Top 100 Primetime Cable: August 8 - 14, 2016

Sports top this week's cable chart, but it was not olympic coverage. The NFL Pre-seasons game, on ESPN, was the most watched program this week, with 3.2 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That is about 300,000 more viewers than WWE RAW (#2) and 1.3 million more viewers than the most watched olympics coverage, on NBCSN.

THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (#4) was the top original scripted cable program, drawing 2.9 million viewers, including a 0.8 rating in the A18-49 demo. GREENLEAF (#11), also on OWN, was 600,000 viewers behind for second place in the category. New series, CHESAPEAKE SHORES (#28), brought in 1.9 million viewers for Hallmark, on Sunday night.

LOVE AND HIP HOP: ATL was the week's top draw for the A18-49 audience, scoring a 1.2 rating in the demo. Overall, the reality series ranked 9th in total viewership, with 2.5 million viewers, best in the genre. AMERICAN PICKERS (#21) was second in the category, with 1.9 million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sat	NFL Pre-season: DAL v LA	ESPN	8:00 PM	3,209	1.1
2	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	2,974	1.0
3	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	2,950	1.0
4	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,885	0.8
5	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,809	1.0
6	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,657	0.2
7	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,561	0.2
8	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,469	0.2
9	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	2,461	1.2
10	Tue	WWE Smckdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,455	0.8
11	Wed	GREENLEAF	OWN	10:00 PM	2,306	0.6
12	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,258	0.2
13	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,113	0.2
14	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,111	0.2
15	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,080	0.7
16	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,062	0.2
17	Fri	Girl Meets World	DSNY	8:30 PM	2,060	0.4
18	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,049	0.6
19	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,008	0.2
20	Sun	The Last Ship	TNT	9:00 PM	2,002	0.5
21	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,982	0.3
22	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,975	0.2
23	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,974	0.7
24	Sun	KC Undercover	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,967	0.5
25	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,963	0.7
26	Sun	Movie: Monsters Univ.	DSNY	6:10 PM	1,960	0.5
27	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,953	0.2
28	Sun	Chesapeake Shores (SP)	HALL	9:00 PM	1,942	0.3
29	Thu	Mountain Men	HIST	9:00 PM	1,939	0.4
30	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,928	0.2
31	Mon	Family Guy	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,918	0.9
32	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,915	0.5
33	Wed	Summer Olympics	NBCSN	7:01 PM	1,874	0.7
34	Tue	Summer Olympics	NBCSN	7:03 PM	1,870	0.7
35	Sat	Movie Monsters Univ.	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,864	0.5
36	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,837	0.2
37	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,806	0.2
38	Sun	POWER	STARZ	9:02 PM	1,804	0.9
39	Thu	Movie: RATATOUILLE	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,791	0.4
40	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,787	0.6
41	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,765	0.6
42	Sun	Naked & Afraid XL	DISC	10:00 PM	1,751	0.6
43	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,728	0.5
44	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,724	0.5
45	Sun	Family Guy	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,704	0.8
46	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,701	0.6
47	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,688	0.5
48	Sun	Family Guy	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,663	0.8
49	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,662	0.2
50	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	8:30 PM	1,661	0.3
51	Tue	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,636	0.8
52	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,635	0.5
53	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,630	0.5
54	Mon	Family Guy	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,626	0.7
55	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,625	0.6
56	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	1,625	0.2
57	Fri	Family Guy	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,622	0.7
58	Sun	The Walking Dead Season 7 Preview	AMC	10:00 PM	1,603	0.6
59	Sun	MLB Baseball: CHI v STL	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,599	0.4
60	Fri	Summer Olympics	NBCSN	7:00 PM	1,578	0.5
61	Fri	Hannity	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,573	0.2
62	Mon	Summer Olympics	NBCSN	7:02 PM	1,562	0.6
63	Wed	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,561	0.7
64	Fri	Stuck in the Middle	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,561	0.3
65	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,554	0.2
66	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,545	0.5
67	Sun	BIZAARDVARK	DSNY	8:30 PM	1,531	0.3
68	Tue	American Dad	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,529	0.7
69	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,511	0.5
70	Tue	Animal Kingdom	TNT	9:00 PM	1,510	0.5
71	Wed	SUITS	USA	9:00 PM	1,506	0.4
72	Wed	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:03 PM	1,506	0.3
73	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,499	0.4
74	Thu	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,494	0.7
75	Fri	KC Undercover	DSNY	9:00 PM	1,493	0.3
76	Mon	American Dad	ADSW	9:30 PM	1,481	0.6
77	Mon	TI & Tiny	VH1	9:00 PM	1,478	0.7
78	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	8:00 PM	1,478	0.3
79	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,478	0.2
80	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,474	0.4
81	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,462	0.2
82	Thu	Summer Olympics	NBCSN	7:00 PM	1,437	0.5
83	Wed	American Dad	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,433	0.6
84	Wed	Little Women: LA	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,424	0.5
85	Sat	Justice w/ Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,408	0.1
86	Fri	Family Guy	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,407	0.6
87	Sun	The Night Of	HBO	9:01 PM	1,407	0.5
88	Sun	NFL Preseason: HOU v SF	NFL	7:00 PM	1,402	0.5
89	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,385	0.2
90	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,377	0.2
91	Sun	American Dad	ADSW	9:30 PM	1,365	0.6
92	Thu	NAN Movie	NAN	8:00 PM	1,365	0.4
93	Sun	Justice w/ Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,365	0.1
94	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,359	0.3
95	Sun	Fear The Walking Dead Sneak	AMC	7:25 PM	1,352	0.5
96	Mon	TINY House Hunters	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,348	0.3
97	Wed	Little Women: ATL	LIFE	10:02 PM	1,329	0.6
98	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,329	0.3
99	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,322	0.3
100	Wed	Property Bros.: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,321	0.3

* - Viewership (,000)