Weekly Cable Ratings: Tulsa Rally Coverage Powers Fox News

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Fox News -- bolstered by its coverage of President Trump’s June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa -- continued its domination of the weekly cable ratings charts, according to Nielsen.

Fox News averaged 3.7 million viewers in primetime for the week of June 15-July 21 for its 23rd consecutive win, said Nielsen. Fox News was helped by a network record 6.6 million viewer primetime average on Saturday for its coverage of the Tulsa political rally. 

MSNBC finished second with 2 million viewers followed by CNN’s 1.6 million watchers. HGTV took fourth place with 1.1 million viewers followed by TLC’s 1.1 million viewers. TBS (975,000 viewers), Hallmark Channel (866,000), History (840,000), Food Network (820,000), and USA Network (785,000) rounded out the top 10 most watched networks for the week.

On a 24-hour basis, Fox News topped the charts for the 24th consecutive week. Fox News, MSNBC and CNN were the only three networks to average more than 1 million viewers in total day for the week, said Nielsen. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.