On 12/25/2019 12:52 PM, super70s wrote:
> In article <
qtvon...@drn.newsguy.com>,
> Miloch <
Miloch...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>>
http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/115-cable-channels-ranked-
>> by-2019-viewership-%e2%80%93-yes-comedytv-is-still-dead-last/
>>
>> 2019 is finally coming to an end, taking with it a decade that saw major
>> changes in the way people watched television. But before we close the book on
>> 2019 and dive into 2020, let's look back at how the final year of the 2010s
>> treated our favorite cable channels by employing the most hallowed form of
>> year-end content -- the ranked list.
>>
>> For the fourth year in a row, Fox News Channel finished 2019 as the
>> most-watched network on cable, according to Nielsen's Live + Same Day ratings.
>> That claim holds true for both primetime (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.) and total day (6 a.m.
>> to 6 a.m.). As a matter of fact, Fox News is currently enjoying its most-watched
>> year ever in primetime.
>>
>> ESPN was again runner-up in primetime, but MSNBC bumped the world's most
>> expensive cable channel to third in total day rankings.
>>
>> MSNBC, HGTV and Hallmark Channel complete the Top 5 primetime cable
>> networks, according to Nielsen's Live + Same Day data through Dec. 9. TBS, TNT,
>> USA Network, CNN and History round out the Top 10.
>>
>> Once again, Comedy.TV ranked dead last in the study, which encompassed 115
>> networks. The network averaged a paltry 1,000 total viewers across both
>> primetime and the full day, performing even worse than such little-watched
>> networks as Newsy, MTV Classic, beIN Sports and beIN Sports Espaol.
>>
>> Looking ahead, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN should all have a pretty excellent
>> 2020 with the presidential election set for next November.
>>
>> The below Nielsen rankers are in thousands, which means Fox News averaged
>> 2.481 million primetime viewers, just 1,000 fewer total viewers than in 2018.
>> For this story we ignored delayed viewing, which skews hard against news and
>> sports programming. The rankings would change if we included catch-up tuning.
>>
>> See the full rankings for both primetime and total-day viewership, below.
>>
>> Primetime (Mon-Sun, 8-11 p.m.)
>>
>> Rank Network P2+ AA (000)
>> 1 FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2,481
>> 2 ESPN 1,784
>> 3 MSNBC 1,753
>> 4 HOME AND GARDEN TV 1,199
>> 5 HALLMARK CHANNEL 1,100
>> 6 TBS NETWORK 1,055
>> 7 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1,050
>> 8 USA NETWORK 1,042
>> 9 CNN 972
>> 10 HISTORY 969
>> 11 TLC 945
>> 12 A&E NETWORK 935
>> 13 INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 910
>> 14 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 894
>> 15 FOOD NETWORK 823
>> 16 TV LAND 609
>> 17 FX 605
>> 18 AMC 600
>> 19 BRAVO 598
>> 20 INSP 589
>> 21 LIFETIME TELEVISION 559
>> 22 HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 500
>> 23 FREEFORM 494
>> 24 ADULT SWIM 493
>> 25 SYFY 476
>> 26 NICK-AT-NITE 473
>> 27 VH1 438
>> 28 ANIMAL PLANET 426
>> 29 MTV 422
>> 29 WETV 422
>> 31 TRAVEL CHANNEL 401
>> 32 GSN 400
>> 32 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 400
>> 34 PARAMOUNT 396
>> 35 THE CARTOON NETWORK 369
>> 36 NICK JR 366
>> 37 COMEDY CENTRAL 339
>> 38 OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK 329
>> 39 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 328
>> 40 NBC SPORTS NETWORK 327
>> 41 FOX SPORTS 1 318
>> 42 LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 311
>> 43 E! 302
>> 44 ESPN2 300
>> 45 WGN AMERICA 298
>> 46 OXYGEN MEDIA 275
>> 47 SCIENCE 271
>> 48 HLN 267
>> 49 NFL NETWORK 265
>> 50 FXX 251
>> 51 MOTOR TREND 240
>> 52 NAT GEO WILD 236
>> 53 TRUTV 229
>> 54 CMT 222
>> 55 CNBC 218
>> 56 BBC-AMERICA 216
>> 57 IFC TV 214
>> 58 SUNDANCE TV 212
>> 59 FAMILY ENT TV 187
>> 60 DIY NETWORK 186
>> 61 THE WEATHER CHANNEL 180
>> 62 NICKTOONS 173
>> 63 TUDN 172
>> 64 COOKING CHANNEL 140
>> 65 MLB NETWORK 137
>> 66 REELZCHANNEL 135
>> 67 POP 128
>> 68 FX MOVIE CHANNEL 127
>> 69 GALAVISION 126
>> 70 DISNEY XD 124
>> 71 TV ONE 121
>> 72 FYI 104
>> 73 GOLF CHANNEL 101
>> 74 SMITHSONIAN 100
>> 75 FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 97
>> 76 AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 94
>> 77 BOOMERANG 93
>> 78 UP 92
>> 79 RFD-TV 87
>> 80 GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 86
>> 81 NBA-TV 85
>> 81 TEENNICK 85
>> 83 VICELAND 77
>> 84 HALLMARK DRAMA 75
>> 85 MTV2 74
>> 86 DESTINATION AMERICA 72
>> 87 DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL 69
>> 87 ESPNU 69
>> 87 OVATION 69
>> 90 UNIVERSO 68
>> 91 TENNIS CHANNEL 65
>> 92 AXS TV 64
>> 93 BIG TEN NETWORK 61
>> 94 FOX DEPORTES 57
>> 94 LOGO 57
>> 96 DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL 51
>> 96 DISCOVERY LIFE CHANNEL 51
>> 98 BET HER 47
>> 99 ESPN DEPORTES 45
>> 100 DISCOVERY FAMILIA 36
>> 101 ESPNEWS 35
>> 102 BABY FIRST TV 34
>> 103 CINE LATINO 31
>> 104 UNIVERSAL KIDS 29
>> 105 FUSE 28
>> 106 CNN EN ESPANOL 26
>> 107 EL REY 25
>> 108 FOX SPORTS 2 17
>> 109 BEIN SPORT ESPANOL 11
>> 110 JUSTICE CENTRAL 11
>> 111 MTV CLASSIC 9
>> 112 BEIN SPORT 5
>> 113 NEWSY 3
>> 113 ESN LIFESTYLES 3
>> 115
COMEDY.TV 1
>>
>
> I did a quick count and I only have 16 of these in my surfing lineup.
>
> Also apparently not a lot of Turner Classic Movies fans out there.
ESPN-combined is ~2,200 (which would seem to approximate its "reach").
(And wtf is 'Home and Garden TV'?...)