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May 26, 2022
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 5.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS:  THE GREAT AMERICAN TAG SALE was at 0.35, and THE AMERICAN RESCUE DOG SHOW was at 0.25.

CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.79, down 0.13 from last week and down two-tenths from the December 2021 finale (however, in December it was presented as a 2-hour finale and separate lower-rated reunion special, rather than as a single 3-hour show). 

NBC:  On season finale night, CHICAGO MED was at 0.67 (up 0.04 from last week and down 0.17 from last season’s finale), CHICAGO FIRE was at 0.80 (up 0.11 from last week and down a tenth from last season), and CHICAGO PD was at 0.74 (up 0.09 from last week and down 0.11 from last season).

FOX:  The season premiere of MASTERCHEF was at 0.34, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE dropped 0.09 to 0.25.

CW:  THE FLASH lost 0.03 to 0.09, and KUNG FU was down 0.02 to 0.06. 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’S NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 2.25.  TNT’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.47.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE gained 0.02 to 0.35.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS edged up 0.02 to 0.29.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.26/0.43/3.2M, with CNN NEWSROOM at 0.18/0.23/1.1M, and MSNBC’s 11TH HOUR at 0.09/800K.  On TLC, MY FEET ARE KILLING ME rose 0.03 to 0.16, and SAVE MY SKIN was up 0.04 to 0.14.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT dropped 0.05 to 0.16.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was at 0.13.  On Discovery, EXPEDITION UNKNOWN was at 0.12, EXPEDITION X was at 0.08, and JOSH GATES TONIGHT was at 0.07.  On USA, TEMPTATION ISLAND was at 0.11/0.10 compared to last week’s 0.11, and THE COURTSHIP was at 0.04.  On ID, SEE NO EVIL ticked down to 0.11, and I WENT UNDERCOVER was down 0.02 to 0.07.  History’s FORGED IN FIRE was at 0.11.  On HGTV, BUY IT OR BUILD IT lost 0.02 to 0.10, and HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.08/0.07 compared to last week’s 0.14/0/12.  On BET, THE MS PAT SHOW ticked down to 0.09 (plus 0.01/89K via BET Her simulcast, and ASSISTED LIVING was down 0.03 to 0.07 (plus zero/65K). 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 25, 2022 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF FNLS  L: BOSTON/MIAMI ESPN 8:36 PM 152 2.25 6,422
2 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:08 PM 52 0.94 2,467
3 NHL PLAYOFFS – SEMIFNLS L: ST LOUIS/COLORADO TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:10 PM 185 0.47 1,394
4 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.44 1,114
5 NBA PRE-GAME    L ESPN 7:30 PM 60 0.42 1,271
6 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0138 LAS VEGAS NV TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.35 929
7 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 61 0.29 985
8 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.27 682
9 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.26 3,180
10 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.20 2,803
11 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 3,361
12 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.20 2,571
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.19 2,136
14 GUTFELD! FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.19 2,149
15 NHL PLAYOFFS POSTGAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:15 PM 34 0.19 509
16 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 1,065
17 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.17 627
18 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 935
19 MY FEET ARE KILLING ME TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.16 933
20 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.16 2,443
21 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,020
22 MAFS (LIF) REUNION: BOSTON REUNION, PART 2 1419 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.16 923
23 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.16 1,737
24 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.16 998
25 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.16 404
26 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 30 0.15 444
27 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.15 950
28 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.15 977
29 SAVE MY SKIN TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.14 749
30 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 424
31 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,754
32 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,651
33 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 786
34 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 877
35 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,665
36 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,791
37 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.13 1,781
38 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.13 687
39 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,808
40 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 886
41 EXPEDITION UNKNOWN DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 68 0.12 1,152
42 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.12 1,177
43 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,626
44 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,587
45 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 316
46 NHL PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 7:30 PM 40 0.12 395
47 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 837
48 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.12 1,613
49 TEMPTATION ISLAND USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.11 333
50 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 732
51 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.11 826
52 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.11 632
53 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.11 530
54 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.11 372
55 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 303
56 BUY IT OR BUILD IT HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.10 722
57 TEMPTATION ISLAND USA NETWORK 10:01 PM 90 0.10 266
58 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.10 330
59 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: THIS I TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 651
60 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.10 646
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 281
62 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 628
63 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.10 1,223
64 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.09 695
65 MS. PAT SHOW, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 525
66 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.09 432
67 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN26 MTV 8:00 PM 30 0.09 326
68 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.09 799
69 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN26 MTV 9:30 PM 30 0.09 236
70 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN26 MTV 9:00 PM 30 0.09 240
71 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.09 249
72 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.09 812
73 HOUSE OF PAYNE (2020) BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 30 0.08 379
74 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN26 MTV 8:30 PM 30 0.08 292
75 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.08 1,277
76 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.08 792
77 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 1,088
78 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.08 260
79 EXPEDITION X DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:08 PM 61 0.08 981
80 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 522
81 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.07 714
82 ASSISTED LIVING BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 PM 30 0.07 417
83 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 1,043
84 FORGED IN FIRE: BEST OF HISTORY 10:03 PM 60 0.07 362
85 JOSH GATES TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:09 PM 60 0.07 616
86 I WENT UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.07 514
87 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.07 1,030
88 UNDISPUTED L: 1440 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.07 152
89 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.06 449
90 MSNBC PRIME MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.06 1,031
91 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.06 267
92 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.06 1,039
93 NICK NEWS NEW NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 30 0.06 246
94 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 168
95 TEXAS METAL MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.06 395
96 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:30 PM 30 0.05 960
97 NIGHTLY POP E! 11:30 PM 30 0.05 210
98 CATCH SMUGGLER ROME COMP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.05 330
99 BBCA MOVIE: SICARIO BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 165 0.05 234
100 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 1:31 PM 59 0.05 864
101 MTP DAILY MSNBC 1:00 PM 31 0.05 861
102 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD: 1055 HALLOWEEN PARTY, THE OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 120 0.05 321
103 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.05 940
104 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.05 795
105 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.05 271
106 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.04 914
107 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.04 305
108 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 948
109 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: BAL AT NYY/PHI AT ATL MLB NETWORK 7:09 PM 189 0.04 261
110 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.04 671
111 COURTSHIP: 112 COMMITMENT OF A LIFETIME USA NETWORK 11:33 PM 120 0.04 119
112 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 803
113 POCOYO THE CARTOON NETWORK 8:00 AM 20 0.04 99
114 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 374
115 NBA PLAYOFFS-CONF FNLS  L: BOSTON/MIAMI ESPN DEPORTES 8:30 PM 156 0.04 88
116 NASCAR RACE HUB L FOX SPORTS 1 6:00 PM 60 0.04 145
117 E! NEWS: DAILY POP I E! 11:00 AM 60 0.04 116
118 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF L: 1383 FOX SPORTS 1 3:00 PM 120 0.03 70
119 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.03 223
120 CLOSING BELL CNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.03 214
121 AMERICA SAYS GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.03 324
122 FIRST TAKE: N/A ESPN2 12:00 PM 120 0.03 95
123 UFO HUNTERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.03 116
124 HLN SPECIAL REPORT HLN 10:00 PM 60 0.03 178
125 TEEN TITANS GO THE CARTOON NETWORK 6:00 PM 15 0.03 112
126 PRIME BASEBALL GAME/JIP: TEX AT LAA/BOS AT CWS MLB NETWORK 10:18 PM 132 0.03 135
127 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.03 222
128 UFO HUNTERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.03 149
129 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.03 85
130 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.03 148
131 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.03 222
132 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.03 367
133 MLB TONIGHT BP MLB NETWORK 6:30 PM 39 0.03 141
134 HERD L: 1759 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.03 92
135 GRAVEYARD CARZ MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.03 263
136 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.03 170
137 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: NYM AT SF/LAD AT WAS MLB NETWORK 3:57 PM 153 0.03 134
138 DEEP END, THE FREEFORM 10:00 PM 60 0.03 71
139 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO L TUDN 10:00 PM 60 0.02 61
140 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.02 205
141 VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE 11:00 PM 60 0.02 75
142 COLLEGE CENTRAL GOLF CHANNEL 4:30 PM 28 0.02 144
143 CHAIN REACTION (GSN) GSN 5:00 PM 30 0.02 399
144 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.02 50
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.02 152
146 MAFS: AUSTRALIA LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 58 0.02 278
147 ROLAND GARROS: ROLAND GAR ATPWTA:MR2 NADR/MOUC TENNIS CHANNEL 2:57 PM 148 0.02 205
148 TECHCHECK CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.02 182
149 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.02 189
150 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 7:00 PM 60 0.02 97

 

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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."