Top 100 Primetime Cable: May 16 - 22, 2016

The NBA playoffs continue to dominate the weekly cable ratings, placing six games into the top seven of the chart. The three top games were on TNT, averaging over 8 million viewers each. The three other games, on ESPN, averaged just over 5.4 million viewers.

GAME OF THRONES (#3) was the top regular series of the week, continuing to draw near eight million viewers and the week's best A18-49 rating, a 4.0 score. FEAR THE WALKING DEAD season finale, ranked eighth on the week, collecting 4.4 million viewers and a 1.9 demo rating.

The much anticipated series premiere of AMC's PREACHER got off to a soft start capturing 2.4 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the A18-49 demo. It dropped two million viewers and a full point in the demo, from its FTWD lead in.

The week's top reality series was once again LOVE & HIP HOP: ATLANTA, ranking 17th on the week. ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was right behind it, in 19th position, with 150,000 viewers less.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Mon	NBA Playoffs: OKC v GS	TNT	9:00 PM	8,706	3.7
2	Sun	NBA Playoffs: GS v OKC	TNT	8:00 PM	8,018	3.1
3	Sun	Game of Thrones	HBO	9:02 PM	7,890	4.0
4	Wed	NBA Playoffs: OKC v GS	TNT	9:02 PM	7,573	3.1
5	Thu	NBA Playoffs: TOR v CLE	ESPN	8:29 PM	5,492	2.2
6	Tue	NBAPlayoffs: TOR v CLE	ESPN	8:29 PM	5,405	2.3
7	Sat	NBA Playoffs: CLE v TOR	ESPN	8:29 PM	5,393	2.1
8	Sun	Fear The Walking Dead (SF)	AMC	9:00 PM	4,388	1.9
9	Sun	Inside the NBA Playoffs	TNT	10:41 PM	3,417	1.4
10	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,376	1.1
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,302	1.1
12	Sat	NASCAR All-Star Race	FS1	9:22 PM	3,291	0.7
13	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,132	0.3
14	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,975	0.2
15	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,930	0.2
16	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,894	1.0
17	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	2,853	1.5
18	Tue	NBA Draft Lottery	ESPN	7:59 PM	2,748	1.2
19	Fri	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	2,707	0.6
20	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,530	0.2
21	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,522	0.3
22	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,470	0.2
23	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,441	0.9
24	Tue	America's Election HQ	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,414	0.2
25	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,398	0.9
26	Sun	Preacher (SP)	AMC	10:00 PM	2,380	0.9
27	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2,322	1.0
28	Thu	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,295	0.7
29	Tue	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	2,283	0.6
30	Sun	The Good Witch	HALL	9:00 PM	2,191	0.2
31	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,167	0.7
32	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,160	0.3
33	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,152	0.7
34	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,143	0.6
35	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2,129	0.7
36	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,122	0.7
37	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,113	0.2
38	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,097	0.8
39	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	2,096	0.7
40	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,095	0.7
41	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,082	0.2
42	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,076	0.7
43	Mon	Black Ink Crew	VH1	9:00 PM	2,056	1.1
44	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,054	0.8
45	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,054	0.7
46	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,047	0.3
47	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,043	0.2
48	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,024	0.4
49	Sat	NASCAR Raceday	FS1	8:21 PM	2,016	0.4
50	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,980	0.9
51	Thu	60 Days In	A&E	10:00 PM	1,978	0.8
52	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,973	0.7
53	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,966	0.7
54	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,959	0.7
55	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,956	0.7
56	Sun	NHL Playoffs: TB v PIT	NBCSN	8:08 PM	1,903	0.8
57	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,894	0.7
58	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	1,889	0.3
59	Mon	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,879	0.8
60	Sat	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	1,860	0.3
61	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,848	0.9
62	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,837	0.8
63	Sun	MLB Sunday Night: CHI v SF	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,817	0.4
64	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,812	0.2
65	Wed	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,809	0.7
66	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,801	0.4
67	Sun	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	7:00 PM	1,799	0.7
68	Thu	Mountain Men	HIST	10:03 PM	1,779	0.4
69	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,773	0.5
70	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,764	0.5
71	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,757	0.6
72	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,754	0.6
73	Sat	NCIS	USA	7:00 PM	1,754	0.3
74	Wed	NHL Playoffs: PIT v TB	NBCSN	8:08 PM	1,752	0.7
75	Thu	ALONE	HIST	9:00 PM	1,751	0.5
76	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,749	0.5
77	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,747	0.2
78	Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,737	0.3
79	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,732	0.8
80	Sat	Game Shakers	NICK	8:00 PM	1,729	0.3
81	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,724	0.6
82	Sun	Silicon Valley	HBO	10:02 PM	1,712	0.9
83	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,712	0.4
84	Mon	NHL Playoffs: TB v PIT	NBCSN	8:08 PM	1,705	0.7
85	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,661	0.3
86	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,659	0.7
87	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,651	0.8
88	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,651	0.5
89	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,649	0.4
90	Sun	Food-Network Star	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,640	0.4
91	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,640	0.1
92	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,632	0.4
93	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,631	0.6
94	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,608	0.3
95	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,601	0.6
96	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,600	0.4
97	Sun	Lakefront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,598	0.4
98	Fri	The Last Alaskans	DISC	10:01 PM	1,593	0.3
99	Sat	NASCAR Sprint Cup	FS1	7:18 PM	1,590	0.3
100	Mon	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,588	0.7

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