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April 28, 2022
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  After reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.24/0.18, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was steady at 0.26.

CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.85, BEYOND THE EDGE also ticked down to 0.27, and GOOD SAM ticked up to 0.21.

NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.43/0.43.

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.04 to 0.67, and DOMINO MASTERS was down 0.02 to 0.31.

CW:  Returning from an off-week, THE FLASH lost 0.03 to 0.12, and KUNG FU was up 0.02 to 0.09.

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.37/0.97.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE lost 0.04 to 0.33.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY rose 0.05 to 0.27.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s THE FIVE at 0.25/0.42/3.5M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.12/0.19/2.2M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.11/0.14/700K.  TUDN’s CONCACAF match was at 0.22, and a Mexico/Guatemala match was at 0.19.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.16/0.15 compared to last week’s 0.14/0.14, and WHY THE HECK DID I BUY THIS HOUSE was up 0.04 to 0.14.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT dropped 0.03 to 0.14.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS was at 0.12/0.10 compared to last week’s 0.12/0.11.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.12/0.07 compared to last week’s 0.09/0.09.  On BET, THE MS PAT SHOW edged up 0.02 to 0.10 (plus zero/49K via BET Her simulcast), and ASSISTED LIVING was up 0.02 to 0.09 (plus 0.01/59K).  On USA, TEMPTATION ISLAND fell 0.04 to 0.09, and THE COURTSHIP ticked down to 0.04.  On ID, WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY ticked down to 0.07.  Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE was steady at 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 27, 2022 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: NUGGETS/WARRIORS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:58 PM 163 1.37 4,017
2 NBA PLAYOFFS- ROUND 1 L: BULLS/BUCKS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:31 PM 147 0.97 2,717
3 INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:41 AM 49 0.65 1,772
4 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0134 PHILADELPHIA PA TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.33 921
5 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.27 948
6 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.25 3,498
7 CONCACAF CHAMP LEAG WED: UNAM / SEATTLE SOUNDERS TUDN 10:30 PM 120 0.22 453
8 NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:00 PM 31 0.22 718
9 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.21 3,194
10 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,684
11 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,628
12 SELECCION NA?L MX WED: MEXICO / GUATEMALA TUDN 8:00 PM 150 0.19 449
13 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.19 2,854
14 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,423
15 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 2,106
16 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.16 1,215
17 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.15 1,171
18 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.14 586
19 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 34 0.14 1,621
20 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): ARE YOU IN, OR ARE YOU OUT? 1416 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.14 958
21 WHY THE HECK BUY HOUSE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 60 0.14 1,110
22 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,744
23 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 390
24 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,835
25 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.14 1,548
26 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 1,671
27 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:30 AM 30 0.13 258
28 MOONSHINERS: MASTER TOURN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 61 0.12 555
29 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.12 2,222
30 SPORTSCENTER PRIME    L ESPN 7:00 PM 30 0.12 312
31 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.12 1,380
32 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.12 542
33 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,112
34 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.11 1,875
35 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 339
36 DR. PIMPLE POPPER:POP UPS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.11 849
37 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 667
38 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.11 1,442
39 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.11 679
40 SR/BIDEN-ALBRIGHT FUNERAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:34 AM 13 0.11 1,290
41 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,571
42 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 399
43 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.10 379
44 MS. PAT SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.10 475
45 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,495
46 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.10 466
47 MOONSHINERS: AMERICAN SPI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.10 535
48 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.10 262
49 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:47 AM 13 0.10 1,258
50 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.10 405
51 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.09 254
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.09 770
53 FORGED IN FIRE: BEST OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.09 440
54 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.09 681
55 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 234
56 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 714
57 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.09 689
58 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.09 711
59 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.09 644
60 TEMPTATION ISLAND USA NETWORK 10:00 PM 72 0.09 246
61 NFL LIVE                L: DRAFT PREVIEW SPECIAL ESPN 7:30 PM 120 0.09 263
62 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.09 343
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 696
64 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.09 434
65 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.08 1,021
66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.08 690
67 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 12:03 AM 58 0.08 324
68 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 15 0.08 273
69 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.08 301
70 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.08 504
71 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.08 277
72 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 174
73 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN25 MTV 8:30 PM 31 0.07 224
74 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 1,249
75 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.07 575
76 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.07 632
77 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN25 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.07 212
78 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 639
79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.07 594
80 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.07 452
81 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.07 244
82 WHATS YOUR EMERGENCY INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.07 352
83 UNDISPUTED L: 1420 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 177
84 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.07 379
85 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 450
86 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.07 326
87 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.06 296
88 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 10:30 PM 60 0.06 233
89 DETRAS CRIMENES VIRALES DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 8:00 PM 30 0.06 156
90 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SF: LIVERPOOL FC / VILLARREAL CF TUDN 2:30 PM 150 0.06 177
91 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.06 138
92 SPORTSCENTER SPECIAL ESPN 9:30 PM 90 0.06 215
93 LA CASA DEL MAL DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 9:00 PM 60 0.06 178
94 CONCACAF CHAMP LEAGUE L: FIN 1: PUMAS UNAM/SEATTLE FOX SPORTS 1 10:25 PM 143 0.06 145
95 MOONSHINERS: AMERICAN SPI DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12:00 AM 61 0.05 164
96 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 451
97 NICK NEWS NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.05 139
98 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.05 158
99 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.05 943
100 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.05 1,527
101 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.05 394
102 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.05 1,051
103 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: NYM AT STL MLB NETWORK 1:15 PM 210 0.05 204
104 GOOD TROUBLE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.05 116
105 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BOS AT TOR/BAL AT NYY MLB NETWORK 7:08 PM 186 0.05 243
106 PORT PROTECTION ALASKA NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.05 207
107 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.05 156
108 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 58 0.04 361
109 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.04 1,077
110 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 836
111 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 1051 SECRETS IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 120 0.04 367
112 REVISTA PEOPLE INV: GUCCI DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 10:00 PM 60 0.04 145
113 COURTSHIP USA NETWORK 11:12 PM 60 0.04 105
114 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.04 1,146
115 HERD L: 1739 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.04 110
116 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 405
117 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.04 230
118 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN2 8:00 AM 60 0.04 82
119 GHOST ADV REPACK: TGA-9R2R01H TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 120 0.04 204
120 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1365 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.03 78
121 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 15 0.03 598
122 AFTERNOON BASEBALL/JIP MLB NETWORK 4:45 PM 93 0.03 201
123 PORT PROTECTION ALASKA NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 60 0.03 214
124 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE MSNBC 11:15 AM 105 0.03 730
125 POCOYO THE CARTOON NETWORK 7:30 AM 20 0.03 112
126 MISION EUROPA L TUDN 5:00 PM 60 0.03 78
127 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.03 264
128 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 7:00 PM 60 0.03 76
129 RESTORATION GARAGE MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 30 0.03 216
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 223
131 GREG KELLY REPORTS NEWSMAX TV 7:00 PM 60 0.03 334
132 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 1:00 AM 60 0.03 47
133 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.03 642
134 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.03 98
135 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.03 871
136 FIRST THINGS FIRST L: 1181 FOX SPORTS 1 7:30 AM 120 0.03 71
137 AMERICA SAYS GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.03 281
138 TECHCHECK CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.03 215
139 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.03 229
140 PORT PROTECTION ALASKA NAT GEO WILD 6:00 PM 60 0.03 159
141 LINEA DE CUATRO L TUDN 6:00 PM 60 0.03 54
142 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.03 80
143 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: CLE AT LAA/OAK AT SF MLB NETWORK 10:14 PM 157 0.03 136
144 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.02 90
145 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.02 638
146 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.02 412
147 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.02 200
148 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.02 659
149 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.02 68
150 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.02 647

 

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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."