Primetime Cable Ratings: August 2, 2017

The series premiere of the new USA series, THE SINNER, did relatively well on Wednesday night, taking in 1.6 million viewers and posting a 0.4 rating in the A18-49 demographic, it grew in viewership from its SUITS lead in, adding over 200,000 viewers, and retained all of its A18-49 audience.

New series, DARKNESS, from Discovery, failed to draw interest from viewers, posting just a 0.2 rating in Adults 18-49 and collecting just over 730,000 total viewers. The new show retained just 50% of its lead in audience from a special NAKED & AFRAID episode.

A&E had a similar failure in THE LOWE FILES, starring Rob Lowe and his sons hunting for ghosts. The new series drew only 650,000 viewers and a o.2 rating in the A18-49 demo. But on the positive side, the season finale of STORAGE WARS, which proceeded THE LOWE FILES, brought in 1.3 million viewers and 50% more in the demo.

Also airing a season finale was QUEEN SUGAR, on OWN, grabbing 1.6 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49. up a tick in the demo and flat in total viewers, form last week's episode.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
56	Storage Wars	A&E	8:00 PM	732	0.2
52	Storage Wars	A&E	8:30 PM	818	0.2
33	Storage Wars	A&E	9:00 PM	1,169	0.3
24	Storage Wars	A&E	9:30 PM	1,307	0.3
68	The Lowe Files	A&E	10:00 PM	648	0.2
85	King of the Hill	ADSM	8:00 PM	526	0.2
61	American Dad	ADSM	8:30 PM	701	0.3
50	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:00 PM	859	0.4
35	American Dad	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,119	0.5
25	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,301	0.6
18	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,477	0.7
76	AMC Movie	AMC	8:00 PM	605	0.2
79	AMC Movie	AMC	10:00 PM	567	0.3
83	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	8:00 PM	549	0.2
14	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,637	0.6
77	Odd Mom Out	BRVO	10:00 PM	597	0.2
105	South Park	CMDY	8:00 PM	329	0.2
103	South Park	CMDY	8:30 PM	348	0.2
119	Hood Ajacent	CMDY	9:00 PM	212	0.1
111	South Park	CMDY	9:30 PM	253	0.2
104	South Park	CMDY	10:00 PM	341	0.2
97	South Park	CMDY	10:30 PM	389	0.2
96	Jay Leno's Garage	CNBC	10:00 PM	407	0.1
22	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,342	0.3
32	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	1,226	0.3
37	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	1,071	0.2
116	Burgers, Brews & Ques	COOK	9:00 PM	226	0.1
117	Burgers, Brews & Ques	COOK	9:30 PM	222	0.1
51	Naked & Afraid	DISC	8:00 PM	842	0.2
19	Naked & Afraid	DISC	9:00 PM	1,427	0.4
57	DARKNESS	DISC	10:00 PM	731	0.2
60	Lion Guard	DISJR	8:00 PM	709	0.2
62	Hollywood Medium	E!	9:00 PM	699	0.2
91	MLB Rain Delay	ESPN	7:00 PM	450	0.1
95	SportsCenter	ESPN	10:00 PM	419	0.2
122	Top Rank Boxing	ESPN2	8:00 PM	145	0.1
120	Top Rank Boxing	ESPN2	9:00 PM	200	0.1
113	Top Rank Boxing	ESPN2	9:30 PM	232	0.1
70	Guy's Grocery Games	FOOD	8:00 PM	627	0.2
69	Guy's Grocery Games	FOOD	9:00 PM	647	0.2
54	Cooks vs Cons	FOOD	10:00 PM	746	0.2
1	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,761	0.3
4	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,530	0.3
3	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,554	0.2
75	BIG Sceeen Movie	FREE	8:50 PM	606	0.2
94	MLS All-Star Game	FS1	8:50 PM	420	0.2
23	FX Movie Prime	FX	7:00 PM	1,316	0.5
41	SNOWFALL	FX	10:00 PM	1,010	0.4
118	FXX Movie Prime	FXX	8:00 PM	219	0.1
112	COPA MX	GAL	9:25 PM	237	0.1
106	EMOGENIUS	GSN	9:00 PM	313	0.1
114	EMOGENIUS	GSN	9:30 PM	230	0.1
108	IDIOTEST	GSN	10:00 PM	289	0.1
107	IDIOTEST	GSN	10:30 PM	309	0.1
74	The Middle	HALL	10:30 PM	612	0.2
67	Movie	HBO	8:00 PM	648	0.2
29	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,257	0.2
12	Property Bros.: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,779	0.3
11	House Hunters FAMILY	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,812	0.3
13	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,731	0.3
43	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	949	0.2
27	American Pickers: BEST OF	HIST	9:00 PM	1,269	0.2
31	Mountain Men	HIST	10:00 PM	1,254	0.2
44	American Pickers	HIST	10:10 PM	922	0.2
47	Homicide Hunter	ID	8:00 PM	891	0.2
28	The Perfect Murder	ID	9:00 PM	1,266	0.3
30	Murder By Numbers	ID	10:00 PM	1,254	0.3
63	LWLA Short	LIFE	8:50 PM	696	0.2
34	Little Women: LA - Couples Retreat	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,144	0.3
98	So Sharp	LIFE	10:03 PM	389	0.1
84	Movie	LMN	8:00 PM	534	0.2
9	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,045	0.2
2	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,635	0.3
5	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,493	0.3
82	Catfish: Liar Liar	MTV	10:00 PM	549	0.3
46	Full House	NAN	9:00 PM	897	0.3
36	Full House	NAN	9:30 PM	1,074	0.3
38	Full House	NAN	10:00 PM	1,029	0.3
42	Full House	NAN	10:30 PM	994	0.3
123	Training Camp Primetime	NFL	8:00 PM	133	0.1
102	Locked Up Abroad	NGC	10:00 PM	350	0.1
26	The Thundermans	NICK	8:00 PM	1,284	0.2
73	Queen Sugar	OWN	9:00 PM	622	0.2
16	Queen Sugar	OWN	10:00 PM	1,593	0.5
115	Outrageous Acts of Science	SCI	9:02 PM	229	0.1
87	COPS	SPIKE	8:00 PM	502	0.2
90	COPS	SPIKE	8:30 PM	474	0.2
71	COPS	SPIKE	9:00 PM	623	0.2
72	COPS	SPIKE	9:30 PM	623	0.2
65	COPS	SPIKE	10:00 PM	683	0.2
58	COPS	SPIKE	10:30 PM	722	0.2
53	SYFY Movie	SYFY	8:00 PM	795	0.2
89	Blood Drive	SYFY	10:00 PM	498	0.2
17	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,491	0.5
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,961	0.7
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,145	0.7
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,265	0.8
7	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,262	0.7
21	Full Frontal w/SB	TBS	10:30 PM	1,373	0.5
99	I Am Jazz	TLC	8:00 PM	380	0.1
49	I Am Jazz	TLC	9:00 PM	863	0.3
92	Hair Goodness	TLC	10:05 PM	439	0.1
80	Big Picture Movie	TNT	8:00 PM	566	0.2
86	Big Picture Movie	TNT	10:46 PM	521	0.2
59	Expedition Unknown	TRAV	9:00 PM	717	0.2
93	Impractical Jokers	TRU	8:30 PM	436	0.2
88	Impractical Jokers	TRU	9:00 PM	498	0.2
81	Impractical Jokers: IJ	TRU	9:30 PM	559	0.3
109	I'm Sorry	TRU	10:00 PM	288	0.2
40	MASH	TVL	8:00 PM	1,017	0.2
48	Everybody Loves Raymond	TVL	9:30 PM	876	0.2
55	YOUNGER	TVL	10:00 PM	738	0.2
121	LA BARRA MLS	UND	8:00 PM	164	0.1
100	FUTBOL MLS	UND	9:00 PM	373	0.2
39	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1,028	0.4
20	SUITS	USA	9:00 PM	1,407	0.4
15	The Sinner	USA	10:01 PM	1,633	0.4
64	Law & Order: SVU	USA	10:55 PM	688	0.2
101	RMD Garage	VEL	9:00 PM	372	0.1
110	Auto Firm w/AV	VEL	10:00 PM	275	0.1
45	Black Ink Crew: Chicago	VH1	8:00 PM	914	0.5
66	SIGNED	VH1	9:00 PM	661	0.3
78	Black Ink Crew: Chicago	VH1	10:00 PM	586	0.3

* Viewership (,000)