ESPN Takes Top Spot in Weekly Cable Primetime Ratings Race

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ESPN ran over its cable network competitors last week, winning the weekly cable primetime ratings race for the third straight week.

ESPN averaged 3.1 million viewers to easily top second place Fox News’ 2.2 million viewers for the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, according to Nielsen. MSNBC finished in third place with 1.6 million viewers, followed by USA’s 1.3 million viewers and HGTV and TBS, which tied with 1.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

CNN (970,000 viewers), Hallmark Channel (947,000), Investigation Discovery (887,000) and Food Network (876,000) rounded out the top 10 most watched cable networks for the week.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.