ESPN, powered by Monday Night Football, won the week among adults 18-49 during primetime beating out USA and NFL Network.
ESPN was also the top network among total viewers during primetime, beating USA and NFL FOX News.
Nickelodeon was the top network in total day viewing, for the third straight week, beating Disney
and ESPN.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week Ending September 16, 2012:
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 3482 |
| USA | 2691 |
| FOXN | 2116 |
| DSNY | 2043 |
| HIST | 1693 |
| TBSC | 1654 |
| TNT | 1641 |
| NFLN | 1127 |
| FX | 1447 |
| A&E | 1395 |
| SYFY | 1267 |
| HGTV | 1239 |
| MSNB | 1227 |
| TLC | 1174 |
| TRU | 1088 |
| FOOD | 1122 |
| ADSM | 1091 |
| LIFE | 974 |
| DISC | 973 |
| AMC | 961 |
| FAM | 941 |
| NAN | 894 |
| NKJR | 807 |
| DSE | 97 |
| SPK | 806 |
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Prime-time Adults 18-49 (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 1657 |
| NFLN | 608 |
| USA | 919 |
| TBSC | 886 |
| FX | 801 |
| HIST | 676 |
| A&E | 617 |
| TRU | 558 |
| TNT | 566 |
| SYFY | 558 |
| TLC | 529 |
| ADSM | 522 |
| FOOD | 511 |
| FAM | 481 |
| DSE | 68 |
| DISC | 479 |
| LIFE | 461 |
| CMDY | 436 |
| BRAV | 419 |
| SPK | 405 |
| HGTV | 396 |
| MTV | 388 |
| DSNY | 380 |
| VH1 | 319 |
| EN | 298 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 1451 |
| DSNY | 1418 |
| ESPN | 1334 |
| USA | 1221 |
| FOXN | 1206 |
| ADSM | 1199 |
| TNT | 963 |
| TOON | 955 |
| NAN | 918 |
| HIST | 790 |
| A&E | 759 |
| FX | 725 |
| TBSC | 720 |
| HGTV | 668 |
| MSNB | 637 |
| ID | 595 |
| FOOD | 588 |
| TVLD | 551 |
| TLC | 530 |
| TRU | 519 |
| AMC | 511 |
| FAM | 511 |
| SYFY | 495 |
| NKJR | 483 |
| DISC | 476 |
-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
Go Nick!
Cartoon Network seems to have dropped significantly now that kids are back at school. I’m guessing it’s because they don’t have a preschool block?
USA??? What’s on USA???
Nickelodeon is BACK! Hey disney fans, where are you guys? Didn’t you say disney would be back on top… LOL.
Disney is in trouble. I just read that in early 2013 both The Fairly Odd Parents and Korra are premiering with new seasons. Also, Timmy is getting a new magical dog named Sparky. FOP’s new season contains 26 1/2 half-hour episodes, the largest season in FOP history.
uh oh disney fans lmao
@Twist Of Fate… Disney is never in trouble. They always have something going on. Nick is doing very well right now, which increases their competition.
Good Luck Charlie, Jessie, Phineas and Ferb & Gravity Falls is holding Disney up right now. Shake it Up needs to come back fast. Austin and Ally is doing decent while Fish Hooks is just getting by. Ant Farm needs help fast or Disney should cancel it and replace it with Shake it Up on Fridays
I think what most Nickelodeon fans don’t realize is that Disney is so close behind Nickelodeon. If Nickelodeon has a bad programming week and Disney has a good one, then Disney would rise above. They’re almost even, so idk why Nick fans act like their channel is so superior and is doing so much better, because that’s not true at all. Plus all of your popular shows are going to be gone by December
and who still watches Fairly Odd Parents? Rightttt.
@Amy
Excuse me, but no Nickelodeon fans act “superior”, and when I say this, I’m speaking for all of the people who support Nickelodeon. You disney fans have done nothing but bash the network all summer just because it was #1 in total day for the whole summer and bla bla bla. You obviously are mad that your favorite network, the disney channel has not been back on top. All of “our popular shows”. What are you trying to imply, sweetie? iCarly is ending in November, and nobody knows when Victorious will end, also when you say popular shows you mean Spongebob, Korra, FOP, BTR, Etc will be gone by December? Correction: they won’t.
I also recall Kaylie, and other disney fans saying the following comments:
Posted September 11, 2012 at 8:50 PM (Kaylies Comment)
Disney will be back at number 1. Spongebob overload network with no other successful shows.
Kaylie, its been 2 weeks and Nickelodeon is still #1, so clearly, YOUR WRONG.
It’s funny too how a lot of you are saying Sam & Cat and Gibby will tank. Many people said that about Once Upon a time, and looked where it ended up. Being a hit. Also, Dan S. has a track record of consistently producing comedy gold. Disney has its time to shine in the summer, if they want to continue to shine, they need to stop airing/making movies such as “Girl vs. Monster”…
@Amy
Maybe you weren’t aware ALL summer, but The Fairly Odd Parents pulled in rerun numbers completely on par with SpongeBob (Nick’s #1 show).
FOP, Tuff Puppy, SpongeBob, BTR, Kung Fu Panda, Victorious, and Penguins are all okay-Highly rated shows that will around in December. Not to mention, TMNT.