Top 100 Primetime Cable: March 13 - 19, 2017

What did most viewers watch on cable this past week? Based on the top half of this week's top 100 shows, it would have to be News and NCAA Basketball. Of the top 30 shows, only eight are not news or basketball and of the top 50, only 16 are outside of those two options. TNT and TBS push four games into the top 15 and an additional six into the top 50. FOX News pushed most of its M-F, primetime shows into the top half of the weekly chart, with all four night of THE O'REILLY FACTOR, in the top ten.

With all that, THE WALKING DEAD was still cable's #1 show, commanding a 4.7 rating in Adults 18-49, along with a total viewing audience of 13.3 million. The season premiere of INTO THE BADLANDS (#11), which followed TWD, was #2 in scripted originals and entertainment programs, but had massive erosion out of TWD.

FIXER UPPER (#15) was tops in the non-scripted genre, drawing 3.2 million viewers. Airing on Tuesday night, it was immune to the March Madness bug and did not have to compete with the big games. LOVE & HIP HOP (18) was second in the genre, collecting 3.1 million viewers and the third overall best A18-49 ratings, with a 1.6 score.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	10,318	4.7
2	Sun	NCAA Tourney: SC v Duke	TNT	8:44 PM	5,956	2.1
3	Sun	NCAA Tourney Bridge	TNT	8:27 PM	4,548	1.6
4	Sun	NCAA Tourney: ARK v NC	TNT	6:00 PM	4,536	1.6
5	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,276	0.4
6	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	4,130	1.0
7	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,715	0.4
8	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,543	0.3
9	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,496	0.3
10	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,478	0.3
11	Sun	Into the Badlands (SP)	AMC	10:05 PM	3,435	1.4
12	Sun	NCAA Tourney: CIN v UCLA	TBS	9:47 PM	3,429	1.3
13	Sat	NCAA Tourney: IOWA ST v PUR	TBS	9:41 PM	3,365	1.1
14	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,323	1.2
15	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3,236	0.7
16	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,197	1.2
17	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,176	1.1
18	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	3,087	1.6
19	Sun	NCAA Tourney: RI v OR	TBS	7:00 PM	3,056	1.1
20	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,015	0.3
21	Thu	NCAA Tourney: XAV v MAR	TNT	6:38 PM	2,920	1.1
22	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,918	0.3
23	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,896	0.4
24	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,817	0.4
25	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,793	0.3
26	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,700	0.5
27	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,698	0.3
28	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2,667	1.0
29	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,653	0.4
30	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,628	0.9
31	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots (SF)	OWN	9:00 PM	2,621	0.7
32	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,562	0.3
33	Sun	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,482	1.1
34	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,441	0.9
35	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,434	0.3
36	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,397	0.9
37	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,363	0.3
38	Fri	The Five (S)	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,360	0.2
39	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,354	0.2
40	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,311	0.3
41	Fri	NCAA Tourney: MI v MIA	TNT	9:19 PM	2,298	0.8
42	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,296	0.3
43	Sat	NCAA Tourney: XAV v FL ST	TNT	6:00 PM	2,289	0.8
44	Thu	NCAA Tourney: FGCU v F  ST.	TNT	9:27 PM	2,287	1.0
45	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,265	0.2
46	Wed	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	2,257	0.3
47	Sun	NCAA Tourney Bridge	TBS	9:29 PM	2,243	0.8
48	Sat	NCAA Tourney: VA v FL	TNT	8:44 PM	2,243	0.7
49	Thu	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	2,243	0.5
50	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,236	0.8
51	Fri	NCAA Tourney: TROY v DUKE	TBS	7:06 PM	2,216	0.8
52	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,208	0.5
53	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,191	0.3
54	Fri	Gold Rush (S)	DISC	9:00 PM	2,186	0.6
55	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,175	0.3
56	Mon	Diesel Brothers	DISC	10:00 PM	2,134	0.9
57	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,104	0.2
58	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,095	0.2
59	Mon	Hip Hop Squares	VH1	9:00 PM	2,078	1.1
60	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,064	0.8
61	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,052	0.2
62	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,011	0.7
63	Sun	When Calls The Heart	HALL	9:00 PM	2,011	0.2
64	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,998	0.7
65	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,998	0.1
66	Sat	NCAA Tourney Studio	TNT	8:27 PM	1,979	0.7
67	Mon	Hip Hop Squares	VH1	9:30 PM	1,966	1.0
68	Tue	Chrisley Knows Best	USA	10:00 PM	1,953	0.7
69	Thu	NCAA Tourney Studio	TNT	9:08 PM	1,881	0.8
70	Sun	NCAA Tourney: USC v BAY	TRUTV	7:53 PM	1,876	0.6
71	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,841	0.4
72	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,837	0.4
73	Fri	NCAA Tourney: MARQ v SC	TBS	9:47 PM	1,835	0.6
74	Tue	NCAA Tourney - Rd. 1	TRUTV	9:09 PM	1,807	0.6
75	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,807	0.2
76	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,803	0.7
77	Sat	NCAA Tourney: MI TV v BUT	TBS	7:00 PM	1,786	0.6
78	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,777	0.4
79	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,776	0.6
80	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	1,765	0.6
81	Thu	NCAA tourney: VCU v ST. MAR	TBS	7:03 PM	1,760	0.6
82	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,760	0.5
83	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,759	0.4
84	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,755	0.4
85	Fri	Real time w/Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,744	0.4
86	Fri	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,734	0.2
87	Fri	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,730	0.2
88	Fri	NCAA Tourney: UC DAVIS v KANSAS	TNT	6:41 PM	1,729	0.6
89	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,724	0.4
90	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,716	0.6
91	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,714	0.4
92	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,695	0.4
93	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,692	0.1
94	Sun	Long Lost Family	TLC	9:01 PM	1,683	0.4
95	Sat	House Hunters RENO	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,666	0.4
96	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,656	0.2
97	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,654	0.6
98	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	1,645	0.3
99	Wed	GREENLEAF	OWN	10:00 PM	1,636	0.5
100	Thu	NCAA Tourney Studio	TBS	9:57 PM	1,633	0.6

* - Viewership (,000)