  OWN’s AMBITIONS was up 0.03 to 0.17.  BET’s TALES dropped 0.04 to 0.16.  Lifetime’s DANCE MOMS dipped 0.02 to 0.16.  Tru’s ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING stayed at 0.15.  Comedy Central’s ALTERNATINO lost 0.03 to 0.11.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday August 20, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.68 2,142
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.48 1,477
3 ANIMAL KINGDOM TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 61 0.41 1,388
4 MIZ & MRS USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.38 997
5 GROWING UP CHRISLEY USA NETWORK 10:31 PM 31 0.31 831
6 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.31 1,269
7 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 849
8 HARD KNOCKS 19 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 54 0.27 632
9 SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.26 819
10 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L ESPN 7:30 PM 116 0.25 1,191
11 DETOUR, THE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.25 732
12 LEAGUES CUP L: AMERICA / TIGRES UANL TUDN 8:20 PM 145 0.25 538
13 LITTLE COUPLE TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,307
14 GOOD BONES: HTCAH-SP02H HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 120 0.22 1,283
15 TIL DEATH DO US PART INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,078
16 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.22 3,091
17 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.22 678
18 HIP HOP SQUARES S3 VH1 8:00 PM 30 0.22 529
19 UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.21 800
20 INTERVENTION: HEROIN HUB A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.21 593
21 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.21 716
22 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 910
23 LEAGUES CUP L: LA GALAXY / CRUZ AZUL TUDN 10:45 PM 121 0.21 416
24 WONDER WOMAN: WONDER WOMAN TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:00 PM 120 0.20 708
25 60 DAYS IN: NARCOLAND A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.20 601
26 HIP HOP SQUARES S3 VH1 8:30 PM 31 0.20 524
27 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,893
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,501
29 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,284
30 POSE FX 10:00 PM 90 0.18 536
31 GOOD BONES: DOWN TO STUDS HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,059
32 AMBITIONS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.17 739
33 TALES BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.16 472
34 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 9:26 PM 34 0.16 644
35 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.16 624
36 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.16 847
37 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,059
38 ROOMMATE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 30 0.16 866
39 LITTLE COUPLE:BIG UPDATES TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.16 942
40 DANCE MOMS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.15 588
41 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.15 308
42 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,030
43 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.15 417
44 MLB WEEKDAY  L: NEW YORK YANKEES/OAKLAND ESPN 10:00 PM 179 0.14 481
45 AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.14 684
46 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 944
47 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 1,975
48 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 2,124
49 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 369
50 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.14 582
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,466
52 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 2,460
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 803
54 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 5:35 PM 85 0.13 451
55 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.13 407
56 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO VS MARACAIBO, VENEZU ESPN 3:00 PM 155 0.13 779
57 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,506
58 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,757
59 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:30 PM 30 0.12 522
60 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 12:59 AM 61 0.12 274
61 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.12 1,453
62 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:00 PM 30 0.12 468
63 EXP UNKNOWN REPACK: TEXU-6R2R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.12 639
64 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.12 378
65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 709
66 CODE OF THE WILD TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 533
67 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,712
68 ALTERNATINO COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.11 204
69 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.11 708
70 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:00 PM 30 0.11 450
71 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: BOLOGNA ITALY VS SALEM OREGON ESPN 11:00 AM 120 0.11 397
72 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,420
73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,134
74 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 280
75 FLIPPING EXES BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.10 341
76 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,458
77 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 288
78 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,228
79 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,290
80 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 10:30 PM 30 0.09 462
81 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,180
82 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 680
83 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,263
84 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.09 230
85 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,329
86 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:46 AM 14 0.09 149
87 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,574
88 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,290
89 AMERICAN PICKERS HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.09 459
90 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,274
91 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 7:30 PM 30 0.09 363
92 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 199
93 NEXT BIG THING, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.08 247
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 222
95 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:30 PM 30 0.08 414
96 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 7:00 PM 30 0.08 336
97 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 10:00 PM 30 0.08 417
98 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 6:30 PM 30 0.08 290
99 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 287
100 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 670
101 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 544
102 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 606
103 UNDISPUTED L: 736 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 175
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 572
105 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 6:00 PM 60 0.07 193
106 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.07 249
107 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.07 224
108 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,260
109 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 3:59 PM 61 0.07 171
110 DANCE MOMS SPECIAL LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:50 PM 10 0.07 320
111 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 6:00 PM 30 0.07 240
112 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 582
113 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 5:00 PM 60 0.07 186
114 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.07 183
115 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 527
116 IFC MOVIE: BABY MAMA IFC TV 8:00 PM 135 0.06 151
117 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.06 389
118 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.06 976
119 SALVAGE HUNTERS: CLASSIC MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 181
120 FIRST TAKE   L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.06 202
121 MAN V. FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.06 147
122 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 566
123 PROFIT AN INSIDE LOOK CNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.06 214
124 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.06 1,261
125 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.06 154
126 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 28 0.06 237
127 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 984
128 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 824
129 HERD L: 1051 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 145
130 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 865
131 SPORTSCENTER FEATURED ESPN2 8:00 PM 30 0.05 196
132 REAL SPORTS 19 HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 58 0.05 197
133 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.05 445
134 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 186
135 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.05 1,073
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 247
137 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 116
138 DATING: NO FILTER E! 11:00 PM 30 0.05 112
139 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.05 99
140 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 106
141 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 407
142 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 252
143 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 763
144 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 432
145 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 130
146 GIRLFRIENDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:27 PM 33 0.05 123
147 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.04 486
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 245
149 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 113
150 MOST EXPENSIVEST VICELAND 10:00 PM 30 0.04 87

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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.