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September 12, 2019
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.11.2019

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of SEAL TEAM and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES led Wednesday cable, up a tick to 0.45, with BLACK INK CREW at 0.43/0.26 compared to last week’s 0.48/0.35.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.05 to 0.45.  History’s 9/11: INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE special was at 0.44.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT jumped 0.11 to 0.42, and MARRYING MILLIONS was up 0.04 to 0.16.  The season finale of FX’s SNOWFALL was at 0.42, steady with last week and impressively up 0.08 from the 2018 finale.  ID’s THE MURDER TAPES rose 0.05 to 0.31, and HOMICIDE HUNTER was down 0.03 to 0.23.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES ticked down to 0.29.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS lost 0.02 to 0.25, HOUSE HUNTERS climbed 0.05 to 0.24 and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was up 0.02 to 0.23.  WGN’s DOG’S MOST WANTED slipped 0.02 to 0.24.  On Discovery, EXPEDITION UNKNOWN dropped 0.06 to 0.23, and CONTACT was up 0.02 to 0.14.  Fox News’s HANNITY led cable news at 0.23/0.41/3.4M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.21/0.33/2.6M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.14/0.19/1M.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS lost 0.04 to 0.22.  On OWN, the season finale of the newly-renewed QUEEN SUGAR ticked up from last week to 0.22, up 0.02 from the 2018 finale, and DAVID MAKES MAN was steady at 0.09.  On A&E, GHOST HUNTERS gained 0.03 to 0.20, and PSYCHIC KIDS was down 0.05 to 0.11.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL returned at 0.19.  On USA, SUITS fell 0.08 to 0.15, and PEARSON was steady at 0.08.  Comedy Central’s SOUTH SIDE dropped 0.05 to 0.12. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 11, 2019 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 BASKETBALL WIVES 8 VH1 8:00 PM 61 0.45 1,072
2 CHALLENGE:WAR OF WORLDS 2 MTV 9:00 PM 91 0.45 746
3 TIME MACHINE: 9/11: INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE HISTORY 9:00 PM 123 0.44 2,036
4 BLACK INK CREW 8 VH1 9:01 PM 61 0.43 880
5 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:30 PM 90 0.42 1,505
6 SNOWFALL FX 10:00 PM 63 0.42 1,044
7 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.37 1,637
8 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 7:00 PM 60 0.33 1,266
9 MURDER TAPES, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,272
10 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.29 839
11 BLACK INK CREW COMPTON VH1 10:02 PM 61 0.26 587
12 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,559
13 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 1,489
14 DOGS MOST WANTED WGN AMERICA 9:00 PM 60 0.24 736
15 TIME MACHINE: 9/11: ESCAPE FROM THE TOWERS HISTORY 5:00 PM 120 0.23 968
16 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.23 1,082
17 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,381
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,502
19 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 3,428
20 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 772
21 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 11:03 PM 60 0.22 907
22 MLB WEEKDAY  L: ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 7:00 PM 223 0.22 715
23 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.22 634
24 QUEEN SUGAR OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,095
25 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,632
26 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 570
27 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.20 666
28 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 31 0.19 675
29 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,944
30 MLB WEEKDAY  L: CHICAGO CUBS/SAN DIEGO ESPN 10:43 PM 151 0.19 563
31 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,554
32 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 495
33 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 35 0.16 599
34 MARRYING MILLIONS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:00 PM 63 0.16 727
35 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 437
36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.16 2,457
37 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,794
38 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,166
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.15 341
40 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 12:03 AM 60 0.15 641
41 SUITS USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.15 965
42 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,659
43 CONTACT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.14 684
44 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 421
45 MAFS: UNFILTERED LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 30 0.14 681
46 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,462
47 MOUNTAIN MONSTERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.14 457
48 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,029
49 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 4:00 PM 60 0.14 643
50 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,409
51 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,982
52 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,542
53 TIME MACHINE HISTORY 3:00 PM 60 0.13 609
54 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.13 363
55 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 294
56 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 351
57 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 867
58 GHOST HUNTERS SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.13 458
59 9/11 CONTROL THE SKIES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 561
60 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 334
61 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.12 901
62 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,482
63 SOUTH SIDE COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.12 246
64 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 635
65 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:14 AM 46 0.12 313
66 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,206
67 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,252
68 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,719
69 BLUEY DISNEY JUNIOR 4:30 PM 25 0.11 391
70 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 765
71 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 330
72 STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 31 0.11 309
73 IFC MOVIE: TOMMY BOY IFC TV 7:45 PM 135 0.11 208
74 PSYCHIC KIDS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.11 406
75 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,494
76 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 688
77 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,476
78 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,465
79 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.10 1,336
80 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 1,593
81 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 283
82 I WAS PREY ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 61 0.10 430
83 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 256
84 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,061
85 TIME MACHINE: VOICES FROM INSIDE THE TOWERS HISTORY 11:00 AM 120 0.09 411
86 RICKY ZOOM NICKELODEON 12:30 PM 30 0.09 437
87 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 1,441
88 PUP ACADEMY DISNEY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 30 0.09 275
89 DAVID MAKES MAN OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.09 549
90 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.09 448
91 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 524
92 UNDISPUTED L: 752 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 211
93 LIGHTS OUT COMEDY CENTRAL 11:35 PM 30 0.08 269
94 TIME MACHINE: COUNTDOWN TO GROUND ZERO HISTORY 1:00 PM 120 0.08 469
95 MOM AND ME HOME AND GARDEN TV 12:30 PM 30 0.08 419
96 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 719
97 GHOST HUNTERS SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 60 0.08 206
98 PEARSON USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 61 0.08 544
99 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 743
100 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.08 229
101 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.08 267
102 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:05 AM 71 0.07 215
103 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 303
104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 517
105 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 465
106 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 539
107 WNBA PLAYOFFS           L: MINNESOTA/SEATTLE ESPN2 10:03 PM 122 0.07 221
108 MONSTER SHIPS SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.07 254
109 GIRLFRIENDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:27 PM 33 0.07 125
110 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,390
111 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 593
112 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 595
113 WNBA PLAYOFFS           L: PHOENIX/CHICAGO ESPN2 8:00 PM 123 0.06 247
114 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.06 1,026
115 MOUNTAIN MONSTERS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.06 292
116 GIRLFRIENDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:54 AM 33 0.06 115
117 TIME MACHINE: 15 SEPTEMBERS LATER HISTORY 9:00 AM 120 0.06 345
118 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2019 WK 1 HOU VS. NO NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.06 218
119 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.06 211
120 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.06 583
121 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.06 1,427
122 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 513
123 BUILDING GIANTS SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 269
124 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 1,137
125 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.05 119
126 GOBLIN WORKS GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 289
127 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 90 0.05 158
128 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.05 104
129 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.05 404
130 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.05 184
131 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 238
132 GARAGE SQUAD MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 299
133 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.05 111
134 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 111
135 HERD L: 1066 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 149
136 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2019 WK 1 WAS VS. PHI NFL NETWORK 12:00 AM 180 0.04 135
137 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 137
138 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.04 476
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:58 AM 62 0.04 105
140 MOUNTAIN MONSTERS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.04 168
141 BOJACK HORSEMAN COMEDY CENTRAL 2:15 AM 30 0.04 87
142 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 128
143 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 204
144 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.04 102
145 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.04 141
146 GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL: N/A NFL NETWORK 7:00 AM 180 0.04 84
147 DUCKTALES (2017) DISNEY XD 7:00 AM 30 0.04 150
148 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 12:00 PM 60 0.04 75
149 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 870
150 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 669

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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.