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June 25, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.24.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG gained 0.1 in final numbers, and AGENTS OF SHIELD lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE topped Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.55.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.40/0.61/4.2M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.29/0.46/1.8M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.23/0.38/3.2M.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES rose 0.08 to 0.32.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL jumped a tenth to 0.26.  Comedy Central’s THE DAILY SHOW was at 0.23/0.19.  On HGTV, HOT MESS HOUSE was at 0.23/0.20, and HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.22.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING dropped 0.06 to 0.22.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE ticked up to 0.21, and COUNTING CARS was steady at 0.15.  USA’s WWE NXT ticked down to 0.19.  On BET, THE OVAL was steady at 0.19, and AMERICAN SOUL ticked down to 0.14.  On ID, SEE NO EVIL was steady at 0.16, and THE CASE THAT HAUNTS ME slipped 0.02 to 0.16.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS ticked up to 0.15.  Discovery’s EXPEDITION UNKNOWN gained 0.02 to 0.15, and MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP was down 0.04 to 0.11.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 lost 0.04 to 0.14.  VH1’s WILD N OUT climbed 0.04 to 0.13.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT: COUPLES CAM ticked up to 0.12, and the AUSTRALIA spin-off was at 0.09/0.07 compared to last week’s 0.11/0.10. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday June 24, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 CHALLENGE: TOTAL MADNESS MTV 8:00 PM 90 0.55 941
2 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.40 4,177
3 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 4,374
4 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.32 1,022
5 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.30 3,721
6 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,833
7 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.28 3,405
8 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.26 779
9 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 60 0.26 1,161
10 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,040
11 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 3,224
12 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 608
13 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.23 2,427
14 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.23 2,759
15 HOT MESS HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 31 0.23 1,302
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:02 PM 30 0.22 1,328
17 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0038 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.22 633
18 FORGED: BEAT THE JUDGES HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.21 804
19 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.21 1,559
20 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,799
21 HOT MESS HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:31 PM 30 0.20 1,182
22 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,986
23 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.19 1,911
24 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 2,015
25 PROPERTY BROTHERS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 61 0.19 1,150
26 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.19 786
27 OVAL, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.19 868
28 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 11 0.19 475
29 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.18 1,569
30 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,621
31 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.18 1,400
32 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.18 1,423
33 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 1,138
34 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 2,030
35 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.17 1,669
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,267
37 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,185
38 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,361
39 CASE THAT HAUNTS ME, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.16 758
40 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,324
41 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.16 743
42 PREMIER LEAGUE L: CRYSTAL PALACE/LIVERPOOL NBC SPORTS NETWORK 3:10 PM 135 0.15 383
43 COUNTING CARS HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.15 690
44 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.15 461
45 EXP UNKNOWN: TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 74 0.15 896
46 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,627
47 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,683
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,101
49 AMERICAN SOUL BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.14 613
50 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,039
51 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.14 518
52 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,889
53 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,741
54 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:30 AM 120 0.13 339
55 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:00 AM 58 0.13 440
56 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,573
57 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 15 VH1 8:00 PM 30 0.13 258
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,663
59 PREMIER LEAGUE L: SHEFFIELD/MANCHESTER UNITED NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:53 PM 137 0.13 293
60 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.12 1,784
61 MAFS: COUPLES CAM LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 60 0.12 687
62 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,673
63 MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:14 PM 63 0.11 627
64 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.11 1,689
65 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,756
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,498
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 782
68 GET UP   L ESPN 8:34 AM 116 0.10 263
69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,684
70 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,326
71 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,306
72 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,218
73 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.09 514
74 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,438
75 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 1,373
76 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 33 0.08 1,084
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.08 1,102
78 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.08 251
79 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.07 485
80 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 11:33 AM 20 0.07 1,088
81 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,257
82 EXPEDITION BIGFOOT REPACK: TEBF-1R4R02H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.07 497
83 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 1,226
84 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 646
85 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 698
86 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 350
87 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:30 PM 90 0.06 170
88 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.06 311
89 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:30 AM 60 0.06 111
90 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 357
91 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.06 328
92 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 282
93 CASH CAB BRAVO 10:30 PM 30 0.06 237
94 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 146
95 CRASH (2005) HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 112 0.05 165
96 TOP WING NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.05 281
97 CASH CAB BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.05 235
98 SPONGEBOB NICKTOONS 10:30 PM 30 0.05 160
99 ANTHOLOGY – SPORTS ESPN 8:00 PM 60 0.05 112
100 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 5:39 PM 81 0.05 161
101 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE NBC SPORTS NETWORK 5:25 PM 35 0.05 125
102 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.05 122
103 ANT ANSTEAD MASTER MECHNC MOTOR TREND 9:30 PM 30 0.05 320
104 AT HOME W AMY SEDARIS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.05 111
105 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 292
106 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.05 463
107 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ESPN 9:00 PM 90 0.05 92
108 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 12:00 AM 30 0.05 75
109 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.05 307
110 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 276
111 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 520
112 KOREAN BASEBALL   L: HANWHA EAGLES/SAMSUNG LIONS ESPN 6:00 AM 154 0.04 90
113 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 12:00 PM 30 0.04 299
114 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 12:30 AM 30 0.04 71
115 ANT ANSTEAD MASTER MECHNC MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.04 303
116 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM ESPN 10:30 PM 120 0.04 89
117 BUILDING GIANTS SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 226
118 MAN FIRE FOOD COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.04 185
119 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 11:30 PM 30 0.04 64
120 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 207
121 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 9:30 PM 30 0.04 87
122 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.04 155
123 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.04 156
124 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:30 PM 30 0.04 90
125 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.04 236
126 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 166
127 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.04 85
128 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 104
129 SEA MONSTERS SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 158
130 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 10:00 PM 30 0.03 78
131 HERD L: 1265 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.03 88
132 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.03 126
133 CNBC SPECIAL REPORT CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.03 157
134 DALE JR. DOWNLOAD NBC SPORTS NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.03 102
135 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.03 134
136 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 11:00 PM 60 0.03 103
137 ITALIAN SERIE A FTBLL  L: LAZIO/ATALANTA ESPN 3:30 PM 129 0.03 64
138 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 211
139 PLAYER SELECT DISNEY XD 8:00 PM 30 0.03 94
140 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 60 0.02 68
141 SQUAWK BOX: N/A CNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.02 149
142 MORNING GLOW BET HER 10:00 AM 30 0.02 39
143 MIKE BREWERS WORLD OF CAR MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 30 0.02 193
144 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.02 108
145 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.02 59
146 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.02 98
147 PARKS AND RECREATION IFC TV 11:00 PM 30 0.02 42
148 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.02 58
149 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.02 87
150 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.02 43

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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.