Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 9/12/23. Items of note include the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on MTV, WWE NXT on USA and The Five on Fox News.
(Note: Click any show with its name in green or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)
Show | Network | 18-49 Viewers | Viewers (mil.) |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | MTV | 0.46 | 0.91 |
| WWE NXT | USA | 0.26 | 0.85 |
| First Take | ESPN | 0.22 | 0.72 |
| Pardon the Interruption | ESPN | 0.20 | 0.72 |
| Get Up | ESPN | 0.19 | 0.66 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.19 | 0.55 |
| VMA Pre-Show | MTV | 0.18 | 0.41 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.17 | 0.48 |
| My Big Fat Fabulous Life | TLC | 0.16 | 0.83 |
| Around the Horn | ESPN | 0.16 | 0.54 |
| Sportscenter NFL Live | ESPN ESPN | 0.15 | 0.43 0.44 |
| The Five | Fox News | 0.13 | 2.85 |
| Gutfeld! | Fox News | 0.13 | 2.18 |
| Deadliest Catch | Discovery | 0.13 | 0.85 |
| Bobby's Triple Threat | Food | 0.13 | 0.71 |
| Welcome to Plathville | TLC | 0.13 | 0.65 |
| Real Housewives of Salt Lake City | Bravo | 0.13 | 0.41 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.13 | 0.34 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.34 |
| Men's Soccer: USA v. Oman | TNT | 0.12 | 0.34 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | BET | 0.12 | 0.33 |
| The Pat McAfee Show | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.31 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.12 | 0.29 |
| House Hunters International | HGTV | 0.11 | 0.96 |
| Chopped | Food | 0.11 | 0.60 |
| Women's College Volleyball | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.47 |
| NBA Today | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.32 |
| Sportscenter | ESPN | 0.11 | 0.29 |
| Seleccion Mexicana | TUDN | 0.11 | 0.28 |
| Outnumbered | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.63 |
| Fox News @ Night | Fox News | 0.10 | 1.13 |
| House Hunters | HGTV | 0.10 | 1.02 |
| Bering Sea Gold | Discovery | 0.10 | 0.54 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Fox News | 0.09 | 2.39 |
| Special Report with Bret Baier | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.99 |
| America Reports | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.47 |
| The Faulkner Focus | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.44 |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | 0.09 | 1.22 |
| MLB: Yankees v. Red Sox | TBS | 0.09 | 0.43 |
| Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America | Discovery | 0.09 | 0.39 |
| 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports | ESPN | 0.09 | 0.25 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | Comedy Central | 0.09 | 0.18 |
| Hannity | Fox News | 0.08 | 2.17 |
| The Ingraham Angle | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.86 |
| The Story | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.27 |
| Fox & Friends | Fox News | 0.08 | 1.04 |
| Life Below Zero | Nat Geo | 0.08 | 0.65 |
| Life Below Zero Next | Nat Geo | 0.08 | 0.57 |
| Crimes Gone Viral | ID | 0.08 | 0.49 |
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| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | 0.08 | 0.21 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | Nick-At-Nite | 0.08 | 0.17 |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 0.07 | 1.43 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | VH1 | 0.07 | 0.19 |
| Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.76 |
| 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC | 0.06 | 1.10 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | CNN | 0.06 | 0.67 |
| The ReidOut | MSNBC | 0.05 | 1.20 |
| Morning Joe | MSNBC | 0.05 | 0.96 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | Nickelodeon | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | Pop | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Deadline: White House | MSNBC | 0.04 | 1.44 |
| Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | 0.04 | 0.64 |
| The Situation Room | CNN | 0.04 | 0.59 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | Paramount | 0.04 | 0.15 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | CMT | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 2023 MTV Video Music Awards | MTV2 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
