Thursday, October 4, 2018

Cable Network Ratings: 9/24 - 9/30/2018

Bolstered by coverage of the Kavanaugh/Ford Senate hearing, FOX News dominated the week ending Sept. 30, 2018 among cable networks, averaging 3.24 million viewers in primetime. ESPN took a distant second with 2.53 million viewers, but still had a healthy margin over third-ranked MSNBC (2.12 million). Looking other cable news nets, CNN ranked fourth on the week (1.19 million), HLN took 47th (248,000), CNBC was in 51st (228,000), and FOX Business was in 72nd (103,000). Rounding out the seven networks that averaged over 1 million viewers in primetime was: USA Network (1.14 million), HGTV (1.13 million), and Hallmark Channel (1.04 million). 

RankChannel Viewers
(000s)
1 FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3,239
2 ESPN 2,528
3 MSNBC 2,116
4 CNN 1,193
5 USA NETWORK 1,136
6 HOME AND GARDEN TV 1,134
7 HALLMARK CHANNEL 1,040
8 TLC 925
9 INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 898
10 TBS NETWORK 897
11 FOOD NETWORK 855
12 HISTORY 852
13 A&E NETWORK 815
14 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 779
15 FX 717
16 NFL NETWORK 599
17 AMC 587
18 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 573
19 INSP 522
20 NICK-AT-NITE 506
21 FREEFORM 502
22 ADULT SWIM 481
23 LIFETIME TELEVISION 456
24 VH1454
25 BRAVO 450
26 SYFY 424
27 TV LAND 419
28 NICK JR 411
29 MTV 407
30 ANIMAL PLANET 402
31 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 391
32 TRAVEL CHANNEL 388
33 GSN 348
34 PARAMOUNT 348
35 HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 345
36 COMEDY CENTRAL 336
37 WETV 323
38 E! 307
39 LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 307
40 OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 302
41 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 292
42 ESPN2280
43 OXYGEN MEDIA 271
44 VELOCITY 263
45 WGN AMERICA 259
46 FOX SPORTS 1257
47 HLN 248
48 NAT GEO WILD 241
49 FXX 234
50 SCIENCE 233
51 CNBC 228
52 BBC-AMERICA 220
53 CMT 214
54 TRUTV 211
55 DIY NETWORK 189
56 DISNEY XD 180
57 MLB NETWORK 174
58 IFC TV 173
59 SUNDANCE TV 158
60 NICKTOONS 148
61 THE WEATHER CHANNEL 141
62 GOLF CHANNEL 140
63 POP 138
64 UNIVISION DEPORTES 132
65 SMITHSONIAN 114
66 REELZCHANNEL 113
67 COOKING CHANNEL 110
68 TV ONE 107
69 GALAVISION 106
70 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 106
71 RFD-TV 104
72 FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 103
73 FYI 95
74 ESPNU 91
75 TEENNICK 84
76 AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 83
77 GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 83
78 MTV282
79 UP 80
80 DESTINATION AMERICA 79
81 VICELAND 79
82 FX MOVIE CHANNEL 78
83 NBA-TV 77
84 DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 72
85 BOOMERANG 64
86 UNIVERSO 64
87 ESPN DEPORTES 63
88 OVATION 63
89 LOGO 61
90 DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL 53
91 BET HER 51
92 DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL 47
93 ESPNEWS 44
94 EL REY 39
95 FOX DEPORTES 36
96 FUSE 36
97 CINE LATINO 33
98 CNN EN ESPANOL 30
99 BABY FIRST TV 29
100 DISCOVERY FAMILIA 25
101 UNIVERSAL KIDS 21
102 JUSTICE CENTRAL 14
103 TENNIS CHANNEL 12
104 FOX SPORTS 211
105 MTV CLASSIC 10
106 BEIN SPORT ESPANOL 6
107 BEIN SPORT 5
108 ESN LIFESTYLES 4
109 COMEDY.TV 2

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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