Top 100 Primetime Cable: February 29 - March 6, 2016

Thursday's Republican presidential debate not only topped the weekly cable chart, but it was also the second most watched debate this season. The FOX News telecast generated 16.8 million viewers and a 3.6 rating. That is four million more viewers than THE WALKING DEAD produced, but is 2.5 points less in the A18-49 demographic. FOX had quite a few entries in the top 100, including eight in the top 25.

Ranking 10th for the week, the season finale of GOLD RUSH was this week's top reality series. GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT was also the #2 reality series, ranking 19th.

WWE RAW tops the sports programming of the week. the three hour event generated an average of 3.7 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49.

Items of note. AMERICAN CRIME fell to the #30 spot, with 2.7 million viewers, while VIKINGS only ranked in the #77 spot.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Thu	GOP Presidential Debate	FOXN	9:00 PM	16,834	3.6
2	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	12,816	6.1
3	Sun	Dem. Debate - Michigan	CNN	8:00 PM	5,506	1.4
4	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	5,449	0.7
5	Tue	AEHQ: Super Tuesday	FOXN	9:00 PM	5,137	0.9
6	Tue	AEHQ: Super Tuesday	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,875	0.7
7	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:00 PM	4,842	2.3
8	Tue	AEHQ: Super Tuesday	FOXN	10:00 PM	4,636	0.8
9	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	9:00 PM	4,480	1.1
10	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	4,369	1.3
11	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	8:00 PM	3,969	1.3
12	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,961	1.4
13	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	10:00 PM	3,849	1.1
14	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,780	0.4
15	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,660	1.3
16	Thu	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	3,614	1.6
17	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,563	0.3
18	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,551	1.3
19	Fri	Gold Rush: The Dirt	DISC	10:30 PM	3,289	1.0
20	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	6:30 PM	3,174	1.0
21	Mon	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	2,943	0.4
22	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,939	0.4
23	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,924	0.8
24	Sun	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,850	1.3
25	Tue	Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,799	0.8
26	Sat	Ameriocas Election HQ	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,798	0.3
27	Sat	Ameriocas Election HQ	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,784	0.3
28	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,772	0.3
29	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	2,722	1.1
30	Tue	American Crime Story: OJ vs People	FX	10:00 PM	2,718	1.1
31	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,615	0.2
32	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,528	0.4
33	Thu	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,491	0.8
34	Mon	Love & Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2,486	1.4
35	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,482	0.9
36	Sun	Race for the White House	CNN	10:00 PM	2,444	0.6
37	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,438	0.9
38	Tue	Rizzoli & Isles	TNT	9:00 PM	2,431	0.4
39	Sat	Ameriocas Election HQ	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,431	0.3
40	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,376	0.9
41	Sat	RATATOUILLE	DSNY	8:00 PM	2,364	0.7
42	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,364	0.4
43	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,361	0.9
44	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,343	0.8
45	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,342	0.9
46	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,341	0.8
47	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,321	0.2
48	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,277	0.8
49	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,262	0.8
50	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,256	0.7
51	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,251	0.8
52	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,244	0.7
53	Fri	Gold Rush: The Dirt	DISC	8:00 PM	2,232	0.6
54	Mon	Better Call Saul	AMC	10:00 PM	2,201	1.0
55	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,191	0.7
56	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,187	0.7
57	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,183	0.7
58	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,183	0.7
59	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,141	0.3
60	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,134	0.8
61	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,112	0.5
62	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,111	0.4
63	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,099	0.7
64	Sun	Dem. Debate - Michigan	CNN	8:00 PM	2,090	0.4
65	Sun	KC Undercover	DSNY	8:00 PM	2,077	0.4
66	Sat	America's Choice 2016	CNN	10:00 PM	2,075	0.5
67	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,073	0.6
68	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	2,008	0.9
69	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	2,004	0.4
70	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:30 PM	2,003	0.7
71	Mon	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	1,985	0.5
72	Tue	Place for Politics	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,982	0.4
73	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,943	0.9
74	Mon	Street outlaws: N.O.	DISC	9:00 PM	1,938	0.8
75	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1,924	0.6
76	Mon	Stevie & Joseline	VH1	9:00 PM	1,903	1.0
77	Thu	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	1,897	0.6
78	Sun	Law & Order: SVU	USA	7:00 PM	1,895	0.6
79	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,875	0.6
80	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,869	0.6
81	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,855	0.7
82	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,853	0.8
83	Sat	America's Choice 2016	CNN	9:00 PM	1,844	0.4
84	Sat	UFC Prelims	FS1	8:00 PM	1,843	0.8
85	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,836	0.2
86	Fri	Movie: DESCENDANTS	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,835	0.4
87	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,828	0.4
88	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,824	0.6
89	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,799	0.6
90	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,774	0.5
91	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,761	0.7
92	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,759	0.6
93	Sun	Ax Men	HIST	9:00 PM	1,759	0.4
94	Sun	When Calls the Heart	HALL	9:00 PM	1,758	0.2
95	Sun	Property Bros.	HGTV	7:00 PM	1,748	0.4
96	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	1,735	0.6
97	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,735	0.4
98	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,725	0.5
99	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,716	0.8
100	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,714	0.8

* - in millions