Top 100 Primetime Cable: January 16 - 22, 2017

Politics was the hot topic in cable television, as the three news networks, dominated by FOX news, take 13 of the top 15 spots and 20 of the top 30 spots on the chart. FOX News owns the top three spots, with Friday night coverage of the Inauguration festivities, averaging just under seven million viewers. CNN's ANDERSON COOPER 36, on Friday night, managed to get the #4 spot before FOX News takes four of the next five spots.

The NBA game, on TNT managed to make the top 10, ranking 7th for the Monday night match up. That Cavs vs Warriors rematch of the championship series, drew 4.5 million viewers and the week's best A18-49 rating, a 1.8 score.

On the reality TV scene, GOLD RUSH tops them all, with 3.4 million viewers, ranking 17th over all. ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE and FIXER UPPER follow behind in the #21 and #23 spots, respectively.

Just making the top 30 was the week's top original scripted program, THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS, on OWN. The drama drew 2.7 million viewers on Tuesday night. VIKINGS was 38th on the chart, with 2.5 million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	7,092	1.0
2	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	7,018	1.0
3	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	6,764	1.1
4	Fri	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	5,418	1.0
5	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	5,392	0.6
6	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	5,064	0.6
7	Mon	NBA: CLE v GS	TNT	8:01 PM	4,518	1.8
8	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,357	0.4
9	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,310	0.4
10	Fri	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	4,108	0.8
11	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,100	0.4
12	Fri	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	4,059	0.8
13	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,996	0.6
14	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,519	1.2
15	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,489	0.3
16	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,460	0.3
17	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3,422	1.0
18	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,413	0.4
19	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,333	0.3
20	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,221	1.1
21	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3,221	0.8
22	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,107	0.3
23	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3,094	0.7
24	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,074	1.1
25	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3,044	0.8
26	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,007	0.3
27	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,995	0.4
28	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,987	0.3
29	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2,744	0.5
30	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,680	0.7
31	Tue	WWE SMACKDOWN	USA	8:00 PM	2,652	0.9
32	Wed	NBA: OKC v GS	ESPN	10:34 PM	2,645	1.2
33	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	2,540	0.9
34	Sat	The Greg Gutfeld Show	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,529	0.4
35	Mon	Love And Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2,495	1.3
36	Sun	Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,477	1.0
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,469	0.9
38	Wed	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,468	0.7
39	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,457	0.9
40	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,439	0.3
41	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,399	0.9
42	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,336	0.8
43	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,287	0.8
44	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,284	0.8
45	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,261	0.5
46	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,258	0.7
47	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,248	0.9
48	Mon	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,245	0.3
49	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,217	0.8
50	Sun	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,216	0.2
51	Sat	Lifetime Movie	LIFE	8:00 PM	2,211	0.6
52	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,176	0.7
53	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,156	0.8
54	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,153	0.8
55	Sat	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	2,141	0.5
56	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,130	0.8
57	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,117	0.7
58	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,107	0.8
59	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,107	0.7
60	Fri	NBA: GS v HOU	ESPN	8:01 PM	2,072	0.8
61	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,058	0.6
62	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,058	0.6
63	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,050	0.2
64	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,042	0.8
65	Sat	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	1,995	0.4
66	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,985	0.3
67	Sun	The Librarians (SF)	TNT	8:00 PM	1,967	0.5
68	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,967	0.3
69	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,932	0.7
70	Fri	Real time w/Nill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,906	0.5
71	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,900	0.4
72	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,877	0.4
73	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,871	0.2
74	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	8:00 PM	1,866	0.4
75	Sun	Worst Cooks	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,846	0.6
76	Mon	Diesel Brothers	DISC	10:01 PM	1,837	0.8
77	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,827	0.4
78	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,798	0.4
79	Mon	Leave It To Stevie	VH1	9:00 PM	1,791	0.9
80	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1,771	0.5
81	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,762	0.6
82	Sat	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	1,754	0.4
83	Thu	ALONE	HIST	9:00 PM	1,748	0.4
84	Wed	SIX (SP)	HIST	10:01 PM	1,725	0.5
85	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,718	0.4
86	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,717	0.4
87	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:15 PM	1,716	0.2
88	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	10:00 PM	1,714	0.3
89	Mon	NBA: OKC v LAC	TNT	10:38 PM	1,712	0.7
90	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,710	0.4
91	Wed	Homicide Hunter	ID	10:00 PM	1,709	0.4
92	Mon	Kids Baking Champ	FOOD	8:00 PM	1,702	0.5
93	Sun	Special Report w/Bret Baier	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,699	0.2
94	Sun	Sunday Movie	FREE	7:25 PM	1,697	0.6
95	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,695	0.4
96	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,689	0.4
97	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,687	0.3
98	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,686	0.6
99	Tue	MOONSHINERS	DISC	9:00 PM	1,679	0.6
100	Mon	Love It or List It	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,675	0.4

* - Viewership (,000)