Jon & Kate, ultimately, like all others, you will be absorbed by SpongeBob. Resistance is futile! But it’s interesting to see that for the week ending May 30, four out of the top five most visited TV show web sites according to Hitwise were from cable networks.
all data below (including text) via Hitwise:
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast and Cable Network TV Show Websites Overall (Week ending May 30, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | Nick | Spongebob | 7.48% |
| 2 | TLC | Jon and Kate Plus 8 | 7.00% |
| 3 | FOX | American Idol | 6.30% |
| 4 | Comedy Central | South Park | 2.61% |
| 5 | BET | 106 & Park | 2.48% |
| 6 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 1.95% |
| 7 | Cartoon Network | The Clone Wars | 1.23% |
| 8 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 1.16% |
| 9 | Food Network | Paula’s Home Cooking | 1.09% |
| 10 | NBC | Deal or No Deal | 1.06% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of television network websites from among six major commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) and cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Hitwise | |||
BROADCAST & CABLE
- Nickelodeon’s Spongebob was the #1 ranked TV show website among broadcast and cable networks. TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8 was the #2 most visited site, followed by FOX’s American Idol ranking at #3.
- Moves among the top 25 websites included BET’s 106 & Park ranked #5 from #15, MTV’s The Hills ranked #12 from #24, USA’s In Plain Sight ranked #13 from #26, Cartoon Network’s Ben 10: Alien Force ranked #15 from #32, Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey ranked #17 from #28, VH1’s VSPOT Top 20 Countdown ranked #19 from #35, MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann ranked #20 from #31, Cartoon Network’s The Brave and the Bold ranked #21 from #33, Discovery’s ranked #23 from #51 and Cartoon Network’s Naruto ranked #25 from #47.
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Show Websites (Week ending May 30, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | FOX | American Idol | 23.28% |
| 2 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 7.19% |
| 3 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 4.28% |
| 4 | NBC | Deal or No Deal | 3.92% |
| 5 | CBS | NCIS | 3.60% |
| 6 | ABC | Lost | 2.96% |
| 7 | NBC | The Biggest Loser | 2.66% |
| 8 | NBC | The Office | 2.58% |
| 9 | ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 2.36% |
| 10 | ABC | The Bachelor | 2.25% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of television network websites among six major commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Hitwise | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Websites (Week ending May 30, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | CBS | www.cbs.com | 29.60% |
| 2 | ABC | www.abc.com | 24.44% |
| 3 | *FOX Aggregation | *FOX Aggregation | 23.01% |
| 4 | NBC | www.nbc.com | 17.45% |
| 5 | The CW Television Network | www.cwtv.com | 5.25% |
| 6 | MyNetworkTV | www.mynetworktv.com | 0.26% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of commercial broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. |
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| Source: Hitwise | |||
| Including PBS | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Websites (Week ending May 30, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of Visits |
| 1 | CBS | www.cbs.com | 24.20% |
| 2 | ABC | www.abc.com | 19.98% |
| 3 | *FOX Aggregation | *FOX Aggregation | 18.81% |
| 4 | PBS Online | www.pbs.org | 18.24% |
| 5 | NBC | www.nbc.com | 14.27% |
| 6 | The CW Television Network | www.cwtv.com | 4.29% |
| 7 | MyNetworkTV | www.mynetworktv.com | 0.21% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of commercial broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) plus PBS for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. |
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| Source: Hitwise | |||
BROADCAST
- CBS was #1 among the Broadcast network rankings, moving up from # 3. ABC is #2.
- FOX’s American Idol is the #1 ranked TV show website among the broadcast networks. FOX’s America’s Most Wanted was the #2 most visited site followed by ABC’s Dancing with the Stars ranking at #3.
- Moves among the top 25 websites included FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance ranked #13 from #24, NBC’s Medium ranked #14 from #30, ABC’s Wipeout ranked #18 from #44, and NBC’s My Name is Earl ranked #24 from #46.
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Cable Network TV Show Websites Overall (Week ending May 30, 2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | Nick | Spongebob | 10.25% |
| 2 | TLC | Jon and Kate Plus 8 | 5.02% |
| 3 | Comedy Central | South Park | 3.93% |
| 4 | BET | 106 & Park | 2.62% |
| 5 | Cartoon Network | The Clone Wars | 2.11% |
| 6 | Food Network | Paula’s Home Cooking | 1.80% |
| 7 | Food Network | Barefoot Contessa | 1.77% |
| 8 | MTV | The Hills | 1.51% |
| 9 | USA | In Plain Sight | 1.45% |
| 10 | Cartoon Network | Ben 10: Alien Force | 1.41% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Hitwise | |||
| Hitwise Custom Report for Top Visited U.S. Cable Network TV Websites – Excluding Children’s Programming (Week ending May 30,2009) | |||
| Rank | Network | Website | Market Share Of U.S. Visits |
| 1 | TLC | Jon and Kate Plus 8 | 12.56% |
| 2 | Comedy Central | South Park | 4.69% |
| 3 | BET | 106 & Park | 4.46% |
| 4 | Food Network | Paula’s Home Cooking | 1.96% |
| 5 | Food Network | Barefoot Contessa | 1.81% |
| 6 | MTV | The Hills | 1.79% |
| 7 | USA | In Plain Sight | 1.78% |
| 8 | Comedy Central | The Daily Show | 1.57% |
| 9 | Bravo | Real Housewives of NYC | 1.53% |
| 10 | VH1 | VSPOT Top 20 Countdown | 1.41% |
| Source: Rankings based on market share of U.S. visits among custom category of cable television network websites from 30 leading commercial cable networks (A&E, ABC Family, Adultswim, AMC, BET, Bravo , CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney Network, E!, Food Network, FOX News, FX, Hallmark, HGTV, History Channel, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, SciFi, Spike, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, TVLand, USA, VH1) excluding sports networks for the week ending May 30, 2009 (Sunday – Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Hitwise | |||
CABLE
- TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8 was the #1 ranked TV show website among the cable networks (adults only). Comedy Central’s South Park was ranked #2 followed by BET’s 106 & Park ranked #3.
- Moves among the top 25 websites included Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch ranked #13 from #23, Food Network’s Good Eats with Alton Brown ranked #16 from #48, Travel Channel’s Dhani Jones ranked #20 from #52, Spike’s Guy’s Choice ranked #21 from #33 and History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers ranked #25 from #176.
PBS beating NBC? priceless.
For CBS being the “old network” its nice to see them at number one.
Maybe if Kate had used a Spongebob, she wouldn’t have 8. Resistance is fertile!