Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 10/5/22. Items of note include Archer on FXX, the season premiere of Chucky on Syfy and USA, and AEW: Dynamite on TBS.
(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)
Show | Network | 18-49 Viewers | Viewers (mil.) |
| Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Bravo | 0.36 | 1.20 |
| All-Elite Wrestling: Dynamite | TBS | 0.33 | 1.04 |
| Real Housewives of Salt Lake City | Bravo | 0.27 | 0.67 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.26 | 3.64 |
| College Football: SMU v. UCF | ESPN2 | 0.23 | 0.87 |
| Tucker Carlson Tonight | Fox News | 0.20 | 3.01 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.20 | 3.01 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.20 | 2.65 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.18 | 0.43 |
| Watch What Happens Live | Bravo | 0.17 | 0.47 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.17 | 0.47 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.16 | 2.36 |
| Chucky | USA | 0.15 | 0.32 |
| Pardon the Interruption | ESPN | 0.15 | 0.61 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.14 | 2.41 |
| Chucky | Syfy | 0.14 | 0.36 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.14 | 0.33 |
| This Just In | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.33 |
| NBA Preseason: Suns v. Lakers | NBA | 0.13 | 0.32 |
| Married At First Sight | Lifetime | 0.13 | 0.76 |
| Pawn Stars: Best Of | History | 0.13 | 0.68 |
| NBA Today | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.33 |
| The Daily Show | Comedy Central | 0.13 | 0.48 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.13 | 0.89 |
| Guy's Ultimate Game Night | Food | 0.12 | 0.62 |
| Pawn Stars | History | 0.12 | 0.66 |
| The Black Hamptons | BET | 0.12 | 0.40 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.29 |
| NFL Live | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.36 |
| Around the Horn | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.40 |
| Farmhouse Fixer | HGTV | 0.12 | 1.12 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.12 | 1.02 |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | 0.12 | 1.70 |
| In Pursuit with John Walsh | ID | 0.11 | 0.48 |
| Guy's Grocery Games | Food | 0.11 | 0.57 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.32 |
| Outnumbered | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.81 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.52 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.42 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.69 |
| The Black Hamptons | BET | 0.10 | 0.39 |
| The Story | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.58 |
| Haus of Vicious | BET | 0.10 | 0.37 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.10 | 0.37 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.33 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.50 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.10 | 0.86 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.72 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.25 |
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| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.09 | 1.75 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.08 | 1.19 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.08 | 0.72 |
| Reginald the Vampire | Syfy | 0.08 | 0.29 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.08 | 1.47 |
| Archer | FXX | 0.07 | 0.22 |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | 0.07 | 0.20 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.02 |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| Don Lemon Tonight | CNN | 0.05 | 0.58 |
| Tooning Out the News | Comedy Central | 0.05 | 0.20 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.04 | 0.85 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.04 | 1.40 |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | 0.03 | 0.10 |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | 0.03 | 0.10 |
