With 2 college football games in the top 3 cable primetime shows for the week ESPN easily kept its perch on top the average prime-time cable network viewership for the week of September 7-13, 2009. In second place was non-sports season leader USA. Fox News moved ahead of Disney for third place.
In primetime adults 18-49 ESPN's maintained a substantial lead over second place USA.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with Disney Channel back at #2 for the week, with USA a surprisingly strong third.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of September 7-13, 2009
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 3,896 |
| USA | 3,275 |
| FOXN | 2,622 |
| DSNY | 2,362 |
| TNT | 2,076 |
| ESP2 | 1,951 |
| NAN | 1,666 |
| TOON | 1,662 |
| MTV | 1,634 |
| A&E | 1,593 |
| FX | 1,582 |
| TBSC | 1,580 |
| HGTV | 1,515 |
| HIST | 1,480 |
| SYFY | 1,331 |
| LIFE | 1,235 |
| FAM | 1,204 |
| FOOD | 1,147 |
| HALL | 1,049 |
| DISC | 1,102 |
| TLC | 995 |
| MSNB | 960 |
| AMC | 949 |
| TRU | 918 |
| CMDY | 902 |
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Adults 18-49 Primetime Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 1,865 |
| USA | 1,254 |
| MTV | 1,093 |
| TBSC | 987 |
| TNT | 947 |
| FX | 898 |
| ESP2 | 739 |
| A&E | 738 |
| HIST | 716 |
| DISC | 604 |
| SYFY | 587 |
| FAM | 580 |
| LIFE | 569 |
| HGTV | 565 |
| BRAV | 561 |
| FOOD | 557 |
| TLC | 531 |
| NAN | 524 |
| CMDY | 523 |
| DSNY | 511 |
| FOXN | 487 |
| TRU | 445 |
| SPK | 444 |
| VH1 | 422 |
| AMC | 390 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,160 |
| DSNY | 1,556 |
| USA | 1,519 |
| ESPN | 1,465 |
| FOXN | 1,381 |
| NAN | 1,314 |
| TNT | 1,219 |
| TOON | 1,174 |
| ADSM | 1,098 |
| A&E | 852 |
| TBSC | 843 |
| HIST | 814 |
| FX | 803 |
| LIFE | 724 |
| HGTV | 717 |
| FOOD | 704 |
| TRU | 696 |
| ESP2 | 680 |
| DISC | 671 |
| MTV | 665 |
| HALL | 604 |
| NOGG | 463 |
| FAM | 591 |
| TVLD | 580 |
| SYFY | 578 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Speaking of college football, is there any info on how Michigan/ND did? I know you guys probably didn’t see the data since it wasn’t primetime, but wondering if there were any press releases that I missed?
Julia, all I saw is that it had a 5.6 overnight HH rating. USC/Ohio State had a 7.2 overnight rating, if that’s any help…
Those Michigan ratings will go up as soon as they play Ohio State!