Top 100 Primetime Cable: April 24 - 30, 2017

Sports and News dominate the top third of this week's cable rankings. The NBA Playoffs take seven of the top 15 spots and FOX News grabs 15 of the top 33. Plus, you have the NFL Draft on multiple networks, baseball and wrestling on USA. The lone entertainment program in the top 33 is THE REAL HOUSEWIVES: ATL, ranking 16th overall.

Night one of the NFL Draft set the pace, as the #1 program, hauling in 6.7 million viewers, and a 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49, for ESPN. That night was also simulcast on The NFL Network (#24), bringing in the combined total to 9.3 million viewers and a 3.8 demo rating.

Original, scripted programming too a back seat this week, with THE GOOD WITCH as the top show in the category, ranking 47th overall, with 2.1 million viewers. IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG  was next, in the #62 spot.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Thu	NFL Draft	ESPN	7:59 PM	6,681	2.8
2	Wed	NBA Playoffs: CHI v BOS	TNT	8:43 PM	4,275	1.8
3	Tue	NBA Playoffs: OKC v HOU	TNT	8:09 PM	4,145	1.7
4	Mon	NBA Playoffs: GS v POR	TNT	10:45 PM	3,914	1.7
5	Tue	NBA Playoffs: UTAH v LAC	TNT	10:53 PM	3,180	1.4
6	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,175	0.3
7	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,141	1.1
8	Thu	NBA Playoffs: SA v MEM	TNT	9:56 PM	3,043	1.1
9	Mon	NBA Playoffs:  WAS v ATL	TNT	8:09 PM	3,019	1.2
10	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	2,999	1.0
11	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: ATL	VH1	8:00 PM	2,920	1.5
12	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,899	0.3
13	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,881	1.0
14	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,854	0.3
15	Fri	NBA Playoffs: LAC v UTAH	ESPN	10:34 PM	2,836	1.1
16	Sun	The Real Housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,768	1.1
17	Mon	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,759	0.3
18	Tue	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,671	0.3
19	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,635	0.2
20	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,616	0.3
21	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,611	0.3
22	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,610	0.2
23	Wed	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,608	0.3
24	Thu	NFL Draft	NFL	8:00 PM	2,528	1.0
25	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,513	0.3
26	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,493	0.8
27	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,472	0.3
28	Sun	MLB: CHI v BOS	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,453	0.7
29	Thu	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,430	0.2
30	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,377	0.3
31	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,304	0.2
32	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,300	0.3
33	Fri	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,294	0.2
34	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2,258	0.7
35	Sun	Naked & Afraid XL	DISC	10:01 PM	2,227	0.7
36	Fri	NBA Playoffs: BOS v CHI	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,218	0.9
37	Fri	NFL Draft - Day 2	ESPN2	8:00 PM	2,210	0.9
38	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	9:00 PM	2,192	0.7
39	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,187	0.3
40	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,177	0.7
41	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,171	0.7
42	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,168	0.7
43	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,166	0.7
44	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,162	0.7
45	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,162	0.3
46	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,150	0.2
47	Sun	The Good Witch	HALL	9:00 PM	2,136	0.2
48	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2,103	0.9
49	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,074	0.6
50	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,069	0.2
51	Mon	Basketball Wives	VH1	9:00 PM	2,065	1.0
52	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,025	0.7
53	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,025	0.7
54	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,020	0.7
55	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,016	0.7
56	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,013	0.3
57	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,967	0.7
58	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,953	0.6
59	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,953	0.2
60	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,952	0.6
61	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,935	0.2
62	Tue	If Loving Yu Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	1,921	0.5
63	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,915	0.2
64	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,905	0.4
65	Mon	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,902	0.4
66	Thu	NNA Playoffs: TOR v MIL	TNT	7:09 PM	1,885	0.7
67	Thu	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	1,842	0.4
68	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,828	0.4
69	Wed	NBA Playoffs: ATL v WAS	TNT	6:08 PM	1,826	0.7
70	Sun	Hawaii Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,812	0.4
71	Sun	The Real Housewives: POT	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,791	0.7
72	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,786	0.6
73	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,761	0.3
74	Tue	Home Town	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,754	0.4
75	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,744	0.4
76	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,743	0.6
77	Sun	Lakefront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,736	0.4
78	Sun	Hawaii Life	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,735	0.4
79	Mon	TI & Tiny	VH1	10:00 PM	1,730	0.9
80	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,727	0.2
81	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,723	0.6
82	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	1,721	0.4
83	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,715	0.6
84	Sun	2017 Radio Disney Music Awards	DSNY	7:00 PM	1,702	0.4
85	Sat	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	NICK	8:30 PM	1,700	0.3
86	Sat	WH Correspondents Dinner	CNN	10:00 PM	1,686	0.2
87	Sun	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,679	0.1
88	Sun	Island Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,676	0.4
89	Fri	Real Time w/Bill Naher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,660	0.4
90	Sun	Lakefront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,658	0.4
91	Wed	Property Bros. Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,647	0.4
92	Sat	Movie	DSNY	9:00 PM	1,612	0.4
93	Tue	NBA Pre Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,610	0.6
94	Sat	The Greg Gutfeld Show	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,604	0.2
95	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,601	0.3
96	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,601	0.3
97	Fri	NFL Draft - Day 2	NFL	7:00 PM	1,568	0.6
98	Sat	LIVE PD	A&E	9:00 PM	1,555	0.5
99	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,555	0.2
100	Sun	Property Bros.	HGTV	7:00 PM	1,550	0.4

* - Viewership (,000)