BASIC CABLE NETWORK RANKINGS FOR WEEK OF: 11/02/2009-11/08/2009 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) 2.5 2,428 3,203 2.2 2,162 2,920 2 1,932 2,556 1.3 1,319 1,770 1.4 1,407 1,735 1.3 1,311 1,698 1.2 1,139 1,571 1.1 1,060 1,379 1 1,003 1,264 0.9 927 1,235 0.9 861 1,216 1 992 1,213 0.9 876 1,171 0.8 816 1,096 0.8 818 1,080 0.8 781 1,035 0.8 774 1,001 0.8 719 964 0.7 738 962 0.8 754 946 0.7 718 883 0.7 676 882 0.7 715 873 0.8 697 857 0.6 604 760 0.6 583 741 0.6 554 710 0.7 595 708 0.8 574 702 0.6 543 682
TOTAL PROGRAMMING DAY *
HHLD HHLD P2+ Live+SD CVG Live+SD AA Live+SD AA AA% (000) (000) 1.8 1,821 2,464 1.3 1,250 1,517 1.2 1,213 1,407 1.2 1,127 1,402 1 999 1,232 0.9 929 1,116 0.9 872 1,074 0.8 819 1,047 0.8 767 936 0.7 644 795 0.6 560 715 0.6 565 693 0.5 514 663 0.6 557 651 0.6 512 651 0.5 534 623 0.5 497 620 0.5 509 616 0.5 483 595 0.5 509 593 0.5 460 566 0.5 459 557 0.5 466 547 0.4 424 522 0.5 441 511 0.4 426 506 0.4 389 456 0.5 362 425 0.3 312 403 0.4 341 398
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NET USA ESPN FOXNC TBSC NAN TNT FX AEN TLC TOON FAM HGTV SYFY FOOD CMDY DISC AMC TRU SPIKE HIST CNN ESPN2 LIF BRVO ENT MSNBC TVL HALL LMN MTV
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
RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
NET NICK USA NAN FOXNC ESPN TNT ADSM TOON TBSC AEN FX FOOD FAM HGTV TRU LIF DISC HIST SPIKE CNN SYFY AMC TLC CMDY HALL TVL MTV LMN BET BRVO
DUR 5970 9900 3930 9900 9900 9900 3180 6720 9900 8460 7980 8310 7560 8910 5760 7410 7560 8460 7920 9900 9900 9900 8460 8460 7800 9000 8460 9900 9900 8340
*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.