U.S. Cable TV Network & Program Ratings
In the United States, cable television ratings is a national audience measurement system that projects the size and popularity of cable television programming. This activity is carried out by a company called Nielsen Media Research hence commonly known as Nielsen ratings. The media research firm creates a random but representative sample audience of about 25,000 households across America to track what programs are being watched and by whom. By means of a meter attached to each television set of the participants, Nielsen is able to get records of which channel is being watched at all times of the day, as individual buttons additionally record which person in a particular home is watching a given program, ensuring demographic tracking. The collected data is sent to the Nielsen computer center for crunching and analysis after which the final rating results are made available to the cable networks, advertisers, and the media.
Networks: Top 20
Sep 20, 2020| Rank | Name | R-Chg | Cov. % | Audience | A-Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fox News Channel | 1.78 | 1,854,000 | 4.8 | |
| 2 | MSNBC | 1.23 | 1,193,000 | 1.97 | |
| 3 | ESPN | 1 | 0.91 | 1,060,000 | 35.72 |
| 4 | Cable News Network | 1 | 0.91 | 917,000 | 0.11 |
| 5 | Home & Garden Television | 1 | 0.65 | 641,000 | 5.18 |
| 6 | Turner Network Television | 1 | 0.46 | 522,000 | 29.65 |
| 7 | Hallmark Channel | 0.57 | 515,000 | 6.19 | |
| 8 | Investigation Discovery | 0.51 | 494,000 | 2.76 | |
| 9 | Nickelodeon | 0.41 | 464,000 | 0.22 | |
| 10 | Food Network | 0.42 | 448,000 | 3.03 | |
| 11 | USA Network | 0.41 | 427,000 | 5.53 | |
| 12 | TV Land | 2 | 0.45 | 418,000 | 1.46 |
| 13 | TBS Network | 3 | 0.36 | 397,000 | 0.75 |
| 14 | History Channel | 2 | 0.36 | 376,000 | 15.88 |
| 15 | TLC | 1 | 0.37 | 370,000 | 10.19 |
| 16 | INSP TV | 3 | 0.43 | 360,000 | 14.08 |
| 17 | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | 0.47 | 353,000 | 9.95 | |
| 18 | Lifetime Television | 3 | 0.32 | 304,000 | 4.47 |
| 19 | Game Show Network | 0.38 | 302,000 | 1.95 | |
| 20 | A&E Network | 2 | 0.3 | 294,000 | 1.38 |
Programs: Top 20
August 2020| Rank | Name | R-Chg | Cov. % | Audience | A-Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannity | 4.3 | 4,694,000 | 14.6 | |
| 2 | Tucker Carlson Tonight | 4.1 | 4,369,000 | 8.68 | |
| 3 | The Five | 2 | 3.4 | 3,446,000 | 4.2 |
| 4 | The Ingraham Angle | 1 | 3.1 | 3,293,000 | 3.57 |
| 5 | The Rachel Maddow Show | 1 | 3.1 | 3,116,000 | 6.68 |
| 6 | Special Report with Bret Baier | 2.8 | 2,846,000 | 8.96 | |
| 7 | The Story with Martha MacCallum | 1 | 2.3 | 2,363,000 | 8.69 |
| 8 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | 1 | 2.3 | 2,300,000 | 10.68 |
| 9 | The 11th Hour with Brian Williams | 1 | 2.2 | 2,159,000 | 7.09 |
| 10 | All in with Chris Hayes | 1 | 2.1 | 2,037,000 | 1.75 |
| 11 | The ReidOut with Joy Reid | 5 | 2.0 | 1,974,000 | 14.17 |
| 12 | Deadline: White House | 3 | 2.1 | 1,970,000 | 2.43 |
| 13 | Outnumbered | 2 | 2.0 | 1,924,000 | 11.02 |
| 14 | Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner | 6 | 1.9 | 1,840,000 | 10.91 |
| 15 | Your World with Neil Cavuto | 1 | 1.9 | 1,818,000 | 4.72 |
| 16 | Fox News @ Night | 4 | 1.8 | 1,809,000 | 9.05 |
| 17 | The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino | 5 | 1.9 | 1,788,000 | 10.17 |
| 18 | The Beat with Ari Melber | 1.9 | 1,761,000 | 5.45 | |
| 19 | America's Newsroom | 2 | 1.8 | 1,731,000 | 4.85 |
| 20 | Bill Hemmer Reports | 3 | 1.8 | 1,708,000 | 8.72 |
All ratings data are live + same-day as provided by The Nielsen Company.
