Top 100 Primetime Cable: February 6 - 12, 2017

The return of THE WALKING DEAD tops this week's cable chart, as the winter premiere drew 12 million viewers and a strong 5.7 rating in Adults 18-49. That is up from December's fall finale, while going against the GRAMMY AWARDS, over on CBS. Outside of a few marathon reruns of TWD, the next cable original program on the chart is THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (#25), pulling in 2.7 million viewers.

FOX News continues to haul in great ratings as politics continue to take center stage. THE O'REILLY FACTOR takes spots three through six, all TUCKER CARLSON TOBIGHT episodes are within the top 15 and HANNITY is within the top 25. CNN's top program is Tuesday's DEBATE NIGHT (#30), and the top MSNBC program, THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, is right behind it 31st position.

TALKING DEAD rules unscripted TV, ranking second overall, with 4.8 million viewers. GOLD RUSH (#9) is next in the genre, with 3.5 million viewers.

WWE RAW is the top sports program, averaging about 3.1 million viewers, edging out the Duke vs North Carolina college basketball game, which collected just under 3.1 million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	11,996	5.7
2	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:13 PM	4,804	2.2
3	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,446	0.4
4	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,373	0.5
5	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,251	0.4
6	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,182	0.5
7	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	7:35 PM	3,807	1.5
8	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,569	0.4
9	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3,547	1.1
10	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,465	0.4
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,339	1.2
12	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,326	0.3
13	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,314	0.4
14	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3,242	0.9
15	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,165	1.2
16	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3,161	0.8
17	Thu	College BB: DUKE v NC	ESPN	8:00 PM	3,081	1.0
18	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,081	0.3
19	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,044	0.3
20	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,020	0.3
21	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,010	0.3
22	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,925	0.3
23	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,842	1.1
24	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	2,802	0.6
25	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,749	0.7
26	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,627	0.9
27	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,540	0.3
28	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,539	0.2
29	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,521	0.3
30	Tue	Debate Night	CNN	9:00 PM	2,452	0.6
31	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,415	0.3
32	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,387	0.2
33	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,381	0.2
34	Sun	Fixer Upper	HGTV	7:00 PM	2,370	0.6
35	Mon	Love And Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2,336	1.2
36	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,332	0.8
37	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,281	0.3
38	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,264	0.8
39	Sun	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,251	1.0
40	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2,239	0.4
41	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,193	0.8
42	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,177	0.8
43	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,166	0.3
44	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,164	0.7
45	Thu	ALONE	HIST	9:00 PM	2,117	0.6
46	Thu	NBA: OKC v CLE	TNT	8:13 PM	2,106	0.8
47	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,066	0.3
48	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	2,060	0.4
49	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,035	0.8
50	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,027	0.8
51	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,022	0.5
52	Sat	Movie: Central Intelligence	HBO	8:00 PM	2,018	0.8
53	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,013	0.3
54	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,009	0.3
55	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,001	0.8
56	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,972	0.7
57	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,963	0.7
58	Wed	NBA: CHI v GS	ESPN	10:38 PM	1,958	0.8
59	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,936	0.5
60	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,935	0.6
61	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,933	0.2
62	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,917	0.7
63	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,913	0.7
64	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	6:05 PM	1,906	0.7
65	Fri	Real Time w/Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,903	0.5
66	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,878	0.4
67	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,876	0.4
68	Fri	CARS	DSNY	8:30 PM	1,875	0.4
69	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,873	0.7
70	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,870	0.5
71	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	1,854	0.7
72	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,834	0.6
73	Sat	The Greg Gutfeld Show	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,820	0.2
74	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,819	0.4
75	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,817	0.7
76	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,813	0.2
77	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,811	0.5
78	Sun	Not so Valentine	NICK	7:00 PM	1,802	0.3
79	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,795	0.6
80	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,785	0.4
81	Tue	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:49 PM	1,769	0.4
82	Thu	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,745	0.4
83	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,739	0.6
84	Wed	USA Movie: John Wick	USA	8:00 PM	1,735	0.5
85	Mon	NBA: CLE v WAS	TNT	7:14 PM	1,730	0.7
86	Mon	Kids Baking Champ	FOOD	8:00 PM	1,721	0.4
87	Sun	LRC: 2017 Grammys	E!	6:00 PM	1,703	0.6
88	Mon	Leave It to Stevie	VH1	9:00 PM	1,692	0.9
89	Tue	Forged in Fire	HIST	10:03 PM	1,692	0.6
90	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,678	0.4
91	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,678	0.2
92	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,670	0.2
93	Thu	College BB: CAL v OR	ESPN	10:03 PM	1,653	0.6
94	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,653	0.4
95	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,646	0.3
96	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,646	0.3
97	Fri	Last Word w/L.Odonnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,639	0.2
98	Sat	Game Shakers	NICK	8:30 PM	1,630	0.3
99	Mon	Love It or List It	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,624	0.4
100	Wed	LEGION	FX	10:00 PM	1,622	0.7

* - Viewership (,000)