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October 6, 2022
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 10.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  THE CONNERS dipped 0.05 to 0.46, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.36, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY edged up 0.02 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.32.  BIG SKY gained 0.05 to 0.24.

CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.14 to 0.80, but the premiere of THE REAL LOVE BOAT didn’t do much to hold that lead-in at 0.26.  THE AMAZING RACE dropped 0.08 to 0.30.

NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED down 0.02 to 0.64, FIRE up 0.09 to 0.77, and PD up 0.02 to 0.68.

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER ticked up to 0.67, and LEGO MASTERS was down 0.02 to 0.34.

CW:  STARGIRL returned from a rerun week at 0.05.  The season premiere of KUNG FU was at 0.07, down 0.03 from last season’s start.

TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON was at 0.24, FUEGO DEL DESTINO climbed 0.06 to 0.23, and INFIEL was up 0.07 to 0.24.

UNIVISION:  HERENCIA LEGADO rose 0.11 to 0.49, and RICOS TAMBIEN was up 0.03 to 0.37.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CHUCKY returned for another dual-network run, with USA at 0.15 and Syfy at 0.14, which compared to 0.13/0.18 for last season’s launch.  On Syfy, it was followed by the premiere of REGINALD THE VAMPIRE at 0.08.  Comedy Central’s TOONING OUT THE NEWS premiered at 0.05.

Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS gained 0.02 to 0.36, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY ticked up to 0.27.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE ticked down to 0.33.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.26/0.44/3.6M, with CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.13/0.18/900K, and MSNBC’s LAST WORD WITH LAURENCE O’DONNELL at 0.09/1.8M.  ESPN2’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.23.  NBA Network’s NBA PRESEASON doubleheader was at 0.13/0.08.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.13.  On Food Network, GUY’S ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT gained 0.04 to 0.12, and GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was up 0.03 to 0.11.  History’s PAWN STARS was at 0.12, and FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.08.  On BET, THE BLACK HAMPTONS was at 0.12/0.10 (plus 0.01/37K & 0.01/27K via BET Her simulcast) compared to last week’s 0.08, and HAUS OF VICIOUS was up 0.02 to 0.10 (plus 0.01/38K).  On HGTV, FARMHOUSE FIXER rose 0.05 to 0.12, and HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.12/0.10 compared to last week’s 0.08.  On ID, IN PURSUIT edged up 0.02 to 0.11, and DISAPPEARED ticked down to 0.09.  On Discovery, TALES FROM THE EXPLORERS CLUB ticked up to 0.09, and MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP ticked down to 0.04.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER was at 0.08/0.08 compared to last week’s 0.09/0.09.  FXX’s ARCHER lost 0.02 to 0.07.  FX’s WELCOME TO WREXHAM was at 0.07/0.06 compared to last week’s 0.07/0.05. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday October 5, 2022 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.36 1,199
2 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0157 WASHINGTON DC TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 135 0.33 1,038
3 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SLC BRAVO 9:00 PM 75 0.27 667
4 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.26 3,644
5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME  L: SMU/UCF ESPN2 7:00 PM 213 0.23 866
6 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 3,474
7 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 3,010
8 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,648
9 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.18 2,923
10 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:15 PM 30 0.18 430
11 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.17 472
12 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 2,356
13 CHUCKY USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.15 320
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.15 614
15 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.14 2,412
16 CHUCKY SYFY 9:00 PM 60 0.14 355
17 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.14 334
18 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.13 326
19 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.13 302
20 NBA PRESEASON   L: PHOENIX/LA LAKERS NBA-TV 10:00 PM 156 0.13 319
21 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): NO HUG FOR YOU 1514 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.13 763
22 PAWN STARS: BEST OF HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.13 682
23 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.13 333
24 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.13 483
25 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.13 887
26 GUYS ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.12 618
27 PAWN STARS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.12 664
28 BLACK HAMPTONS, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.12 396
29 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.12 287
30 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 360
31 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 399
32 FARMHOUSE FIXER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.12 1,120
33 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.12 1,019
34 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.12 1,696
35 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.11 477
36 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.11 573
37 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.11 322
38 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.11 1,808
39 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,518
40 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 420
41 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.11 1,694
42 BLACK HAMPTONS, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 60 0.10 394
43 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.10 1,581
44 HAUS OF VICIOUS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 373
45 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.10 1,004
46 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 334
47 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.10 1,502
48 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.10 862
49 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.10 1,723
50 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.09 249
51 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.09 214
52 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.09 330
53 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,748
54 NBA GAMETIME LIVE NBA-TV 12:36 AM 25 0.09 193
55 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,678
56 DISAPPEARED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.09 571
57 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.09 1,753
58 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 261
59 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 684
60 TALES FROM EXPLORERS CLUB DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.09 663
61 CHALLENGE: UNTOLD HISTORY MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.08 160
62 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: THIS I TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 766
63 BASEBALL TONIGHT  L: N/A ESPN 7:00 PM 120 0.08 276
64 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 719
65 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: THIS I TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 624
66 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 15 0.08 358
67 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 1,175
68 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,192
69 NBA PRESEASON   L: CLEVELAND/PHILADELPHIA NBA-TV 7:00 PM 150 0.08 219
70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 721
71 BLUES CLUES & YOU NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.08 262
72 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 1,665
73 REGINALD THE VAMPIRE SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.08 294
74 THESE WOODS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 349
75 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.08 474
76 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,474
77 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.08 1,361
78 NHL PRESEASON L: BOSTON/NY RANGERS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 168 0.08 268
79 ARCHER FXX FXX 10:00 PM 33 0.07 218
80 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 733
81 TWDC SPORTS PROGRAMMING: WELCOME TO WREXHAM: EPISODE 1 ESPN 9:00 PM 120 0.07 201
82 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 10:00 PM 35 0.07 203
83 CNN TONIGHT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.07 624
84 NBA TEAM PREVIEW NBA-TV 9:30 PM 15 0.07 181
85 UNDISPUTED L: 1535 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 160
86 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.07 755
87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.07 741
88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 670
89 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.06 673
90 HERD L: 1865 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 128
91 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 1,022
92 DARK SIDE OF COMEDY VICE 9:00 PM 60 0.06 169
93 GROWING UP CHRISLEY E! 9:00 PM 30 0.06 304
94 NBA TEAM PREVIEW NBA-TV 9:45 PM 15 0.06 153
95 BABY SURGEONS: DELIVERING TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 426
96 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 650
97 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 10:35 PM 33 0.06 149
98 DR. DEATH USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.06 173
99 SCOOBY-DOO & GUESS WHO THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:00 PM 30 0.06 195
100 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 1,057
101 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 602
102 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.05 507
103 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.05 582
104 CHALLENGE: UNTOLD HISTORY MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.05 119
105 SCOOBY-DOO & GUESS WHO THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.05 212
106 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:30 PM 30 0.05 429
107 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2: SL BENFICA / PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN TUDN 2:53 PM 132 0.05 161
108 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:00 PM 30 0.05 411
109 IRON RESURRECTION MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 382
110 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.05 143
111 NFL SLIMETIME NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.05 143
112 TOONING OUT THE NEWS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:45 PM 30 0.05 197
113 MAFS: AFTERPARTY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 30 0.04 418
114 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 1,150
115 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 846
116 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 109
117 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.04 106
118 CONCACAF LEAGUE L: FC MOTAGUA (HON) / CD OLIMPIA (HON) TUDN 9:00 PM 123 0.04 89
119 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.04 626
120 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 901
121 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 111
122 AMERICA SAYS GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.04 302
123 LOCKED UP ABROAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 215
124 NHL PRESEASON L: DALLAS/COLORADO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:48 PM 153 0.04 140
125 NFL SLIMETIME NICKTOONS 12:00 AM 30 0.04 118
126 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.04 1,395
127 THIS JUST IN ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 114
128 CHUCKY:INSIDE THE EPISODE SYFY 11:00 PM 10 0.04 145
129 MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 63 0.04 522
130 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.04 181
131 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.04 97
132 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 933
133 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 802
134 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.03 368
135 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 11:08 PM 32 0.03 95
136 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 86
137 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 5:05 PM 60 0.03 71
138 DUTCH CARIBBEAN COASTGUAR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.03 316
139 SPORTSCENTER-D          L ESPN DEPORTES 10:00 PM 60 0.03 53
140 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 11:40 PM 34 0.03 101
141 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 422
142 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 740
143 FIRST THINGS FIRST L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.03 74
144 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.03 93
145 POSSESSION, THE HBO PRIME 6:20 AM 92 0.03 66
146 PEOPLE PUZZLER GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.03 429
147 ICONS UNEARTHED: SIMPSONS VICE 10:00 PM 60 0.03 97
148 AMERICAS FUNNIEST HOME VI TEENNICK 7:00 PM 60 0.03 60
149 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.03 200
150 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 171

 

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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."