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September 20, 2018
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.19.2018

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 10PM I FEEL BAD and the rerun SEAL TEAM lost the same.  (Note:  I FEEL BAD was down to 0.7 by 10:45PM.)

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY had a heavy Week 2 drop, as is usual for that franchise, down 0.38 to 1.07.  VH1 aired 3 hours of BLACK INK CREW at 0.69/0.58/0.58, compared to last week’s 0.49 hour, with a late-night lead-out of SAFEWORD at 0.31.  ESPN’s MLB MONDAY NIGHT games were at 0.30/0.27.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE lost 0.03 to 0.35.  MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news at 0.35/0.53/3.1M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.34/0.55/3.3M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.21/0.32/1.1M.  OWN’s GREENLEAF dropped 0.04 to 0.30.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS ticked down to 0.28, PROPERTY BROTHERS fell 0.09 to 0.29, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.27.  On MTV, TEEN MOM was up a tick to 0.29, and ARE YOU THE ONE was as 0.24/0.22, compared to last week’s 0.26.  On ID, HOMICIDE HUNTER dropped a tick to 0.28.  Nickelodeon’s 6PM LOUD HOUSE was at 0.26.  On USA, the midseason finale of SUITS ticked up from last week to 0.26, which was down a big 0.21 from the midseason 2017 closer, and the season finale of THE SINNER was up a tick from last week to 0.25, which was down a whopping 0.52 from 2017.  FXX’s IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA rose 0.05 to 0.25.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL dropped 0.08 to 0.25.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS lost 0.04 to 0.24.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES shed 0.04 to 0.23, and BIG FOOD TRUCK TRIP premiered at 0.19/0.19.  The season premiere of E!’s TOTAL DIVAS was at 0.20.  El Rey’s LUCHA UNDERGROUND was steady at 0.02/97K.  

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 19, 2018 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 AMERICAN HORROR STORY FX 10:00 PM 61 1.07 2,210
2 BLACK INK CREW 7 VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.69 1,309
3 BLACK INK CREW 7 VH1 10:00 PM 60 0.58 1,136
4 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 4 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.58 1,133
5 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.35 1,141
6 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.35 3,082
7 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.34 3,254
8 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.33 3,744
9 SAFEWORD SSN2 VH1 11:00 PM 30 0.31 625
10 MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY   L: BOSTON/NY YANKEES ESPN 7:00 PM 207 0.30 1,044
11 GREENLEAF OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.30 1,420
12 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.29 1,603
13 TEEN MOM: WHERE MACKENZIE MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.29 486
14 PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.29 1,503
15 HOMICIDE HUNTER LT JOE KE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.28 1,419
16 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.28 815
17 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.27 3,055
18 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.27 1,511
19 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE    L: COLORADO/LA DODGERS ESPN 10:27 PM 169 0.27 822
20 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 6:00 PM 30 0.26 1,181
21 SUITS USA NETWORK 8:59 PM 62 0.26 1,078
22 ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP FXX 10:00 PM 30 0.25 420
23 SINNER, THE USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 66 0.25 1,128
24 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.25 939
25 ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 7 MTV 10:01 PM 61 0.24 416
26 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.24 683
27 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.23 707
28 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 675
29 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,365
30 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.22 2,375
31 ARE YOU THE ONE SSN 7 MTV 11:02 PM 61 0.22 359
32 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.22 2,159
33 GOODFELLAS: GOODFELLAS HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 145 0.21 612
34 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.21 1,115
35 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 58 0.20 696
36 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.20 1,021
37 TOTAL DIVAS E! 9:00 PM 60 0.20 454
38 BIG FOOD TRUCK TIP FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.19 589
39 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.19 1,865
40 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.19 2,435
41 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,806
42 BIG FOOD TRUCK TIP FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.19 567
43 RISE OF THE TMNT NICKELODEON 6:30 PM 30 0.19 834
44 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:16 AM 61 0.18 430
45 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 948
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 844
47 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 912
48 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.17 1,871
49 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,649
50 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 406
51 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 447
52 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.17 812
53 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.17 1,523
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 442
55 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 893
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,762
57 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,586
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 338
59 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,577
60 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,626
61 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.14 373
62 I AM FRANKIE NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.14 661
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.14 740
64 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.13 304
65 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.13 319
66 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.13 340
67 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.13 1,402
68 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,445
69 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.13 1,367
70 CAMPEONES CUP 18 9/19: TORONTO FC / TIGRES UANL UNIVISION DEPORTES 8:26 PM 154 0.13 271
71 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 696
72 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,441
73 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.12 297
74 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.12 270
75 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 306
76 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.12 326
77 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,415
78 GARAGE SQUAD VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.11 455
79 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 699
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,524
81 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 525
82 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 791
83 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,130
84 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 820
85 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 686
86 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,333
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,074
88 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.10 295
89 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 593
90 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:32 PM 22 0.10 334
91 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 29 0.10 493
92 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.10 310
93 KBB: LOST FOR LIFE LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 88 0.10 345
94 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: REAL MADRID VS AS ROMA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:57 PM 126 0.10 235
95 KIDS WHO KILL: KIDS WHO KILL 18 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 121 0.09 351
96 JUNKYARD EMPIRE VELOCITY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 353
97 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 771
98 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:30 PM 30 0.09 204
99 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.09 1,325
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,116
101 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 940
102 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 60 0.09 205
103 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 60 0.09 219
104 UNDISPUTED L: 503 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 175
105 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 979
106 MYST MUSEUM REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 443
107 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.08 208
108 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 456
109 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 543
110 COMEDY KNOCKOUT TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.08 169
111 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 911
112 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,031
113 BR FOOTBALL MATCHDAY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:00 PM 30 0.07 171
114 BLACK-ISH BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 5:00 PM 30 0.07 160
115 KIDS WHO KILL: KIDS WHO KILL 18 LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 121 0.07 231
116 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2018 WK 2 KC VS. PIT NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.07 332
117 NFL LIVE ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.07 181
118 FUTBOL MLS 09/19/18: SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES / ATLANTA UNITED FC UNIVISION DEPORTES 11:00 PM 129 0.07 131
119 FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 133 0.07 182
120 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.07 380
121 MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES IN TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.07 288
122 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.07 192
123 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 855
124 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN2 12:00 AM 76 0.07 144
125 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 936
126 NFL MICD UP NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.06 150
127 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.06 135
128 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE9/19: REAL MADRID CF / AS ROMA UNIVISION DEPORTES 3:00 PM 120 0.06 149
129 QUIZNEY DISNEY CHANNEL 7:00 PM 10 0.06 400
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 283
131 STORAGE WARS A&E NETWORK 2:04 AM 28 0.06 233
132 RUN FAT BOY RUN HBO PRIME 2:45 PM 100 0.06 118
133 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.06 126
134 BR FOOTBALL POSTMATCH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:03 PM 27 0.06 161
135 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.06 154
136 NFL PLAYBOOK NFL NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.06 139
137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 364
138 PASSENGER 57 HBO PRIME 6:05 PM 84 0.06 177
139 HERD L: 821 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 116
140 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.05 104
141 NFL UP TO THE MINUTE NFL NETWORK 4:00 PM 60 0.05 132
142 MISION EUROPA 9/19 UNIVISION DEPORTES 5:00 PM 60 0.05 95
143 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 101
144 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.05 118
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 255
146 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.05 119
147 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.05 134
148 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 330
149 FOOD OBSESSED COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.05 149
150 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 100

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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.