Top 100 Primetime Cable: Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2017

The start of the college football season tops this week's cable ratings, with the OSU vs IU game delivering 5.1 million viewers, and a 1.9 rating in Adults 18-49, for ESPN, on a Thursday night. The game had a 1.8 million viewer margin between it and the #2 show of the week, WWE RAW.

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW and TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT top the cable news battles, with each nightly show pushing three nights each, into the top 11 spots. Wednesday night's MADDOW show was the most watched of the week, generating 3.2 million viewers.

With GAME OF THRONES done for the year and THE WALKING DEAD on the horizon, THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS are the top scripted original program of the week, ranking 17th overall. The OWN drama drew 2.6 million viewers and a 0.3 rating n Adults 18-49. Way back ion the #40 spot, was the #2 show in the category, POWER, with 2.0 million viewers.

LOVE AND HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD tops the unscripted genre, collecting 2.1 million viewers on a Monday night. It is also the only other non-sport program to post an A18-49 demographic rating at or above a 1.0, posting a 1.1 rating.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Thu	College Football: OSU v IU	ESPN	8:00 PM	5,126	1.9
2	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,384	1.2
3	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,364	1.2
4	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,178	0.3
5	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3,163	1.2
6	Sun	NASCAR Cup Race	NBCSN	6:26 PM	3,103	0.6
7	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,101	0.4
8	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,035	0.3
9	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	3,020	0.4
10	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,863	0.3
11	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,822	0.3
12	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,806	0.3
13	Tue	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,677	0.3
14	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,672	0.3
15	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,667	0.3
16	Mon	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,664	0.3
17	Tue	The Haves and Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,643	0.7
18	Wed	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,634	0.3
19	Tue	LAST WORD W/ L. O’DONNELL	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,592	0.3
20	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,574	0.3
21	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,530	0.3
22	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,481	0.2
23	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,455	0.8
24	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,278	0.7
25	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,273	0.8
26	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,267	0.3
27	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,205	0.2
28	Thu	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,196	0.2
29	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,177	0.7
30	Mon	Love & Hip Hop: H'Wood	VH1	8:00 PM	2,143	1.1
31	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,136	0.2
32	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,117	0.8
33	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,071	0.2
34	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	2,067	0.2
35	Fri	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,060	0.2
36	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,042	0.7
37	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,040	0.6
38	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,039	0.2
39	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,005	0.6
40	Sun	POWER	STARZ	9:01 PM	1,998	0.9
41	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,984	0.2
42	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,983	0.6
43	Sun	MLB: NYY v BOS	ESPN	7:30 PM	1,962	0.5
44	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,954	0.2
45	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,935	0.5
46	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,933	0.6
47	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,916	0.7
48	Thu	Mountain Men	HIST	9:00 PM	1,901	0.3
49	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	1,894	0.6
50	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	8:00 PM	1,893	0.6
51	Fri	The Five	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,863	0.2
52	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,847	0.5
53	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,846	0.3
54	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,846	0.2
55	Sun	Chesapeake Shores	HALL	9:00 PM	1,846	0.2
56	Wed	The Sinner	USA	10:01 PM	1,837	0.5
57	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,829	0.2
58	Mon	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,823	0.4
59	Wed	Property Bros: Buy & Sell	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,808	0.3
60	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,795	0.5
61	Sun	90 Day Fiance	TLC	9:02 PM	1,773	0.6
62	Mon	The Real Housewives/ OC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,765	0.6
63	Sat	College Football: BYU/LSU	ESPN	9:36 PM	1,763	0.6
64	Fri	College Football: UTAH St. v WIS	ESPN	9:00 PM	1,760	0.6
65	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,730	0.6
66	Wed	Homicide Hunter	ID	9:00 PM	1,721	0.4
67	Sat	College Football: APP v GA	ESPN	6:53 PM	1,718	0.6
68	Fri	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,708	0.2
69	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,682	0.3
70	Sun	The Last Ship	TNT	9:00 PM	1,665	0.3
71	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,664	0.4
72	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,648	0.5
73	Thu	Project Runway	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,637	0.4
74	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,633	0.5
75	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,631	0.3
76	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,626	0.3
77	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	7:00 PM	1,624	0.2
78	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,617	0.3
79	Sun	Island Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,614	0.3
80	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,609	0.8
81	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,600	0.3
82	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,578	0.4
83	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,574	0.4
84	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	1,573	0.1
85	Tue	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,568	0.4
86	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,567	0.5
87	Sun	Movie: Shrek Forever after	NICK	7:00 PM	1,557	0.4
88	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,538	0.5
89	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,535	0.3
90	Mon	Cumo Primetime	CNN	9:00 PM	1,528	0.4
91	Tue	Forged in Fire	HIST	9:00 PM	1,527	0.6
92	Wed	SUITS	USA	8:59 PM	1,512	0.4
93	Wed	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,506	0.8
94	Mon	Tiny House, Big Living	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,479	0.3
95	Sat	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	1,479	0.2
96	Mon	CNN Tonight	CNN	10:00 PM	1,477	0.4
97	Wed	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	8:00 PM	1,470	0.5
98	Tue	Good Bones	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,466	0.3
99	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,463	0.1
100	Sun	Beachfront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,462	0.2

* - Viewership (,000)