Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 5/12/22. Items of note include NBA Playoffs on ESPN, Top Chef on Bravo, and NHL Playoffs on TNT.
(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.) |
| NBA Playoffs: Suns v. Mavericks | ESPN | 1.60 | 4.53 |
| NBA Playoffs: Heat v. 76ers | ESPN | 1.25 | 3.74 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.56 | 1.53 |
| NBA Courtside | ESPN | 0.40 | 1.27 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.32 | 0.79 |
| NHL Playoffs: Maple Leafs v. Lightning | TNT | 0.27 | 0.81 |
| NHL Playoffs: Hurricanes v. Bruins | TNT | 0.25 | 0.78 |
| NHL Playoffs: Oilers v. Kings | TBS | 0.23 | 0.51 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.22 | 3.10 |
| NBA Pre-Game | ESPN | 0.21 | 0.68 |
| NHL Playoffs: Wild v. Blues | TNT | 0.20 | 0.51 |
| Tucker Carlson Tonight | Fox News | 0.20 | 2.96 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.18 | 2.68 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.18 | 1.95 |
| Top Chef | Bravo | 0.18 | 0.69 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.18 | 2.16 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.17 | 2.24 |
| Pardon the Interruption | ESPN | 0.16 | 0.62 |
| Liga MX Quarter-Final | TUDN | 0.16 | 0.41 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.16 | 0.49 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.16 | 1.05 |
| Siesta Key | MTV | 0.14 | 0.28 |
| House Hunters International | HGTV | 0.14 | 1.06 |
| Windy City Rehab | HGTV | 0.14 | 0.90 |
| Beat Bobby Flay | Food | 0.14 | 0.74 |
| Premier League | USA | 0.13 | 0.41 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.43 |
| Restaurant Impossible | Food | 0.13 | 0.81 |
| Swamp People | History | 0.13 | 1.01 |
| Around the Horn | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.41 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.12 | 2.35 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.32 |
| NHL Playoffs Postgame | TBS | 0.11 | 0.21 |
| Fut-Est-Chiva-R-Tel-Unvso | Universo | 0.11 | 0.27 |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.46 |
| Fox News @ Night | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.12 |
| Marriage Boot Camp | WE | 0.10 | 0.32 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.66 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.11 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.10 | 0.59 |
| Atlanta | FX | 0.10 | 0.23 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.65 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.66 |
| The Story | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.42 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.40 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.31 |
| Contacto Deportivo | TUDN | 0.09 | 0.19 |
| This Just In | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.23 |
| Inside Politics | CNN | 0.09 | 0.56 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.09 | 0.59 |
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| The Daily Show | Comedy Central | 0.08 | 0.33 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.01 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.06 | 0.82 |
| Don Lemon Tonight | CNN | 0.06 | 0.40 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.15 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.30 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.11 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.04 | 0.81 |
