Primetime Cable Ratings: February 17, 2016

College basketball was the most popular program on cable TV, on Wednesday night. The Duke vs North Carolina game hauled in 2.9 million viewers and the night's best A18-49 rating, a 1.1 score. However, the early game, starting at 7 PM, only drew 1.2 million viewers.

AMERICAN PICKERS was the #2 show of the night, collecting 2.8 million viewers and a 0.4 rating in the demo. That topped the season premiere of PROPERTY BROTHERS, on HGTV, which only brought in  2.0 million viewers.

The GOP Town Hall, on CNN, did decent numbers, getting 2.4 million viewers.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
36	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	8:30 PM	1,048	0.4
29	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,300	0.5
21	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,444	0.6
15	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,810	0.8
13	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,934	0.9
26	Duck Dynasty	AEN	9:30 PM	1,345	0.5
34	Jep & Jessica	AEN	10:00 PM	1,099	0.4
19	Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,706	0.3
5	GOP Town Hall	CNN	8:15 PM	2,362	0.5
32	College Basketball	ESPN	7:00 PM	1,189	0.4
1	College Basketball	ESPN	9:00 PM	2,863	1.1
6	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,321	0.2
7	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,312	0.3
18	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,714	0.2
25	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,350	0.3
11	Property Bros. (SP)	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,012	0.5
12	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,958	0.4
23	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,419	0.3
17	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1,764	0.4
2	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,810	0.6
14	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	1,880	0.5
33	Evil Stepmothers	ID	10:00 PM	1,133	0.3
27	Little Women: LA	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,333	0.5
24	Little Women: ATL	LIFE	10:00 PM	1,392	0.6
22	GOP Town Hall	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,432	0.2
28	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,311	0.2
35	Full House	NAN	10:30 PM	1,066	0.4
16	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,792	0.7
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,133	0.8
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,265	0.8
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,232	0.8
3	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,560	0.9
4	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,492	0.9
30	My 600 lbs Life	TLC	9:00 PM	1,238	0.4
20	SUITS	USA	10:00 PM	1,578	0.5
31	Mob Wives	VH1	8:00 PM	1,220	0.6

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