Top 100 Primetime Cable: February 20 - 26, 2017

The top five scripted original cable programs of the week were THE WALKING DEAD (#1), THE HAVES & HAVE NOTS (#21), THE WALKING DEAD encore (#32), MAJOR CRIMNES (#68) and WHEN CALLS THE HEART (#73).

Top unscripted cable original programs are TALKING DEAD (#5), CURSE OF OAK ISLAND (#7), GOLD RUSH (#8) ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE (#12) and FIXER UPPER (#15).

This week's top five sports events were WWE RAW (#9), WWE SMACKDOWN (#20), NBA Clippers vs Warriors (#23), NASCAR Duel @ Daytons (#26) and College Basketball UCLA vs Arizona (#48).

FOX dominated the news coverage pushing three nights of THE O'REILLY FACTOR into the top five and 12 programs into the top 25.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	10,423	5.0
2	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,155	0.4
3	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,998	0.4
4	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,970	0.4
5	Sun	Talking Dead	AMC	10:09 PM	3,937	1.7
6	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,839	0.4
7	Tue	Curse of Oak Island: Blood	HIST	9:00 PM	3,790	1.0
8	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3,428	1.0
9	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,261	1.2
10	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,259	1.2
11	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,250	0.3
12	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3,237	0.8
13	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,150	0.4
14	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,127	1.1
15	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3,105	0.7
16	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,085	0.3
17	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,938	0.3
18	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,836	0.3
19	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,813	0.2
20	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,792	1.0
21	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,762	0.8
22	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,718	0.3
23	Thu	NBA: LAC v GS	TNT	10:34 PM	2,597	1.0
24	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,577	0.3
25	Mon	Love And Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2,517	1.3
26	Thu	NASCAR: Duel @ Daytona	FS1	6:59 PM	2,506	0.6
27	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,444	0.3
28	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,411	0.2
29	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,407	0.2
30	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,384	0.3
31	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,369	0.7
32	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	7:55 PM	2,331	0.9
33	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,308	0.3
34	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,302	0.6
35	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,260	0.6
36	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,255	0.3
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,221	0.7
38	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,218	0.8
39	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,209	0.3
40	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,195	0.2
41	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,187	0.7
42	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,179	0.2
43	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,178	0.7
44	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,175	0.7
45	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,168	0.6
46	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,147	0.5
47	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,140	0.3
48	Sat	College BB: UCLA v AZ	ESPN	8:16 PM	2,134	0.7
49	Wed	College BB: LOU v NC	ESPN	9:04 PM	2,131	0.7
50	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,126	0.2
51	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,093	0.3
52	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,088	0.7
53	Mon	Fast N Loud	DISC	9:00 PM	2,086	0.8
54	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,080	0.7
55	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,071	0.7
56	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,059	0.7
57	Thu	NBA: NY v CLE	TNT	8:14 PM	2,052	0.8
58	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,038	0.5
59	Sun	LRC: The Oscars	E!	5:30 PM	2,032	0.7
60	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,016	0.8
61	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,992	0.2
62	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	7:30 PM	1,983	0.7
63	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,976	0.7
64	Tue	Chrisley Knows Best	USA	10:00 PM	1,974	0.7
65	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,957	0.7
66	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,948	0.6
67	Thu	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	1,934	0.5
68	Wed	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	1,929	0.2
69	Wed	Trump: The First Month	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,911	0.2
70	Tue	SP Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,881	0.4
71	Fri	Real Time w/Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,869	0.5
72	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,866	0.7
73	Sun	When Calls the Heart	HALL	9:00 PM	1,862	0.2
74	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,807	0.4
75	Wed	College BB: DUKE v SYR	ESPN	7:00 PM	1,805	0.5
76	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,785	0.4
77	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,767	0.4
78	Mon	Love It or List It	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,745	0.4
79	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1,740	0.4
80	Sun	RCR: The Oscars	E!	7:30 PM	1,737	0.6
81	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,737	0.4
82	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,718	0.4
83	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,692	0.2
84	Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,680	0.3
85	Sat	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,674	0.4
86	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	8:00 PM	1,666	0.3
87	Fri	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,659	0.2
88	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,658	0.6
89	Tue	CURSE OF OAK ISLAND AC	HIST	8:00 PM	1,653	0.3
90	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,642	0.2
91	Wed	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,641	0.8
92	Fri	Movie: Princess/Frog	DSNY	8:30 PM	1,640	0.4
93	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,626	0.4
94	Mon	Diesel Brothers	DISC	10:00 PM	1,624	0.7
95	Sat	The Greg Gutfeld Show	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,623	0.2
96	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,616	0.2
97	Sat	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,612	0.4
98	Sat	College Gameday	ESPN	7:59 PM	1,575	0.5
99	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	1,572	0.2
100	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,570	0.3

* - Viewership (,000)