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September 18, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.17.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  BRING THE FUNNY and MYSTERIES DECODED each lost 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up a tick to 0.63, with lead-out STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN at 0.32.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY rose 0.07 to 0.49, and FLIPPING EXES ticked up to 0.12.  FX’s MAYANS MC gained 0.06 to 0.44.  On MTV, TEEN MOM dipped 0.04 to 0.41, and GHOSTED was at 0.19/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.16.  On Discovery, BERING SEA GOLD returned at 0.29 (with a lead-in hour at 0.21), and UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE was down 0.02 to 0.27.  Fox News’s HANNITY topped cable news at 0.26/0.44/3.3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.38/2.7M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.14/0.20/900K.  ESPN’s MLB game was at 0.26.  On Food Network, CHOPPED climbed 0.03 to 0.25, and SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT was up 0.04 to 0.21.  On ID, WEB OF LIES gained 0.03 to 0.24, and VALLEY OF THE DAMNED ticked down to 0.23.  OWN’s GREENLEAF was steady at 0.22.  On Comedy Central, there were returns for TOSH.0 at 0.21 and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW at 0.13.  Paramount’s INK MASTER edged up 0.02 to 0.20.  On HGTV, STAY OR SELL ticked up to 0.20, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked down to 0.20, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was down 0.03 to 0.18.  VH1’s HIP-HOP SQUARES was up a tick to 0.18.  TLC’s THE LITTLE COUPLE lost 0.03 to 0.17.  On A&E, 60 DAYS IN NARCOLAND shed 0.02 to 0.15.  Tru’s ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING ticked down to 0.09.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 17, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.63 2,064
2 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.49 1,400
3 MAYANS M.C. FX 10:00 PM 81 0.44 1,118
4 TEEN MOM II SSN9B MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.41 787
5 STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 31 0.32 848
6 BERING SEA GOLD DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.29 1,159
7 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.29 931
8 UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 61 0.27 934
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.26 3,280
10 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: CINCINNATI/CHICAGO CUBS ESPN 8:00 PM 196 0.26 918
11 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 3,276
12 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:16 PM 44 0.25 609
13 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 757
14 WEB OF LIES INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.24 884
15 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,695
16 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.23 630
17 VALLEY OF THE DAMNED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.23 935
18 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.22 529
19 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,111
20 BERING SEA GOLD SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.21 912
21 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.21 519
22 SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.21 659
23 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.21 568
24 TIME MACHINE: 9/11: INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE HISTORY 8:00 PM 123 0.21 810
25 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.21 461
26 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,550
27 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,754
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.20 2,770
29 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.20 547
30 STAY OR SELL HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.20 980
31 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST: ALEC BALDWIN COMEDY CENTRAL 8:00 PM 120 0.20 442
32 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.20 1,176
33 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.19 729
34 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 496
35 GHOSTED MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.19 351
36 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.19 610
37 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.19 394
38 HIP HOP SQUARES S3 VH1 8:00 PM 31 0.18 359
39 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.18 564
40 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.18 471
41 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.18 441
42 FX MOVIE PRIME: MUMMY (2017) FX 7:30 PM 150 0.18 617
43 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.18 1,162
44 LITTLE COUPLE TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,075
45 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,311
46 CFB 150 ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 501
47 DIGITAL ADDICTION A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.16 502
48 TIME MACHINE: 102 MINUTES THAT CHANGED AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 120 0.16 619
49 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.16 392
50 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,045
51 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.16 427
52 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.16 764
53 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.16 346
54 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.15 393
55 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.15 697
56 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,886
57 60 DAYS IN: NARCOLAND A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.15 495
58 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 943
59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,576
60 GHOSTED MTV 10:02 PM 61 0.14 265
61 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,655
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,724
63 FIRST 48 AC A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.13 360
64 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 915
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,368
66 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.13 285
67 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: NAPOLI VS. LIVERPOOL TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:53 PM 134 0.13 309
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,420
69 LITTLE COUPLE:BIG UPDATES TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 647
70 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.13 272
71 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 798
72 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,530
73 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 842
74 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 481
75 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.13 321
76 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:00 PM 30 0.12 506
77 EXP UNKNOWN REPACK: TEXU-6R2R04H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.12 497
78 FLIPPING EXES BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.12 381
79 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 9:30 PM 30 0.12 491
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,549
81 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,545
82 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 7:30 PM 30 0.11 364
83 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 269
84 CODE OF THE WILD TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 427
85 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:00 PM 30 0.11 358
86 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,438
87 RICKY ZOOM NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.11 411
88 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 8:30 PM 30 0.10 404
89 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 863
90 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,349
91 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,402
92 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 7:00 PM 30 0.10 341
93 RYANS MYSTERY PLAYDATE NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.10 477
94 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,584
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 755
96 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:07 PM 23 0.10 201
97 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.09 570
98 ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 242
99 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.09 646
100 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 818
101 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,375
102 DIGITAL ADDICTION A&E NETWORK 1:03 AM 61 0.08 207
103 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 698
104 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 6:30 PM 30 0.08 294
105 UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE TUE 2: BORUSSIA DORTMUND / FC BARCELONA TUDN 2:52 PM 131 0.08 217
106 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2019 WK 2 DAL VS. WAS NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 150 0.08 283
107 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.07 1,096
108 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.07 477
109 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 1,146
110 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 6:00 PM 30 0.07 267
111 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,222
112 WNBA PLAYOFFS           L ESPN2 8:41 PM 111 0.07 293
113 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 243
114 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 663
115 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 5:30 PM 30 0.07 261
116 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.07 245
117 UNDISPUTED L: 756 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 192
118 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,342
119 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 995
120 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 522
121 TIME MACHINE: 9/11: INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE HISTORY 12:03 AM 120 0.07 308
122 TWO AND A HALF MEN AMC 5:00 PM 30 0.06 232
123 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.06 174
124 TIME MACHINE: MARIJUANA REVOLUTION, THE HISTORY 2:00 PM 120 0.06 396
125 DATING: NO FILTER E! 11:00 PM 30 0.06 124
126 HERD L: 1070 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 166
127 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 523
128 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 900
129 DEVIL YOU KNOW VICELAND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 126
130 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 535
131 WHEELER DEALERS MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 275
132 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 103
133 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: INTER MILAN VS. SLAVIA PRAHA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:42 PM 131 0.05 164
134 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 1:54 PM 57 0.05 998
135 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 447
136 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.05 198
137 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.05 572
138 PUP ACADEMY DISNEY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 30 0.05 246
139 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 124
140 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 560
141 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 133
142 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.05 137
143 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 795
144 WNBA PLAYOFFS           L: LOS ANGELES/CONNECTICUT ESPN2 6:30 PM 131 0.05 214
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.05 107
146 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 105
147 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2019 WK 2 SEA VS. PIT NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.04 106
148 SUND MOVIE: SLEEPWALKERS SUNDANCE TV 1:00 AM 120 0.04 108
149 THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 99 0.04 194
150 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 54 0.04 867

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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.