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March 7, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.6.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers, pushing it into a tie with SURVIVOR.  

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.84/0.60.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY rose 0.12 to 0.61, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC returned at 0.59.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE slipped 0.03 to 0.50, and RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.22/0.20 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.18.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW ticked up to 0.42.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE grew by 0.09 to 0.39, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA was at 0.25.  Discovery’s MOONSHINERS was at 0.37/0.32, compared to last week’s 0.33, with the lead-in hour down 0.03 to 0.26.  On ID, IN PURSUIT gained 0.06 to 0.36, and SEE NO EVIL was up 0.02 to 0.31.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was up 0.06 to 0.34.  On TLC, MY 600-LB LIFE rose 0.04 to 0.33, and FAMILY BY THE TON was up 0.05 to 0.23.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.33/0.54/3.6M, with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.22/0.28/1.1M, and Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.21/0.37/2.6M.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL returned at 0.30.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS rose 0.04 to 0.30, HOUSE HUNTERS edged up 0.02 to 0.28, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was steady at 0.27.  Freeform’s GROWN-ISH jumped 0.08 to 0.21.  On Syfy, THE MAGICIANS ticked up to 0.18, DEADLY CLASS ticked up to 0.1, and ALIEN NEWS DESK ticked down to 0.07.  E!’s BOTCHED dropped 0.03 to 0.17.  On Lifetime, PROJECT RUNWAY rose 0.05 to 0.17, and AMERICAN BEAUTY STAR was up 0.03 to 0.08.  On TNT, DROP THE MIC slipped 0.02 to 0.15, and THE JOKER’S WILD was down 0.03 to 0.10.  Tru’s I’M SORRY grew by 0.03 to 0.11.  FXX’s YOU’RE THE WORST more than doubled, up 0.05 to 0.09.  POP’s SCHITT’S CREEK ticked up to 0.09.  WGNAmerica’s GONE lost a tick to 0.06.  IFC’s DOCUMENTARY NOW ticked up but stayed off the chart at 0.05/98K.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday March 6, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: DENVER/LA LAKERS ESPN 10:43 PM 135 0.84 1,739
2 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.61 1,497
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PHILADELPHIA/CHICAGO ESPN 8:13 PM 150 0.60 1,431
4 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.59 1,536
5 NBA AFTER THE BUZZER  L ESPN 12:58 AM 15 0.53 1,075
6 CHALLENGE: WAR OF WORLDS MTV 9:00 PM 62 0.50 839
7 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 5 VH1 9:00 PM 61 0.42 828
8 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.39 1,051
9 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:03 PM 60 0.37 1,292
10 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,285
11 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:13 AM 47 0.35 751
12 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.34 877
13 MY 600-LB LIFE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.33 1,101
14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.33 3,601
15 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 62 0.32 1,286
16 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.31 1,263
17 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.30 875
18 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.30 1,530
19 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 8:00 PM 13 0.30 739
20 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.28 1,610
21 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.27 1,560
22 MOONSHINERS: SHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.26 1,086
23 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.26 538
24 TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.25 646
25 FAMILY BY THE TON TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 720
26 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.22 1,100
27 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,232
28 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.22 1,150
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.22 2,604
30 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN13 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.22 464
31 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.22 686
32 GROWN-ISH FREEFORM 8:00 PM 31 0.21 487
33 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 2,609
34 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN13 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.20 426
35 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,194
36 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,744
37 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PARIS ST GERMAIN VS. MANCHESTER UNITED TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:44 PM 185 0.19 413
38 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:30 PM 30 0.18 496
39 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,260
40 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 456
41 OFFICE, THE NICK-AT-NITE 10:00 PM 30 0.18 524
42 MAGICIANS, THE SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.18 517
43 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.18 403
44 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,606
45 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,320
46 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 2,003
47 BOTCHED E! 9:00 PM 60 0.17 607
48 KNIGHT FIGHT HISTORY 11:05 PM 58 0.17 381
49 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,214
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 420
51 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.17 698
52 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,818
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 934
54 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.16 336
55 DROP THE MIC TNT TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 30 0.15 393
56 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 294
57 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.15 375
58 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.15 736
59 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 993
60 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.15 1,498
61 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.15 348
62 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.15 855
63 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 975
64 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: LSU/FLORIDA ESPN2 7:00 PM 141 0.14 536
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,835
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,640
67 DEADLY CLASS SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.13 372
68 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,375
69 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.13 767
70 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,921
71 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 687
72 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,519
73 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.13 325
74 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:34 PM 157 0.13 373
75 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,595
76 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,712
77 BEYOND THE UNKNOWN REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.12 768
78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,169
79 CORN AND PEG NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.12 484
80 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.12 1,220
81 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 646
82 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 746
83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 840
84 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 9:30 PM 30 0.11 257
85 CORN AND PEG NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.11 556
86 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 714
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,866
88 IM SORRY TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.11 237
89 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 683
90 LOCKED UP ABROAD COMPILAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.11 319
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 663
92 CONCACAF LC – L: IDA MONTERREY (MEX) / ATLANTA UNITED (US UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:00 PM 120 0.11 284
93 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.11 386
94 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,689
95 CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 58 0.11 306
96 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,685
97 SNOOP DOGG JOKERS WLD TNT TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:30 PM 30 0.10 260
98 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 365
99 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 535
100 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:49 PM 21 0.10 210
101 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.10 296
102 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:11 PM 19 0.10 255
103 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 1,509
104 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,247
105 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:30 PM 20 0.09 286
106 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.09 962
107 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 744
108 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,239
109 YOURE THE WORST FXX 10:00 PM 39 0.09 197
110 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 733
111 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 9:30 PM 29 0.09 486
112 LOCKED UP ABROAD:BREAKOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 307
113 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:07 PM 30 0.09 363
114 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,077
115 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,076
116 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.09 467
117 SCHITTS CREEK POP 10:00 PM 31 0.09 232
118 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,354
119 AMERICAN BEAUTY STAR LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.08 294
120 WRENCHD MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.08 347
121 BREAK HBO PRIME 7:50 PM 10 0.08 264
122 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 974
123 DEAL OR NO DEAL CNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 495
124 NHL REGULAR SEASON  L: ST. LOUIS/ANAHEIM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:11 PM 164 0.08 204
125 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 937
126 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,227
127 PITCH PERFECT 3 HBO PRIME 4:25 PM 93 0.07 145
128 LAST STOP GARAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.07 311
129 SINKHOLES SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.07 410
130 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 971
131 MLB SPRING TRAINING   L: PITTSBURGH/BOSTON ESPN 1:00 PM 191 0.07 260
132 DATE NIGHT HBO PRIME 6:00 PM 88 0.07 178
133 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.07 247
134 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 160
135 ALIEN NEWS DESK SYFY 11:00 PM 30 0.07 202
136 COMMON KNOWLEDGE GSN 5:30 PM 30 0.07 477
137 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 1:33 AM 29 0.06 250
138 UNDISPUTED L: 622 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 148
139 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:00 PM 44 0.06 155
140 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.06 166
141 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 9:21 PM 109 0.06 303
142 UEFA C.L. 2019 WED: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN / MANCHESTER UNITED UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 147 0.06 138
143 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.06 172
144 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 282
145 GONE WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.06 426
146 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.05 132
147 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:10 PM 50 0.05 172
148 HERD L: 941 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 123
149 NFL LIVE                L ESPN2 1:30 PM 90 0.05 162
150 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 60 0.05 143

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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.