Primetime Cable Ratings: May 18, 2016

Politics and Basketball dominate the Wednesday night cable ratings. Game two of the Western Conference Finals grab the #1 spot with 7.6 million viewers and a 3.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That is down 1.1 million viewers and 16% in the demo, from Monday night's game one of the series.

FOX news grabs the next three spots with its primetime line up. O'REILLY, KELLY and HANNITY average 2.6 million viewers in Prime time, along with a 0.3 demo rating.

Reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY scatter all six episodes over the top 20. with three in the top 10. The highest rated episode, at 10 PM, drew 2.1 million viewers and a 0.7 rating in Adults 18-49.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
26	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,065	0.5
23	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,221	0.5
13	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,732	0.8
9	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,848	0.9
22	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,297	0.4
24	Bering Sea Gold	DISC	9:00 PM	1,177	0.4
2	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,132	0.3
3	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,530	0.2
4	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,160	0.3
25	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,161	0.3
16	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,632	0.4
15	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,661	0.3
19	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,498	0.3
6	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,024	0.4
18	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:03 PM	1,569	0.4
27	Fear Thy Neighbor	ID	10:00 PM	1,064	0.3
28	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,051	0.1
29	Full House	NAN	9:00 PM	1,026	0.3
30	Full House	NAN	9:30 PM	1,001	0.3
11	NHL Playoffs: PIT v TB	NBCSN	8:08 PM	1,752	0.7
20	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,394	0.5
17	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,601	0.6
14	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,724	0.6
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,894	0.7
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,054	0.7
7	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,956	0.7
10	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,809	0.7
1	NBA Playoffs: OKC v GS	TNT	9:02 PM	7,573	3.1
12	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,737	0.3
21	Royal Pains	USA	10:00 PM	1,333	0.2

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