Top 100 Primetime Cable: February 1 - 7, 2016

FX may have a hit on its hands with AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON. The anthology series hauled in 5.1 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49, to be the week's #1 cable program. The premiere episode became the best rated series premiere ever, for FX, with a Live+3 rating over over 12 million viewers and a 4.8 demo rating.

Election coverage was also hot this past week. with MSNBC, CNN and FOX NEWS all grabbing top 10 spots with various programming. The New Hampshire Democrat Debate drew 4.5 million viewers for MSNBC, while Iowa Caucus coverage drew 4.9 million viewers for FOX News.

The top reality series of the week was GOLD RUSH, which brought in 3.9 million viewers, topping FIXER UPPER's 3.5 million and CURSED OF OAK ISLAND's 3.4 million.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Tue	American Crime Story	FX	10:00 PM	5.11	2.0
2	Mon	America's Election HQ	FOXN	10:00 PM	4.92	0.9
3	Thu	NH Democrat Debate	MSNBC	9:00 PM	4.47	0.8
4	Mon	America's Election HQ	FOXN	9:00 PM	4.39	0.7
5	Mon	America's Choice 2016	CNN	10:00 PM	4.30	1.2
6	Mon	America's Election HQ	FOXN	8:00 PM	4.08	0.6
7	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3.93	1.3
8	Mon	America's Choice 2016	CNN	9:00 PM	3.91	1.0
9	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.59	1.2
10	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3.50	0.8
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3.46	1.3
12	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3.41	1.0
13	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.39	0.3
14	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.36	0.3
15	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.26	0.3
16	Sat	NBA Basketball	ESPN	9:15 PM	3.23	1.4
17	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3.09	1.1
18	Mon	America's Choice 2016	CNN	8:00 PM	2.97	0.7
19	Sat	Movie	DSNY	7:45 PM	2.96	0.8
20	Tue	Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2.90	0.7
21	Fri	Movie: Finding Nemo	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.88	0.7
22	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2.81	0.6
23	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.76	0.3
24	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.73	1.0
25	Wed	NH Democrat Town Hall	CNN	9:00 PM	2.72	0.7
26	Thu	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2.66	0.9
27	Mon	Love & Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2.63	1.4
28	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.60	1.0
29	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.55	0.3
30	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.54	0.9
31	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.53	0.2
32	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.44	0.9
33	Wed	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	2.43	0.6
34	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2.40	0.3
35	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	2.36	1.0
36	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.31	0.2
37	Wed	NBA Basketball L	ESPN	8:00 PM	2.26	0.9
38	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	2.24	0.5
39	Sun	NFL Primetime	ESPN	10:45 PM	2.19	0.9
40	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.15	0.7
41	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.14	0.8
42	Tue	FX Movie Prime	FX	7:30 PM	2.14	0.9
43	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.14	0.8
44	Mon	Stevie & Joseline	VH1	9:00 PM	2.13	1.1
45	Sat	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	2.13	0.3
46	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.12	0.7
47	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.11	0.8
48	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.10	0.8
49	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.09	0.7
50	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2.06	0.4
51	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2.05	0.6
52	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.03	0.8
53	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.00	0.8
54	Tue	MOONSHINERS	DISC	9:00 PM	2.00	0.8
55	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	2.00	0.3
56	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.00	0.7
57	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.97	0.9
58	Mon	Place for Politics	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1.97	0.4
59	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.95	0.7
60	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.94	0.2
61	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.91	0.7
62	Mon	K.Michelle: My Life	VH1	9:30 PM	1.91	1.0
63	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.91	0.3
64	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.90	0.7
65	Mon	Kids Baking Champ	FOOD	8:00 PM	1.86	0.6
66	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.85	0.4
67	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.84	0.8
68	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.84	0.9
69	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.83	0.4
70	Mon	Ellen's Design Challenge	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.83	0.4
71	Sat	KC Undercover	DSNY	9:30 PM	1.80	0.4
72	Mon	Diesel Brothers	DISC	10:00 PM	1.79	0.8
73	Fri	Gravity Falls	DSNY	9:45 PM	1.78	0.4
74	Wed	Property Brothers	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.77	0.4
75	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.77	0.8
76	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.76	0.6
77	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.76	0.4
78	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.76	0.2
79	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	8:00 PM	1.75	0.5
80	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.75	0.2
81	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.74	0.4
82	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	7:00 PM	1.74	0.6
83	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.73	0.8
84	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.73	0.8
85	Mon	Teen Mom	MTV	10:00 PM	1.73	1.0
86	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	8:30 PM	1.72	0.5
87	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.70	0.6
88	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.69	0.7
89	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.69	0.4
90	Fri	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.67	0.4
91	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.67	0.8
92	Fri	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.66	0.4
93	Fri	Deadliest Job Interview	DISC	10:00 PM	1.63	0.6
94	Sat	House Hunters RENO	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.63	0.4
95	Tue	Curse of Oak Island: DIG	HIST	8:00 PM	1.63	0.5
96	Mon	College Basketball	ESPN	7:00 PM	1.63	0.5
97	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.62	0.7
98	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:30 PM	1.62	0.6
99	Tue	Billion Dollar Wreak	HIST	10:00 PM	1.62	0.5
100	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.61	0.4

* - in millions