Primetime Cable Ratings: January 18, 2017

The series premiere of History's military drama, SIX started off well, but not great. 1.7 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49, tuned in to watch the first episode. Retention from its VIKINGS lead in was just 70% in total viewers and 71% in the A18-49 demo.

FOX News was top dog on the night, averaging 3.6 million viewers in primetime and THE O'REILLY FACTOR hauled in 4.4 million viewers, at 8 PM. Compared to the other cable news networks, CNN averaged just 1.2 million viewers and MSNBC averaged only 1.6 million.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
32	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	1,189	0.3
36	American Dad	ADSW	9:00 PM	1,074	0.5
31	American Dad	ADSW	9:30 PM	1,205	0.6
22	Bob's Burgers	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,414	0.6
21	Bob's Burgers	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,445	0.7
33	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,180	0.2
30	CNN Films:Last Days/Obama	CNN	9:00 PM	1,222	0.3
15	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1,771	0.5
3	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3,221	0.8
20	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	10:00 PM	1,644	0.5
28	NBA: MIL v HOU	ESPN	8:01 PM	1,297	0.6
5	NBA: OKC v GS	ESPN	10:34 PM	2,645	1.2
34	Cooks v Cons	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,133	0.3
1	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,357	0.4
2	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,489	0.3
4	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,007	0.3
12	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,900	0.4
13	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,877	0.4
19	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,657	0.4
7	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,468	0.7
16	SIX (SP)	HIST	10:01 PM	1,725	0.5
29	I, Witness	ID	9:00 PM	1,229	0.3
17	Homicide Hunter	ID	10:00 PM	1,709	0.4
24	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,382	0.1
14	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,871	0.2
18	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,673	0.1
11	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,107	0.7
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,284	0.8
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,457	0.9
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,469	0.9
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,287	0.8
27	Full Frontal	TBS	10:30 PM	1,315	0.5
25	My 600-LB Life	TLC	8:00 PM	1,365	0.5
35	Too Close to Home	TLC	10:00 PM	1,078	0.3
26	Black Ink Crew	VH1	8:00 PM	1,325	0.7
23	Black Ink Crew	VH1	9:00 PM	1,393	0.7

* Viewership (,000)