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According to MultiChannel News, Fox News averaged 2 million viewers during the week of Aug. 14 to Aug. 20 to top the cable primetime ratings charts for the 12th consecutive week. According to Nielsen. MSNBC was second with 1.9 million viewers, followed by USA Network and HGTV with 1.4 million viewers each, and TBS and CNN, tied with 1.3 million watchers.
ESPN, History and A&E (tied with 1 million viewers) and Investigation Discovery (984,000) rounded out the top 10, according to Nielsen.
Fox News also topped the cable ratings charts on a 24-hour basis for the 33rd consecutive week, topping Nickelodeon, MSNBC, CNN and Adult Swim.
TBS was the most watched network in primetime among adults 18-49, while Adult Swim was tops within the demo on a 24-hour basis. HBO's Game Of Thrones was the most watched show of the week with more than 10 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
President Donald Trump drew 10.1 million viewers on cable news during his address on the war in Afghanistan on Monday night, according to Nielsen data.
Trump’s speech aired from 9 p.m. ET until approximately 9:30. In that time frame, Fox News led all of cable news with 5.09 million total viewers with 1.22 million in the key adults 25-54 demographic. MSNBC was second in total viewers with 2.69 million but third in the demo with 569,000. CNN was third in total viewers with 2.35 million but second in the demo with 748,000.
In the 9 p.m. hour as a whole, Fox News led with 4.73 million and in demo with 1.12 million. MSNBC was second in total viewers with 2.91 million but third in the key demo with 622,000. CNN was third in total viewers with 2.5 million but second in the key demo with 790,000.
That is on top of the 17.5 million viewers the address drew across the Big 4 broadcast networks, according to preliminary numbers released Tuesday morning.
Jul'17 A25-54 cable news ranker.pdf by TVNewser on Scribd
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