Turner Network Television moved back on top of the cable ratings charts last
week, fueled by big ratings from Law & Order and Homicide: Life on
the Street.
TNT recorded a 2.2 rating in prime time with 2.3 million viewers, according
to Nielsen Media Research data for the week of Aug. 4-10. An Aug. 5 play of
Homicide earned a stellar 3.0 rating with 3.4 million viewers, while
three L&O episodes attracted more than 2.7 million viewers.
Disney Channel followed in second with a 1.9 average in prime time and 2.2
million viewers. Strong marks for That's So Raven boosted the kids’
network.
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Rounding out the top six were Lifetime Television (1.9 rating with 1.9
million viewers), Nickelodeon (1.7, 2 million), USA Network (1.7, 2 million) and
Cartoon Network (1.6, 1.8 million).
Other movers last week: ESPN, which bubbled up to a 1.4 average rating and
1.5 million viewers now that football season is beginning; and Bravo, flush from
its hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, with a 0.7 prime-time average and
640,000 viewers, almost double the pre-Queer Eye
average.
