Boosted by record breaking NBA playoff TV ratings, TNT grabbed the #1 spot for prime-time cable network viewership from the long time leader USA for the week April 27 - May 3, 2009 with 3.453 million average prime-time viewers.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with an average of 2.134 million.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| TNT | 3,453 |
| USA | 2,854 |
| DSNY | 2,331 |
| FOXN | 2,135 |
| NAN | 1,557 |
| TBSC | 1,551 |
| DISC | 1,359 |
| FX | 1,290 |
| A&E | 1,268 |
| HIST | 1,154 |
| TOON | 1,147 |
| ESPN | 1,116 |
| TRU | 1,050 |
| SCIF | 1,039 |
| FOOD | 1,001 |
| AMC | 960 |
| HGTV | 957 |
| CNN | 946 |
| SPK | 944 |
| CMDY | 921 |
| HALL | 916 |
| VH1 | 911 |
| MSNB | 834 |
| FAM | 818 |
| TLC | 811 |
| TVLD | 811 |
| LIFE | 809 |
| MTV | 740 |
| BET | 707 |
| LMN | 664 |
| BRAV | 636 |
| NOGG | 629 |
| HLN | 580 |
| APL | 542 |
| EN | 503 |
| ESP2 | 470 |
| VS | 445 |
| CMT | 424 |
| TTC | 385 |
| NGC | 360 |
| SOAP | 343 |
| WE | 318 |
| WGNA | 317 |
| GSN | 295 |
| OXYG | 290 |
| TWC | 274 |
| DHLT | 248 |
| DXD | 242 |
| NKTN | 237 |
| SPD | 223 |
| CNBC | 211 |
| ID | 209 |
| DSCI | 179 |
| HI | 178 |
| TVGN | 176 |
| GOLF | 160 |
| TV1 | 156 |
| THEN | 156 |
| MTV2 | 152 |
| GALA | 150 |
| G4 | 135 |
| MIL | 133 |
| BIO | 122 |
| STYL | 117 |
| DIY | 95 |
| RFD | 95 |
| BBCA | 88 |
| REAL | 82 |
| ENN | 78 |
| GAC | 64 |
| NFLN | 61 |
| FUSE | 49 |
| MUN2 | 44 |
| VH1C | 37 |
| ESPC | 31 |
| FSC | 17 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,134 |
| TNT | 1,482 |
| NAN | 1,479 |
| USA | 1,465 |
| DSNY | 1,454 |
| FOXN | 1,181 |
| ADSM | 1,080 |
| TOON | 937 |
| TBSC | 851 |
| TRU | 735 |
| A&E | 732 |
| DISC | 729 |
| ESPN | 689 |
| HIST | 675 |
| FX | 668 |
| FOOD | 657 |
| CNN | 642 |
| LIFE | 613 |
| HALL | 604 |
| SPK | 575 |
| HGTV | 573 |
| FAM | 543 |
| AMC | 530 |
| CMDY | 514 |
| TVLD | 496 |
| SCIF | 482 |
| NOGG | 477 |
| VH1 | 468 |
| TLC | 440 |
| MSNB | 427 |
| MTV | 427 |
| BET | 390 |
| LMN | 378 |
| EN | 346 |
| BRAV | 335 |
| APL | 318 |
| HLN | 306 |
| ESP2 | 262 |
| TWC | 257 |
| CNBC | 231 |
| GSN | 228 |
| CMT | 225 |
| WGNA | 223 |
| NGC | 216 |
| OXYG | 206 |
| TTC | 204 |
| DXD | 201 |
| WE | 187 |
| SOAP | 174 |
| SPD | 166 |
| ID | 165 |
| VS | 154 |
| NKTN | 153 |
| DHLT | 137 |
| GOLF | 116 |
| DSCI | 115 |
| MTV2 | 114 |
| TV1 | 108 |
| THEN | 108 |
| GALA | 101 |
| STYL | 98 |
| HI | 97 |
| TVGN | 93 |
| G4 | 91 |
| MIL | 91 |
| BIO | 86 |
| DIY | 77 |
| ENN | 62 |
| BBCA | 60 |
| REAL | 51 |
| GAC | 51 |
| NFLN | 47 |
| RFD | 37 |
| ESPC | 34 |
| MUN2 | 29 |
| FUSE | 27 |
| VH1C | 26 |
| FSC | 20 |
Does anyone know if the Chiller Network and the Tennis Channel subscribe to the Nielsen rating system?
@Jeffster, I’m not sure either one of those channels is considered advertiser supported basic cable (Tennis Channel definitely isn’t) and in the case of Chiller, I’m not sure it’s available on enough cable/satellite customers for Nielsen to report data on it. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Nielsen doesn’t measure either of them, only that we don’t see the results.
Brett — NICK is in the total day category, and not listed in prime-time because during prime-time it’s counted as Nick at Night (NAN)
Where is TV Land ratings and also TCM?
David, TV Land is on this list. I don’t think TCM is considered ad supported.