Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 4/28/22. Items of note include NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network, Top Chef on Bravo, and Atlanta on FX.
(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)
Show | Network | 18-49 Viewers | Viewers (mil.) |
| NFL Draft: Round 1 | ESPN | 1.60 | 4.45 |
| NBA Playoffs: Mavericks v. Jazz | TNT | 1.15 | 3.21 |
| NBA Playoffs: Suns v. Pelicans | TNT | 0.79 | 2.65 |
| NFL Draft: Round 1 | NFL | 0.69 | 1.78 |
| Inside the NBA Playoffs | TNT | 0.50 | 1.38 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.50 | 1.37 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.41 | 1.09 |
| Top Chef | Bravo | 0.24 | 0.73 |
| Tucker Carlson Tonight | Fox News | 0.23 | 3.07 |
| NBA Playoffs: 76ers v. Raptors | NBA | 0.22 | 0.63 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.21 | 3.35 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.19 | 0.53 |
| College Gameday | ESPN | 0.17 | 0.49 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.17 | 2.54 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.16 | 2.52 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.16 | 2.08 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.16 | 2.51 |
| NBA Pre-Game | TNT | 0.16 | 0.61 |
| NFL Total Access | NFL | 0.16 | 0.45 |
| Windy City Rehab | HGTV | 0.15 | 0.97 |
| House Hunters International | HGTV | 0.15 | 1.06 |
| Restaurant Impossible | Food | 0.15 | 0.76 |
| Rat in the Kitchen | TBS | 0.14 | 0.50 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.14 | 2.46 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.14 | 1.03 |
| Beat Bobby Flay | Food | 0.13 | 0.59 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.12 | 1.75 |
| The Faulkner Focus | Fox News | 0.12 | 1.82 |
| Nightwatch | A&E | 0.12 | 0.62 |
| Outnumbered | Fox News | 0.12 | 1.85 |
| Marriage Boot Camp | WE | 0.12 | 0.30 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.12 | 1.79 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.37 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.59 |
| NFL Draft Kickoff | NFL | 0.10 | 0.29 |
| President Biden Speech | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.79 |
| Siesta Key | MTV | 0.10 | 0.23 |
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | CNN | 0.10 | 0.67 |
| Premier League | USA | 0.10 | 0.34 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.10 | 0.67 |
| The Rachel Maddow Show | MSNBC | 0.10 | 1.06 |
| A Time To Kill | ID | 0.10 | 0.55 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.31 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.34 |
| NFL Live | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.32 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.39 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.10 | 0.70 |
| This Just In | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.25 |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.49 |
| Highlights Below the Chart: | |||
| Don Lemon Tonight | CNN | 0.09 | 0.60 |
| The Daily Show | Comedy Central | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.07 | 0.70 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.01 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.15 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.06 | 0.85 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.42 |
| Atlanta | FX | 0.04 | 0.15 |
| Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS | 0.04 | 0.23 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.04 | 1.13 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.03 | 0.84 |
