Fox News continued its run of weekly primetime and total day ratings wins while USA Network finished a strong second with its Winter Olympics coverage, according to network officials.
Fox News averaged 2.3 million viewers in primetime during the week of February 7-February 13 to top all cable networks for the fourth straight week, reported Nielsen. USA Network finished second for the second straight week, averaging 1.5 million viewers, followed by MSNBC, which averaged 1 million viewers.
INSP pulled into fourth place with 933,000 viewers, followed by Hallmark Channel with 895,000. Rounding out the top 10 most-watched networks for the week were HGTV (888,000 viewers), History (760,000), ESPN (745,000), Discovery Channel (665,000) and TNT (634,000).
Fox News was the most watched network on a 24-hour basis for the sixth straight week with an average of 1.4 million viewers. USA Network (948,000), MSNBC (621,000), HGTV (517,000) and Hallmark Channel (500,000) followed closely behind, according to Nielsen. ■
