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April 21, 2022
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.03 to 0.49, and THE WONDER YEARS lost 0.03 to 0.31.  After a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.26, HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.28.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.26.

CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.07 to 0.86, and BEYOND THE EDGE was down 0.02 to 0.28.  GOOD SAM returned from a week off steady at 0.20.

NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise had MED down 0.04 to 0.65, FIRE down 0.05 to 0.77, and PD down 0.04 to 0.68

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER dipped 0.02 to 0.63, and DOMINO MASTERS was up 0.02 to 0.33.

CW:  The special FREDDIE MERCURY: THE FINAL ACT was at 0.11. 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.40/1.22, and NBATV’s game was at 0.21.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE was steady at 0.37.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.31/0.51/3.5M, with CNN’s LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER at 0.13/0.19/900K, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.11/0.18/2M.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER rose 0.06 to 0.24, and BODY PARTS was up 0.04 to 0.19.  The season finale of FX’s SNOWFALL was at 0.22, up 0.03 from last week and down 0.13 from last year’s finale.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY held at 0.22.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT dropped 0.04 to 0.17.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES slipped 0.02 to 0.15.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.14/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.17/0.15, and WHY THE HECK DID I BUY THIS HOUSE was down 0.05 to 0.10.  On USA, TEMPTATION ISLAND edged up 0.02 to 0.13, and THE COURTSHIP ticked up to 0.05.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS was at 0.12/0.11 compared to last week’s 0.12/0.12.  On ID, THE MURDER TAPES climbed 0.03 to 0.12 and WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY was at 0.08.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.09/0.09 compared to last week’s 0.10.  On BET, THE MS PAT SHOW dropped 0.03 to 0.08 (plus zero/48K via BET Her simulcast), and ASSISTED LIVING was down 0.03 to 0.07 (plus 0.01/54K).  Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE gained 0.02 to 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 April 20, 2022 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: NETS/CELTICS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:09 PM 160 1.40 3,956
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: BULLS/BUCKS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:49 PM 162 1.22 3,230
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:31 AM 51 0.52 1,309
4 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0133 PITTSBURGH PA TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.37 930
5 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.31 3,525
6 DR. PIMPLE POPPER TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.24 1,638
7 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:30 PM 9 0.22 689
8 SNOWFALL FX 10:00 PM 71 0.22 592
9 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.22 873
10 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: PHILADELPHIA/TORONTO GM3 NBA-TV 8:01 PM 173 0.21 627
11 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.21 3,272
12 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.21 2,532
13 BODY PARTS TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.19 1,312
14 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.18 672
15 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,558
16 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.18 2,505
17 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.17 2,588
18 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): PAST LIVES, OPEN MINDS 1415 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.17 946
19 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.16 2,212
20 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,670
21 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.15 606
22 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,503
23 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.14 1,071
24 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.14 1,068
25 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,911
26 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 402
27 DR. PIMPLE POPPER:POP UPS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 864
28 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.13 375
29 LIGA MX WED: AMERICA / LEON TUDN 10:00 PM 132 0.13 323
30 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.13 874
31 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,616
32 TEMPTATION ISLAND USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 61 0.13 315
33 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 742
34 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,458
35 MOONSHINERS: AMERICAN SPI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 604
36 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.12 392
37 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,796
38 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.12 469
39 MURDER TAPES, THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.12 605
40 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,812
41 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,520
42 PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/CHELSEA USA NETWORK 2:41 PM 138 0.11 402
43 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 339
44 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.11 1,149
45 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.11 869
46 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.11 868
47 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.11 1,365
48 MOONSHINERS: MASTER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.11 586
49 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.11 342
50 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.11 1,988
51 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 306
52 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.10 350
53 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.10 750
54 WHY THE HECK BUY HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.10 820
55 CNN TONIGHT CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.10 716
56 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 833
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 856
58 COLL SOFTBALL REG SSN   L: VIRGINIA TECH/TENNESSEE ESPN 7:00 PM 155 0.10 343
59 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,004
60 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.09 534
61 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.09 358
62 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,331
63 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 270
64 LIGA MX L: CLUB ATLETICO SAN LUIS / UNAM TUDN 7:31 PM 149 0.09 236
65 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 279
66 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 15 0.09 242
67 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.09 343
68 FORGED IN FIRE: BEST OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.09 437
69 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.08 738
70 WHATS YOUR EMERGENCY INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 61 0.08 360
71 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.08 437
72 MS. PAT SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.08 472
73 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.08 784
74 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.08 372
75 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.08 444
76 NBA PO POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 10:54 PM 93 0.08 173
77 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 206
78 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.07 618
79 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.07 451
80 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 427
81 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN25 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.07 234
82 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.07 184
83 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN25 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.07 219
84 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 10:30 PM 60 0.07 217
85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 694
86 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 1,435
87 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.06 696
88 UNDISPUTED L: 1415 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 181
89 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:04 PM 56 0.06 220
90 HERD L: 1734 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.06 151
91 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.06 621
92 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.06 294
93 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.06 153
94 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.06 163
95 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-10R1R06H TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.06 213
96 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.05 375
97 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.05 477
98 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 519
99 TIME MACHINE: MARIJUANA REVOLUTION, THE HISTORY 2:00 PM 120 0.05 288
100 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.05 290
101 MAFS: AFTERPARTY LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 30 0.05 476
102 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.05 100
103 COURTSHIP USA NETWORK 11:01 PM 60 0.05 133
104 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1360 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.05 107
105 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 350
106 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 812
107 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 183
108 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO L TUDN 12:12 AM 60 0.04 110
109 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.04 329
110 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.04 1,123
111 PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE USA NETWORK 4:59 PM 31 0.04 162
112 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.04 758
113 TIME MACHINE: COCAINE: HISTORY BETWEEN THE LINES HISTORY 12:00 PM 120 0.04 223
114 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 940
115 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.04 394
116 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 1,045
117 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 385
118 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO USA NETWORK 2:30 PM 11 0.03 169
119 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.03 99
120 GREG KELLY REPORTS NEWSMAX TV 7:00 PM 60 0.03 394
121 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.03 1,105
122 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.03 108
123 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 1050 DISAPPEARANCE OF LACI PETERSON, THE OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 120 0.03 275
124 CRAIG OF THE CREEK THE CARTOON NETWORK 5:00 PM 15 0.03 125
125 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 618
126 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: SF AT NYM/TOR AT BOS MLB NETWORK 7:11 PM 200 0.03 192
127 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 7:00 PM 31 0.03 62
128 LIGA MX: MONTERREY VS ATLAS FOX DEPORTES 9:51 PM 141 0.03 83
129 CLOSING BELL CNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.03 257
130 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.03 183
131 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.03 1,092
132 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 1:12 AM 48 0.03 67
133 ZIMMERN LIST COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.03 127
134 POCOYO THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 AM 20 0.03 76
135 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.03 230
136 NASCAR RACE HUB L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 60 0.03 120
137 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.03 641
138 TIME MACHINE: RISE AND FALL OF EL CHAPO, THE HISTORY 10:00 AM 120 0.03 223
139 PRO FIGHTERS LEAGUE  L ESPN 9:35 PM 89 0.03 144
140 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 2:00 PM 30 0.03 74
141 25 WORDS OR LESS GSN 3:00 PM 30 0.03 352
142 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 1176 FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 AM 120 0.03 89
143 PO CENTRAL POSTGAME NBA-TV 12:27 AM 97 0.03 74
144 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:33 PM 88 0.03 268
145 BLACK FILES DECLASSIFIED SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.03 211
146 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 10:00 PM 60 0.03 91
147 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.03 552
148 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 626
149 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.02 143
150 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.02 569

 

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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.