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April 13, 2023
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  After a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.31, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY gained 0.08 to 0.53, NOT DEAD YET dropped 0.05 to 0.26, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS held at 0.21.

CBS:  SURVIVOR remained at 0.71.  Following a rerun at 0.21, TRUE LIES held at 0.23.

NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24/0.25.

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER fell 0.09 to 0.51, and FARMER WANTS A WIFE was down 0.04 to 0.24.

CW:  After a rerun of THE FLASH at 0.05, RIVERDALE was down 0.03 to 0.04.

TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS lost 0.03 to 0.30, SENOR DE CIELOS dropped 0.06 to 0.37, and JUEGO DE MENTIRAS was down 0.04 to 0.21.

UNIVISION:  PERSONA NUESTROS gained 0.03 to 0.40, AMOR INVENCIBLE rose 0.05 to 0.47, and CABO was down 0.09 to 0.45.

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.13/0.79.  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES was at 0.41/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.46/0.14.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE slipped 0.02 to 0.28, and AEW: ALL ACCESS was down 0.03 to 0.08.  The penultimate episode of FX’s SNOWFALL edged up 0.02 to 0.24.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/3.6M, with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.09/0.13/700K, and MSNBC’s ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES at 0.09/0.16/1.5M.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER was at 0.16 compared to last week’s 0.18/0.14.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT gained 0.02 to 0.14.  On BET, ASSISTED LIVING was steady at 0.11, HOUSE OF PAYNE lost 0.03 to 0.11 (BET Her simulcast at 0.02), THE MS PAT SHOW dipped 0.02 to 0.09, and I LOVE US ticked down to 0.08.  Discovery’s MOONSHINERS held at 0.10, and GROWING BELUSHI was down 0.04 to 0.06.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was at 0.10.  History’s PAWN STARS was at 0.10.  On HGTV, NATE & JEREMIAH ticked up to 0.10, and PROPERTY BROTHERS was at 0.09.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 was steady at 0.09.  ID’s MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND remained at 0.07.  Comedy Central’s DIGMAN was at 0.06 compared to last week’s 0.06/0.05.  Syfy’s just-renewed THE ARK ticked down to 0.06.  FXX’s DAVE was at 0.06.  The season premiere of Freeform’s SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE was at 0.04/0.03 compared to last year’s series premiere at 0.08/0.06 (the entirely of Season 2 is now available via streaming). 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday April 12, 2023 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAY-IN GAME L: OKLAHOMA CITY/NEW ORLEANS ESPN 9:51 PM 157 1.13 2,858
2 NBA PLAY-IN GAME L: CHICAGO/TORONTO ESPN 7:10 PM 161 0.79 2,183
3 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:28 AM 62 0.46 1,098
4 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 75 0.41 1,124
5 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:15 PM 30 0.33 821
6 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0184 MILWAUKEE WI TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.28 866
7 SNOWFALL FX 10:00 PM 75 0.24 601
8 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 10 0.24 703
9 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.23 543
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 3,606
11 DR. PIMPLE POPPER TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 1,133
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.16 2,705
13 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 6:30 PM 30 0.16 401
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.15 572
15 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.15 3,025
16 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.15 1,953
17 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 30 0.14 360
18 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 93 0.14 785
19 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.13 2,630
20 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.13 1,977
21 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.12 2,181
22 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.12 390
23 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,626
24 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 427
25 HOUSE HUNTERS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:36 PM 30 0.11 860
26 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 61 0.11 297
27 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.11 323
28 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.11 508
29 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.11 518
30 MOONSHINERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.10 640
31 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.10 565
32 PAWN STARS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.10 606
33 NATE & JEREMIAH HOME PROJ HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.10 1,019
34 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,560
35 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.09 663
36 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:06 PM 30 0.09 893
37 MS. PAT SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 462
38 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.09 1,623
39 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:01 PM 59 0.09 248
40 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,660
41 CNN PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 576
42 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,473
43 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.09 1,496
44 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.09 406
45 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.09 746
46 ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON NICK JR 8:00 PM 24 0.09 236
47 MAFS: AFTERPARTY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:33 PM 30 0.08 547
48 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 285
49 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 228
50 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.08 611
51 AEW: ALL ACCESS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.08 281
52 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.08 305
53 I LOVE US BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.08 317
54 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 1,890
55 DR. PIMPLE POPPER:POP UPS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 736
56 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 255
57 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.08 529
58 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.08 1,288
59 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.08 1,389
60 CONCACAF LC – L: QF: ATLAS / PHILADELPHIA UNION TUDN 10:00 PM 126 0.07 200
61 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 1,565
62 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 1,181
63 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 1,631
64 NHL REGULAR SEASON L: DALLAS/ST LOUIS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:36 PM 154 0.07 299
65 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 228
66 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.07 1,318
67 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.07 1,036
68 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.07 234
69 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,293
70 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.07 1,039
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.07 1,260
72 MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.07 589
73 UNDISPUTED L: 1666 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 159
74 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 596
75 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 502
76 DIGMAN! COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.06 143
77 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 695
78 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.06 608
79 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.06 613
80 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 363
81 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.06 373
82 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: N/A MSNBC 1:00 PM 120 0.06 780
83 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:30 PM 30 0.06 256
84 ANA CABRERA REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.06 763
85 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.06 560
86 ARK, THE SYFY 10:00 PM 60 0.06 437
87 DAVE FXX 10:00 PM 42 0.06 133
88 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.06 1,554
89 NBA PLAY-IN GAME L: CHICAGO/TORONTO ESPN2 7:11 PM 160 0.06 152
90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 528
91 GROWING BELUSHI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 62 0.06 422
92 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.06 503
93 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.05 993
94 MY WIFE AND KIDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 2:24 PM 36 0.05 137
95 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 943
96 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.05 526
97 MAFS: COUPLES COUCH LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.05 290
98 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 695
99 PAWN STARS HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.05 396
100 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 551
101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.05 551
102 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 901
103 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 284
104 FIRST THINGS FIRST L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 94
105 MY WIFE AND KIDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:48 PM 36 0.05 121
106 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.04 201
107 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.04 192
108 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.04 391
109 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN2 7:00 PM 11 0.04 97
110 FUTBOL CLUB L TUDN 9:00 PM 60 0.04 83
111 HERD L: 1994 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 117
112 NHL REGULAR SEASON L: SAN JOSE/CALGARY TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:10 PM 168 0.04 160
113 SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 30 0.04 151
114 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: QF: REAL MADRID CF / CHELSEA FC TUDN 2:30 PM 150 0.04 121
115 SWITCH GSN 7:00 PM 30 0.04 449
116 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.04 922
117 NHL RS PREGAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 36 0.04 145
118 NASCAR RACE HUB L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 60 0.04 134
119 MY WIFE AND KIDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 12:36 PM 36 0.04 117
120 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: DET AT TOR/CIN AT ATL MLB NETWORK 7:08 PM 162 0.04 172
121 MY WIFE AND KIDS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 1:12 PM 36 0.04 107
122 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.04 207
123 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.04 86
124 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.04 107
125 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 6:30 PM 38 0.03 158
126 NBA  TODAY ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.03 80
127 CONCACAF CHAMP LEAGUE L: QF2:ATLAS FC/PHILADELPHIA UNION FOX SPORTS 1 10:00 PM 126 0.03 69
128 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 5:00 PM 60 0.03 65
129 TEXAS METALS LOUD LIFTED MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.03 253
130 PATRICK STAR SHOW NICKTOONS 11:00 PM 30 0.03 104
131 FUTBOL CLUB L TUDN 8:00 PM 60 0.03 80
132 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 180 0.03 210
133 THIS JUST IN ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.03 88
134 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:06 AM 54 0.03 63
135 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.03 77
136 SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE FREEFORM 10:30 PM 30 0.03 121
137 TEXAS METAL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.03 251
138 PATRICK STAR SHOW NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.03 143
139 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.03 81
140 E! NEWS E! 11:00 PM 30 0.03 85
141 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: LAD AT SF/KC AT TEX MLB NETWORK 9:50 PM 186 0.03 172
142 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.03 65
143 NHL RS POSTGAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:58 AM 34 0.03 67
144 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.02 82
145 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BET HER 9:00 PM 30 0.02 66
146 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.02 91
147 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: WAS AT LAA/MIA AT PHI MLB NETWORK 4:05 PM 145 0.02 140
148 CLOSING BELL CNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.02 162
149 MASTER MINDS GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.02 427
150 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 190

 

 

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.