HBO’s Game Of Thrones conquered viewers in its season six finale, drawing 8.9 million viewers Sunday night and topping all cable network shows during the week.
Game of Thrones nearly doubled the audience of the second most watched show of the week – Sunday’s BET Awards – during a week otherwise dominated by Fox News, which won the last weekly cable network primetime ratings race for the month of June.
Fox News averaged 1.9 million viewers during the week of June 20 to June 26, topping Disney Channel’s 1.6 million viewers and HGTV’s 1.5 million watchers. USA Network and Discovery Network tied for fourth with an average of 1.4 million viewers.
TBS and ESPN (tied with 1.3 million viewers), TNT (1.2 million), History and FX (tied with 1.1 million) and BET FS1 (tied with 1 million) rounded out the top 10.
Nickelodeon and Fox News tied for the most watched cable network on a 24-hour basis during the week, according to Nielsen.
Most Watched Cable Shows During The Week of June 20 to June 26
Date Show Network Total Viewers
6/26 Game Of Thrones HBO 8.9 million
6/26 BET Awards 16 BET 4.5 million
6/20 Rizzoli & Isles TNT 4.1 million
6/26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing FS1 3.8 million
6/20 Major Crimes TNT 3.6 million
6/20 WWE Entertainment USA 3.5 million
6/26 Break HBO 3.5 million
6/24 Adventures In Babysitting Disney 3.4 million
6/20 WWE Monday Night Raw USA 3.4 million
6/20 WWE Monday Night Raw USA 3.4 million
Source: Nielsen
