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September 29, 2022
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 9.28.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

 

BROADCAST FINALS

ABC:  THE CONNERS slipped 0.02 to 0.51, THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.08 to 0.36, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY fell 0.11 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.08 to 0.30.  BIG SKY slid 0.07 to 0.19.

CBS:  SURVIVOR lost 0.13 to 0.66, and THE AMAZING RACE was down 0.08 to 0.38.

NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise had MED down 0.04 to 0.66, FIRE down a tick to 0.68, and PD also down a tick to 0.66.

FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.03 to 0.66, and LEGO MASTERS was steady at 0.36.

CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.05/0.05.

TELEMUNDO:  After a movie at 0.19, FUEGO DEL DESTINO dropped 0.05 to 0.17, and INFIEL was down 0.06 to 0.17.

UNIVISION:  HERENCIA LEGADO shed 0.05 to 0.38, and RICOS TAMBIEN was at 0.34.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Weather Channel’s coverage of Hurricane Ian had all of Wednesday’s Top 8 cable shows, peaking in the 5PM hour at 0.47.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.37/0.52/3.5M, with CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.26/0.38/1.5M, and MSNBC’s REIDOUT at 0.12/1.3M.  TBS’s AEW: DYNAMITE ticked down to 0.34.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS edged up 0.02 to 0.34, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY was at 0.26.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT was up 0.02 to 0.14.  On ID, DISAPPEARED ticked up to 0.10, and IN PURSUIT was up a tick to 0.09.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER was at 0.09/0.09 compared to last week’s 0.12, and BAD HAIR DAY was down 0.05 to 0.06.  FXX’s ARCHER ticked down to 0.09.  On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS dropped 0.03 to 0.08, and FARMHOUSE FIXER was down 0.03 to 0.07.  On BET, THE BLACK HAMPTONS ticked down to 0.08 (plus 0.01/52K via BET Her simulcast), and HAUS OF VICIOUS was down 0.02 to 0.08 (plus 0.01/56K).  On Food Network, GUY’S ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT shed 0.02 to 0.08, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES was at 0.08.  On Discovery, TALES FROM THE EXPLORERS CLUB was steady at 0.08, and MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP was down 0.03 to 0.05.  FX’s WELCOME TO WREXHAM was at 0.07/0.05 compared to last week’s 0.08.  The season finale of Syfy’s RESIDENT ALIEN was at 0.07, up 0.02 from last week, and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale. 

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday September 28, 2022 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 STORM CENTER THE WEATHER CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.47 2,902
2 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.43 2,935
3 STORM CENTER THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.43 2,486
4 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.41 2,803
5 STORM CENTER THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.41 2,238
6 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.40 2,568
7 WEATHER UNDERGROUND THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.37 2,422
8 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.37 3,530
9 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0156 PHILADELPHIA PA TBS NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.34 990
10 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.34 1,581
11 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.34 1,879
12 STORM CENTER THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.34 2,026
13 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.34 1,128
14 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.33 2,289
15 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.29 3,028
16 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.28 2,127
17 JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.27 3,003
18 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.26 1,535
19 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SLC BRAVO 9:00 PM 62 0.26 685
20 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.23 1,112
21 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.23 1,372
22 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.23 1,785
23 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.23 1,370
24 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.22 1,871
25 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 3,344
26 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.21 1,515
27 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,725
28 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,449
29 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.20 1,221
30 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.18 2,246
31 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,425
32 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.18 2,172
33 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.18 1,086
34 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:02 PM 30 0.18 401
35 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,218
36 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.17 1,297
37 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.17 2,204
38 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.16 1,394
39 AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 2,022
40 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.15 796
41 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 1,437
42 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,500
43 MARRIED AT FIRST ST (LIF): UGLY TRUTH, THE 1513 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.14 807
44 FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.14 1,896
45 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 386
46 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,907
47 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.14 575
48 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,109
49 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.14 1,515
50 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 14 0.13 385
51 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,143
52 DON LEMON TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 759
53 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 11:00 PM 60 0.13 369
54 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.13 330
55 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.13 2,003
56 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,839
57 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 269
58 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.12 1,791
59 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: NYY AT TOR/ATL AT WAS MLB NETWORK 7:08 PM 202 0.12 580
60 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.12 579
61 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,081
62 REIDOUT MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.12 1,293
63 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 832
64 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.11 429
65 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.11 254
66 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 252
67 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.11 238
68 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.10 317
69 DISAPPEARED INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.10 465
70 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 688
71 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.10 1,299
72 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 12:00 AM 60 0.09 597
73 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: THIS I TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.09 813
74 AMERICA?S MORNING HEADQUA THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 692
75 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 319
76 WEATHER CHANNEL LIVE THE WEATHER CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.09 436
77 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 AM 60 0.09 883
78 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 9:06 PM 59 0.09 246
79 IN PURSUIT W/ JOHN WALSH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.09 413
80 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.09 1,425
81 ARCHER FXX FXX 10:00 PM 33 0.09 223
82 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: N/A MSNBC 4:00 PM 120 0.09 1,483
83 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 10:05 PM 55 0.09 235
84 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: THIS I TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.09 605
85 DAILY SHOW – SUS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:30 PM 15 0.08 306
86 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.08 903
87 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 8:06 PM 30 0.08 211
88 BLACK HAMPTONS, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 60 0.08 380
89 HAUS OF VICIOUS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 PM 60 0.08 375
90 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 1,214
91 THIS JUST IN  L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 223
92 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 1,416
93 GUYS ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.08 456
94 NFL GREATEST GAMES ESPN 8:36 PM 30 0.08 214
95 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.08 1,249
96 UNDISPUTED L: 1530 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 176
97 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.08 486
98 TALES FROM EXPLORERS CLUB DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.08 652
99 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 4:00 PM 60 0.08 274
100 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 561
101 FARMHOUSE FIXER HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.07 892
102 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 10:00 PM 34 0.07 206
103 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 1:00 AM 60 0.07 492
104 NFL LIVE ESPN2 5:00 PM 60 0.07 152
105 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.07 1,326
106 HURRICANE IAN COVERAGE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 AM 60 0.07 655
107 CHALLENGE: UNTOLD HISTORY MTV 8:00 PM 60 0.07 152
108 RESIDENT ALIEN SYFY 10:00 PM 61 0.07 550
109 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 7:00 PM 60 0.07 274
110 JAY LENOS GARAGE CNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.07 259
111 KATY TUR REPORTS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 1,068
112 BAD HAIR DAY TLC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 526
113 GROWING UP CHRISLEY E! 9:00 PM 30 0.06 267
114 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.06 387
115 NBA TODAY L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.06 193
116 PAWN STARS HISTORY 10:05 PM 58 0.06 349
117 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.06 984
118 PAWN STARS HISTORY 8:00 PM 60 0.06 405
119 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 946
120 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.06 943
121 CHALLENGE: UNTOLD HISTORY MTV 9:00 PM 60 0.05 115
122 MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:01 PM 62 0.05 481
123 BABY SHARK?S BIG SHOW! NICKELODEON 11:00 AM 30 0.05 176
124 FF MOVIE: HOW TO TRAIN/DRAGON 2 FREEFORM 6:30 PM 120 0.05 190
125 WELCOME TO WREXHAM FX 10:34 PM 35 0.05 147
126 IRON RESURRECTION MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 353
127 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: PIXELS PARAMOUNT 10:30 PM 150 0.05 165
128 HURRICANE IAN COVERAGE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 AM 60 0.05 507
129 THESE WOODS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.05 306
130 HERD L: 1860 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 116
131 FULL GAME BROADCAST: 2022 WK 3 BUF VS. MIA NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 180 0.05 198
132 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.05 937
133 JALEN & JACOBY ESPN2 4:00 PM 30 0.05 100
134 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 165
135 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 339
136 AMERICA SAYS GSN 7:30 PM 30 0.04 253
137 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.04 880
138 RIDE OF YOUR LIFE WITH CH MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.04 252
139 THIS JUST IN ESPN2 3:00 PM 60 0.04 84
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 193
141 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLBT PRIME MLB NETWORK 10:30 PM 122 0.04 186
142 NFL FANTASY LIVE NFL NETWORK 6:00 PM 60 0.04 149
143 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE MSNBC 12:00 AM 60 0.04 585
144 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.04 840
145 MORNING JOE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.04 996
146 NFL TOTAL ACCESS NFL NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.04 140
147 VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE 11:00 PM 60 0.04 96
148 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE   L ESPN2 4:30 PM 30 0.04 72
149 EARLY TODAY – MSNBC MSNBC 2:00 AM 60 0.04 340
150 DAILY WAGER   L ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 91

 

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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.