Top 100 Primetime Cable: August 3 - 9, 2015

FOX tops this week's cable chart, taking the top two spots, lead by the first Republican Presidential Debate. The political debate drew a whopping 24 million viewers. It is the most watched debate ever, FOX News most watched program ever and the most watched, noon-sports cable program. The 5 p.m. debate, featuring the other seven candidates, drew 6.1 million viewers.

THE O'REILLY FACTOR was the go between program of the two debates and kept 6.6 million viewers primed for the main event. After the debate, THE KELLY FILE, starting after 11p.m., held onto over 11 million viewers, for the hour program. And, starting after midnight, early Friday morning, ET, HANNITY had about 4.2 million viewers. The network also had 10 shows in the top 30.

MAJOR CRIMES and RIZZOLI & ISLES were the top two scripted programs of the week, grabbing the #3 and #4 spots, respectively. The two programs grabbed 4.6 and 4.2 million viewers each, respectively.

WWE RAW was the top sports draw of the week, as the three hour event averaged 3.7 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49. It was the #1 show in the A18-49 demo, outside of the Presidential Debate.

In the 8th position, was the top reality series, ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE. The Friday night series brought in 3.2 million viewers and a 1.0 demo rating.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Thu	Rep. Presidential Debate	FOXN	8:45 PM	24.00	5.3
2	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	6.58	0.9
3	Mon	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	4.57	0.7
4	Tue	Rizzoli & Isles	TNT	9:00 PM	4.23	0.6
5	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.74	1.2
6	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3.70	1.3
7	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3.67	1.3
8	Fri	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3.21	1.0
9	Tue	Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	3.17	0.9
10	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.05	0.2
11	Sun	The Last Ship	TNT	9:00 PM	2.98	0.8
12	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.92	0.3
13	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2.91	0.7
14	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.84	0.2
15	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.81	0.2
16	Sun	Naked & Afraid XL	DISC	10:00 PM	2.80	1.1
17	Mon	Love & Hip Hop/ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	2.80	1.5
18	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.78	0.3
19	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.73	1.0
20	Sun	True Detective	HBO	9:00 PM	2.73	1.2
21	Sat	Movie: Despicable Me	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.7	0.7
22	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.64	0.2
23	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.60	1.0
24	Thu	Movie" Descendants	DSNY	9:00 PM	2.57	0.4
25	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.54	0.9
26	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.45	0.3
27	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.45	0.3
28	Thu	Mountain Men	HIST	9:00 PM	2.44	0.5
29	Sun	Food Network Star	FOOD	9:00 PM	2.44	0.7
30	Thu	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.41	0.7
31	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2.34	0.9
32	Fri	Girl Meets World	DSNY	8:30 PM	2.33	0.5
33	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.32	1.0
34	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.31	0.8
35	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.29	1.0
36	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.25	1.0
37	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.24	0.8
38	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.16	0.8
39	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.14	0.8
40	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.14	0.8
41	Fri	Bunk'd	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.12	0.4
42	Mon	Murder In The First	TNT	10:00 PM	2.10	0.4
43	Wed	SUITS	USA	9:00 PM	2.08	0.6
44	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	2.08	1.0
45	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	2.07	0.8
46	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.07	0.7
47	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.06	0.8
48	Sun	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	2.05	0.9
49	Sun	Food Network Star	FOOD	8:00 PM	2.05	0.6
50	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	2.03	0.9
51	Tue	Pretty Little Liars	FAM	8:00 PM	2.03	0.8
52	Tue	JESSIE	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.00	0.4
53	Sat	Hell On Wheels	AMC	9:00 PM	2.00	0.3
54	Tue	PROOF	TNT	10:00 PM	1.99	0.3
55	Sun	Falling Skies	TNT	10:00 PM	1.98	0.5
56	Sat	Bunk'd	DSNY	9:45 PM	1.97	0.4
57	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.96	0.3
58	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.95	0.9
59	Mon	LHH ATL After Party	VH1	9:00 PM	1.94	1.0
60	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.92	0.8
61	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.91	0.2
62	Sun	Beach Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.91	0.4
63	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.90	0.2
64	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.89	0.7
65	Sun	Best Friends Whenever	DSNY	8:30 PM	1.87	0.3
66	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.84	0.2
67	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.84	0.8
68	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.84	0.7
69	Sun	Beachfront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1.83	0.3
70	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.81	0.6
71	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.80	0.6
72	Thu	ALONE	HIST	10:00 PM	1.80	0.5
73	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.80	0.4
74	Sun	Sunday Night Baseball	ESPN	8:00 PM	1.78	0.5
75	Sat	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	1.78	0.3
76	Wed	The Game	BET	10:00 PM	1.77	0.7
77	Fri	I Didn't Do It	DSNY	9:00 PM	1.77	0.3
78	Tue	FRENEMIES	DSNY	9:00 PM	1.77	0.3
79	Mon	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	1.75	0.5
80	Sun	American Dad	ADSM	9:30 PM	1.75	0.8
81	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.74	0.4
82	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.74	0.7
83	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.73	0.4
84	Wed	Prop. Bros: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.72	0.4
85	Mon	The Real Housewives/OC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.72	0.7
86	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.72	0.6
87	Fri	Treasure Quest	DISC	10:00 PM	1.72	0.6
88	Tue	Bunk'd	DSNY	10:45 PM	1.72	0.3
89	Sun	Ballers	HBO	10:30 PM	1.71	0.9
90	Sun	Ice Road Truckers	HIST	9:00 PM	1.71	0.4
91	Tue	Austin & Ally	DSNY	8:30 PM	1.71	0.3
92	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.70	0.2
93	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.70	0.3
94	Sun	Beachfront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.69	0.3
95	Wed	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1.69	0.7
96	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.68	0.4
97	Sat	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	1.68	0.3
98	Thu	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.68	0.5
99	Sat	Saturday Movie	FAM	9:30 PM	1.67	0.7
100	Sun	Naked & Afraid XL	DISC	9:00 PM	1.67	0.6

* - in millions