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Weekly Top Cable Networks: August 18-24

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August 26th, 2008

Top Cable Networks Prime-time: USA & Total Day: Nickelodeon

usa.gifUSA Network again claimed the top spot in the prime-time cable network average viewer ranking with an average of 2.845 million prime-time viewers. 

Nickelodeon once again took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with an average of 2.267 million.

Top Cable Networks by Primetime Viewers:


Rank Network Average Viewers Live+SD (million)
1 USA 2.845
2 Disney 2.721
3 TNT 2.184
4 ESPN 2.057
5 Fox News 1.668
6 TBS 1.649
7 Nick at Nite 1.374
8 Cartoon 1.368
9 Lifetime 1.324
10 SciFi 1.279
11 A&E 1.237
12 Hallmark 1.196
13 ABC Family 1.183
14 HGTV 1.018
15 CNN 1.018
16 SPIKE 1.008
17 TruTV 0.951
18 History 0.930
19 Comedy 0.867
20 FX 0.852

 

Top Cable Networks by Total Day Viewers


Rank Network Average Viewers Live+SD (million)
1 Nickelodeon 2.267
2 Disney 1.655
3 Nick at Night 1.452
4 USA 1.321
5 Cartoon 1.229
6 TNT 1.176
7 Adult Swim 1.098
8 Fox News 1.019
9 Lifetime 0.863
10 TBS 0.841
11 ESPN 0.749
12 A&E 0.679
13 Hallmark 0.653
14 ABC Family 0.650
15 CNN 0.639
16 TruTV 0.616
17 TV Land 0.614
18 HGTV 0.574
19 FX 0.569
20 History 0.541

 

TV Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.

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  1. Rusty Citron
    Posted August 26, 2008 at 4:35 PM

    Are you going to list the top cable shows of the week for the August 18-24th period?
    Thanks,,
    Rusty

  2. Bill Gorman
    Posted August 26, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    Rusty, we will, but the data has not yet appeared.

  3. MIKE
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 5:39 PM

    IS THE GOLF CHANNEL OR COUNTRY MUSIC CHANNEL THE HIGHER RATED

  4. Bill Gorman
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    MIKE, we always see the top 20 overall cable network data. Occasionally we see the top 31. Neither of those channels have ever been on either list in the past year.

  5. MIKE
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 10:39 PM

    IS THE GOLF CHANNEL OR COUNTRY MUSIC CHANNEL THE HIGHER RATED

  6. Bill Gorman
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 11:29 PM

    MIKE, we always see the top 20 overall cable network data. Occasionally we see the top 31. Neither of those channels have ever been on either list in the past year.

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