BASIC CABLE NETWORK RANKINGS FOR 2nd QUARTER 2009: 3/30/2009-06/28/2009 SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (NHI) TOP 30 NETWORKS RANKED ON PERSONS 2+
PRIMETIME (M-SU 8PM-11PM)*
HHLD HHLD Live+SD CVG Live+SD AA AA% (000) 2.3 2,304 2 1,965 1.7 1,645 1.3 1,313 1.3 1,314 1.2 1,204 1 960 1 976 1 935 0.9 896 0.9 919 0.9 895 0.8 779 0.8 795 0.9 866 0.8 827 0.8 756 0.8 771 0.8 775 0.7 734 0.8 733 0.9 751 0.7 694 0.7 616 0.7 627 0.6 601 0.6 597 0.6 573 0.6 565 0.7 497 P2+ Live+SD AA (000) 3,076 2,612 2,122 1,707 1,631 1,597 1,286 1,269 1,258 1,151 1,125 1,124 1,081 1,065 1,063 1,036 1,028 1,017 1,013 974 940 933 862 854 790 764 744 732 689 633
TOTAL PROGRAMMING DAY *
HHLD HHLD P2+ Live+SD CVG Live+SD AA Live+SD AA AA% (000) (000) 1.7 1,656 2,136 1.3 1,314 1,535 1.2 1,208 1,490 1.1 1,083 1,335 1.0 964 1,159 0.9 926 1,094 0.8 784 971 0.7 735 870 0.7 708 863 0.6 600 728 0.6 576 725 0.6 565 711 0.6 568 674 0.6 568 672 0.6 530 671 0.5 532 657 0.5 497 621 0.5 521 607 0.5 504 598 0.5 464 592 0.5 457 565 0.5 466 556 0.5 447 534 0.5 436 534 0.4 425 503 0.4 385 482 0.4 390 458 0.4 346 448 0.4 354 417 0.4 337 392
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NET USA TNT FOXNC ESPN NAN TBSC DISC AEN FX TOON HGTV HIST FAM SYFY LIF TLC TRU FOOD AMC SPIKE CMDY HALL CNN BET MSNBC VH1 MTV TVL BRVO LMN
DUR 16380 16380 16380 16380 9360 16380 16380 16380 16380 10920 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380 16380
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 NAN USA TNT FOXNC ADSM TOON ESPN TBSC AEN TRU DISC LIF HIST FX FOOD SPIKE HGTV CNN FAM AMC HALL CMDY TVL TLC SYFY MTV BET VH1 MSNBC
DUR 81,510 49,350 130,860 130,860 130,860 43,500 87,360 130,860 130,860 111,420 75,600 98,280 96,330 110,700 103,740 108,750 103,680 116,550 130,860 98,280 130,860 105,300 110,700 119,160 109,980 130,860 112,140 130,860 130,860 130,860
*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.