Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 8/18/23. Items of note include On Patrol: Live on Reelz, The Five on Fox News, and Minx 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.) |
| NFL Preseason: Panthers v. Giants | NFL | 0.36 | 1.26 |
| NFL Total Access | NFL | 0.28 | 0.89 |
| Little League World Series | ESPN | 0.20 | 1.20 |
| Little League World Series | ESPN | 0.20 | 0.97 |
| On Patrol: Live | Reelz | 0.19 | 0.99 |
| NFL Preseason: Bengals v. Falcons | NFL | 0.18 | 0.59 |
| Little League World Series | ESPN | 0.15 | 0.94 |
| My Lottery Dream Home | HGTV | 0.13 | 1.10 |
| AEW: Rampage | TNT | 0.13 | 0.42 |
| Little League World Series | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.66 |
| Witness to Murder: Digital Evidence | A&E | 0.12 | 0.43 |
| Love After Lockup | WE | 0.12 | 0.40 |
| Women on Death Row | A&E | 0.12 | 0.39 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.11 | 0.96 |
| Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan | Discovery | 0.11 | 0.82 |
| NFL Total Access | NFL | 0.11 | 0.37 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.34 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.42 |
| PGA Tour | Golf | 0.10 | 0.72 |
| Before the 90 Days: First Look | TLC | 0.10 | 0.57 |
| On Patrol: First Shift | Reelz | 0.10 | 0.49 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.29 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.29 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.27 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.25 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.10 | 0.23 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.09 | 2.21 |
| Outnumbered | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.45 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.09 | 0.65 |
| Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives | Food | 0.09 | 0.59 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.59 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.57 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.08 | 1.32 |
| The Faulkner Focus | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.30 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.28 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.08 | 1.21 |
| Ana Cabrera Reports | MSNBC | 0.08 | 0.94 |
| Hoffman Family Gold | Discovery | 0.08 | 0.72 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| CNN News Central | CNN | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| The Leda with Jake Tapper | CNN | 0.08 | 0.61 |
| CNN News Central | CNN | 0.08 | 0.56 |
| Before the 90 Days: More to Love | TLC | 0.08 | 0.43 |
| Pro Fighters League | ESPN | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| Toya & Reginae | WE | 0.08 | 0.28 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.08 | 0.19. |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.07 | 1.67 |
| America's Newsroom | Fox News | 0.07 | 1.37 |
| Alex Wagner Tonight | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.30 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.21 |
| Highlights Below the Chart: | |||
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.21 |
| The Villains of Valley View | Disney | 0.06 | 0.18 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.45 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.44 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.05 | 0.99 |
| Pretty Freekin Scary | Disney | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.05 | 0.68 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.04 | 0.61 |
| Pretty Freekin Scary | Disney | 0.04 | 0.17 |
| Heels | Starz | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Minx | Starz | 0.00 | 0.05 |
