Cable Network Ratings: 11/5 - 11/11/2018

Bolstered by coverage of the 2018 Midterm Elections, the cable news networks jumped to big numbers in the week ending Nov. 11. Fox News led among all cable networks, averaging 3.36 million viewers in primetime; MSNBC was in third (2.37 million), CNN took fifth (1.71 million), HLN was 47th (270,000), CNBC was 54th (204,000), and Fox Business ranked 63rd (148,000). Other networks averaging over 1 million viewers for the week were ESPN (3.04 million), Hallmark Channel (2.05 million), USA Network (1.16 million), HGTV (1.09 million), and TBS (1.01 million). 

Rank	Channel	Household Rating	Viewers (000s)
1	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	2.99	3,356
2	ESPN	2.56	3,035
3	MSNBC	2.21	2,373
4	HALLMARK CHANNEL	1.91	2,045
5	CNN	1.48	1,710
6	USA NETWORK	0.97	1,159
7	HOME AND GARDEN TV	0.99	1,092
8	TBS NETWORK	0.87	1,009
9	INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY	1.02	985
10	A&E NETWORK	0.77	912
11	FOOD NETWORK	0.75	873
12	AMC	0.70	869
13	HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES	1.01	841
14	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.70	818
15	HISTORY	0.69	804
16	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	0.62	734
17	TLC	0.68	730
18	FX	0.59	704
19	FREEFORM	0.49	641
20	TV LAND	0.63	634
21	BRAVO	0.62	629
22	ADULT SWIM	0.54	606
23	NFL NETWORK	0.58	523
24	VH1	0.47	518
25	NICK-AT-NITE	0.42	484
26	INSP	0.47	464
27	LIFETIME TELEVISION	0.41	439
28	SYFY	0.37	434
29	MTV	0.38	429
30	OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK	0.45	403
31	ESPN2	0.31	385
32	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.36	382
33	NICK JR	0.39	380
34	GSN	0.42	374
35	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	0.33	361
36	WETV	0.34	348
37	E!	0.30	342
38	ANIMAL PLANET	0.32	340
39	PARAMOUNT	0.31	338
40	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	0.32	326
41	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.29	326
42	WGN AMERICA	0.34	326
43	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.36	310
44	LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK	0.36	295
45	FXX	0.24	293
46	TRUTV	0.22	275
47	HLN	0.26	270
48	SCIENCE	0.32	243
49	BBC-AMERICA	0.23	240
50	FOX SPORTS 1	0.22	239
51	VELOCITY	0.24	228
52	CMT	0.23	219
53	SUNDANCE TV	0.25	207
54	CNBC	0.19	204
55	NAT GEO WILD	0.26	204
56	UNIVISION DEPORTES	0.30	191
57	IFC TV	0.19	189
58	DIY NETWORK	0.24	175
59	NBC SPORTS NETWORK	0.15	171
60	COOKING CHANNEL	0.21	169
61	NICKTOONS	0.22	152
62	NBA-TV	0.26	150
63	FOX BUSINESS NETWORK	0.14	148
64	REELZCHANNEL	0.19	136
65	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	0.14	132
66	FX MOVIE CHANNEL	0.16	129
67	DISNEY XD	0.13	127
68	TV ONE	0.18	121
69	FYI	0.16	118
70	UP	0.14	115
71	ESPNU	0.14	110
72	GALAVISION	0.11	103
73	AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL	0.17	100
74	RFD-TV	0.16	97
75	GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY	0.14	91
76	DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL	0.91	83
77	SMITHSONIAN	0.16	80
78	BOOMERANG	0.14	79
79	OVATION	0.13	78
80	POP	0.09	76
81	DESTINATION AMERICA	0.12	74
82	MTV2	0.08	74
83	TEENNICK	0.09	73
84	VICELAND	0.08	69
85	DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL	0.12	63
86	LOGO	0.12	63
87	DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL	0.07	61
88	UNIVERSO	0.11	60
89	MLB NETWORK	0.08	56
90	GOLF CHANNEL	0.06	51
91	ESPN DEPORTES	0.19	50
92	BET HER	0.09	47
93	DISCOVERY FAMILIA	0.38	43
94	FUSE	0.05	43
95	CINE LATINO	0.49	42
96	FOX DEPORTES	0.12	38
97	CNN EN ESPANOL	0.56	37
98	ESPNEWS	0.04	33
99	EL REY	0.05	29
100	BABY FIRST TV	0.05	26
101	UNIVERSAL KIDS	0.03	25
102	FOX SPORTS 2	0.03	23
103	BEIN SPORT ESPANOL	0.05	12
104	TENNIS CHANNEL	0.02	12
105	JUSTICE CENTRAL	0.03	10
106	MTV CLASSIC	0.02	9
107	ESN LIFESTYLES	0.03	5
108	BEIN SPORT	0.01	4
109	COMEDY.TV	0.00	1

Source: Nielsen Media Research