SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 9.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

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BROADCAST FINALS;  The 2021-22 broadcast season officially began last night, and it didn’t exactly roar into action.

ABC:  The season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.92, considerably below last fall’s 1.3.  A TIME 100 special was at 0.28.

CBS:  The season premiere of THE NEIGHBORHOOD was at 0.63 compared to last fall’s 0.8, and the season premiere of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was at 0.54 compared to 0.7.  NCIS changed days, and its 0.73 premiere compared to 0.9 for last fall’s on a Tuesday.  The series premiere of NCIS: HAWAII was at 0.51.

NBC:  The season premiere of THE VOICE was at 1.08, not too far off last fall’s 1.2 premeire.  However, ORDINARY JOE didn’t hold its lead-in very well at 0.52.

FOX:  The season premiere of 9-1-1 was at 0.76, a big drop from last January’s season premiere at 1.22.  It was followed by the premiere of THE BIG LEAP at 0.29 (in fairness it had been available via streaming for more than a week).

CW:  ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO slipped 0.02 to 0.08, and a rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US was at 0.06. 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.86, which compared to 2.76 for the cable portion of last week’s game, but that also aired on ABC (the alternate Manning feed on ESPN2 was at 0.71, up sharply from last week’s 0.32).  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.51/0.51/0.46 compared to last week’s 0.45/0.42/0.40.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.31/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.33/0.28, and MY TRUE CRIME STORY was up 0.03 to 0.17.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK gained 0.05 to 0.29.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.24/0.44/3.1M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.16/0.24/2.2M, and CNN.  Adult Swim’s ROBOT CHICKEN gained 0.03 to 0.23.  On Food Network, HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ticked up to 0.22.  On TLC, DARCEY & STACEY dipped 0.03 to 0.22, and 90-DAY FIANCE was steady at 0.19.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS rose 0.05 to 0.15, and MONSTER GARAGE was at 0.03 to 0.10.  On ID, REASONABLE DOUBT climbed 0.08 to 0.15.  On HGTV, HELP I WRECKED MY HOUSE was at 0.15/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.15, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was at 0.13/0.13. HBO’s LAETITIA was at 0.01/35K.  On Showtime, THE L WORD: GENERATION Q was at 0.01/54K, and BACK TO LIFE was at zero/22K, and we won’t be reporting that one anymore.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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