Cable Network Ratings: 10/15 - 10/21/2018

Coverage of the 'MLB NLCS' propelled FOX Sports 1 to the top of the cable networks among primetime viewership for the week ending Oct. 21, 2018. The net averaged 3.07 million viewers over the course of the week, 400K more viewers than TBS Network which aired the 'MLB ALCS.' Although the ALCS games, on average, saw higher viewership than the NLCS games, the former series only lasted five games while the latter lasted a full seven games. Elsewhere, ESPN (2.64 million) ranked just ahead of FOX News (2.61 million) though both averaged more than 1 million viewers more than fifth-ranked TNT, itself bolstered by NBA coverage. MSNBC ranked sixth on the week (1.47 million), CNN 13th (850,000), HLN 46th (257,000), CNBC 55th (195,000), and FOX Business 69th (111,000). Other networks to average over 1 million viewers in primetime include USA Network (1.24 million), Hallmark (1.18 million), and HGTV (1.17 million).

Rank	Channel	Household Rating	Viewers (000s)
1	FOX SPORTS 1	2.57	3,070
2	TBS NETWORK	2.16	2,670
3	ESPN	2.28	2,639
4	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	2.38	2,606
5	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	1.28	1,540
6	MSNBC	1.42	1,466
7	USA NETWORK	1.07	1,238
8	HALLMARK CHANNEL	1.15	1,176
9	HOME AND GARDEN TV	1.03	1,169
10	AMC	0.74	904
11	HISTORY	0.75	892
12	INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY	0.90	883
13	CNN	0.80	850
14	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.71	837
15	A&E NETWORK	0.70	814
16	FOOD NETWORK	0.65	799
17	FREEFORM	0.57	741
18	TLC	0.72	740
19	FX	0.56	674
20	TV LAND	0.56	564
21	ADULT SWIM	0.49	559
22	NICK-AT-NITE	0.47	542
23	INSP	0.54	526
24	BRAVO	0.48	483
25	LIFETIME TELEVISION	0.45	475
26	MTV	0.39	447
27	SYFY	0.39	441
28	GSN	0.49	427
29	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	0.36	409
30	VH1	0.39	402
31	NICK JR	0.39	391
32	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	0.36	389
33	OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK	0.44	388
34	HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES	0.48	383
35	NFL NETWORK	0.42	368
36	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.35	368
37	ANIMAL PLANET	0.34	364
38	PARAMOUNT	0.31	331
39	WETV	0.31	326
40	WGN AMERICA	0.34	322
41	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.27	305
42	LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK	0.37	301
43	E!	0.26	277
44	CMT	0.28	272
45	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.30	258
46	HLN	0.25	257
47	FXX	0.23	255
48	SCIENCE	0.34	253
49	BBC-AMERICA	0.23	252
50	VELOCITY	0.27	239
51	ESPN2	0.19	226
52	SUNDANCE TV	0.25	211
53	TRUTV	0.18	206
54	DIY NETWORK	0.28	199
55	CNBC	0.18	195
56	NAT GEO WILD	0.23	184
57	FOX DEPORTES	0.56	176
58	FX MOVIE CHANNEL	0.21	166
59	IFC TV	0.17	166
60	COOKING CHANNEL	0.19	146
61	NBC SPORTS NETWORK	0.13	145
62	NICKTOONS	0.20	143
63	POP	0.16	143
64	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	0.15	139
65	UNIVISION DEPORTES	0.20	132
66	TV ONE	0.19	127
67	GALAVISION	0.14	123
68	DISNEY XD	0.12	120
69	FOX BUSINESS NETWORK	0.11	111
70	REELZCHANNEL	0.13	99
71	FYI	0.12	92
72	BOOMERANG	0.16	89
73	DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL	0.91	89
74	GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY	0.14	89
75	SMITHSONIAN	0.17	89
76	RFD-TV	0.15	88
77	AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL	0.14	83
78	NBA-TV	0.14	82
79	TEENNICK	0.11	82
80	MTV2	0.08	78
81	DESTINATION AMERICA	0.12	73
82	VICELAND	0.08	71
83	OVATION	0.11	68
84	UP	0.07	61
85	GOLF CHANNEL	0.07	59
86	ESPNU	0.07	58
87	LOGO	0.11	56
88	CINE LATINO	0.54	54
89	UNIVERSO	0.09	53
90	DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL	0.10	51
91	BET HER	0.09	47
92	DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL	0.06	43
93	MLB NETWORK	0.06	42
94	EL REY	0.08	40
95	FUSE	0.05	40
96	CNN EN ESPANOL	0.51	37
97	ESPN DEPORTES	0.13	37
98	UNIVERSAL KIDS	0.05	37
99	DISCOVERY FAMILIA	0.37	33
100	BABY FIRST TV	0.06	31
101	FOX SPORTS 2	0.04	29
102	ESPNEWS	0.03	22
103	TENNIS CHANNEL	0.02	14
104	BEIN SPORT ESPANOL	0.04	9
105	MTV CLASSIC	0.02	9
106	JUSTICE CENTRAL	0.02	7
107	BEIN SPORT	0.02	5
108	ESN LIFESTYLES	0.02	4
109	COMEDY.TV	0.01	2

Source: Nielsen Media Research