Thursday, January 11, 2018

Cable Network Ratings: 12/11 - 12/17/2017

Recap of top basic cable networks in primetime for the week ending December 17, 2017. 

It was a big week on cable this week with 15 networks averaging over 1 million viewers in primetime. ESPN topped the week with 2.75 million viewers, followed by Hallmark Channel (2.524 million) and FOX News (2.496 million viewers). Hallmark Movies & Mysteries took the 15th spot with 1.012 million viewers. 


Sixth-ranked USA Network (1.340 million) narrowly edged out NFL Network (1.339 million), and both just fell short of fifth-ranked Freeform (1.377 million). Other familiar faces averaging over 1 million viewers include: TBS (#8, 1.258 million), Discovery (#9, 1.192 million), HGTV (#10, 1.183 million), History (#13, 1.052 million), and Investigation Discovery (#14, 1.017 million). 


Elsewhere on cable news, MSNBC (2.023 million) remained at the fourth ranked on the week, CNN (1.164 million) took 11th, CNBC (323,000) ranked 43rd, HLN (269,000) ranked 48th, and FOX Business (110,000) took 76th.

Networks of note below 1 million viewers:

#16: A&E - 887,000
#18: FX - 790,000
#19: Adult Swim - 773,000
#21: AMC - 698,000
#22: Bravo - 695,000
#23: Lifetime - 688,000
#24: TV Land - 631,000
#25: Nick Jr. - 570,000
#26: Nick-at-Night - 481,000
#27: VH1 - 467.000
#30: BET - 423,000
#32: GSN - 411,000
#33: Syfy - 409,000
#34: Spike - 407,000
#36: WEtv - 392,000
#37: WGN America - 386,000
#38: MTV - 382,000
#40: Comedy Central - 373,000
#44: FXX - 317,000
#45: Oxygen - 293,000
#47: Velocity - 272,000
#48: TruTV - 269,000
#50: OWN - 261,000
#51: Nicktoons - 247,000
#53: SundanceTV - 215,000
#54: CMT - 213,000
#55: BBC America - 204,000
#57: IFC - 195,000
#63: Reelz - 152,000
#66: TeenNick - 135,000
#67: FYI - 132,000
#70: UP - 127,000
#72: Pop - 121,000
#74: RFD - 116,000
#75: Viceland - 115,000
#81: MTV2 - 92,000
#83: Smithsonian - 81,000
#85: Ovation - 70,000
#87: BET Her - 63,000
#89: Logo - 59,000
#94: Fuse - 44,000
#95: El Rey - 42,000
#101: Chiller - 23,000
#104: MTV Classic - 9,000
#106: Comedy.tv - 2,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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