UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.18.2021

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BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

ABC:  The line-up was down:  PRESS YOUR LUCK by 0.05 to 0.42, THE $100,000 PYRAMID by a tick to 0.50, and SUPERSTAR by 0.05 to 0.30.

CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.04 to 0.90  HOUSE CALLS WITH DR PHIL premiered at 0.27, followed by the special DECLASSIFIED at 0.21.

NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.07 to 0.69, while FAMILY GAME FIGHT fell 0.08 from last week’s premiere to 0.44.  A rerun CHICAGO PD ended the night at 0.26.

FOX:  MASTERCHEF was up 0.03 to 0.52, and a BEAT SHAZAM special was at 0.39.

CW:  RIVERDALE ticked up to 0.09, and IN THE DARK was similarly up to 0.06.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS led cable, up 0.04 to 0.40.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.26/0.60/3.6M, with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.17/0.22/1.1M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.17/0.26/2.3M.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING was steady at 0.35.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.04 to 0.34, and CRIBS ticked down to 0.14.  BET’s SISTAS rose 0.06 to 0.30 (plus 0.02/141K on BET Her), with the TYLER PERRY SHOW at 0.17 (plus zero/69K on BET Her).  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT lost 0.04 to 0.25, with COUPLES CAM down 0.03 to 0.11.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER edged up 0.02 to 0.24, and MY FEET ARE KILLING ME ticked up to 0.16.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES ticked down to 0.24.  Discovery’s EXPEDITION UNKNOWN was up 0.02 to 0.19, and JOSH GATES TONIGHT ticked down to 0.12.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS was at 0.16 and BREAKING BLAND held at 0.12.  VH1’s WILD N OUT was at 0.15/0.13 compared to last week’s 0.14/0.13.  The season premiere of Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS was at 0.15/0.10, compared to last season’s series premiere at 0.22 on Nick at Nite, 0.18 on Comedy Central, 0.09 on MTV and 0.07 on VH1.  ID’s IN PURSUIT was at 0.13, and WHERE MURDER LIES was at 0.12.  A&E’s COURT CAM dropped 0.03 to 0.11.  Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE rose 0.03 to 0.09. 

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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