Cable Network Ratings: 12/3 - 12/9/2018

ESPN topped the ratings for week ending December 9 among all cable networks, averaging 2.57 million viewers in primetime. Impressively, three other networks averaged over 2 million viewers this week; Fox News (2.18 million), MSNBC (2.06 million), and Hallmark Channel (2.03 million). Looking at other cable news nets, CNN ranked 9th (1.04 million), CNBC was 42nd (319,000), HLN was 46th (274,000), and FOX Business was 75th (104,000). Other nets to average above 1 million viewers include: USA Network (1.22 million), A&E Network (1.09 million), HGTV (1.07 million), TBS (1.05 million), and History (1 million). 

Rank	Channel	Household Rating	Viewers (000s)
1	ESPN	2.23	2,570
2	FOX NEWS CHANNEL	2.04	2,178
3	MSNBC	1.95	2,064
4	HALLMARK CHANNEL	1.87	2,034
5	USA NETWORK	1.04	1,223
6	A&E NETWORK	0.92	1,090
7	HOME AND GARDEN TV	0.95	1,066
8	TBS NETWORK	0.89	1,054
9	CNN	0.97	1,036
10	HISTORY	0.86	1,001
11	FOOD NETWORK	0.82	975
12	INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY	0.98	964
13	HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES	1.13	957
14	TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION	0.75	911
15	AMC	0.68	902
16	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.77	900
17	FREEFORM	0.62	844
18	LIFETIME TELEVISION	0.78	836
19	BRAVO	0.70	730
20	TLC	0.66	705
21	TV LAND	0.60	607
22	ADULT SWIM	0.50	587
23	FX	0.41	529
24	NICK-AT-NITE	0.46	527
25	INSP	0.50	488
26	SYFY	0.42	483
27	MTV	0.42	459
28	VH1	0.42	443
29	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	0.38	435
30	NFL NETWORK	0.51	426
31	BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV	0.40	422
32	ANIMAL PLANET	0.38	419
33	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.39	411
34	NICK JR	0.40	395
35	WETV	0.38	395
36	GSN	0.43	376
37	PARAMOUNT	0.34	369
38	ESPN2	0.31	360
39	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.32	353
40	LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK	0.42	342
41	E!	0.29	326
42	CNBC	0.28	319
43	WGN AMERICA	0.32	314
44	FXX	0.24	283
45	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.33	277
46	HLN	0.27	274
47	MOTOR TREND	0.30	274
48	SCIENCE	0.36	273
49	OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK	0.29	262
50	IFC TV	0.27	259
51	TRUTV	0.22	258
52	UNIVISION DEPORTES	0.32	225
53	BBC-AMERICA	0.21	219
54	SUNDANCE TV	0.24	214
55	CMT	0.20	193
56	FOX SPORTS 1	0.17	191
57	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	0.19	190
58	NAT GEO WILD	0.25	188
59	DIY NETWORK	0.26	183
60	NICKTOONS	0.24	178
61	COOKING CHANNEL	0.21	167
62	NBC SPORTS NETWORK	0.14	157
63	REELZCHANNEL	0.21	157
64	DISNEY XD	0.12	133
65	FOX DEPORTES	0.41	133
66	FYI	0.18	133
67	POP	0.14	130
68	FX MOVIE CHANNEL	0.17	127
69	NBA-TV	0.22	118
70	RFD-TV	0.18	109
71	UP	0.14	109
72	AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL	0.19	108
73	SMITHSONIAN	0.22	108
74	TV ONE	0.16	107
75	FOX BUSINESS NETWORK	0.10	104
76	ESPNU	0.12	102
77	MTV2	0.12	100
78	GALAVISION	0.10	97
79	DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL	0.11	90
80	VICELAND	0.11	86
81	TEENNICK	0.11	85
82	GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY	0.13	79
83	OVATION	0.12	76
84	DESTINATION AMERICA	0.12	71
85	DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL	0.75	71
86	UNIVERSO	0.12	71
87	BOOMERANG	0.12	67
88	FUSE	0.08	65
89	BET HER	0.10	59
90	GOLF CHANNEL	0.07	59
91	LOGO	0.10	55
92	DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL	0.10	50
93	EL REY	0.09	45
94	ESPN DEPORTES	0.17	44
95	MLB NETWORK	0.06	41
96	DISCOVERY FAMILIA	0.32	32
97	CINE LATINO	0.38	31
98	BABY FIRST TV	0.05	29
99	ESPNEWS	0.04	29
100	FOX SPORTS 2	0.03	26
101	UNIVERSAL KIDS	0.03	25
102	CNN EN ESPANOL	0.32	21
103	TENNIS CHANNEL	0.03	19
104	BEIN SPORT	0.04	10
105	MTV CLASSIC	0.02	10
106	BEIN SPORT ESPANOL	0.04	9
107	JUSTICE CENTRAL	0.03	9
108	ESN LIFESTYLES	0.02	4
109	COMEDY.TV	0.01	1

Source: Nielsen Media Research