Fox News, ESPN Top November Cable Ratings Charts

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:38:16 +0000

ESPN high-stepped its way to a first place finish in November, while Fox News continued its monthly dominance on a total day ratings basis, according to Nielsen.

ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' telecast of the Nov. 11 Seahawks-49'ers game

ESPN, benefiting from its Monday Night Football telecasts, drew 2.8 million viewers in primetime during the period of Oct. 28 to Nov. 24 to win its second straight monthly ratings race, according to Nielsen. Fox News finished second for the month with 2.7 million viewers, followed by Hallmark Channel’s 1.5 million viewers and CNN’s 999,000 watchers.

HGTV was fifth with 995,000 viewers, followed by A&E Network (909,000 viewers), History (886,000), Discovery Channel (877,000), TBS (858,000) and TLC (829,000), according to Nielsen.

Fox News was number one in cable on a 24-hour basis for the 41st consecutive month, averaging 1.5 million viewers for November. MSNBC, ESPN, Hallmark Channel and CNN followed closely behind, said Nielsen.

On the cable news front, Fox News bested both CNN and MSNBC in primetime and total day audience for the 215th straight month. Fox News’ average of 2.7 million total viewers in primetime was up 15% compared to November 2018, while CNN’s 999,000 viewers was down 11% and MSNBC’s 2 million viewers was up 12% compared to the same period in 2018, according to Nielsen.

Fox News also generated four out of the top five most watched cable news shows for the month led by Hannity, Nielsen said.

ESPN Scores Mexico City 'Monday Night Football' Telecast

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:30:00 +0000

ESPN will take its Monday Night Football franchise south of the border in November when it televises the Houston Texans-Oakland Raiders NFL football game, the network said Friday.

The game will be played Nov. 21 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and will serve as the first NFL regular season game from Mexico since the 2005 San Francisco 49’ers-Arizona Cardinals contest, also aired by ESPN.

ESPN Deportes will also offer the Spanish-language production of the Texans-Raiders game as part of its weekly MNF telecasts. Outside of the United States, ESPN will televise the game in Mexico and distribute the game to other parts of Spanish-speaking Latin America, among other countries and territories.

“The NFL’s return to Mexico will be a signature game during the 2016 NFL season and ESPN’s Monday Night Football and our NFL studio shows will properly showcase this event both in the U.S. and in Mexico,” said ESPN president John Skipper. “The opportunity to televise this game is particularly exciting for ESPN as part of our commitment to the NFL’s growing Hispanic fan base and with the launch of our new production studios and daily NFL Live show in Mexico City.”

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Fox News, ESPN Top November Cable Ratings Charts

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