Primetime Cable Ratings: April 17, 2014

History was the top dog of cable, Thursday night as the network placed two and a half of its three hours of primetime, in the top 10. The network averaged 2.7 million viewers for the night.

VIKINGS was the top show of the night, in the younger demographics,  pulling in a 0.9 rating. One episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY did equal the same rating, but with far less total viewers.

PAWN STARS, the night's most watched show of the evening,  averaged just under 3.3 million viewers, during the entire 9 p.m. hour.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	3.51	0.8
2	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	3.03	0.7
3	Vikings	HIST	10:00 PM	2.91	0.9
4	Secret Of The Wings	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.66	0.5
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.28	0.9
6	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	2.27	0.6
7	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.15	0.8
8	Law & Order : SVU	USA	9:00 PM	2.11	0.7
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.06	0.8
10	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:30 PM	1.99	0.4

* - in millions