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ESPN stayed atop the primetime adults 18-49 cable ratings and primetime viewership as is typical during football season.
And the total day viewership race returned to the standard order of things as Nickelodeon moved back ahead of Disney for cable total day average viewership. Last week was only the 2nd time in the network’s history that Disney Channel was the No. 1 cable network in Total Day in Total Viewers.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week Ending December 4, 2011
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 3,727 |
| USA | 3,019 |
| DSNY | 2,827 |
| FAM | 2,206 |
| FOXN | 2,089 |
| TBSC | 2,086 |
| FX | 1,800 |
| HALL | 1,769 |
| TNT | 1,741 |
| HIST | 1,726 |
| A&E | 1,659 |
| SYFY | 1,528 |
| DISC | 1,226 |
| LIFE | 1,202 |
| FOOD | 1,184 |
| ADSM | 1,178 |
| AMC | 1,133 |
| HGTV | 1,072 |
| SPK | 1,021 |
| TLC | 976 |
| BRAV | 957 |
| TRU | 953 |
| NAN | 943 |
| NFLN | 941 |
| CMDY | 833 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 1,766 |
| TBSC | 1,250 |
| USA | 1,088 |
| FAM | 1,064 |
| FX | 1,009 |
| A&E | 782 |
| HIST | 698 |
| DISC | 644 |
| SYFY | 641 |
| SPK | 601 |
| BRAV | 560 |
| DSNY | 556 |
| FOOD | 547 |
| TNT | 525 |
| ADSM | 514 |
| CMDY | 504 |
| TRU | 481 |
| TLC | 474 |
| MTV | 470 |
| NFLN | 468 |
| VH1 | 444 |
| EN | 441 |
| LIFE | 417 |
| AMC | 407 |
| BET | 395 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 1,743 |
| DSNY | 1,653 |
| USA | 1,325 |
| ESPN | 1,242 |
| ADSM | 1,231 |
| FOXN | 1,111 |
| NAN | 1,084 |
| FAM | 1,038 |
| TNT | 1,035 |
| TOON | 933 |
| TBSC | 921 |
| HIST | 848 |
| HALL | 839 |
| FX | 833 |
| A&E | 820 |
| LIFE | 680 |
| AMC | 674 |
| FOOD | 647 |
| HGTV | 644 |
| SYFY | 642 |
| DISC | 630 |
| TRU | 602 |
| TVLD | 563 |
| SPK | 520 |
| NKJR | 510 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 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
