ESPN, powered by the NFL draft, beat TBS among adults 18-49 and USA in total viewers in primetime.
Nickelodeon took over the top rank in total day viewing from Disney for the week.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week Ending April 29, 2012:
| Net | (000s) | |
| ESPN | 2643 | |
| USA | 2567 | |
| DSNY | 2146 | |
| HIST | 1938 | |
| TBSC | 1827 | |
| FOXN | 1773 | |
| TNT | 1770 | |
| A&E | 1374 | |
| FOOD | 1228 | |
| SYFY | 1215 | |
| FX | 1141 | |
| DISC | 1140 | |
| ADSM | 1118 | |
| HGTV | 1037 | |
| LIFE | 956 | |
| FAM | 931 | |
| TRU | 925 | |
| NKJR | 919 | |
| BRAV | 882 | |
| SPK | 862 | |
| BET | 852 | |
| AMC | 845 | |
| TLC | 841 | |
| NAN | 823 | |
| NBCS | 794 |
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Prime-time Adults 18-49 (Live+SD)
| Net | (000s) | |
| ESPN | 1489 | |
| TBSC | 1037 | |
| USA | 969 | |
| TNT | 855 | |
| HIST | 790 | |
| A&E | 688 | |
| FX | 604 | |
| FOOD | 597 | |
| DISC | 591 | |
| BRAV | 511 | |
| ADSM | 491 | |
| SYFY | 489 | |
| TRU | 463 | |
| CMDY | 463 | |
| BET | 448 | |
| NBCS | 441 | |
| SPK | 427 | |
| FAM | 423 | |
| LIFE | 421 | |
| VH1 | 412 | |
| MTV | 410 | |
| TLC | 393 | |
| HGTV | 393 | |
| DSNY | 384 | |
| AMC | 299 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Net | (000s) | |
| NICK | 1528 | |
| DSNY | 1426 | |
| ADSM | 1233 | |
| USA | 1168 | |
| TOON | 1143 | |
| FOXN | 1090 | |
| TNT | 1058 | |
| ESPN | 1057 | |
| NAN | 940 | |
| HIST | 899 | |
| TBSC | 838 | |
| A&E | 789 | |
| FX | 731 | |
| HGTV | 655 | |
| FOOD | 640 | |
| NKJR | 623 | |
| DISC | 581 | |
| ID | 566 | |
| TVLD | 555 | |
| FAM | 529 | |
| LIFE | 521 | |
| AMC | 502 | |
| SYFY | 486 | |
| SPK | 477 | |
| TRU | 475 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 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
Its been like 3 weeks since Nick was number 1. Disneys gonna be back #1 next week. Especially with the big Good Luck Charlie premiere.
Disney is doing great! It is definitely giving Nick a run for its money! I wonder who is gonna win in total viewers this year!?! I’m sure Good Luck Charlie with premiere around 4 million. Disney did too little promotion to get the ratings GLC deserves