Top 100 Primetime Cable: August 14 - 20, 2017

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW is becoming the top cable news program as the MSNBC program had the top for shows from CNN, MSNBC or FOX News. For the week, the talker averaged just under three million viewers per night and a 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49.

WWE RAW was the top sports program, besting NFL Preseason games. The Monday night wrestling event hauled in 3.2 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49, in primetime. Thursday night's NFL preseason game, ranked 17th, took in 2.6 million viewers and a 0.9 demo rating.

GAME OF THRONES, the #1 show of the week, leads all scripted originals, commanding 10.2 million viewers and a solid 4.7 rating in Adults 18-49. The next closest show in the category is THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS (#26) with 2.4 million viewers and a 0.6 demo rating.

In unscripted programs, ALASKAN BUSK PEOPLE top them all, ranking 24th overall, with 2.4 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in the A18-49 demo.LOVE & HIP HOP: H'WOOD (#34) was not far behind, with 2.2 million viewers, but a much better 1.2 demo rating.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	Game of Thrones	HBO	9:04 PM	10,236	4.7
2	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,419	1.2
3	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,297	0.4
4	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,293	1.2
5	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,247	0.4
6	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,988	1.1
7	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,863	0.4
8	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,843	0.3
9	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,819	0.3
10	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,785	0.3
11	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,781	0.3
12	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,687	0.3
13	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,686	0.3
14	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,675	0.3
15	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,596	0.3
16	Thu	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,561	0.3
17	Thu	NFL Preseason: TB v JAX	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,560	0.9
18	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,558	0.3
19	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,542	0.3
20	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,530	0.8
21	Mon	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,527	0.3
22	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,455	0.3
23	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,453	0.3
24	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	2,436	0.5
25	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,432	0.3
26	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,400	0.6
27	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,398	0.3
28	Sun	Ballers	HBO	10:16 PM	2,355	1.1
29	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,317	0.8
30	Tue	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,316	0.3
31	Wed	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,312	0.3
32	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,256	0.7
33	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,207	0.2
34	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood	VH1	8:00 PM	2,187	1.2
35	Mon	Basketball Wives	VH1	9:00 PM	2,182	1.1
36	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,163	0.3
37	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,110	0.8
38	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,088	0.7
39	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,034	0.7
40	Fri	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,034	0.3
41	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,012	0.3
42	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,005	0.7
43	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	1,972	0.2
44	Fri	LIVE PD	A&E	9:00 PM	1,948	0.7
45	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,931	0.7
46	Fri	Real Time w/Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,920	0.5
47	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,900	0.7
48	Sat	LIVE PD	A&E	9:00 PM	1,899	0.7
49	Sun	POWER	STARZ	9:01 PM	1,898	0.9
50	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,888	0.6
51	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,881	0.2
52	Tue	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,877	0.5
53	Sun	The Last Ship (SP)	TNT	9:00 PM	1,873	0.3
54	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,868	0.4
55	Fri	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,852	0.2
56	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	8:00 PM	1,850	0.7
57	Sun	Chesapeake Shores	HALL	9:00 PM	1,841	0.2
58	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,833	0.4
59	Fri	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,831	0.2
60	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,827	0.4
61	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,826	0.2
62	Mon	Cars That Made America	HIST	8:00 PM	1,817	0.3
63	Tue	GREENLEAF	OWN	10:00 PM	1,812	0.5
64	Sun	MLB: STL v PIT	ESPN	7:00 PM	1,776	0.5
65	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,764	0.3
66	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,754	0.6
67	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,741	0.3
68	Sat	NFL Preseason: IND VS. DAL	NFL	7:00 PM	1,739	0.6
69	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,736	0.3
70	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,730	0.4
71	Tue	Good Bones	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,711	0.3
72	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,694	0.3
73	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,687	0.3
74	Tue	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	1,677	0.5
75	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,674	0.3
76	Wed	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,667	0.4
77	Sun	Big Picture Movie	TNT	6:30 PM	1,666	0.4
78	Mon	The Real Housewives/ OC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,656	0.6
79	Sun	The Last Ship	TNT	10:00 PM	1,651	0.3
80	Wed	THE SINNER	USA	10:01 PM	1,643	0.5
81	Mon	Pawn Stars	HIST	10:02 PM	1,642	0.4
82	Mon	Baller Wives	VH1	10:00 PM	1,636	0.8
83	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,631	0.3
84	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	9:02 PM	1,629	0.6
85	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	1,629	0.5
86	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,627	0.8
87	Wed	Property Bros.: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,624	0.3
88	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,619	0.5
89	Wed	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,616	0.6
90	Sun	NFL Total Access	NFL	7:14 PM	1,608	0.5
91	Sun	NFL Preseason: NO v LAC	NFL	8:00 PM	1,606	0.5
92	Thu	Project Runway (SP)	LIFE	8:00 PM	1,603	0.4
93	Tue	Cars That Made America	HIST	8:00 PM	1,601	0.3
94	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,594	0.5
95	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,594	0.3
96	Sun	Naked & Afraid	DISC	10:00 PM	1,583	0.5
97	Wed	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	1,580	0.3
98	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,569	0.5
99	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,543	0.3
100	Thu	Desert Flippers	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,523	0.3

* - Viewership (,000)