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
Jun 14, 2020| Rank | Name | R-Chg | Cov. % | Audience | A-Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fox News Channel | 1.73 | 1,720,000 | 15.44 | |
| 2 | MSNBC | 1 | 1.19 | 1,099,000 | 18.71 |
| 3 | Cable News Network | 1 | 1.03 | 1,007,000 | 31.73 |
| 4 | Home & Garden Television | 0.72 | 739,000 | 1.93 | |
| 5 | Hallmark Channel | 1 | 0.59 | 519,000 | 0.97 |
| 6 | USA Network | 2 | 0.49 | 492,000 | 1.03 |
| 7 | Nickelodeon | 0.45 | 486,000 | 0.82 | |
| 8 | Food Network | 3 | 0.44 | 483,000 | 8 |
| 9 | TLC | 4 | 0.47 | 467,000 | 13.9 |
| 10 | Turner Network Television | 0.43 | 446,000 | 3.88 | |
| 11 | TBS Network | 0.43 | 442,000 | 1.56 | |
| 12 | Investigation Discovery | 0.48 | 439,000 | 2.01 | |
| 13 | History Channel | 5 | 0.42 | 434,000 | 10.88 |
| 14 | TV Land | 0.49 | 422,000 | 3.43 | |
| 15 | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | 1 | 0.52 | 397,000 | 0.51 |
| 16 | INSP TV | 1 | 0.45 | 380,000 | 1.04 |
| 17 | A&E Network | 2 | 0.38 | 378,000 | 4.79 |
| 18 | Game Show Network | 1 | 0.47 | 369,000 | 9.82 |
| 19 | Discovery Channel | 1 | 0.31 | 329,000 | 12.73 |
| 20 | Cartoon Network | 0.28 | 312,000 | 5.41 |
Programs: Top 20
June 2020| Rank | Name | R-Chg | Cov. % | Audience | A-Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tucker Carlson Tonight | 1 | 4.1 | 4,331,000 | 3.32 |
| 2 | Hannity | 1 | 4.1 | 4,311,000 | 1.89 |
| 3 | The Five | 3.8 | 3,898,000 | 4.39 | |
| 4 | Special Report with Bret Baier | 1 | 3.5 | 3,658,000 | 18.57 |
| 5 | The Ingraham Angle | 1 | 3.5 | 3,622,000 | 3.93 |
| 6 | The Rachel Maddow Show | 3.1 | 3,084,000 | 2.59 | |
| 7 | The Story with Martha MacCallum | 2.9 | 3,013,000 | 18.67 | |
| 8 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | 2.3 | 2,298,000 | 1.23 | |
| 9 | Your World with Neil Cavuto | 2.2 | 2,182,000 | 0.88 | |
| 10 | Fox News @ Night | 2.0 | 2,076,000 | 1.12 | |
| 11 | Outnumbered | 2.1 | 2,072,000 | 4.02 | |
| 12 | Deadline: White House | 2.2 | 2,054,000 | 4.8 | |
| 13 | The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino | 2.1 | 2,048,000 | 5.89 | |
| 14 | Bill Hemmer Reports | 2.1 | 2,046,000 | 6.67 | |
| 15 | Outnumbered Overtime | 1 | 2.1 | 2,003,000 | 5.81 |
| 15 | America's Newsroom | 1 | 2.1 | 2,003,000 | 4.43 |
| 17 | Cuomo Prime Time | 2 | 1.9 | 1,988,000 | 11.43 |
| 18 | Anderson Cooper 360° | 2 | 1.9 | 1,965,000 | 16 |
| 19 | All in with Chris Hayes | 1 | 2.0 | 1,928,000 | 6.4 |
| 20 | The 11th Hour with Brian Williams | 3 | 2.0 | 1,903,000 | 1.71 |
All ratings data are live + same-day as provided by The Nielsen Company.
