UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.2.2021

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NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL, 60 MINUTES, THE EQUALIZER, BOB’S BURGERS and the reruns of  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and the 9PM THE SIMPSONS.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The final season premiere of FX’s POSE was at 0.12/0.12, which compared to 0.26 for the last premiere in 2019 (on a Tuesday).  The season premiere of Starz’s THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE was at an utterly dismal zero/47K & zero/52K (compared to 0.10/0.08 for its last premiere in 2017), and although we usually cover Starz originals here, if that doesn’t rise we’re going to stop providing ratings for that show.  It was followed by CONFRONTING A SERIAL KILLER, steady at 0.01/52K, and THE GLOAMING back down that tick to oblivion at zero/34K.

AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was steady at 0.26, with GANGS OF LONDON (no longer in primetime) down a tick to 0.03/132K.  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT returned from an off-week at 0.21, MARE OF EASTTOWN impressively kept rising, up another 0.02 to 0.12, and THE NEVERS ticked up to 0.07.  Adult Swim’s BIRDGIRL rose 0.04 to 0.20.  Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART fell 0.06 to 0.17.  On Showtime, DESUS & MERO was at 0.03, CITY ON A HILL was steady at 0.03/426K, and COUPLES THERAPY was at 0.02/85K & zero/30K compared to last week’s 0.01/61K & 0.01/59K.

TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE led Sunday cable overall, despite a 2nd consecutive considerable drop, this time down 0.09 to 0.47, with EXTREME SISTERS down 0.03 to 0.21.  Fox Sports 1’s NASCAR race was at 0.43.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA dropped 0.05 to 0.36, and MARRIED TO MEDICINE was up 0.02 to 0.25.  ESPN’s MLB SUNDAY NIGHT was at 0.33, and its FORMULA 1 race was at 0.31.  HGTV’s HOME TOWN TAKEOVER was at 0.32.  On A&E, BIOGRAPHY: MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE was at 0.31, and WWE’S MOST WANTED was down 0.05 to 0.22.  On Discovery, NAKED & AFRAID lost 0.05 to 0.26, and 6 DEGREES OF MIKE ROWE was down 0.02 to 0.10.  On ID, ON THE CASE ticked down to 0.20, and EVIL LIVES HERE ticked up to 0.19.  TUDN’s LIGA match was at 0.19.  Paramount’s BAR RESCUE jumped 0.08 to 0.17.  On Food Network, WORST COOKS IN AMERICA was at 0.15/0.11 compared to last week’s 0.17/0.14. 

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