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September 10, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.8.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and LOVE ISLAND gained 0.1 in final numbers.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for the NBA PLAYOFFS, with TNT’s coverage of Lakers vs. Houston at 2.02 and Miami vs. Milwaukee at 1.16.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.44/0.67/4.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.40/0.67/5M, an CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.20/0.31/1.4M.  On MTV, TEEN MOM dipped 0.04 to 0.37, and 16 AND RECOVERING ticked down to 0.14.  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.29.  On HGTV, GOOD BONES was steady at 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked down to 0.18, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL fell 0.07 to 0.16.  USA’s WWE NXT lost 0.04 to 0.22.  On TLC, COUNTING ON rose 0.04 to 0.22, and DOUBLING DOWN ticked up to 0.14.  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH dropped 0.05 to 0.21.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS ticked up to 0.21.  On Food Network, CHOPPED slipped a tick to 0.17, and CHOPPED SWEETS was steady at 0.16.  On ID, HOMICIDE CITY was at 0.17, and LIVING A NIGHTMARE was at 0.16.  A&E’s BIOGRAPHY was at 0.14.  The season finale of HBO’s HARD KNOCKS was up 0.02 to 0.11.  Lifetime’s SUPERNANNY was at 0.09/0.09, compared to last week’s 0.11/0.09.  Bravo’s BACKYARD ENVY lost 0.02 to 0.05. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday September 8, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: LAKERS/ROCKETS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:24 PM 151 2.02 4,649
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 2 L: HEAT/BUCKS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:48 PM 144 1.16 2,955
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:55 PM 52 0.79 1,771
4 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.44 4,394
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.40 4,228
6 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.40 4,997
7 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.38 3,687
8 TEEN MOM II SSN10 MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.37 693
9 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:30 PM 18 0.36 951
10 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS L: DALLAS/LAS VEGAS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 163 0.29 887
11 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 2,641
12 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.24 3,412
13 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.24 3,543
14 GOOD BONES HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 61 0.23 1,682
15 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.22 838
16 COUNTING ON TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,042
17 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.22 2,042
18 DEADLIEST CATCH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,090
19 HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,169
20 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,777
21 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.20 2,369
22 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,400
23 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,418
24 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:02 PM 30 0.18 1,232
25 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.18 1,198
26 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.17 771
27 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,199
28 GOOD BONES REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 61 0.17 1,293
29 HOMICIDE CITY INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 824
30 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 1,280
31 CHOPPED SWEETS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.16 624
32 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:32 PM 30 0.16 1,097
33 LIVING A NIGHTMARE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 767
34 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 1,218
35 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,239
36 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.15 1,950
37 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,794
38 DOUBLING DOWN W/DERRICOS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 834
39 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,572
40 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,834
41 TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME   L: MENS/WOMENS QTRFINALS ESPN 7:00 PM 373 0.14 752
42 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / AMERICA TUDN 10:00 PM 120 0.14 316
43 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,931
44 16 AND RECOVERING MTV 9:00 PM 54 0.14 269
45 BIOGRAPHY: I WANT MY MTV A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 124 0.14 511
46 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.14 2,298
47 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 2,040
48 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 846
49 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,163
50 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.14 371
51 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.13 546
52 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,735
53 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,120
54 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,631
55 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,729
56 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,898
57 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,613
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,105
59 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.12 321
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 968
61 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 403
62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 966
63 LIFE BELOW ZERO NEXT GEN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 63 0.11 827
64 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 905
65 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,273
66 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,730
67 COUNTING ON:STILL GROWING TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 565
68 HARD KNOCKS 20 HBO PRIME 10:00 PM 59 0.11 253
69 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:00 PM 60 0.11 236
70 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.10 442
71 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.10 2,158
72 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:13 AM 62 0.10 230
73 TENNIS: US OPEN AFT     L: MENS/WOMENS QTRFINALS ESPN 12:00 PM 360 0.10 672
74 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 13 0.10 451
75 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 739
76 UNDISPUTED L: 995 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.10 187
77 MSNBC LIVE W/A.MOHYELDIN MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,314
78 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,311
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 887
80 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 302
81 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.09 181
82 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.09 1,373
83 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.09 215
84 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,149
85 BIOGRAPHY A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.09 502
86 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.09 327
87 SUPERNANNY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.09 357
88 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:03 PM 60 0.08 563
89 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 1,237
90 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 1,203
91 LIFE BELOW ZERO SNAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 450
92 BIOGRAPHY A&E NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.08 364
93 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,229
94 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,280
95 HERD L: 1308 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.08 158
96 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 359
97 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 323
98 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 690
99 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 347
100 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: RIO 2 FREEFORM 9:00 PM 120 0.07 279
101 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.07 311
102 HOT ONES: THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.07 162
103 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 11:00 PM 30 0.07 208
104 BIOGRAPHY A&E NETWORK 11:04 PM 59 0.07 276
105 NHL LIVE POST CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:46 PM 44 0.07 220
106 DEAD FILES REPACK: TDFL-5R2R06H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.07 309
107 LBZ NEXT GEN SNAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 338
108 TIME MACHINE: ALCATRAZ: SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH HISTORY 5:00 PM 120 0.07 407
109 DEAD FILES POPUPS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 281
110 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.07 339
111 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.06 361
112 TIME MACHINE: RISE AND FALL OF EL CHAPO, THE HISTORY 12:00 PM 120 0.06 375
113 TIME MACHINE: RISE & FALL OF PABLO ESCOBAR, THE HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.06 281
114 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 593
115 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 315
116 ROADKILL MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.06 221
117 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.06 193
118 TIME MACHINE: AMERICAS GREATEST PRISON BREAKS HISTORY 2:00 PM 120 0.06 451
119 HOT ONES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.06 118
120 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.06 140
121 SEGURID FRONTERA CAN – S3 UNIVERSO 4:00 PM 30 0.06 91
122 SEGUR FRONTERA AUS S12 UNIVERSO 12:30 AM 30 0.06 83
123 LIGA MX L: TOLUCA VS. FC JUAREZ TUDN 7:55 PM 125 0.05 141
124 BACKYARD ENVY BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 0.05 267
125 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 477
126 TOUR DE FRANCE – LIVE: 2020 STAGE 10 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:00 AM 228 0.05 361
127 CLEVELAND SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:30 AM 30 0.05 181
128 GEARED UP MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 202
129 NHL LIVE PRE CONF FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 63 0.05 147
130 FUTBOL ESTELAR CHIVAS: GUADALAJARA VS QUERETARO UNIVERSO 9:55 PM 138 0.05 112
131 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE   L: DENMARK/ENGLANG ESPN2 2:30 PM 150 0.05 167
132 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.05 169
133 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 4:00 PM 60 0.05 410
134 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 271
135 BIOGRAPHY A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.04 210
136 CLEVELAND SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:00 AM 30 0.04 194
137 BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN BRAVO 12:31 AM 61 0.04 145
138 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.04 262
139 BBCA MOVIE: JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 150 0.04 253
140 SEGURID FRONTERA CAN – S3 UNIVERSO 4:30 PM 30 0.04 77
141 TOUR DE FRANCE – BONUS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:30 AM 30 0.04 294
142 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:00 AM 60 0.04 81
143 WIFE SWAP LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 58 0.04 187
144 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 1:00 AM 60 0.04 68
145 MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 241
146 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 109
147 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYY AT TOR/TB AT WAS MLB NETWORK 6:38 PM 182 0.04 181
148 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 92
149 FUTBOL ESTEL CHIVAS EXTRA UNIVERSO 12:13 AM 17 0.04 62
150 LIGA MX L: CLUB ATLETICO SAN LUIS / NECAXA TUDN 5:30 PM 145 0.04 84

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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.