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Weekly Top Cable Networks: TNT & Nickelodeon

Posted on 06 May 2008 by Bill Gorman

NBA Playoffs Boost TNT To #1 Primetime Cable Network

tnt.gifThe NBA Playoffs helped TNT top the primetime Cable Network weekly ratings list for the week of April 28 – May 4, 2008. It’s the first time since late December that USA Network hasn’t claimed the top spot.

In big Primetime moves, ABC Family fell 5 places to #21, and Spike rose 5 places to #10.

As usual, Nickelodeon once again took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers.

In the big Total Day moves, AMC moved up 5 places to #22, and ESPN fell 5 places to #11.

Top Cable Networks by Primetime Viewers:

Rank

Network

Average Viewers Live+SD (million)

Last Week

1

TNT

2.790

2

2

USA

2.329

1

3

Disney

2.081

3

4

Fox News

1.830

5

5

Nick at Night

1.711

6

6

TBS

1.627

4

7

ESPN

1.429

7

8

Discovery

1.310

8

9

Lifetime

1.262

9

10

Spike

1.258

15

11

Hallmark

1.204

11

12

Cartoon Network

1.203

12

13

A&E

1.165

10

14

FX

1.119

14

15

SciFi

1.091

17

16

Comedy Channel

1.064

13

17

History Channel

1.035

21

18

TruTV (was CourtTV)

1.024

20

19

HGTV

1.019

19

20

CNN

0.977

18

21

ABC Family

0.972

16

22

AMC

0.935

22

23

MTV

0.906

23

24

TLC

0.861

25

25

Food Network

0.831

24

26

TV Land

0.769

28

27

Bravo

0.710

30

28

MSNBC

0.625

26

29

E!

0.575

 

30

VH1

0.567

27

31

Versus

0.537

 

 

ESPN2

 

29

 

Lifetime Movie

 

31

 

Top Cable Networks by Total Day Viewers:

Rank

Network

Average Viewers Live+SD (million)

Last Week

1

Nickelodeon

2.127

1

2

Nick at Night

1.563

2

3

TNT

1.403

3

4

Disney

1.218

4

5

USA

1.097

5

6

Adult Swim

1.080

7

7

Cartoon Network

1.005

8

8

Fox News

0.992

9

9

TBS

0.891

10

10

Lifetime

0.883

11

11

ESPN

0.787

6

12

A&E

0.736

13

13

Hallmark

0.717

12

14

Discovery

0.708

14

15

TruTV (was CourtTV)

0.680

15

16

Spike

0.667

17

17

FX

0.629

19

18

History Channel

0.606

18

19

Comedy Channel

0.599

20

20

ABC Family

0.596

16

21

HGTV

0.588

23

22

AMC

0.580

27

23

CNN

0.564

24

24

TV Land

0.563

25

25

Food Network

0.560

22

26

MTV

0.506

21

27

SciFi

0.504

26

28

TLC

0.388

28

29

Lifetime Movie

0.378

31

30

MSNBC

0.360

29

31

Bravo

0.329

 

 

VH1

 

30

TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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