Primetime Cable Ratings: February 18, 2016

Night two of the GOP Town hall netted CNN the top spot of the Thursday night ratings, with 3.1 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49. That easily bested the Democrat's Town Hall, on MSNBC, which only managed 1.7 million viewers.

The fourth season premiere of VIKINGS, on History, was a little soft. The episode drew 2.4 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the A18-34 demo. That is down from last year's premiere by a half million viewers and 20% in the demo.

NASCAR did good numbers on FS1, with the Shoot races. FOX SPRTS collected 2.5 million viewers from 7 PM to 9:30 PM

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
25	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,266	0.5
22	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,297	0.5
19	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,661	0.7
9	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,937	0.9
29	First 48	AEN	9:00 PM	1,152	0.4
7	Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	8:00 PM	2,212	0.4
1	GOP Town Hall 2	CNN	8:45 PM	3,073	0.6
26	College Basketball	ESPN	7:00 PM	1,242	0.4
32	College Basketball	ESPN	9:15 PM	1,073	0.4
36	Beat Bobby Faly	FOOD	10:00 PM	1,029	0.3
34	Beat Bobby Faly	FOOD	10:30 PM	1,064	0.4
3	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,473	0.2
6	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,351	0.2
14	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,862	0.3
2	NASCAR Sprint Cup	FS1	7:00 PM	2,548	0.5
37	FX Movie Prime	FX	7:30 PM	1,027	0.4
20	Flip or Flop	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,351	0.4
17	Flip or Flop	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,701	0.5
8	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,196	0.7
12	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,897	0.6
13	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,895	0.5
10	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,921	0.5
28	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	1,178	0.3
5	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	2,394	0.8
31	Real Detactive	ID	10:00 PM	1,092	0.2
35	Project Runway Allstars	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,063	0.3
33	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,067	0.1
18	Democrat Town Hall	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,663	0.3
30	Movie	NAN	8:00 PM	1,093	0.3
21	Lip Sync Battle	SPIKE	10:00 PM	1,350	0.7
24	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,282	0.5
15	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,803	0.7
27	2 Broke Gilrs	TBS	10:00 PM	1,194	0.5
38	2 BROKE GIRLS	TBS	10:30 PM	1,005	0.4
23	NBA Pre Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,286	0.5
11	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:15 PM	1,909	0.8
16	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	1,729	0.8
4	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,458	0.8

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