Cable Network Ratings: 1/8 - 1/14/2018

Recap of top basic cable networks in primetime for the week ending January 14, 2018. 

ESPN took the primetime victory for the week, averaging 4.683 million viewers. Outside of cable news, HGTV took the fourth spot on the week (1.476 million), and USA Network took fifth (1.269 million). 

Other networks averaging over 1 million viewers include: Investigation Discovery (1.179 million), History (1.178 million), Discovery (1.08 million), TNT (1.062 million), TBS (1.051 million), and A&E (1.038 million). 

Among cable news networks, FOX News ranked second on the week (2.212 million), MSNBC was in third (1.992 million), CNN was 13th (960,000), CNBC was 42nd (364,000), HLN was 51st (279,000), and FOX Business was 83rd (93,000).

Rank	Channel	Viewers (000s)
1	ESPN	4,683
2	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	2,212
3	MSNBC	1,992
4	HOME AND GARDEN TV	1,476
5	USA NETWORK	1,269
6	INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY	1,179
7	HISTORY	1,178
8	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	1,080
9	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	1,062
10	TBS NETWORK	1,051
11	A&E NETWORK	1,038
12	TLC	971
13	CNN	960
14	FOOD NETWORK	905
15	HALLMARK CHANNEL	873
16	FX	863
17	BRAVO	740
18	ADULT SWIM	707
19	TV LAND	678
20	INSP	583
21	FREEFORM	581
22	NICK-AT-NITE	575
23	NICK JR	564
24	VH1	563
25	LIFETIME TELEVISION	562
26	HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES	531
27	SYFY	508
28	ANIMAL PLANET	496
29	OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK	495
30	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	492
31	AMC	489
32	MTV	488
33	ESPN2	464
34	WETV	439
35	TRAVEL CHANNEL	432
36	E!	425
37	LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK	416
38	GSN	410
39	PARAMOUNT	407
40	WGN AMERICA	385
41	COMEDY CENTRAL	379
42	CNBC	368
43	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	364
44	OXYGEN MEDIA	358
45	FOX SPORTS 1	350
46	TRUTV	345
47	FXX	334
48	SCIENCE	311
49	NAT GEO WILD	302
50	NFL NETWORK	280
51	HLN	279
52	VELOCITY	278
53	DIY NETWORK	275
54	CMT	261
55	SUNDANCE TV	255
56	BBC-AMERICA	253
57	GOLF CHANNEL	247
58	NBC SPORTS NETWORK	242
59	NICKTOONS	227
60	REELZCHANNEL	226
61	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	213
62	DISNEY XD	204
63	IFC TV	203
64	GALAVISION	177
65	FX MOVIE CHANNEL	175
66	UNIVISION DEPORTES	160
67	POP	153
68	BOOMERANG	151
69	COOKING CHANNEL	149
70	TV ONE	148
71	AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL	143
72	SMITHSONIAN	141
73	RFD-TV	133
74	TEENNICK	127
75	DESTINATION AMERICA	126
76	FYI	117
77	NBA-TV	111
78	UP	111
79	DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL	109
80	ESPNU	109
81	VICELAND	104
82	MTV2	97
83	FOX BUSINESS NETWORK	93
84	DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL	90
85	GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY	85
86	OVATION	82
87	UNIVERSO	79
88	LOGO	65
89	EL REY	57
90	BABY FIRST TV	53
91	BET HER	53
92	DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL	51
93	CINE LATINO	47
94	FOX SPORTS 2	47
95	MLB NETWORK	46
96	UNIVERSAL KIDS	43
97	FOX DEPORTES	39
98	DISCOVERY FAMILIA	36
99	FUSE	35
100	TENNIS CHANNEL	24
101	BEIN SPORT ESPANOL	22
102	JUSTICE CENTRAL	18
103	BEIN SPORT	16
104	MTV CLASSIC	15
105	COMEDY.TV	1

Source: Nielsen Media Research