Primetime Cable Ratings: February 21, 2016

There were over fifty cable programs, on Sunday night, that drew one million viewers, or more. The top of the list was, obviously, occupied by THE WALKING DEAD and TALKING DEAD. TWD had very little erosion from last week's mid-season premiere. Just a few thousand in total viewers to about 3% in the A18-49 demographic. TALKING DEAD was off by 800k in viewers and about 12% in the demo.

The season premiere of WHEN CALLS THE HEART brought in 1.7 million viewers. Thats is just a little over 10% dow from last season's premiere, by on par with season one's series premiere episode.

TBS placed eight episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY on the chart, with the six episodes, between 8 to 11 PM, taking a majority of the first 11 spots.

The last program on the chart, an FX Movie, drew exactly one million viewers, starting at 8 PM.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
50	American Dad	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,035	0.4
39	American Dad	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,315	0.6
21	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,697	0.8
9	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	2,014	1.0
4	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	3,083	1.3
1	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	13,483	6.6
2	Talking Dead	AMC	10:00 PM	5,693	2.7
51	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	7:00 PM	1,008	0.4
3	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	3,170	1.4
28	The Real Housewives: Potomac	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,619	0.7
41	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	10:00 PM	1,203	0.5
17	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	10:00 PM	1,772	0.4
15	Liv & Maddie	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,806	0.3
26	Best Friends Forever	DSNY	8:30 PM	1,643	0.3
12	Kardashians	ENT	9:00 PM	1,900	0.9
49	Hollywood Medium	ENT	10:00 PM	1,062	0.4
25	NBA Basketball L	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,645	0.7
44	Guy's Grocery Games	FOOD	8:00 PM	1,171	0.4
42	All-Star Academy	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,175	0.4
33	FOX Report Sunday	FOXN	7:00 PM	1,521	0.1
37	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,345	0.2
31	Sunday Movie	FREE	8:00 PM	1,569	0.6
52	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	1,000	0.4
20	When Calls The Heart	HALL	9:00 PM	1,702	0.2
19	House Hunters	HGTV	7:00 PM	1,707	0.4
24	House Hunters	HGTV	7:30 PM	1,653	0.4
29	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,611	0.4
16	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,776	0.4
32	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,548	0.4
34	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,495	0.3
36	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,483	0.3
35	Island Life	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,491	0.3
18	Ax Men	HIST	9:00 PM	1,715	0.5
47	Unusual Suspects	ID	9:00 PM	1,130	0.3
40	Evil Lives Here	ID	10:00 PM	1,227	0.3
46	MIRACULOUS	NICK	7:00 PM	1,138	0.2
23	Shameless	SHO	9:00 PM	1,658	0.7
43	Billions	SHO	10:00 PM	1,172	0.4
38	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:00 PM	1,343	0.5
14	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:30 PM	1,811	0.5
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,092	0.7
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,318	0.8
7	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,053	0.7
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,991	0.7
11	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,922	0.7
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,050	0.7
45	Long Island Medium	TLC	9:00 PM	1,162	0.3
48	Big Picture Movie	TNT	8:00 PM	1,127	0.4
13	Law & Order: SVU	USA	7:00 PM	1,812	0.6
30	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1,570	0.5
22	Law & Order: SVU	USA	9:00 PM	1,691	0.5
27	Law & Order: SVU	USA	10:00 PM	1,622	0.5

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