What’s New? Not Top Cable Nets, Still USA & Nickelodeon
USA Network claimed the top spot in the primetime cable network average viewer ranking for the 15th straight week. The last time USA was not in the primetime weekly lead was December 24-30.
In the big Primetime moves, ABC family fell 12 places to #21, and Hallmark rose 11 places to #11.
As usual, Nickelodeon once again took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers, capturing both the top rated cable show and 13 of the top 20.
In the big Total Day moves, Discovery moved up 9 places to #13, Hallmark moved up 9 places to #15, and Comedy Channel fell 15 places to #21.
Top Cable Networks by Primetime Viewers, April 7-13, 2008:
|
Rank |
Network |
Average Viewers Live+SD (million) |
Last Week |
|
1 |
USA |
2.556 |
1 |
|
2 |
Disney |
2.279 |
2 |
|
3 |
Spike |
2.206 |
4 |
|
4 |
TNT |
1.987 |
3 |
|
5 |
Lifetime |
1.930 |
10 |
|
6 |
TBS |
1.893 |
8 |
|
7 |
ESPN |
1.869 |
7 |
|
8 |
Nick at Night |
1.663 |
5 |
|
9 |
Fox News |
1.561 |
6 |
|
10 |
Discovery |
1.228 |
16 |
|
11 |
Hallmark |
1.204 |
22 |
|
12 |
A&E |
1.197 |
12 |
|
13 |
HGTV |
1.121 |
20 |
|
14 |
TruTV (was CourtTV) |
1.114 |
19 |
|
15 |
FX |
1.095 |
21 |
|
16 |
AMC |
1.081 |
15 |
|
17 |
Cartoon Network |
1.080 |
14 |
|
18 |
VH1 |
1.074 |
25 |
|
19 |
Comedy Channel |
1.069 |
13 |
|
20 |
SciFi |
1.069 |
17 |
|
21 |
ABC Family |
1.037 |
9 |
|
22 |
History Channel |
1.036 |
18 |
|
23 |
TLC |
0.935 |
28 |
|
24 |
CNN |
0.894 |
27 |
|
25 |
Food Network |
0.892 |
26 |
|
26 |
MTV |
0.800 |
23 |
|
27 |
Bravo |
0.652 |
30 |
|
28 |
BET |
0.637 |
|
|
29 |
ESPN2 |
0.634 |
24 |
|
30 |
TV Land |
0.620 |
29 |
|
31 |
MSNBC |
0.573 |
|
|
|
Lifetime Movie |
|
11 |
|
|
E! |
|
31 |
Top Cable Networks by Total Day Viewers, April 7-13, 2008:
|
Rank |
Network |
Average Viewers Live+SD (million) |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Nickelodeon |
2.225 |
1 |
|
2 |
Nick at Night |
1.508 |
2 |
|
3 |
Disney |
1.310 |
3 |
|
4 |
TNT |
1.270 |
5 |
|
5 |
USA |
1.266 |
4 |
|
6 |
Lifetime |
1.007 |
13 |
|
7 |
Cartoon Network |
0.963 |
8 |
|
8 |
TBS |
0.938 |
12 |
|
9 |
Adult Swim |
0.929 |
9 |
|
10 |
Spike |
0.928 |
10 |
|
11 |
ESPN |
0.874 |
18 |
|
12 |
Fox News |
0.862 |
11 |
|
13 |
Discovery |
0.805 |
22 |
|
14 |
TruTV (was CourtTV) |
0.747 |
21 |
|
15 |
Hallmark |
0.731 |
24 |
|
16 |
A&E |
0.723 |
19 |
|
17 |
History Channel |
0.659 |
25 |
|
18 |
FX |
0.651 |
27 |
|
19 |
HGTV |
0.625 |
28 |
|
20 |
ABC Family |
0.619 |
23 |
|
21 |
Comedy Channel |
0.587 |
6 |
|
22 |
Food Network |
0.582 |
15 |
|
23 |
AMC |
0.569 |
29 |
|
24 |
MTV |
0.508 |
31 |
|
25 |
TV Land |
0.506 |
26 |
|
26 |
CNN |
0.489 |
16 |
|
27 |
SciFi |
0.483 |
7 |
|
28 |
TLC |
0.450 |
17 |
|
29 |
VH1 |
0.441 |
14 |
|
30 |
MSNBC |
0.352 |
|
|
31 |
BET |
0.347 |
|
|
|
Lifetime Movie |
|
20 |
|
|
E! |
|
30 |
TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Ha! SciFi neeeeeeds me. even with lower ratings BSG is still 80% above average primetime.
Ha! SciFi neeeeeeds me. even with lower ratings BSG is still 80% above average primetime.