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April 23, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.22.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and SEAL TEAM lost the same.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.58, and RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.19.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s THE STORY at 0.57/0.88/4.6M, with CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.35/0.51/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.25/0.39/2.9M.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS was steady at 0.44, and SUMMER HOUSE was down 0.03 to 0.24.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW ticked up to 0.37.  On Lifetime, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT ticked down to 0.34, and BRIDE & PREJUDICE was up 0.02 to 0.09.  On Food Network, GUY’S GROCERY GAMES edged up 0.02 to 0.33.  TBS’s FULL FRONTAL rose 0.05 to 0.30.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS slipped 0.02 to 0.29, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL shed 0.03 to 0.20, and HOUSE HUNTERS was down 0.03 to 0.20.  On History, FORGED IN FIRE gained 0.02 to 0.29, and EATING HISTORY was up 0.03 to 0.19.  TLC’s MY 600-LB LIFE held at 0.28.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING was steady at 0.25.  FX’s WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS was at 0.22, compared to last week’s 0.22/0.17.  On ID, DEADLY RECALL ticked down to 0.22, and SEE NO EVIL was down 0.04 to 0.17.  USA’s WWE NXT ticked up to 0.18.  On Discovery, EXPEDITION UNKNOWN was at 0.17, and GREAT GLOBAL CLEAN-UP was at 0.10.  Comedy Central’s CRANK YANKERS ticked up to 0.17.  On A&E, CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES gained 0.03 to 0.17, and GHOST HUNTERS was at 0.13/0.08 compared to last week’s 0.13/0.07.  FXX’s DAVE shrank by 0.03 to 0.13.  Freeform’s MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM gained 0.02 to 0.11.  BET’s SAVING OUR SELVES was at 0.10, simulcast on VH1 at 0.07, on BET Her at 0.02/40K, and on MTV2 at 0.01/17K.  IFC’s BROCKMIRE ticked up to 0.04.  Sundance’s LIAR lost a tick to 0.01/101K

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday April 22, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 CHALLENGE: TOTAL MADNESS MTV 8:00 PM 91 0.58 1,017
2 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.57 4,617
3 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.55 4,915
4 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.47 4,510
5 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.45 4,302
6 REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 0.44 1,354
7 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.39 4,206
8 BLACK INK CREW 8B VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.37 776
9 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.35 2,042
10 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.35 2,540
11 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.34 1,971
12 MAFS (LIF) REUNION: FINALE REUNION 1017 LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 123 0.34 1,323
13 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.34 3,676
14 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.33 2,189
15 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.33 1,020
16 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.31 1,954
17 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.30 887
18 FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE TBS NETWORK 10:30 PM 30 0.30 871
19 PROPERTY BROS:FOREVER HOM HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 61 0.29 1,516
20 FORGED IN FIRE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.29 1,026
21 MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.28 1,049
22 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.28 1,901
23 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.27 2,151
24 AEW: ALL ELITE WRESTLING: DYNAMITE 0029 PHILADELPHIA PA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 120 0.25 731
25 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.25 2,948
26 SUMMER HOUSE BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.24 655
27 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.24 1,609
28 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.23 1,471
29 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.23 1,924
30 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.23 1,575
31 PB FH: REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 60 0.22 1,008
32 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.22 1,641
33 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.22 1,605
34 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.22 1,291
35 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS FX 10:00 PM 34 0.22 566
36 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 6:10 PM 99 0.22 1,716
37 DEADLY RECALL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.22 919
38 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 7:49 PM 11 0.22 1,929
39 BILL HEMMER REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.21 2,044
40 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.21 2,126
41 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:31 PM 30 0.20 1,269
42 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:01 PM 30 0.20 1,297
43 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 1,487
44 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.19 435
45 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 33 0.19 689
46 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.19 2,053
47 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17 MTV 10:00 PM 31 0.19 393
48 EATING HISTORY HISTORY 10:03 PM 30 0.19 570
49 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.19 2,128
50 WWE NXT: WWE NXT USA NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.18 665
51 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.18 2,102
52 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.18 2,097
53 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.18 1,914
54 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.18 2,203
55 FORGED IN FIRE AC HISTORY 8:00 PM 58 0.17 610
56 EXP UNKNOWN: TONIGHT DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.17 833
57 SEE NO EVIL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.17 814
58 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.17 2,072
59 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,899
60 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.16 1,232
61 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.16 1,448
62 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.16 2,087
63 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 70 0.16 1,847
64 CRANK YANKERS COMEDY CENTRAL 10:30 PM 30 0.15 272
65 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.14 371
66 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 2,015
67 CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.13 538
68 IMPOSSIBLE CROC RESCUE DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 61 0.13 685
69 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,423
70 DAVE FXX 10:00 PM 37 0.13 237
71 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,205
72 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.13 1,663
73 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.13 458
74 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 10:00 PM 30 0.12 435
75 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.12 1,212
76 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 312
77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 1,053
78 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 36 0.11 1,278
79 SPORTSCENTER AFT    L ESPN 4:30 PM 90 0.11 307
80 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.11 1,296
81 MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM FREEFORM 9:00 PM 60 0.11 324
82 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE MSNBC 11:36 AM 42 0.11 1,400
83 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.11 291
84 BORN WILD: NEXT GENERATIO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.10 788
85 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.10 1,377
86 MSNBC LIVE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.10 1,244
87 SAVING OUR SELVES: SAVING OUR SELVES PREM BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 PM 126 0.10 414
88 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.10 802
89 GREAT GLOBAL CLEAN UP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:01 PM 60 0.10 381
90 TRUE TERROR WITH ROBERT E TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.10 370
91 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:18 PM 42 0.10 1,340
92 GHOST NATION: THIT-202H TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 120 0.09 450
93 SAVING OUR SELVES: SAVING OUR SELVES ENC1 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:06 PM 126 0.09 343
94 FAST MONEY HALFTIME RPRT CNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.09 481
95 MEGA MACHINES: SCIENCE 9:00 PM 60 0.09 340
96 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:00 AM 60 0.09 268
97 BRIDE & PREJUDICE: F. L. LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:03 PM 60 0.09 433
98 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.09 348
99 JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE: JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 123 0.09 492
100 EXCHANGE, THE CNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 416
101 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 58 0.08 238
102 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 2:00 PM 60 0.08 251
103 SQUAWK ON THE STREET: N/A CNBC 9:00 AM 120 0.08 375
104 SQUAWK ALLEY CNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 396
105 POWER LUNCH CNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.07 372
106 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.07 210
107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.07 633
108 SAVING OUR SELVES: SAVING OUR SELVES ENC1 VH1 10:06 PM 127 0.07 202
109 BORN WILD: NEXT GENERATIO DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.07 308
110 SEA MONSTERS SCIENCE 10:00 PM 60 0.07 310
111 NBA: THE JUMP ESPN 3:00 PM 30 0.07 196
112 DISNEY NATURE PENGUINS DISNEY CHANNEL 5:11 PM 82 0.07 241
113 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.07 273
114 CLOSING BELL: N/A CNBC 3:00 PM 120 0.07 359
115 DISNEY NATURE MONKEY KING DISNEY CHANNEL 3:44 PM 87 0.06 252
116 BF DELICIOUS DESTINATION COOKING CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.06 154
117 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.06 536
118 BLIND DATE BRAVO 12:00 AM 30 0.06 206
119 BLACK AMERICAS FIGHT BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 7:00 PM 60 0.06 219
120 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 9:00 PM 60 0.06 194
121 DJS MOCK DRAFT NFL NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.06 218
122 STORY OF PLASTIC: N/A DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2:00 PM 120 0.05 229
123 BLIND DATE BRAVO 11:30 PM 30 0.05 210
124 SALVAGE HUNTERS: CLASSIC MOTOR TREND 9:00 PM 60 0.05 227
125 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 8:00 PM 60 0.05 186
126 MASTER MINDS GSN 4:00 PM 30 0.05 571
127 SPORTSCENTER AM ESPN2 2:00 PM 60 0.05 108
128 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 1:00 PM 60 0.05 179
129 FAST MONEY CNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.05 257
130 VINTAGE VOLTAGE MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 60 0.05 199
131 NFL DRAFT: 2014 NFL DRAFT: ROUND 1 ESPN2 8:00 PM 210 0.05 132
132 MAD MONEY CNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.05 259
133 MAFS (LIF) REUNION: FINALE REUNION 1017 LIFETIME TELEVISION 12:01 AM 123 0.05 209
134 SP BEHIND BUILD SMART HOM DIY NETWORK 7:00 PM 60 0.05 128
135 BORN WILD: NEXT GENERATIO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 11:03 PM 60 0.04 227
136 PATH TO THE DRAFT NFL NETWORK 8:00 PM 30 0.04 151
137 BORN WILD: NEXT GENERATIO NAT GEO WILD 8:00 PM 60 0.04 341
138 NFL LIVE ESPN2 6:00 PM 60 0.04 130
139 JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE: JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE NAT GEO WILD 9:00 PM 120 0.04 246
140 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.04 202
141 BIG FAT WEDDING WALK, THE LIFETIME TELEVISION 11:03 PM 58 0.04 211
142 GALAPAGOS: GALAPAGOS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 180 0.04 241
143 ITS PERSONAL AMY HOGGART TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.04 81
144 BROCKMIRE IFC TV 10:00 PM 34 0.04 187
145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.04 229
146 GHOST HUNTERS A&E NETWORK 12:00 AM 58 0.04 128
147 CNBC SPECIAL REPORT CNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.04 149
148 JAY LENOS GARAGE SP CNBC 10:00 PM 64 0.04 229
149 DETAIL ESPN2 7:00 PM 60 0.04 107
150 FUNNY DANCE SHOW E! 11:00 PM 60 0.04 130

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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."