Top Cable Networks Prime-time: Fox News & Total Day: Nickelodeon
For the second time this year, FOX News Channel ranked #1 in primetime in basic cable averaging 3.437 million viewers. The network, which was the dominant cable channel for the week in prime, beat out TBS, USA and ESPN for the top spot. The last time FNC was #1 for the week in prime was during coverage of the GOP convention – the week of 9/1/08. And, before that, the last time FNC was the top network in prime for the week was during coverage of Hurricane Katrina – week of 8/29/05.
Nickelodeon as always took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with an average of 2.083 million, followed by Fox News Channel with 1.497 million.
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Because the chart above is only advertising supported cable networks, Disney channel is omitted. Here are their numbers for the week:
| HHLD | HHLD | HHLD | P2+ | |||
| NET | DUR | Live+SD AA(000) | Live+SD US AA% | Live+SD CVG AA% | Live+SD AA(000) | |
| Prime-time | DSNY | 1260 | 1984 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2661 |
| Total Day | DSNY | 9900 | 1099 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.363 |
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I am surprised Bravo is so low on the list. I know Project Runway does strong ratings so that must mean that the rest of there primtime lineup during the weak does dismal ratings.