Fresh off its first quarter primetime ratings win, Fox News continued its dominance of the cable primetime ratings race with another weekly ratings victory, according to Nielsen.
Fox News was the most watched network on cable in primetime for the week of March 27 to April 2 with an average of 2.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. The victory is Fox News’ 10th primetime ratings win in the past 11 weeks.
MSNBC was distant second with 1.7 million viewers, followed by USA Network and HGTV, both tied with 1.5 million viewers. ESPN, TBS, and AMC (tied with 1.4 million viewers), Discovery Channel (1.2 million), TNT (1.1 million) and History, Investigation Discovery, CNN, and FX (all tied with 1 million viewers) rounded out the top 10, according to Nielsen.
Fox News was also the top choice for viewers on a 24-hour basis for the 12th consecutive week, according to the network. Among adults 18-49, AMC topped all cable networks in primetime, while Adult Swim finished first on a total day basis, said Nielsen.
Most Watched Cable Shows For The Week of March 27 – April 2
Date ShowNetwork Total Viewers
4/2 The Walking Dead AMC 11.3 million
4/2 NASCAR Cup Racing FS1 3.9 million
4/2 Miss. St./SC Women’s NCAA Finals ESPN 3.8 million
3/27 Street Outlaws Discovery 3.7 million
4/2 College Basketball post game show ESPN 3.7 million
3/28 Fixer Upper HGTV 3.7 million
4/2 Sunday Night Baseball: Chi/STL ESPN 3.6 million
3/29 The O’Reilly Factor Fox News 3.4 million
3/27 WWE Monday Night Raw USA 3.4 million
3/27 The O’Reilly Factor Fox News 3.3 million
Source: Nielsen
