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Jan 24, 2012
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In cable ratings for the week ended Jan. 29:

Top five networks in primetime (18-49s): TBS, USA, History, A&E, FX.

Top five networks in primetime (total viewers): USA, History, Disney Channel, TBS, Fox News Channel.

Top five cable news networks in primetime (25-54): Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, HLN, CNBC.

Top five cable news programs (total viewers): 1 CNN's "Florida GOP Presidential Debate" (Thursday, 8 p.m.); 2. Fox News Channel's "State of the Union/Analysis" (Tuesday, 10:17 p.m.); 3. Fox News Channel's "State of the Union/Republican Response" (Tuesday, 10:28 p.m.); 4 Fox News Channel's "State of the Union 2012" (Tuesday, 9:11 p.m.); 5. Fox News Channel's "State of the Union/Analysis" (Tuesday, 10:37 p.m.);

Top movie (18-49s): No movie during the week made the top 50 among 18-49s.

Top sporting event (total viewers): ESPN's "NBA Basketball: New York/Miami" (Friday, 8:06 p.m.) 2.29 million.

Shows making the top 10 among 18-34s, 18-49s and 25-54s: MTV's "Jersey Shore" (Thursday, 10 p.m.); History's "Pawn Stars" (Monday, 10 and 10:30 p.m.); E!'s "Kourtney & Kim Take New York" (Sunday, 10 p.m.); Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta" (Sunday, 9 p.m.).

Show on the rise: E!'s "Kourtney & Kim Take New York," Sunday, 10 p.m. The season finale averaged 4.5 million total viewers, making it the third most-watched program in network history.

Show on the decline: BET's "The Game," Tuesday, 10 p.m. The show averaged 1.90 million viewers 18-49, down 24 percent from 2.50 million the previous week.

 

 

TOP 25 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Ranked on Household Rating
 Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

Primetime

Total Day

Net

(000)

Net

(000)

1

USA

2186

NICK

1354

2

HIST

1762

DSNY

1219

3

DSNY

1696

ADSM*

1042

4

FOXN

1627

USA

1025

5

TBSC

1580

FOXN

961

6

AEN

1426

TNT

878

7

TNT

1318

HIST

862

8

FX  

1212

NAN *

853

9

ESPN

1085

TOON

797

10

ADSM

1076

TBSC

778

11

FOOD

1001

AEN

743

12

CNN

981

FX  

675

13

SYFY

937

ESPN

630

14

HGTV

936

FOOD

577

15

AMC

906

HGTV

575

16

LIF

895

TVLD

569

17

MTV

895

AMC

565

18

DISC

874

ID  

540

19

NAN

867

MTV

503

20

TLC

865

LIF

480

21

TRU

863

DISC

473

22

BRAV

823

MSNB

451

23

MSNB

798

TLC

450

24

FAM

791

TRU

450

25

TVLD

725

CNN

435

* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 25 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE PROGRAMS
Ranked on Total Viewers
 Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

Program

Net

(000)

1

Pawn Stars

HIST

7089

2

Jersey Shore Season 5

MTV

6528

3

Pawn Stars

HIST

6372

4

American Pickers

HIST

5668

5

Florida G.O.P. Presidential Debate

CNN

5357

6

Storage Wars

AEN

4975

7

WWE Raw

USA

4667

8

WWE Raw

USA

4568

9

Kourtney & Kim Take New York

EN  

4479

10

Storage Wars

AEN

4290

11

State of the Union Analysis

FOXN

4249

12

Gold Rush

DISC

4242

13

State of the Union Republican Response

FOXN

4221

14

Real Housewives of Atlanta

BRAV

3945

15

Teen Mom II Season 2

MTV

3904

16

Victorious

NICK

3875

17

NCIS

USA

3870

18

State of the Union 2012

FOXN

3812

19

Hardcore History

HIST

3779

20

Pawn Stars

HIST

3688

21

Bering Sea Gold

DISC

3656

22

State of the Union Analysis

FOXN

3652

23

Spongebob

NICK

3631

24

The O'Reilly Factor

FOXN

3630

25

Jersey Shore Season 5 Aftershow

MTV

3580

Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Adults 18-34
 Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

PRIME TIME

TOTAL DAY

Net

(000)

Net

(000)

1

MTV

622

ADSM*

505

2

TBSC

619

NAN *

348

3

USA

494

NICK

341

4

ADSM

451

TBSC

323

5

ESPN

451

MTV

318

6

HIST

426

ESPN

265

7

FX  

419

DSNY

245

8

AEN

417

FX  

243

9

CMDY

370

USA

236

10

TNT

339

HIST

220

* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Adults 18-34
Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

PROGRAM

NET

(000)

1

Jersey Shore Season 5

MTV

3775

2

Teen Mom II Season 2

MTV

2335

3

Jersey Shore Season 5 Aftershow

MTV

2151

4

Kourtney & Kim Take New York

EN  

2129

5

Pawn Stars

HIST

1662

6

Love and Hip Hop 2

VH1

1476

7

Teen Mom II Season 2 Closer Look

MTV

1411

8

Real Housewives of Atlanta

BRAV

1406

9

Pretty Little Liars

FAM

1346

10

Pawn Stars

HIST

1314

Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Adults 18-49
 Week Ending Jan. 29

  Rank

PRIME TIME

TOTAL DAY

Net

(000)

Net

(000)

1

TBSC

1170

ADSM*

695

2

USA

1081

TBSC

561

3

HIST

1038

NICK

530

4

AEN

910

USA

498

5

FX  

833

NAN *

494

6

MTV

783

HIST

486

7

ESPN

772

FX  

462

8

TNT

688

AEN

455

9

ADSM

640

ESPN

446

10

BRAV

631

TNT

443

* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Adults 18-49
 Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

PROGRAM

NET

(000)

1

Jersey Shore Season 5

MTV

4818

2

Pawn Stars

HIST

3416

3

Kourtney & Kim Take New York

EN  

3305

4

Pawn Stars

HIST

2956

5

Teen Mom II Season 2

MTV

2869

6

Real Housewives of Atlanta

BRAV

2674

7

Jersey Shore Season 5 Aftershow

MTV

2668

8

Storage Wars

AEN

2652

9

Storage Wars

AEN

2330

10

WWE Raw

USA

2261

Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Adults 25-54
 Week Ending Jan. 29

 

PRIME TIME

TOTAL DAY

Rank

Net

(000)

Net

(000)

1

HIST

1197

HIST

547

2

USA

1139

USA

521

3

TBSC

1137

TBSC

508

4

AEN

966

TNT

479

5

FX  

839

AEN

474

6

TNT

727

ADSM*

465

7

FOOD

684

FX  

439

8

ESPN

677

NICK

414

9

DISC

663

ESPN

389

10

TRU

646

FOOD

350

* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 

TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Adults 25-54
 Week Ending Jan. 29

Rank

PROGRAM

NET

(000)

1

Pawn Stars

HIST

3771

2

Pawn Stars

HIST

3282

3

Jersey Shore Season 5

MTV

2910

4

Storage Wars

AEN

2886

5

Kourtney & Kim Take New York

EN  

2688

6

American Pickers

HIST

2680

7

Real Housewives of Atlanta

BRAV

2548

8

Storage Wars

AEN

2504

9

Gold Rush

DISC

2384

10

WWE Raw

USA

2227

Source: Turner Research from Nielsen data

 


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