Thursday, August 30, 2018

Cable Network Ratings: 8/20 - 8/26/2018

FOX News led all of primetime cable for the week ending August 26, 2018. The network averaged 2.32 million viewers, over 100K more than it's closest competition, MSNBC, which found 2.18 million viewers this week. Elsewhere on cable news, CNN ranked fifth on the week with 1.3 million viewers, HLN ranked 46th with 302,000 viewers, and FOX Business was in 74th with 104,000 viewers. Other networks averaging over 1 million viewers this week include USA Network (1.39 million), HGTV (1.38 million), History (1.09 million), ESPN (1.04 million), and Hallmark Channel (1.02 million. Both Investigation Discovery and Discovery Channel barely missed the 1 million threshold this week, averaging 987,000 and 980,000 respectively. 

RankChannel Viewers
(000s)
1 FOX NEWS CHANNEL  2,315
2 MSNBC  2,182
3 USA NETWORK  1,391
4 HOME AND GARDEN TV  1,382
5 CNN  1,296
6 HISTORY  1,094
7 ESPN  1,040
8 HALLMARK CHANNEL  1,022
9 INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY  987
10 DISCOVERY CHANNEL  980
11 TBS NETWORK  973
12 A&E NETWORK  968
13 TLC  853
14 FOOD NETWORK  823
15 MTV  760
16 AMC  700
17 NICK-AT-NITE 684
18 HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES  599
19 VH1597
20 TV LAND  577
21 ADULT SWIM  575
22 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION  575
23 FX  562
24 LIFETIME TELEVISION  561
25 SYFY  537
26 BRAVO  530
27 PARAMOUNT  528
28 INSP  512
29 ANIMAL PLANET  497
30 OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK  472
31 FREEFORM  465
32 TRAVEL CHANNEL  452
33 WETV  446
34 GSN  415
35 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC  405
36 NICK JR  391
37 WGN AMERICA  383
38 E!  378
39 OXYGEN MEDIA  369
40 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV  353
41 COMEDY CENTRAL  351
42 ESPN2339
43 LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK  329
44 NAT GEO WILD  322
45 NFL NETWORK  312
46 HLN  302
47 SCIENCE  268
48 FXX  267
49 TRUTV  262
50 CMT  251
51 SUNDANCE TV  242
52 DIY NETWORK  241
53 CNBC  230
54 MLB NETWORK  230
55 VELOCITY  223
56 IFC TV  211
57 BBC-AMERICA  194
58 FOX SPORTS 1180
59 POP  175
60 UNIVISION DEPORTES  175
61 REELZCHANNEL  166
62 NBC SPORTS NETWORK  165
63 THE WEATHER CHANNEL  164
64 FX MOVIE CHANNEL  160
65 NICKTOONS  155
66 TV ONE  143
67 GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY  137
68 COOKING CHANNEL  128
69 GALAVISION  117
70 FYI  116
71 AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL  114
72 DISNEY XD  114
73 TEENNICK  111
74 FOX BUSINESS NETWORK  104
75 SMITHSONIAN  104
76 BOOMERANG  101
77 UP  100
78 RFD-TV  92
79 GOLF CHANNEL  88
80 MTV285
81 DESTINATION AMERICA  77
82 VICELAND  76
83 DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL  67
84 LOGO  63
85 DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL  60
86 ESPNU  60
87 OVATION  60
88 ESPN DEPORTES  59
89 UNIVERSO  59
90 DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL  55
91 EL REY  52
92 FOX SPORTS 250
93 TENNIS CHANNEL  47
94 ESPNEWS  42
95 FUSE  42
96 BABY FIRST TV  38
97 BET HER  37
98 FOX DEPORTES  33
99 DISCOVERY FAMILIA  29
100 CINE LATINO  27
101 NBA-TV  26
102 MTV CLASSIC  23
103 UNIVERSAL KIDS  22
104 CNN EN ESPANOL  21
105 JUSTICE CENTRAL  14
106 BEIN SPORT ESPANOL  12
107 BEIN SPORT  5
108 ESN LIFESTYLES  4
109 COMEDY.TV  2

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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