ESPN regained the top spot on the cable primetime charts last week, led by its Los Angeles Chargers-New York Jets Monday Night Football telecast.
ESPN averaged 2 million viewers in primetime for the week of November 6-12, topping last week’s winner, Fox News Channel, which averaged 1.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen numbers provided by Fox News. The sports network’s win was supported by the 5.8 million viewers who watched Chargers-Jets on November 6.
MSNBC finished third with 1.3 million viewers, followed by Hallmark Channel’s 1.1 million viewers and HGTV’s 780,000 watchers. History was sixth for the week with 691,000 viewers, followed by CNN (684,000 viewers), INSP (608,000), Food Network (595,000), and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (580,000).
On a total-day basis, Fox News notched its seventh-straight win with an average of 1.2 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (904,000 viewers), ESPN (823,000), Hallmark Channel (654,000), and CNN (532,000).
