TNT Scores Weekly Cable Ratings Win

By R. Thomas Umstead
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The start of the NBA post-season helped TNT secure its first weekly primetime ratings win of the year.

TNT averaged 2.9 million viewers to top all cable networks during the week of April 16-22, according to Nielsen. Fox News Channel was second with 2.4 million, followed by MSNBC (1.9 million), and ESPN and HGTV (tied with 1.3 million).

USA Network and TBS (tied with 1.1 million), Investigation Discovery and History (tied with 1 million viewers), and CNN (947,000) rounded out the top 10 most watched networks in primetime for the week.

Fox News was the mot watched cable network on a total day basis, averaging 1.4 million viewers, followed by TNT (1.1 million), MSNBC (1 million), Nickelodeon (872,000) and HGTV (775,000), said 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.