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September 19, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.18.2018

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and CASTAWAYS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the PALEY CENTER SALUTES THIS IS US special and the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both CW reruns dropped 0.1, which might have been the result of a local sports preemption. 

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s MAYANS MC stabilized at the top of Tuesday cable, up a tick to 0.79.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.06 to 0.78, and THE PURGE was down 0.02 to 0.44.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE rose 0.06 to 0.51.  On TLC, SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS debuted at 0.37, and OUTDAUGHTERED was up 0.08 to 0.36.  On Comedy Central, TOSH.0 returned at 0.34, and THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW was at 0.17.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT tied with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.30 in the 18-49 demo, with CARLSON at 0.52/3.1M in other demos, and MADDOW at 0.49/3.3M, and with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.24/0.34/1.2M.  TBS’s WRECKED shed 0.04 to 0.30.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT climbed 0.05 to 0.30, and SEVEN YEAR SWITCH ticked down to 0.15.  Nickelodeon’s 6PM LOUD HOUSE was at 0.29.  Paramount’s INK MASTER edged up 0.02 to 0.29.  Food Network’s CHOPPED gained 0.03 to 0.28.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked up to 0.27, DESERT FLIPPERS lost 0.02 to 0.26, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked down to 0.23.  On ID, MURDER BY NUMBERS added a tick for 0.22.  On Bravo, a half-hour of BELOW DECK (down 0.25 to 0.20 from last week’s hour) was the lead-in to FLIPPING OUT, which was down 0.08 to 0.20.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 ticked up to 0.19. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 18, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 MAYANS M.C. FX 10:00 PM 71 0.79 2,100
2 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.78 2,281
3 CHALLENGE:FINAL RECKONING MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.51 811
4 PURGE, THE USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.44 1,131
5 SWEET HOME SEXTUPLETS TLC 10:03 PM 65 0.37 1,436
6 OUTDAUGHTERED TLC 9:00 PM 63 0.36 1,598
7 TOSH.O COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.34 635
8 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.30 3,068
9 WRECKED TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.30 910
10 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.30 898
11 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,482
12 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,340
13 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 6:00 PM 30 0.29 1,292
14 INK MASTER PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 60 0.29 649
15 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.28 967
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.27 1,423
17 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.27 766
18 DESERT FLIPPERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.26 1,219
19 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.26 518
20 OUTDAUGHTERED: LIFE WITH TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.26 928
21 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 2,484
22 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.25 3,059
23 RISE OF THE TMNT NICKELODEON 6:30 PM 30 0.25 970
24 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.24 1,154
25 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,309
26 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.22 503
27 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.22 460
28 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,127
29 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.22 511
30 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,212
31 MURDER BY NUMBERS INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 976
32 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.22 492
33 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.22 520
34 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,229
35 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.21 523
36 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,508
37 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 2,568
38 BELOW DECK BRAVO 9:30 PM 30 0.20 648
39 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 10:56 PM 64 0.20 462
40 FLIPPING OUT BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.20 674
41 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT  L: ST. LOUIS/ATLANTA ESPN 7:30 PM 206 0.19 625
42 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.19 383
43 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.19 606
44 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 890
45 AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.17 1,012
46 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.17 401
47 JIM JEFFERIES SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.17 405
48 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,845
49 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,737
50 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,997
51 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,843
52 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,823
53 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.16 748
54 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.16 393
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.16 1,528
56 SEVEN YEAR SWITCH LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 61 0.15 464
57 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.15 316
58 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 814
59 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.15 1,540
60 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 324
61 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 484
62 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.14 468
63 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,603
64 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,474
65 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,727
66 PITCH PERFECT 3 HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 93 0.14 340
67 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 354
68 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 931
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,730
70 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,509
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 359
72 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 890
73 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: LIVERPOOL FC VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAN TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:58 PM 125 0.13 330
74 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,023
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,563
76 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.13 738
77 FASTEST CARS IN THE DIRTY VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.13 430
78 IRON RESURRECTION VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.13 495
79 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,503
80 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.13 1,501
81 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 91 0.13 1,070
82 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,564
83 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 308
84 E! NEWS E! 6:59 PM 61 0.12 339
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 814
86 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 811
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 724
88 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,028
89 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 802
90 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 826
91 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,115
92 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,079
93 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 691
94 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,190
95 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,141
96 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,585
97 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 576
98 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,087
99 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 372
100 QUIZNEY DISNEY CHANNEL 7:00 PM 10 0.11 538
101 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:30 PM 30 0.11 481
102 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 30 0.10 217
103 UEFA CHAMPS LEAGUE9/18/18: LIVERPOOL FC / PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:50 PM 132 0.10 209
104 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:30 PM 30 0.10 232
105 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE9/18: FC BARCELONA / PSV EINDHOVEN UNIVISION DEPORTES 12:30 PM 140 0.10 212
106 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,114
107 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 960
108 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 628
109 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.09 267
110 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 943
111 BLIND SIDE THE: BLIND SIDE THE HBO PRIME 1:15 PM 128 0.09 300
112 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 2 MIN VS. GB NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.09 300
113 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 457
114 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.09 177
115 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 24 0.08 307
116 UNDISPUTED L: 502 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 167
117 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 473
118 E! NEWS E! 10:29 PM 61 0.07 203
119 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.07 158
120 NFL POWER RANKINGS NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.07 151
121 LIAR LIAR HBO PRIME 3:25 PM 86 0.07 210
122 PAID OFF TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 119
123 PITCH PERFECT 3 HBO PRIME 9:20 AM 93 0.07 166
124 RUNNING WILD: OFF THE MAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:31 PM 60 0.07 393
125 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:03 PM 27 0.07 181
126 FIST FIGHT HBO PRIME 5:55 PM 91 0.07 139
127 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BOS AT NYY MLB NETWORK 7:09 PM 197 0.07 372
128 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: COL AT LAD/CHC AT ARI MLB NETWORK 10:31 PM 174 0.07 279
129 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 2 OAK VS. DEN NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.06 156
130 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: FC BARCELONA VS PSV EINDHOVEN TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:37 PM 141 0.06 164
131 HOLMES AND HOLMES DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 389
132 STRANGE EVIDENCE SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.06 360
133 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 292
134 LAS NOTICI..CON D.MAERKER GALAVISION 12:00 AM 30 0.06 102
135 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 239
136 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:00 PM 37 0.06 171
137 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 130
138 LOUD HOUSE NICKTOONS 10:30 PM 30 0.06 198
139 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 8:00 PM 60 0.06 136
140 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 10:00 PM 60 0.06 131
141 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN2 9:00 PM 60 0.05 120
142 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 133
143 HERD L: 820 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 105
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 257
145 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.05 172
146 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.05 92
147 21ST & PRIME NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.05 111
148 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.05 150
149 BIZARRE FOODS W/ ANDREW Z COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 125
150 MISION EUROPA 9/18 UNIVISION DEPORTES 5:02 PM 60 0.05 73

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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.