SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 9.26.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

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BROADCAST FINALS:

ABC:  After a GLOBAL CITIZEN LIVE special at 0.20, it was an evening of season premieres, with CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE down 0.76 from its January premiere to 0.40, SUPERMARKET SWEEP at 0.44 compared to its 1.0 premiere in 2020, and THE ROOKIE down 0.13 from its January premiere to 0.36.

CBS:  Returning from a week off, and without the afternoon national NFL game as lead-in, 60 MINUTES fell 0.90 to 0.78, and BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.91.  The BROADWAY’S BACK quasi-TONY AWARDS special was at 0.37, compared to the last TONYS in 2019 at 0.8.

NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dipped 0.32 from last week’s game to 5.63.

FOX:  As it did last year, THE SIMPSONS season premiere had the late national NFL game as lead-in, and it fell from 1.7 to 1.18.  The season premiere of THE GREAT NORTH slipped just 0.01 from January’s series premiere to 0.68.  The season premiere of BOB’S BURGERS was at 0.62 compared to last year’s 0.7, and the season premiere of FAMILY GUY was at 0.58 compared to 0.7.

CW:  After a PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun at 0.10, new and rerun episodes of WELLINGTON PARANORMAL were at 0.05/0.05 compared to last week’s 0.02/0.02.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD dropped 0.08 to 0.43, with TALKING DEAD steady at 0.14.  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM slipped 0.02 to 0.16.  On Starz, the season finale of POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN fell 0.05 to 0.13, and the series premiere of BMF was at 0.11.  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT returned from an Emmys break at 0.13, SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE was steady at 0.03, and NUCLEAR FAMILY premiered at 0.02/131K.  On Adult Swim, TEENAGE EUTHANASIA was at 0.12 compared to last week’s 0.14/0.12.  Hallmark’s CHESAPEAKE SHORES held at 0.11.  On Showtime, BILLIONS rose 0.03 to 0.06, THE CIRCUS ticked down to 0.01/144K, AMERICAN RUST stayed at 0.01/237K, and WORK IN PROGRESS was steady at 0.01/57K.

Sunday cable overall was led by TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE, steady at 0.45, with I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY down 0.02 to 0.19.  NBC Sports Net’s NASCAR race was at 0.33, and the network’s PREMIER LEAGUE match was at 0.24.  ESPN’s MLB SUNDAY NIGHT game was at 0.31.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE POTOMAC ticked up to 0.30, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY was down 0.09 to 0.19.  ESPN2’s FORMULA 1 race was at 0.26.  On Food Network, HALLOWEEN WARS was at 0.24 compared to last week’s 0.25/0.22, and WORST COOKS IN AMERICA was at 0.16.  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was at 0.16 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.18.  On HGTV, HAWAII LIFE was at 0.14/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.13/0.12, LAKEFRONT BARGAIN HUNT was at 0.13/0.11 compared to last week’s 0.12/0.10, and RENO INC was down 0.04 to 0.12.  On ID, EVIL LIVES HERE ticked up to 0.12, and ON THE CASE ticked down to 0.12. 

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