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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.22.2021

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Written by: Mitch Salem
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NETWORK FINALS:  There were meaningful adjustments (to the next tenth) for GREY’S ANATOMY, YOUNG SHELDON, UNITED STATES OF AL, and SVU.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.50 (Lakers vs. Dallas)/0.29 (Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee).  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.30/0.50/3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.20/0.32/2.6M, and CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.17/0.26/1.2M.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF rose 0.05 to 0.29, and SUMMER HOUSE was steady at 0.17.  MTV’s FLORIBAMA SHORE ticked up to 0.28.  TBS’s WIPEOUT slipped 0.02 to 0.25.  On Tru, IMPRACTICAL JOKERS gained 0.04 to 0.24, and BIG TRICK ENERGY was at 0.15.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL ticked up to 0.23, HOUSE HUNTERS lost 0.03 to 0.23, and NO DEMO RENO fell 0,08 to 0.20.  On E!, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS dropped 0.04 to 0.22, and FOR REAL was steady at 0.10.  On Food Network, BEAT BOBBY FLAY ticked up to 0.22, RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE climbed 0.04 to 0.18, and CHEF BOOT CAMP ticked down to 0.15.  On ID, FEAR THY NEIGHBOR gained 0.04 to 0.21, THE GRIM SLEEPER was at 0.17, and A TIME TO KILL was up 0.02 to 0.14.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 was at 0.21/0.15 compared to lsst week’s 0.24/0.15, and NIGHTWATCH was steady at 0.14.  History’s SWAMP PEOPLE was at 0.19/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.14/0.14.  On We, WAKA & TAMMY ticked up to 0.09, and JOSELINE’S CABARET was at 0.06.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT: AUSTRALIA was at 0.06/0.05 compared to last week’s 0.07/0.06.  Freeform’s EVERYTHING GONNA BE OKAY was steady at 0.05.  FXX’s CAKE lost 0.02 to 0.04. IFC’s INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS was off the chart at 0.02/73K.

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday April 22, 2021 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA BASKETBALL: LAKERS/MAVERICKS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:45 PM 155 0.50 1,368
2 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.30 2,973
3 TOP CHEF BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.29 892
4 NBA BASKETBALL: 76ERS/BUCKS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:15 PM 150 0.29 915
5 FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN4 MTV 8:00 PM 62 0.28 554
6 WIPEOUT TBS TBS NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.25 817
7 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.24 545
8 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:20 AM 57 0.23 623
9 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.23 1,455
10 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.23 1,459
11 NO DEMO RENO HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,371
12 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 8:00 PM 59 0.22 610
13 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.22 882
14 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,598
15 FEAR THY NEIGHBOR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.21 706
16 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.21 918
17 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,628
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,564
19 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.19 1,295
20 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,088
21 RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.18 881
22 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.17 601
23 BIG TRICK ENERGY TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.17 413
24 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,162
25 GRIM SLEEPER: MOAM: N/A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 120 0.17 725
26 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.17 523
27 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 932
28 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.16 1,097
29 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,511
30 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.15 602
31 IJ: AFTER PARTY TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.15 323
32 CHEF BOOT CAMP FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.15 560
33 TIME TO KILL, A INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 8:00 PM 60 0.14 680
34 WMNS COLL VBALL TOURN L ESPN 10:03 PM 118 0.14 521
35 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.14 1,911
36 NIGHTWATCH A&E NETWORK 10:01 PM 63 0.14 659
37 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,469
38 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 754
39 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.13 875
40 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,751
41 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 835
42 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,475
43 FOX NEWS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 1,518
44 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,362
45 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.12 790
46 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 402
47 MY 600LB LIFE WATN: SUPER: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.12 483
48 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.12 777
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,433
50 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.12 821
51 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,314
52 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 895
53 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 1,572
54 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 751
55 WMNS COLL VBALL TOURN L: WASHINGTON/KENTUCKY ESPN 7:00 PM 183 0.11 463
56 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.11 1,360
57 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,321
58 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 683
59 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 739
60 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.10 338
61 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,326
62 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.10 711
63 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.10 240
64 PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.10 462
65 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 617
66 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.10 263
67 LBZ NEXT GEN SNAP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.10 564
68 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 274
69 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 15 0.10 317
70 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 315
71 FOR REAL STORY REALITY TV E! 9:00 PM 60 0.10 281
72 WAKA & TAMMY WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.09 267
73 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.09 852
74 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN 2:00 PM 30 0.09 219
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,124
76 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 210
77 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.09 202
78 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.08 201
79 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 622
80 SWAMP PEOPLE SPECIALS HISTORY 1:06 AM 62 0.08 344
81 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.08 1,194
82 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.08 201
83 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.08 281
84 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.08 299
85 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 706
86 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 187
87 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 622
88 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,095
89 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 760
90 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,395
91 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:01 AM 59 0.07 202
92 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.07 922
93 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 771
94 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 836
95 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,067
96 UNDISPUTED L: 1156 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 155
97 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.07 270
98 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.07 1,003
99 JOSELINES CABARET: MIAMI WETV 10:00 PM 61 0.06 163
100 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 41 0.06 805
101 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.06 1,076
102 OVERSERVED WITH LVP E! 10:00 PM 30 0.06 208
103 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 2:41 PM 49 0.06 762
104 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYY AT CLE/SEA AT BOS MLB NETWORK 6:09 PM 213 0.06 310
105 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.06 1,338
106 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: SD AT LAD/MIA AT SF MLB NETWORK 10:10 PM 184 0.06 269
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 544
108 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 177
109 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 63 0.06 506
110 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 308
111 PGA TOUR: ZURICH CLS GOLF CHANNEL 3:28 PM 182 0.05 394
112 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.05 435
113 IMPACT WRESTLING: 2116 AXS TV 8:00 PM 120 0.05 145
114 FIRE MASTERS COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 135
115 STRANGE EVIDENCE SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.05 233
116 EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE OKAY FREEFORM 10:00 PM 30 0.05 96
117 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS MSNBC 3:30 PM 30 0.05 881
118 PERFECT PLANET, A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 62 0.04 351
119 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.04 509
120 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.04 158
121 MOVE THE STICKS NFL NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.04 102
122 CAKE FXX 10:00 PM 35 0.04 97
123 WHAT ON EARTH SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.04 224
124 AMERICAS NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 60 0.04 289
125 FOR MY MAN TV ONE 9:00 PM 60 0.04 140
126 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 187
127 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.04 73
128 PERFECT PLANET, A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:02 PM 62 0.04 292
129 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 350
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.03 195
131 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.03 271
132 HERD L: 1471 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.03 114
133 PBC SPECIALS FOX DEPORTES 10:00 PM 30 0.03 63
134 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 11:00 AM 60 0.03 91
135 MLB TONIGHT PRIME MLB NETWORK 9:42 PM 28 0.03 237
136 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.03 86
137 COLLEGE BASEBALL        L: LSU/OLE MISS ESPNU 8:15 PM 207 0.03 132
138 AMERICAS NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 60 0.03 249
139 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.03 69
140 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.03 330
141 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.03 51
142 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.03 271
143 LIFE BELOW ZERO NEXT GEN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 60 0.03 225
144 PATAGONIA SALVAJE DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 9:00 PM 75 0.03 65
145 AMERICAS NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 280
146 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 73
147 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 303
148 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 1:00 AM 60 0.03 74
149 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.03 54
150 PRECIO DE HISTORIA S3 UNIVERSO 3:30 PM 30 0.03 60

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NEWS & LATE NIGHT BROADCAST RATINGS

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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