Top 100 Primetime Cable: April 11 - 17, 2016

The NBA Playoffs are underway and attracting viewers. of the top 15 shows of the week, playoff games took fives slots, plus another two for the last of the regular season games, earlier in the week. The top Playoff game was the Memphis vs San Antonio matchup, on TNT, drawing four million viewers and a solid 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49.

CNN aired what may be the final Democrat party debate, and collected 5.5 million viewers and the #2 spot on the chart. Both political parties are starting to see the leading candidates pull away from their respective opponents in the delegate counts. Next up for the debates will be the first, of many, debate of the two official candidates.

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD is still the #1 show on cable, but dropped 1.1 million viewers and fell 20% from last week's season premiere. No need to worry about the series, it was just renewed for a third season, in 2017.

Reality TV took a back seat this week, with the best rated show being LOVE & HIP HOP, at #17. The VH1 series hauled in 2.8 million viewers and a top ten A18-49 rating of a 1.4 score.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Sun	Fear The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	5,581	2.5
2	Thu	NY Democrat Debate	CNN	9:00 PM	5,470	1.2
3	Sun	NBA Playoffs: MEM v SA	TNT	8:10 PM	3,988	1.7
4	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,687	1.3
5	Wed	NBA Basketball	ESPN	10:40 PM	3,649	1.6
6	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,474	1.2
7	Wed	NBA Basketball	ESPN2	10:20 PM	3,465	1.7
8	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,427	1.2
9	Sun	NBA Playoffs: POR v LAC	TNT	10:30 PM	3,060	1.4
10	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,035	0.3
11	Sat	NBA Playoffs: DAL v OAK	ESPN	9:50 PM	3,016	1.3
12	Sun	NBA Playoffs: CHA v MIA	TNT	5:40 PM	2,978	1.3
13	Sat	NBA Playoffs: BOS v ATL	ESPN	7:00 PM	2,930	1.2
14	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,792	0.3
15	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,762	0.3
16	Mon	Love & Hip Hop:ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	2,751	1.4
17	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,713	1.0
18	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,693	0.9
19	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,689	0.2
20	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,643	0.2
21	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,590	0.9
22	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,516	0.9
23	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,481	0.2
24	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2,420	0.8
25	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,366	0.8
26	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,359	0.8
27	Thu	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,355	0.7
28	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,321	0.8
29	Thu	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	2,280	0.6
30	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,268	0.8
31	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,265	0.8
32	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,249	0.7
33	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,246	0.8
34	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,240	0.7
35	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,224	0.2
36	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,211	0.8
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,208	0.8
38	Mon	Black Ink Crew	VH1	9:00 PM	2,195	1.2
39	Tue	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	2,195	0.6
40	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,185	0.8
41	Sun	The Good Witch	HALL	9:00 PM	2,185	0.3
42	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,179	0.2
43	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,173	0.3
44	Tue	Trump Town Hall	CNN	9:00 PM	2,168	0.4
45	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	2,129	0.8
46	Mon	Better Call Saul	AMC	10:00 PM	2,059	0.8
47	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,045	0.7
48	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,035	0.6
49	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,021	0.6
50	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,013	0.5
51	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,992	0.2
52	Tue	The Real Housewives:BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,978	0.7
53	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,955	0.5
54	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,946	0.9
55	Sun	Talking Dead: Fear	AMC	10:00 PM	1,939	0.8
56	Sun	Story of God	NGC	9:00 PM	1,934	0.4
57	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,908	0.9
58	Sun	KC Undercover	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,900	0.4
59	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,890	0.5
60	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,885	0.3
61	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,859	0.7
62	Sun	Sunday Night Baseball	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,858	0.6
63	Mon	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	1,851	0.5
64	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,840	0.4
65	Mon	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,832	0.9
66	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:30 PM	1,832	0.6
67	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,829	0.5
68	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,816	0.6
69	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,804	0.2
70	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,801	0.5
71	Wed	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:10 PM	1,793	0.8
72	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,793	0.4
73	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,780	0.8
74	Thu	60 Days In	A&E	10:00 PM	1,772	0.9
75	Sun	Lakefront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,755	0.3
76	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,752	0.8
77	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,750	0.5
78	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	1,747	0.3
79	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,743	0.6
80	Sun	Long Lost Family	TLC	10:00 PM	1,742	0.3
81	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,735	0.8
82	Tue	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:10 PM	1,707	0.6
83	Sun	Lakefront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,695	0.3
84	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,678	0.8
85	Thu	BOLT	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,675	0.3
86	Tue	Good Bones	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,674	0.4
87	Sun	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,668	0.4
88	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,667	0.6
89	Tue	Dance Moms	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,663	0.6
90	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,633	0.2
91	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,622	0.7
92	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,622	0.4
93	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,620	0.4
94	Mon	Teen Mom II	MTV	10:00 PM	1,596	0.9
95	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,587	0.2
96	Mon	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,585	0.8
97	Sun	Spring Baking Champ	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,582	0.5
98	Mon	Street Outlaws: NOLA	DISC	9:00 PM	1,569	0.6
99	Sun	Shahs of Sunset	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,568	0.7
100	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,567	0.5

* - in millions