Top 100 Primetime Cable: March 14 - 20, 2016

Another big election primary Tuesday pushed politics to dominate the top of the chart, taking seven of the top ten spots, between FOX News and CNN. FOX News collected more total viewers, averaging five million viewers on that night, while CNN did better in the A18-49 demographic, grabbing about significantly more younger viewers.

March Madness has begun and TNT, TBS and TruTV offered up large amount of games over the weekend. TBS had the top game, on Saturday night, drawing 4.1 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49. A total of nine NCAA programs occupied the top four, between the three networks.

THE WALKING DEAD continues to be the #1 show, adding another 12.7 million viewers and a 6.0 demo rating. That is up about 150,000 viewers, from last week. TALKING DEAD followed with 5.3 million viewers, adding 300k in total viewership.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA was the top reality series, ranking 19th and hauling in three million viewers. That topped FIXER UPPER (#19) as the only to genre entries in the top 40.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	12,686	6.0
2	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:00 PM	5,331	2.4
3	Tue	America's Election HQ	FOXN	8:00 PM	5,232	0.7
4	Tue	America's Election HQ	FOXN	9:00 PM	4,921	0.7
5	Tue	America's Election HQ	FOXN	10:00 PM	4,866	0.8
6	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	9:00 PM	4,545	1.2
7	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	8:00 PM	4,233	1.1
8	Tue	America's Choice 2016	CNN	10:00 PM	4,170	1.2
9	Sat	NCAA Tournament	TBS	9:30 PM	4,055	1.5
10	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,682	0.3
11	Thu	NCAA Tournament	TBS	7:00 PM	3,588	1.4
12	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,510	1.4
13	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,471	1.2
14	Mon	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	3,411	0.5
15	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,411	0.3
16	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,392	1.3
17	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,205	0.3
18	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TNT	8:30 PM	3,089	1.1
19	Sun	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	3,007	1.4
20	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,943	0.3
21	Tue	Rizzoli & Isles	TNT	9:00 PM	2,922	0.5
22	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,912	0.8
23	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TBS	7:00 PM	2,889	1.1
24	Tue	American Crime Story: OJ vs People	FX	10:00 PM	2,884	1.2
25	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots (SF)	OWN	9:00 PM	2,852	0.8
26	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,774	0.4
27	Fri	NCAA Tournament	TNT	6:45 PM	2,772	1.0
28	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TBS	9:45 PM	2,756	1.1
29	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	2,642	1.0
30	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,621	0.9
31	Thu	NCAA Tournament	TNT	9:30 PM	2,609	1.1
32	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,567	0.9
33	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,495	0.4
34	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,483	0.3
35	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TRU	7:45 PM	2,475	1.0
36	Tue	If Loving You Was Wrong (SP)	OWN	10:00 PM	2,472	0.7
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,471	0.9
38	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,464	0.4
39	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,426	0.3
40	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TNT	6:00 PM	2,388	0.8
41	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,380	0.9
42	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,375	0.8
43	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,361	0.6
44	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,356	0.3
45	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,352	0.9
46	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,336	0.9
47	Sat	NCAA Tournament	TBS	7:00 PM	2,335	0.8
48	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,272	0.6
49	Thu	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,260	0.7
50	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	2,211	0.8
51	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,170	0.7
52	Wed	NCAA Tournament	TRU	9:00 PM	2,162	0.7
53	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,161	0.6
54	Mon	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	2,140	0.5
55	Thu	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	2,133	0.6
56	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	2,125	0.9
57	Tue	Place for Politics	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,096	0.4
58	Fri	NCAA Tournament	TBS	10:00 PM	2,067	0.8
59	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	2,037	0.5
60	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,036	0.2
61	Sat	Justice with Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,027	0.3
62	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	2,023	0.4
63	Mon	Better Call Saul	AMC	10:00 PM	1,992	0.8
64	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,983	0.9
65	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,980	0.7
66	Thu	NCAA Tournament	TBS	9:30 PM	1,977	0.8
67	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,975	0.4
68	Tue	Movie: Ice Age: Dawn	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,970	0.5
69	Thu	NCAA Tournament	TNT	9:15 PM	1,957	0.8
70	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TBS	9:30 PM	1,921	0.7
71	Tue	Jill & Jessica: Counting On	TLC	9:00 PM	1,913	0.6
72	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,905	0.8
73	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,871	0.5
74	Sat	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,851	0.4
75	Sun	KC Undercover	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,840	0.4
76	Sun	NCAA Tournament	TNT	8:15 PM	1,819	0.7
77	Sat	Movie	LIFE	8:00 PM	1,813	0.5
78	Thu	NCAA Tournament	TBS	10:00 PM	1,812	0.8
79	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,806	0.3
80	Fri	Movie: Cloudy/Meatballs	NICK	7:00 PM	1,805	0.4
81	Sun	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	1,801	0.4
82	Sun	When Calls The Heart	HALL	9:00 PM	1,801	0.3
83	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,794	0.7
84	Sat	NCAA Tournament	TNT	8:30 PM	1,781	0.6
85	Sun	Liv & Maddie	DSNY	9:00 PM	1,770	0.4
86	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,762	0.8
87	Sun	NCAA Post Game	TNT	10:45 PM	1,759	0.6
88	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,745	0.2
89	Sat	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,744	0.4
90	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,720	0.4
91	Sat	NCAA Tournament	TBS	9:15 PM	1,715	0.6
92	Mon	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,707	0.7
93	Sun	Flip Or Flop	HGTV	7:30 PM	1,706	0.5
94	Tue	The Real Housewives/BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,703	0.7
95	Sun	The Real Housewives: Potomac	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,702	0.8
96	Sun	Flip Or Flop	HGTV	7:00 PM	1,692	0.5
97	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,684	0.4
98	Sat	School Of Rock	NICK	8:30 PM	1,682	0.3
99	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,672	0.3
100	Fri	Stuck In The Middle	DSNY	8:30 PM	1,666	0.3

* - in millions