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November 24, 2015
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Update: 11.23.2015

 

 

 

NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, ABC’s ratings dived after MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions were removed, with DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.3 and CASTLE down 0.4 from this morning.  Elsewhere, THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MINORITY REPORT went 0.1 in the other direction. 

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN romped, as usual, with MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, and the New England vs. Buffalo match-up was up 0.89 from last week’s game to 5.12.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP HOP dipped a tenth to 1.25, while BLACK INK CREW was up 0.06 to 0.94.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.04-0.93, somewhat below last week’s 1.18-1.09.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS lost a tick to 0.99, while VEGAS RAT RODS lost 0.12 to 0.46.  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES lost 0.07 to 0.54, and APRES SKI held at 0.22.  On TNT, MAJOR CRIMES gained 0.04 to 0.36, while LEGENDS, which didn’t air last week, was up a hundredth from 2 weeks ago to 0.12.  On Food Network, CAKE WARS XMAS rose 0.06 to 0.34, and CHOPPED was also at 0.34.  FX’s newly-renewed FARGO ticked up to 0.33.  On MTV, a CATFISH special was at 0.22, and two episodes of FOLLOW THE RULES were at 0.22/0.21, up slightly from last week’s 0.18/0.17.  Nat Geo’s entry into scripted programming, the miniseries SAINTS & STRANGERS, fell 0.09 from Sunday to 0.17. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday November 23, 2015 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON      L: BILLS/PATRIOTS ESPN 8:15 PM 231 5.12 14,256
2 SPORTSCENTER:           L ESPN 12:06 AM 84 1.57 3,481
3 LOVE & HIP HOP HLLYWD 2 VH1 8:00 PM 60 1.25 2,411
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 1.04 3,190
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 1.01 2,990
6 STREET OUTLAWS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.99 2,452
7 BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO VH1 9:00 PM 60 0.94 1,752
8 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 71 0.93 2,712
9 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN  L: N/A ESPN 6:00 PM 135 0.82 2,047
10 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.54 1,204
11 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.53 1,234
12 VEGAS RAT RODS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 61 0.46 1,262
13 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.43 900
14 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.42 1,680
15 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.36 1,404
16 MAJOR CRIMES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:00 PM 60 0.36 2,490
17 LOVE IT OR LIST IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.35 1,414
18 CAKE WARS XMAS FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,023
19 CHOPPED FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.34 1,060
20 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.33 703
21 FARGO FX 10:00 PM 91 0.33 1,237
22 BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.32 1,314
23 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.31 634
24 GRAVITY FALLS DISNEY XD 8:00 PM 30 0.30 1,670
25 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.29 607
26 GUILTY PLEASURES 2 FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.28 748
27 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 8:30 PM 30 0.28 737
28 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 3:30 PM 60 0.27 588
29 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.27 578
30 B WALTERS PRSNT AMRCN SCN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.26 924
31 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,476
32 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 62 0.24 512
33 TOP 5 RESTAURANTS FOOD NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.24 648
34 GOLDIE & BEAR DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 25 0.23 1,070
35 FX MOVIE PRIME: PRISONERS FX 6:30 PM 210 0.23 627
36 NFL PRIMETIME     L ESPN 1:30 PM 60 0.23 516
37 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.23 499
38 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.23 562
39 BLAZE NICK JR 7:00 PM 60 0.23 919
40 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.23 485
41 ARCHER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.22 389
42 APRES SKI BRAVO 10:01 PM 60 0.22 548
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 441
44 ARCHER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.21 356
45 CATFISH SPECIAL MTV 9:00 PM 61 0.21 441
46 FOLLOW THE RULES MTV 10:32 PM 31 0.21 413
47 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,564
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.21 482
49 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.20 424
50 FOLLOW THE RULES MTV 10:01 PM 31 0.20 422
51 FASHION POLICE WEEKLY E! 8:00 PM 60 0.19 616
52 VANDERPUMP AFTER SHOW BRAVO 11:31 PM 30 0.19 516
53 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: NORTHWESTERN/NORTH CAROLINA ESPN2 9:30 PM 120 0.19 480
54 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,408
55 SAINTS & STRANGERS: PART TWO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 120 0.17 925
56 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 1,723
57 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.17 804
58 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.17 2,441
59 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.17 2,815
60 CURSED: THE BELL WITCH A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 62 0.16 360
61 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 796
62 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 1:30 PM 30 0.15 365
63 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.15 382
64 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: WAKE FOREST/INDIANA ESPN2 5:00 PM 133 0.15 550
65 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 778
66 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.14 607
67 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 680
68 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 9:11 PM 19 0.13 374
69 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 670
70 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 720
71 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 7:13 PM 118 0.13 493
72 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 673
73 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 985
74 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,538
75 LEGENDS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:00 PM 60 0.12 576
76 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 399
77 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 475
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 646
79 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,486
80 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,425
81 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,096
82 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.10 1,351
83 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.10 259
84 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 10:00 PM 60 0.10 251
85 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,453
86 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 332
87 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 558
88 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 778
89 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,280
90 NBA REGULAR SEASON   L: NEW YORK/MIAMI NBA-TV 7:31 PM 145 0.09 227
91 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 347
92 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 587
93 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.09 1,215
94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,231
95 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,204
96 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: KANSAS/CHAMINADE ESPNU 9:00 PM 120 0.09 180
97 FANTASTIC FOUR:RISE OF TH HBO PRIME 4:15 PM 91 0.08 239
98 3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS HBO PRIME 9:00 PM 98 0.08 251
99 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 809
100 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 569
101 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: UNLV/UCLA ESPN2 11:30 PM 133 0.08 248
102 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.08 269
103 MARK & RUSSELLS WILD RIDE DISNEY XD 8:30 PM 116 0.08 549
104 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.08 358
105 HOME & FAMILY HOLIDAY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.08 464
106 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.07 211
107 HOME & FAMILY: N/A HALLMARK CHANNEL 10:00 AM 120 0.07 253
108 SUND MOVIE SUNDANCE TV 12:00 AM 60 0.07 169
109 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 799
110 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.07 576
111 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 404
112 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 322
113 NBA TONIGHT     L ESPN2 1:43 AM 30 0.07 135
114 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 11:00 PM 60 0.07 118
115 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 360
116 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.06 830
117 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.06 390
118 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF APE: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF APE HBO PRIME 2:00 PM 130 0.06 192
119 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 467
120 SUND MOVIE SUNDANCE TV 1:00 AM 90 0.06 146
121 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L ESPN2 2:30 PM 114 0.06 203
122 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T POP 7:00 PM 60 0.06 459
123 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:30 AM 30 0.06 307
124 TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT03 NICKTOONS 7:00 PM 30 0.06 206
125 NBA POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 9:56 PM 64 0.06 114
126 STAN LEES SUPERHUMANS NBC UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.06 99
127 WILD THORNBERRYS TEENNICK 11:42 PM 38 0.06 155
128 AMERICAN REHAB BUFFALO HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 AM 30 0.06 243
129 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS: EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS HBO PRIME 6:25 PM 150 0.06 148
130 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 12:28 AM 60 0.06 183
131 700 CLUB ABC FAMILY 11:00 PM 60 0.06 173
132 DAYS OF OUR LIVES POP 8:00 PM 60 0.05 260
133 RUGRATS GO WILD TEENNICK 10:00 PM 102 0.05 146
134 AFTERMATH: AFTERMATH NFL NETWORK 3:00 PM 120 0.05 111
135 SUPER INTO TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.05 154
136 NICKS THANKSGIVING TEENNICK 12:20 AM 33 0.05 139
137 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 90 0.05 145
138 TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT03 NICKTOONS 7:30 PM 30 0.05 221
139 SUND MOVIE: UNBREAKABLE SUNDANCE TV 3:30 PM 150 0.05 113
140 NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA GALAVISION 11:32 PM 53 0.05 160
141 COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD  L ESPN2 4:24 PM 36 0.05 189
142 AROUND THE NFL NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.05 101
143 NFL HQ: NFL HQ NFL NETWORK 8:00 AM 120 0.05 111
144 AMANPOUR CNN 2:00 AM 30 0.05 272
145 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: MISSOURI/KANSAS STATE ESPNU 7:00 PM 120 0.05 134
146 UNWRAPPED COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 97
147 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 5:00 PM 60 0.04 98
148 DAILY SHARE HLN 1:00 PM 60 0.04 91
149 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 466
150 FOOD FACT OR FICTION COOKING CHANNEL 10:30 PM 30 0.04 136

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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.