Top 100 Primetime Cable: August 21 - 27, 2017

HBO's GAME OF THRONES season finale drew the best ratings ever for the series, collecting 12.1 million viewers and a 5.7 rating in Adults 18-49. Last year's finale drew 8.9 million viewers and a 4.8 rating in the demo. Also, the series passed up THE WALKING DEAD, the season finale for that series, this past April, was 11.3 million viewers and a 5.4 demo rating.

The Presidential address, back on Monday, was a top ratings getter for the FOX News. FOX took the #2 spot with the address and the #4 spot with its Analysis show. MSNBC's coverage ranked 18th, about half the audience as FOX News.

ESPN's preseason NFL game topped WWE RAW as the top sporting event of the week, bringing in 3.6 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49. WWE RAW averaged 3.4 million viewers and a 1.1 demo rating.

Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) drew 2.7 million viewer and a solid 1.4 demo rating to the network. Adding in all the simulcast airing on the Viacom networks, and the pop awards show had a total audience of 5.4 million viewers and a 2.6 rating in Adults 18-49.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	Game of Thrones	HBO	9:05 PM	12,072	5.7
2	Mon	Presidential Address	FOXN	9:01 PM	5,113	0.6
3	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	4,578	0.5
4	Mon	Pres. Address Analysis	FOXN	9:27 PM	4,440	0.6
5	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,581	1.2
6	Mon	NFL Preseason: NYG v CLE	ESPN	8:00 PM	3,574	1.2
7	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,416	1.1
8	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,216	1.1
9	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:30 PM	3,125	0.4
10	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,124	0.4
11	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,088	0.5
12	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,988	0.4
13	Sun	BALLERS	HBO	10:26 PM	2,852	1.4
14	Tue	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,844	0.3
15	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,822	0.3
16	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,770	0.4
17	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,711	0.3
18	Mon	Presidential Address	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,694	0.4
19	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,685	0.9
20	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,661	0.4
21	Sun	2017 MTV VMAs	MTV	8:00 PM	2,661	1.4
22	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,557	0.2
23	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,535	0.4
24	Thu	Last Word w/Larry Odonnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,535	0.3
25	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,517	0.3
26	Tue	The Haves and The Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,516	0.7
27	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,496	0.3
28	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	2,473	0.5
29	Thu	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,464	0.3
30	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,424	0.3
31	Fri	THE FIVE	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,412	0.3
32	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,395	0.3
33	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,392	0.2
34	Mon	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	2,390	0.5
35	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,385	0.3
36	Wed	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,380	0.2
37	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,327	0.3
38	Mon	CNN Town Hall	CNN	9:34 PM	2,288	0.5
39	Fri	Weather Center Live	TWC	10:00 PM	2,267	0.6
40	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,173	0.8
41	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,152	0.8
42	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,152	0.8
43	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,152	0.2
44	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	8:00 PM	2,116	0.7
45	Fri	Weather Center Live	TWC	9:00 PM	2,092	0.5
46	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,069	0.7
47	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: H'Wood	VH1	8:00 PM	2,043	1.1
48	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,034	0.7
49	Tue	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	2,006	0.4
50	Fri	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,995	0.2
51	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,985	0.2
52	Thu	Mountain Men	HIST	9:00 PM	1,983	0.3
53	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,971	0.7
54	Fri	Real Tyime w/Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,937	0.5
55	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,912	0.7
56	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,908	0.3
57	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,888	0.7
58	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,879	0.3
59	Fri	Weather Center Live	TWC	8:00 PM	1,816	0.4
60	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,798	0.3
61	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,795	0.6
62	Wed	Property Bros.: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,780	0.3
63	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,780	0.2
64	Fri	MSNBC Special	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,765	0.2
65	Wed	The Sinner	USA	10:01 PM	1,759	0.5
66	Wed	House Hunters WHERE NOW	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,757	0.3
67	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	9:02 PM	1,742	0.6
68	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,731	0.6
69	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1721	0.5
70	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	1,718	0.5
71	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,717	0.3
72	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,704	0.4
73	Sun	Chesapeake Shore	HALL	9:00 PM	1,697	0.2
74	Tue	Good Bones	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,688	0.4
75	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,688	0.5
76	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,668	0.3
77	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,664	0.4
78	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,647	0.5
79	Sun	HMM Movie	HMM	9:00 PM	1,646	0.1
80	Sun	The Last Ship	TNT	9:00 PM	1,645	0.3
81	Sun	Hurrican Harvey	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,645	0.2
82	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,635	0.4
83	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,635	0.6
84	Thu	House Hunters WHERE NOW	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,629	0.3
85	Wed	American Pickers: BEST OF	HIST	9:00 PM	1,623	0.2
86	Mon	The Real Housewives/ OC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,612	0.5
87	Fri	AC 360	CNN	9:00 PM	1,610	0.3
88	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1606	0.4
89	Mon	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:40 PM	1,601	0.3
90	Sun	FOX News Sunday	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,575	0.2
91	Sun	CNN Newsroom	CNN	8:00 PM	1,574	0.3
92	Thu	Project Runway	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,572	0.4
93	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,572	0.3
94	Sun	Beachfront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,559	0.3
95	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,556	0.2
96	Wed	THE BIG BANG THEORY	TBS	8:00 PM	1,553	0.6
97	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,546	0.3
98	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1537	0.4
99	Sun	Hurricane Harvey	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,537	0.2
100	Sun	FOX News Sunday	FOXN	7:00 PM	1,529	0.2

* - Viewership (,000)