Primetime Cable Ratings: May 17, 2016

Tuesday night was the start of the NBA Eastern Conference finals and like Monday's game, it was the #1 show of the night. But, the ESPN game was was off by 3.3 million viewers and 1.4 points in the demo, than the Western Conference game on Monday night.

Presidential primary coverage brought all three cable news networks on the chart, with FOX News placing all three hours in the top 10. CNN's coverage was in the teens, while MSNBC placed in the high 20's.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
28	Storage Wars	A&E	10:00 PM	1,072	0.3
29	Storage Wars	A&E	10:31 PM	1,071	0.3
32	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,009	0.4
23	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,129	0.5
11	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,521	0.7
9	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,659	0.7
22	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,144	0.2
16	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	1,382	0.3
14	America's Choice	CNN	10:00 PM	1,428	0.3
6	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2,129	0.7
19	The Last Alaskan	DISC	10:02 PM	1,328	0.4
17	BOLT	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,376	0.3
31	BOTCHED	E!	9:00 PM	1,061	0.4
2	NBA Draft Lottery	ESPN	7:59 PM	2,748	1.2
1	NBA Playoffs: TOR v CLE	ESPN	8:29 PM	5,405	2.3
26	Chopped Jr.	FOOD	8:00 PM	1,109	0.4
33	Chopped	FOOD	10:00 PM	1,009	0.3
3	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,470	0.2
4	America's Election HQ	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,414	0.2
7	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,047	0.3
12	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,511	0.4
8	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,764	0.5
18	Good bones	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,373	0.3
27	Decision 2016	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,095	0.2
25	NHL Playoffs: SJ v STL	NBCSN	8:07 PM	1,113	0.4
5	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	2,283	0.6
21	Ink Master	SPIKE	10:00 PM	1,190	0.6
24	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,127	0.4
20	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,306	0.5
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,631	0.6
15	Little People, Big World	TLC	9:00 PM	1,387	0.4
30	OUTDAUGHTERED	TLC	10:01 PM	1,067	0.3
13	Chrisley Knows Best	USA	10:00 PM	1,509	0.6

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