Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 3/17/23. Items of note include the 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament on TNT, TruTV and TBS, RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV, and the season premiere of Power Book II: Ghost on Starz.
Note: Click the name of any show with its title in purple or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)
Show | Network | 18-49 Viewers | Viewers (mil.) |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: FDU v. Purdue | TNT | 1.27 | 4.37 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TNT | 0.90 | 3.09 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: FAU v. Memphis | TNT | 0.82 | 2.38 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TBS | 0.73 | 2.36 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Drake v. Miami | TBS | 0.67 | 2.14 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Iona v. UConn | TBS | 0.64 | 2.17 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Kent St v. IN | TBS | 0.49 | 1.77 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: NC St. v. Creighton | TNT | 0.49 | 1.82 |
| Road to the Final Four | TNT | 0.46 | 1.56 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: AZ St. v. TCU | TruTV | 0.43 | 1.43 |
| Road to the Final Four | TBS | 0.42 | 1.30 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Kennesaw St v. Xavier | TruTV | 0.41 | 1.44 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Pitt v. IA St. | TruTV | 0.40 | 1.36 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TruTV | 0.33 | 1.11 |
| World Baseball Classic: PR v. Mexico | FS1 | 0.31 | 0.79 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: VCU v. St. Mary's | TBS | 0.28 | 0.93 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Grand Canyon v. Gonzaga | TruTV | 0.24 | 0.88 |
| 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament: UCSB v. Baylor | TNT | 0.23 | 0.74 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TBS | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Post-Game | TruTV | 0.21 | 0.63 |
| On Patrol: Live | Reelz | 0.20 | 1.00 |
| Love After Lockup | WE | 0.20 | 0.56 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | MTV | 0.20 | 0.51 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TNT | 0.19 | 0.65 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.18 | 0.53 |
| AEW: Rampage | TNT | 0.18 | 0.47 |
| My Lottery Dream Home | HGTV | 0.16 | 1.14 |
| World Baseball Classic: PR v. Mexico | Fox Deportes | 0.15 | 0.41 |
| NCAA Basketball Tournament Bridge Programming | TruTV | 0.15 | 0.64 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.14 | 2.53 |
| Gold Rush | Discovery | 0.14 | 1.26 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.13 | 1.05 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.13 | 1.74 |
| Total Sports 360 | Fox Deportes | 0.13 | 0.32 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.39 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.11 | 1.99 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.34 |
| Tucker Carlson Tonight | Fox News | 0.11 | 2.22 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.11 | 2.32 |
| NBA: Mavericks v. Lakers | NBA | 0.10 | 0.34 |
| The Other Way: First Look | TLC | 0.10 | 0.57 |
| Women's NCAA Championship: WV v. AZ | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.32 |
| Women's NCAA Championship | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.42 |
| Women's NCAA Championship | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.56 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.27 |
| Untucked | MTV | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.53 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.29 |
| College Wrestling | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.35 |
| Ancient Aliens | History | 0.08 | 0.73 |
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| Hannity | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.68 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.46 |
| Power Book II: Ghost | Starz | 0.07 | 0.36 |
| BMF | Starz | 0.07 | 0.32 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.26 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.05 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.19 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO | 0.06 | 0.82 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.04 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | 0.06 | 0.21 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.05 | 0.92 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.05 | 0.46 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.05 | 0.52 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.05 | 0.48 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.03 | 0.73 |
| Party Down | Starz | 0.03 or below | TBA |
