As should be expected for the rest of the football season, ESPN stayed on top both primetime adults 18-49 ratings and average viewership. With a big boost from mid-term elections, Fox News moved into second place for average primetime viewership for the week. USA finished third in primetime average viewership and second in adults 18-49 even though its biggest scripted shows are still off the air. Such is the power of WWE Raw and NCIS repeats.
SpongeBob doesn't care who was elected last week, he's not subject to term limits or checks and balances, and he always keeps Nickelodeon at the top of the total day average viewership rankings.
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Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of November 1-7, 2010
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 3,509 |
| FOXN | 2,986 |
| USA | 2,855 |
| DSNY | 2,564 |
| TNT | 1,824 |
| HIST | 1,755 |
| NAN | 1,568 |
| FX | 1,548 |
| TBSC | 1,547 |
| TOON | 1,258 |
| FAM | 1,215 |
| A&E | 1,199 |
| HGTV | 1,152 |
| FOOD | 1,122 |
| DISC | 1,069 |
| AMC | 1,063 |
| BRAV | 1,054 |
| MSNB | 1,052 |
| SYFY | 1,042 |
| TLC | 1,017 |
| TRU | 970 |
| BET | 969 |
| SPK | 963 |
| CMDY | 936 |
| TVLD | 856 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 1,769 |
| USA | 1,069 |
| TBSC | 963 |
| FX | 841 |
| HIST | 824 |
| TNT | 819 |
| BRAV | 697 |
| A&E | 639 |
| FOXN | 601 |
| CMDY | 573 |
| DISC | 561 |
| AMC | 560 |
| FOOD | 544 |
| DSNY | 519 |
| FAM | 512 |
| TLC | 507 |
| MTV | 492 |
| SPK | 490 |
| SYFY | 476 |
| BET | 464 |
| TRU | 446 |
| NAN | 443 |
| EN | 429 |
| HGTV | 393 |
| ESP2 | 323 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,143 |
| DSNY | 1,677 |
| ESPN | 1,572 |
| FOXN | 1,543 |
| NAN | 1,496 |
| USA | 1,367 |
| TNT | 1,315 |
| ADSM | 1,116 |
| TOON | 974 |
| TBSC | 848 |
| HIST | 772 |
| FX | 721 |
| A&E | 685 |
| FOOD | 664 |
| HGTV | 655 |
| FAM | 636 |
| TRU | 634 |
| DISC | 623 |
| AMC | 598 |
| SPK | 588 |
| TVLD | 571 |
| NKJR | 563 |
| MSNB | 514 |
| CMDY | 509 |
| LIFE | 501 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Cable Channel Abbreviations: NICK = Nickelodeon, NAN = Nick At Nite, TOON = Cartoon Network, ADSM = Adult Swim, TRU = truTV, LIFE = Lifetime, NKJR - Nick Jr., FAM = ABC Family, TVLD = TV Land, FOXN = Fox News, TBSC = TBS, DISC = Discovery
