BASIC CABLE NETWORK RANKINGS FOR WEEK OF: 10/12/2009-10/18/2009 SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (NHI) TOP 30 NETWORKS RANKED ON PERSONS 2+
PRIMETIME (M-SU 8PM-11PM)*
HHLD HHLD P2+ Live+SD CVG Live+SD AA Live+SD AA AA% (000) (000) 2.9 2,865 3,767 2.1 2,153 2,994 2.2 2,183 2,868 1.6 1,602 2,098 1.4 1,399 1,748 1.3 1,244 1,586 1.1 1,117 1,442 1.1 1,019 1,421 1.1 1,015 1,364 1 968 1,281 0.9 892 1,199 1 951 1,147 0.9 892 1,116 0.8 757 1,063 0.8 799 1,055 0.8 799 1,054 0.8 807 1,038 0.7 716 1,015 0.8 734 955 0.7 707 954 0.8 776 936 0.7 647 847 0.7 699 841 0.7 619 803 0.7 636 792 0.6 580 734 0.6 559 696 0.6 552 674 0.7 510 648 0.6 522 633
TOTAL PROGRAMMING DAY *
HHLD HHLD P2+ Live+SD CVG Live+SD AA Live+SD AA AA% (000) (000) 1.6 1,633 2,161 1.2 1,166 1,380 1.1 1,111 1,350 1.1 1,061 1,290 1 973 1,257 1 1,020 1,255 0.9 870 1,132 0.9 906 1,100 0.9 853 1,028 0.7 690 840 0.6 581 753 0.6 584 749 0.6 578 697 0.5 548 696 0.5 538 668 0.6 556 650 0.6 540 633 0.5 462 602 0.5 498 590 0.5 453 553 0.5 453 536 0.5 437 533 0.4 412 529 0.5 448 522 0.4 436 511 0.5 414 484 0.4 367 478 0.4 357 429 0.3 330 407 0.5 341 405
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NET ESPN TBSC USA FOXNC NAN TNT AEN SYFY FX TOON DISC HGTV TLC TRU SPIKE FOOD CMDY FAM AMC ESPN2 HIST VH1 LIF BET BRVO ENT MSNBC CNN LMN HALL
DUR 1260 1260 1260 1260 1020 1260 1260 1260 1260 840 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260
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NET NICK NAN USA ESPN TBSC FOXNC TOON TNT ADSM AEN TRU FX FOOD DISC SPIKE HGTV HIST SYFY LIF CMDY TVL AMC FAM TLC CNN HALL BET ENT VH1 LMN
DUR 5970 3930 9900 9900 9900 9900 6720 9900 3180 8460 5760 7980 8310 7560 7920 8910 8460 9900 7410 8460 9000 9900 7560 8460 9900 7800 9900 8760 9900 9900
*Excludes networks not programming in majority of daypart (51%+) Total Programming Day = M - Sun 6AM - 6AM or Individual Network's Total Programming Day and Sun 6AM - 3AM for Most Current Week Coverage area ratings are within each cable network's universe. As some networks program different portions of the day, the DUR column indicates each network's duration in minutes for the measurement period and the daypart. This report includes only those cable networks who supply program names to the industry.