Fox News Romps Over Its Competition in Weekly Cable Ratings Race

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:48:00 +0000

Fox News continued its summer ratings dominance last week, further extending its winning streak in the primetime and total day weekly cable ratings race.

Fox News averaged 2.1 million viewers in primetime during the week of Aug. 7 to Aug. 13 to top all cable networks for the 12th consecutive week, according to Nielsen.

MSNBC was second with 1.7 million viewers, followed by USA and HGTV, which tied with 1.4 million viewers.

The NFL Network settled into a fifth place tie with TBS (1.2 million viewers), followed by History, CNN and A&E (tied with 1 million) and Investigation Discovery (961,000), said Nielsen

Fox News was tops on the weekly cable total day ratings chart for a 32nd consecutive week, besting Nickelodeon, MSNBC, HGTV and Adult Swim.

TBS was the most watched network in primetime among the adults 18-49, while Adult Swim was the top choice for viewers in the demo, said Nielsen.

Most Watched Shows For The Week of Aug. 8 to Aug. 13

DateShowNetworkTotal Viewers

8/13 Game Of Thrones HBO 10.7 million

8/7 WWE Monday Night Raw (9-10pm) USA 3.3 million

8/7 WWE Monday Night Raw (8-9pm) USA 3.2 million

8/13 NASCAR Cup Series Race NBCSN 3.1 million

8/7 WWE Monday Night Raw (10-11:11pm) USA 3.1 million

8/9 Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 2.8 million

8/10 Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 2.7 million

8/7 Hannity Fox News 2.6 million

8/8 Hannity Fox News 2.6 million

8/13 Rick & Morty Adult Swim 2.6 million

Source: Nielsen

Latest from Next TV in Hitory

Fox News Romps Over Its Competition in Weekly Cable Ratings Race