Fox News Rules Early Summer Weekly Cable Ratings Race

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Fox News is heating up cable's weekly summer ratings wars, finishing as the most watched cable network in primetime and total day for the second straight week in the period, according to Nielsen.

Fox News averaged 2.4 million viewers to finish first among all cable networks for the week of June 4 to June 10, according to Nielsen. MSNBC finished second with 1.6 million viewers, followed by HGTV’s 1.4 million viewers; USA’s 1.3 million watchers and TBS’s 1.1 million viewers.

CNN, ID and History (1 million); A&E Network (952,000) and Discovery Channel (949,000), rounded out the top 10.

Fox News extended its total day winning streak to 22 weeks averaging 1.3 million viewers for the week. Nickelodeon, MSNBC, HGTV and Investigation Discovery followed closely behind, according to Nielsen. 

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.