Thursday Cable Ratings 8/13/20: NBA Dominates, Tucker Carlson Tonight Again Leads Cable News, Shark Week Hits Low

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Thursday, 8/13/20. Items of note include NBA on TNT, Tacoma FD on TruTV, and Shark Week on Discovery.
(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA: Trail Blazers v. Nets	TNT	0.69	1.52
Real Housewives of New York	Bravo	0.42	1.22
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.39	4.27
Inside the NBA	TNT	0.37	0.86
Sharkadelic Summer	Discovery	0.34	0.95
Hannity	Fox News	0.32	4.22
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.31	3.66
The Five	Fox News	0.29	3.46
NBA	TNT	0.28	0.74
Mako Nation	Discovery	0.28	0.77
Double Shot At Love	MTV	0.27	0.51
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.27	3.42
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.27	2.99
Air Jaws 2020	Discovery	0.27	0.89
NHL: Hurricanes v. Bruins	NBCSN	0.26	0.72
Christina On the Coast	HGTV	0.26	1.44
Alone	History	0.25	1.55
NHL: Blackhawks v. Golden Knights	NBCSN	0.24	0.67
Court Cam	A&E	0.24	0.90
The First 48	A&E	0.24	0.95
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.23	0.69
Mountain Men	History	0.23	1.95
Chrisley Knows Best	USA	0.23	0.92
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.22	2.71
Extinct or Alive: Land of Lost Sharks	Discovery	0.22	0.65

Highlights Below the Chart:
The Situation Room	CNN	0.22	1.47
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.21	1.50
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.21	2.34
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon	CNN	0.2	1.40
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.19	1.56
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	MSNBC	0.18	2.11
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.17	2.02
Tacoma FD	TruTV	0.14	0.27
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.13	1.66
Cannonball	USA	0.13	0.43
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.12	1.42
Ghost Adventures Screaming Room	Travel	0.12	0.33
Lost Resort	TBS	0.11	0.36
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.1	1.38

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.64	0.39	0.22	4.271
Hannity	FOX News	0.58	0.32	0.15	4.216
The Ingraham Angle w/Raymond Arroyo	FOX News	0.49	0.27	0.12	3.417
Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.48	0.31	0.11	3.655
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell	MSNBC	0.35	0.22	0.12	2.706
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.33	0.21	0.33	2.337
The Story with Martha MacCallum	FOX News	0.32	0.19	0.08	2.110
CNN Tonight (10pm)	CNN	0.31	0.20	0.09	1.400
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.30	0.21	0.11	1.503
Anderson Cooper 360 (8pm)	CNN	0.30	0.19	0.09	1.562
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.27	0.17	0.06	2.022
Anderson Cooper 360 (9pm)	CNN	—	0.17	—	1.411