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April 27, 2023
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.40, and THE GOLDBERGS was down 0.05 to 0.30.  After an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.23, NOT DEAD YET fell a tenth to 0.26, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.21.

CBS:  SURVIVOR dipped 0.04 to 0.74.  After a rerun at 0.24, TRUE LIES was down 0.04 to 0.23.

NBC:  The special CAROL BURNETT: 90 YEARS OF LAUGHTER & LOVE was at 0.39 (but was far and away the highest-rated show of the night in the 50+ demo), followed by a rerun at 0.21.

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.05 to 0.53, and FARMER WANTS A WIFE ticked up to 0.28.

CW:  The first new episode of THE FLASH since April 5 lost 0.02 to 0.09, and RIVERDALE held at 0.04.

TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP was at 0.24, SENOR DE CIELOS gained 0.03 to 0.37, and JUEGO DE MENTIRAS was at 0.17.

UNIVISION:  PERSONA NUESTROS rose 0.07 to 0.41, AMOR INVENCIBLE was up 0.04 to 0.42, and CABO was steady at 0.39.

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were at 1.49/1.40 on TNT, and 0.39/0.20 on NBA TV.  The NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.50/0.42 on ESPN.  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES was at 0.42/0.14 compared to last week’s 0.46/0.11.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE was steady at 0.28, and AEW: ALL ACCESS was at 0.09.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER gained 0.04 to 0.17.  On BET, HOUSE OF PAYNE ticked up to 0.13, ASSISTED LIVING gained a tick to 0.11, THE MS PAT SHOW had an extra tick at 0.09, and I LOVE US was up a tick to 0.06.  A&E’s THE FIRST 48 edged up 0.02 to 0.13.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT held at 0.12.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES dropped 0.03 to 0.10.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s morning AMERICA’S NEWSROOM at 0.10/0.16/1.3M (the former Tucker Carlson hour was at 0.06/1.3M), with MSNBC’s ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES at 0.09/0.14/1.4M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.08/0.11/700K.  History’s PAWN STARS was at 0.09.  On HGTV, HOME IN A HEARTBEAT fell 0.04 to 0.06.  FXX’s DAVE ticked up to 0.06.  Discovery’s GROWING BELUSHI fell 0.03 to 0.06.  The season premiere of Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS was at 0.05, compared to 0.15/0.10 for the last premiere in 2021, and DIGMAN was down 0.04 to 0.04.  Freeform’s SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE was at 0.04/0.03 compared to last week’s 0.05/0.03. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday April 26, 2023 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: WARRIORS/KINGS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:03 PM 168 1.49 4,286
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: LAKERS/GRIZZLIES TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:38 PM 145 1.40 3,891
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:51 AM 60 0.62 1,690
4 NHL PLAYOFFS            L: FLORIDA/BOSTON ESPN 7:00 PM 196 0.50 1,469
5 NHL PLAYOFFS            L: SEATTLE/COLORADO ESPN 10:16 PM 125 0.42 1,145
6 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.42 1,159
7 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: MIAMI/MILWAUKEE G5 NBA-TV 9:29 PM 191 0.39 934
8 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 38 0.31 941
9 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0186 SUNRISE FL TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.28 863
10 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.27 786
11 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1  L: NEW YORK/CLEVELAND G5 NBA-TV 6:55 PM 154 0.20 595
12 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.17 475
13 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:21 AM 69 0.17 415
14 DR. PIMPLE POPPER TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.17 1,198
15 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.15 570
16 VANDERPUMP RULES BRAVO 7:59 PM 61 0.14 419
17 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 463
18 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.13 442
19 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.13 525
20 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.13 342
21 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF) LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 93 0.12 775
22 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.11 502
23 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:30 AM 60 0.11 279
24 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 355
25 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.11 416
26 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:32 PM 30 0.10 903
27 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.10 338
28 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.10 576
29 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 90 0.10 329
30 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:02 PM 30 0.10 856
31 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 275
32 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.10 1,327
33 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 238
34 NHL PLAYOFFS            L ESPN2 9:47 PM 33 0.09 284
35 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:30 PM 30 0.09 327
36 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.09 2,626
37 PAWN STARS HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.09 608
38 AEW: ALL ACCESS TBS NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.09 299
39 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.09 1,337
40 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.09 1,308
41 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 1,377
42 NBA PO POSTGAME SHOW NBA-TV 12:40 AM 50 0.09 204
43 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.09 1,586
44 MS. PAT SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 465
45 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.08 1,704
46 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.08 698
47 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,821
48 DR. PIMPLE POPPER:POP UPS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 673
49 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.08 289
50 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 1,327
51 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.08 592
52 HERD L: 2004 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.08 168
53 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.08 643
54 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,567
55 UNDISPUTED L: 1676 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 177
56 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.07 921
57 SPLIT SECOND GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.07 508
58 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 1,326
59 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.07 720
60 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.07 1,328
61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.07 1,259
62 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.07 1,558
63 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.07 560
64 MAFS: AFTERPARTY LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:33 PM 30 0.07 548
65 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.07 560
66 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 1,203
67 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 1,448
68 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 9:30 PM 30 0.06 239
69 CNN PRIMETIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.06 549
70 HOME IN A HEARTBEAT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:01 PM 61 0.06 580
71 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.06 1,009
72 FOX NEWS TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.06 1,332
73 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.06 1,167
74 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.06 487
75 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.06 1,525
76 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.06 1,110
77 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 9:00 PM 30 0.06 227
78 I LOVE US BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.06 310
79 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.06 508
80 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.06 1,133
81 DAVE FXX 10:00 PM 52 0.06 105
82 GROWING BELUSHI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 62 0.06 424
83 SWITCH GSN 7:00 PM 30 0.06 499
84 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.06 346
85 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.05 1,083
86 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS MSNBC 2:19 PM 41 0.05 739
87 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QU COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.05 184
88 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.05 144
89 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.05 173
90 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS MSNBC 1:00 PM 43 0.05 786
91 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 342
92 FIRST THINGS FIRST L FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 90 0.05 117
93 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 764
94 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN31 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.05 197
95 MOONSHINERS: AMERICAN SPI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.05 468
96 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.05 830
97 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 500
98 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.05 766
99 BREAKFAST CLUB, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 AM 60 0.05 113
100 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.05 680
101 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 899
102 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 1:43 PM 36 0.04 699
103 TEXAS METAL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.04 271
104 ANA CABRERA REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 737
105 CONCACAF LC – L: SF: PHILADELPHIA UNION / LAFC TUDN 9:00 PM 124 0.04 110
106 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.04 531
107 TEXAS METALS LOUD LIFTED MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.04 208
108 DIGMAN! COMEDY CENTRAL 10:00 PM 30 0.04 118
109 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 632
110 NBA  TODAY ESPN2 4:00 PM 60 0.04 97
111 DRUG LORDS: THE TAKEDOWN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.04 152
112 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.04 330
113 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.04 408
114 LA LIGA    L: RAYO VALLECANO/FC BARCELONA ESPN DEPORTES 3:55 PM 127 0.04 108
115 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 11:04 PM 56 0.04 65
116 MAFS: UK LIFETIME TELEVISION 7:00 PM 60 0.04 196
117 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 979
118 CONCACAF CHAMP LEAGUE L: SF1:PHILADELPHIA UNION/LAFC FOX SPORTS 1 9:00 PM 125 0.04 113
119 SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 30 0.04 74
120 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 194
121 SPEAK-S-L FOX SPORTS 1 4:30 PM 90 0.03 90
122 THIS JUST IN ESPN2 3:00 PM 30 0.03 90
123 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.03 500
124 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: SD AT CHC/WAS AT NYM MLB NETWORK 7:39 PM 168 0.03 192
125 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.03 505
126 CNN THIS MORNING CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 273
127 GET UP: N/A ESPN2 10:00 AM 120 0.03 95
128 MAFS: COUPLES COUCH LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.03 273
129 NASCAR RACE HUB L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 60 0.03 127
130 XFL ORIGINAL CONTENT ESPN2 3:30 PM 30 0.03 77
131 MAFS: UK LIFETIME TELEVISION 6:00 PM 60 0.03 194
132 HIGH SCIENCE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:03 PM 30 0.03 180
133 CNN NEWS CENTRAL CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.03 460
134 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: STL AT SF MLB NETWORK 10:27 PM 131 0.03 118
135 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 3:00 PM 60 0.03 85
136 NFL NOW NFL NETWORK 2:00 PM 60 0.03 96
137 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.03 109
138 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:00 AM 60 0.03 49
139 SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE FREEFORM 10:30 PM 30 0.03 52
140 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 180 0.03 178
141 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.03 63
142 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 122
143 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.02 181
144 NHL THE POINT L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.02 47
145 GREG KELLY REPORTS NEWSMAX TV 10:00 PM 60 0.02 420
146 PRIME NEWS NEWSMAX TV 9:00 PM 60 0.02 325
147 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.02 94
148 NBA PO PREGAME SHOW NBA-TV 6:00 PM 55 0.02 77
149 PATRICK STAR SHOW NICKELODEON 5:00 PM 30 0.02 107
150 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 81 0.02 80

 

 

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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.