Top 100 Primetime Cable: April 23 - 29, 2018

The NBA Playoffs dominated the cable ratings this week, pushing eight games into the top ten of the chart and 10 in the top 12. Three games drew over four million viewers and and the remaining seven games were at 3.5 million or more. But, the top dog of the week was the 2018 NFL Draft, on Thursday Night. ESPN collected 5.3 million viewers, which was also simulcasted by FOX and the NFL Network.

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD tops all scripted programs, ranking 25th overall, and attracting2.7 million viewers. Second in the scripted format was the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, on Saturday night, ranking 38th on the chart.

DEADLIEST CATCH was the top reality program, grabbing the 46th position along with just over two million total viewers.

Top 100 Cable Programs:

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Thu	NFL Draft	ESPN	7:55 PM	5,336	2.1
2	Sat	NBA Playoffs: NO v GS	TNT	10:36 PM	4,559	1.7
3	Wed	NBA Playoffs: IND v CLE	TNT	7:11 PM	4,069	1.6
4	Sat	NBA Playoffs: MIL v BOS	TNT	8:00 PM	4,060	1.6
5	Mon	NBA Playoffs: OKC v UTAH	TNT	10:38 PM	3,874	1.6
6	Tue	NBA Playoffs: SA v GS	TNT	10:45 PM	3,766	1.6
7	Fri	NBA Playoffs: CLE v IND	ESPN	8:00 PM	3,642	1.4
8	Tue	NBA Playoffs: PHI v MIA	TNT	8:09 PM	3,610	1.4
9	Fri	NBA Playoffs: OKC v UTAH	ESPN	10:34 PM	3,596	1.5
10	Wed	Hannity	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,508	0.4
11	Mon	NBA Playoffs: HOU v MIN	TNT	8:09 PM	3,494	1.4
12	Wed	NBA Playoffs: MIN v HOU	TNT	9:49 PM	3,459	1.5
13	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,283	1.1
14	Mon	Hannity	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,281	0.3
15	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,210	1.1
16	Thu	Hannity	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,127	0.3
17	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,960	0.3
18	Tue	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,943	0.3
19	Tue	Hannity	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,918	0.3
20	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,819	1.0
21	Wed	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,785	0.3
22	Wed	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,739	0.3
23	Mon	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,733	0.3
24	Mon	Ingraham Angle	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,722	0.3
25	Sun	Fear The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	2,708	1.0
26	Mon	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,702	0.3
27	Thu	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,661	0.3
28	Tue	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,550	0.2
29	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,549	0.8
30	Thu	Ingraham Angle, The	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,532	0.3
31	Thu	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,513	0.2
32	Wed	The Ingraham Angle	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,511	0.3
33	Tue	The Ingraham Angle	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,492	0.2
34	Fri	Hannity	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,458	0.2
35	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,414	0.2
36	Thu	NBA Playoffs: BOS v MIL	TNT	8:13 PM	2,408	0.8
37	Wed	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,346	0.3
38	Sat	The Collection From HHOF	HALL	9:00 PM	2,329	0.3
39	Sun	Good Witch	HALL	9:00 PM	2,296	0.3
40	Mon	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,266	0.2
41	Sat	Justice W/ Judge Jeanine	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,216	0.2
42	Fri	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,213	0.2
43	Sun	MLB: NYY v LAA	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,192	0.6
44	Tue	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	2,189	0.2
45	Fri	Ingraham Angle	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,059	0.2
46	Tue	Deadliest Catch	DISC	9:00 PM	2,039	0.6
47	Mon	Love & Hip Hop Atlanta	VH1	8:00 PM	2,009	1.0
48	Thu	NFL Draft	NFL	8:00 PM	2,005	0.8
49	Sat	Live PD	A&E	9:00 PM	1,984	0.6
50	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	1,968	0.5
51	Fri	Live PD	A&E	9:00 PM	1,871	0.6
52	Sun	Westworld	HBO	9:02 PM	1,850	0.7
53	Sat	Greg Gutfeld Show	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,849	0.2
54	Tue	Real Housewives Bev Hills	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,846	0.6
55	Mon	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,800	0.2
56	Tue	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,796	0.2
57	Thu	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,773	0.2
58	Fri	Richard Engel On Assignmt	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,738	0.2
59	Sun	Mexico Life	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,710	0.3
60	Wed	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,683	0.2
61	Wed	CNN Town Hall	CNN	8:00 PM	1,680	0.4
62	Fri	Real Time With Bill Maher	HBO	10:00 PM	1,677	0.3
63	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,672	0.3
64	Fri	All In w/ C. Hayes	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,664	0.2
65	Sun	Mexico Life	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,629	0.3
66	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,616	0.3
67	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,600	0.3
68	Thu	Swamp People	HIST	9:00 PM	1,566	0.3
69	Fri	NFL Draft	ESPN2	8:01 PM	1,556	0.5
70	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,550	0.3
71	Wed	House Hunters Intl	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,543	0.3
72	Tue	Little People, Big World	TLC	9:00 PM	1,538	0.3
73	Sun	Lakefront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,527	0.3
74	Wed	CNN TH: Post Analysis	CNN	9:18 PM	1,521	0.3
75	Sat	Beachfront Brgn Hunt Reno	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,512	0.3
76	Mon	Teyana & Iman	VH1	9:00 PM	1,507	0.8
77	Fri	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,489	0.3
78	Tue	Good Bones	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,485	0.3
79	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,481	0.3
80	Fri	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,481	0.2
81	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,470	0.3
82	Thu	House Hunters Intl	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,469	0.3
83	Sun	Naked And Afraid	DISC	9:00 PM	1,469	0.5
84	Mon	House Hunters Intl	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,463	0.3
85	Sun	Long Lost Family	TLC	10:03 PM	1,463	0.3
86	Mon	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,459	0.2
87	Thu	Jersey Shore:Fam Vacation	MTV	8:00 PM	1,449	0.9
88	Tue	House Hunters Intl	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,443	0.3
89	Mon	Vanderpump Rules	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,442	0.6
90	Wed	The Real Housewives/ NYC	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,434	0.5
91	Sun	Worst Cooks	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,424	0.4
92	Thu	Inside The NBA Playoffs	TNT	10:44 PM	1,417	0.6
93	Mon	Spring Baking Champion	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,416	0.5
94	Wed	NHL Playoffs: TOR v BOS	NBCSN	7:26 PM	1,415	0.5
95	Fri	House Hunters Intl	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,412	0.3
96	Sun	Naked And Afraid XL	DISC	10:00 PM	1,411	0.5
97	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,403	0.2
98	Thu	NHL Playoffs: PIT v WAS	NBCSN	7:03 PM	1,398	0.5
99	Sun	Lakefront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,384	0.3
100	Fri	Bering Sea Gold	DISC	10:01 PM	1,361	0.3

* - Viewership (,000)