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May 6, 2016
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals ; Network Finals: 5.5.2016

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY earned back 0.1 in final numbers, although that was still a big drop from last week, while MOM and RUSH HOUR each lost 0.1.

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

Final Bcast 2016 May THU.05

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated Thursday cable at 1.36.  A&E’s 60 DAYS IN slipped 0.02 to 0.78.  USA’s WWE gained 0.07 to 0.71.  Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE jumped 0.16 to 0.50.  On History, ALONE dipped 0.03 to 0.46, and a MOUNTAIN MEN special was at 0.31, with JOIN OR DIE steady at 0.14.  FX’s ARCHER gained 0.06 to 0.40.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.40, and another game on CNBC was at 0.24.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.08 to 0.40, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL was up a tenth to 0.39, while MASTERS OF FLIP grew by 0.08 to 0.29.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS rose by 0.06 to 0.37, and COMEDY KNOCKOUT was down 0.02 to 0.12.  The season finale of Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS held at 0.37.  Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY ticked up to 0.33.  Bravo’s MILLION DOLLAR LISTING stayed at 0.28. On We, MARY MARY gained 0.03 to 0.26, and SISTERS IN LAW lost 0.01 to 0.12.  Comedy Central’s INSIDE AMY SCHUMER tumbled by 0.16 to 0.25.  MTV’s REAL WORLD lost 0.02 to 0.25, with a post-show down a tick to 0.16.  E!’s LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD increased by 0.05 to 0.18. BBCAmerica’s ORPHAN BLACK, which is supposed to be its network’s marquee original series, fell another 0.02 to 0.08, although post-show AFTER THE BLACK was up 0.01 to 0.05/100K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Final Cable 2016 May THU.05

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 5, 2016 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF SEMIS L: MIAMI/TORONTO ESPN 8:04 PM 182 1.36 3,496
2 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:06 PM 54 0.79 1,725
3 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 63 0.78 1,628
4 WWE SMACKDOWN: WWE SMACKDOWN USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.71 2,346
5 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 32 0.50 1,042
6 ALONE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.46 1,637
7 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.46 958
8 ARCHER FX 10:00 PM 31 0.40 834
9 NHL SEMI FINALS L: DALLAS/ST. LOUIS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 189 0.40 1,102
10 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.40 1,887
11 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.39 1,755
12 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.37 753
13 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 92 0.37 1,488
14 LOUD HOUSE NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.36 1,786
15 PAW PATROL NICKELODEON 11:30 AM 30 0.34 1,318
16 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.34 699
17 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 64 0.33 760
18 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.33 1,104
19 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.33 799
20 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.32 592
21 MOUNTAIN MEN SPECIALS HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.31 1,433
22 RIVER MONSTERS ANIMAL PLANET 10:04 PM 61 0.29 801
23 MASTERS OF FLIP HOME AND GARDEN TV 11:00 PM 60 0.29 1,172
24 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 9:00 PM 61 0.28 903
25 MARY MARY WETV 9:00 PM 62 0.26 652
26 ADVENTURE TIME THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:45 PM 15 0.26 1,013
27 WE BARE BEARS THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.25 1,158
28 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.25 2,942
29 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.25 652
30 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.25 533
31 REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME MTV 10:00 PM 63 0.25 468
32 REGULAR SHOW THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 15 0.25 1,018
33 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:30 PM 30 0.24 1,167
34 KELLY FILE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 2,621
35 NHL SEMI FINALS L: SAN JOSE/ NASHVILLE CNBC 9:00 PM 304 0.24 531
36 LIFE BELOW ZERO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,225
37 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.23 691
38 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,155
39 MOTIVES & MURDERS:CRACKIN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,014
40 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.22 492
41 HOH:KIDNAPPED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:30 PM 30 0.22 759
42 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.21 442
43 CLARENCE THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 30 0.21 967
44 HOH:KIDNAPPED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 30 0.21 763
45 AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:30 PM 30 0.21 1,038
46 PPG 2016 THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 30 0.20 1,017
47 NHL LIVE POST SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 11:12 PM 22 0.20 467
48 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 492
49 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.20 404
50 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.19 882
51 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.18 1,338
52 SPORTSNATION ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.18 365
53 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.18 361
54 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.18 360
55 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,057
56 LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD E! 8:00 PM 60 0.18 349
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 345
58 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 891
59 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.17 356
60 REAL WORLD SPECIAL MTV 11:03 PM 31 0.16 304
61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 842
62 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,099
63 E! NEWS E! 11:02 PM 62 0.16 427
64 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.16 931
65 ON THE RECORD W/GRETA FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.16 1,785
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.15 356
67 NBA: THE JUMP  L ESPN 3:30 PM 30 0.15 352
68 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:30 PM 60 0.15 376
69 HIS & HERS  L ESPN2 12:00 PM 60 0.15 295
70 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.15 1,541
71 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.14 314
72 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 762
73 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 1,147
74 JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON HISTORY 11:03 PM 36 0.14 498
75 NFL INSIDERS  L ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.14 355
76 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.14 1,956
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 316
78 NIGHTLY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.13 454
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 745
80 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 829
81 OTL – FIRST REPORT   L ESPN 1:30 PM 30 0.13 316
82 AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL 12:01 AM 30 0.13 305
83 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,339
84 RIDICULOUSNESS SPECIAL MTV 11:34 PM 31 0.13 298
85 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 944
86 MY 600-LB LIFE: EXTENDED TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 468
87 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,149
88 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 778
89 MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.12 290
90 SISTERS IN LAW WETV 10:02 PM 60 0.12 413
91 EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS TLC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 389
92 COMEDY KNOCKOUT TRUTV 10:30 PM 31 0.12 286
93 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN2 6:30 PM 30 0.12 264
94 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,305
95 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 662
96 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,602
97 AROUND THE HORN ESPN2 6:00 PM 30 0.11 227
98 UEL SEMIFINAL L: LIVERPOOL/VILLARREAL FOX SPORTS 1 2:54 PM 128 0.11 254
99 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,312
100 PRIMAL SURVIVOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL 10:00 PM 60 0.11 447
101 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 323
102 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.10 1,408
103 LEGAL VIEW CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 539
104 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 820
105 ADAM DEVINES HOUSE PARTY COMEDY CENTRAL 12:31 AM 30 0.10 191
106 NIGHT CLASS HISTORY 11:39 PM 22 0.10 279
107 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 573
108 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,191
109 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 401
110 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN2 5:30 PM 30 0.10 180
111 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:01 PM 30 0.09 319
112 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.09 1,200
113 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.09 949
114 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 601
115 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.09 524
116 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.09 351
117 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 309
118 REAL STORY W/G.CARLSON FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.09 1,061
119 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 526
120 LATE NIGHT SNACK TRUTV 11:01 PM 30 0.08 189
121 ORPHAN BLACK BBC-AMERICA 10:00 PM 60 0.08 218
122 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 307
123 NHL LIVE PRE SEMI FINALS NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:00 PM 63 0.08 212
124 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 582
125 SPORTSNATION ESPN2 5:00 PM 30 0.08 172
126 NFL LIVE ESPN2 1:00 AM 60 0.07 164
127 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.07 152
128 27 DRESSES HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 111 0.07 176
129 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 273
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 231
131 NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA GALAVISION 11:32 PM 53 0.07 168
132 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 12:30 AM 30 0.07 163
133 BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY RA DIY NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.07 376
134 NANCY GRACE HLN 8:00 PM 60 0.07 335
135 MEXICANICOS VELOCITY 8:00 PM 60 0.07 236
136 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLB TONIGHT MLB NETWORK 9:59 PM 181 0.07 182
137 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 579
138 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 545
139 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 423
140 DUDE PERFECT SHOW CMT 9:00 PM 30 0.06 168
141 BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY RA DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.06 318
142 MEXICANICOS VELOCITY 9:00 PM 60 0.06 255
143 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.06 633
144 BUILDING ALASKA DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 312
145 ED BASSMASTER SHOW CMT 9:30 PM 30 0.06 105
146 TAMMY HBO PRIME 1:10 AM 97 0.06 150
147 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.06 539
148 FIRST TAKE RE-TAKE ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.06 130
149 ANIMATION DOMINATION FXX 12:00 AM 63 0.06 106
150 CELEBRITY PAGE REELZCHANNEL 1:00 AM 30 0.06 123

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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.