Network/Cable Channels Average Ratings for all of 2024

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No wonder Advertising Revenue is so down, these are in the thousands, for example, NBC is 4,428,000 Million, while Disney XD is 18,000.

Just imagine if they got rid of about 100 of these channels and the per sub fee along with them, combine programming on the better rated channels.

Wonder what that monthly bill would be like then?

See #1 through #153 ranked below, in thousands of average viewers (for example, ESPN averaged 1.703 million viewers; TNT had 813,000). The date range is January 1, 2024-December 11, 2024.

1NBC4,428
2CBS3,918
3ABC3,374
4Fox News Channel2,410
5Fox2,322
6ESPN1,703
7MSNBC1,261
8Univision1,035
9Telemundo949
10TNT813
11Ion802
12TBS731
13CNN704
14Hallmark Channel699
15HGTV671
16USA Network603
17Me TV602
18History Channel551
19INSP548
20Grit TV482
21Discovery Channel472
22Food Network458
23TLC439
24The CW382
25ID373
26TV Land372
27UniMas342
28GSN330
29Hallmark Mystery328
30Bravo308
31FX305
32FS1304
33Paramount Network295
34AMC291
35Lifetime288
36A&E Network286
Newsmax286
38ESPN2284
39weTV277
40Reelz258
41Oxygen255
42SYFY244
43BET242
44Bounce TV235
45Adult Swim211
46Nick-at-Nite206
47Nat Geo201
48Comedy Central191
49Ion Mystery186
50Freeform184
51Cozi TV183
52FETV181
Travel Channel181
54Sundance TV177
55MTV169
56Laff159
57Animal Planet156
Heroes & Icons156
59IFC TV155
60HLN151
61E!148
Lifetime Movie Network148
Start TV148
64FXX143
65NFL Network138
66CHARGE!135
Magnolia Network135
68Paris Extra 2133
69BBC America131
truTV131
71Motor Trend128
72CMT127
73Nickelodeon124
74The Weather Channel121
75CNBC120
76HBO Prime118
77Ion Plus116
78Great American Family114
79Disney Channel107
Paris Extra 1107
81Comet103
Nat Geo Wild103
Pop TV103
84NewsNation101
85Science99
86OWN98
87Antenna TV97
88UP92
89MLB Network90
90Fox Business Network87
VH187
92TUDN86
93Disney Junior83
GetTV83
95NBA TV81
96Big Ten Network79
97Justice Central76
98Estrella75
99Dabl73
100Telexitos69
101TV One68
102Nick Jr.67
103Hallmark Family66
104Golf Channel62
105Catchy Comedy60
Court TV60
107Smithsonian58
108Cooking Channel57
109TBD TV54
110Ovation53
111Vice52
112NickToons50
Story Television50
Tennis Channel50
115Universo49
116FX Movie Channel48
117RFD-TV47
118FYI46
119Showtime Prime41
120BET Her36
121Starz35
122American Heroes Channel34
Boomerang34
Fox Deportes34
125Destination America33
ESPNU33
127Scripps News32
128MTV230
129American Crimes28
130Galavision24
131AXS TV23
Merit Street23
TeenNick23
134Discovery Family Channel22
ESPN Deportes22
The Cowboy Channel22
137Discovery en Español21
Fox Sports 221
139Universal Kids20
140Discovery Life Channel19
Logo TV19
142Disney XD18
143Outdoor Channel16
144CLEO TV11
CNN en Español11
146Comedy.TV10
147Discovery Familia9
148Nat Geo Mundo7
149GalaNovelas5
150beIN Sport Español4
Sportsman Channel4
152beIN Sport2
153Hogar de HGTV1

 
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Wow! I did not expect to see ION, ME TV, Grit, and Inspiration so far up on that list. I would have thought all of those would have been under 300,000.

Paris Extra 1 and Paris Extra 2? If those are the 2 overflow Olympics channels, then those numbers are quite a bit skewed because those channels were used for 10ish days?

I see Big 10 Network, but am shocked SEC Network isn't on the list. I find it hard to believe that Nat Geo Mundo doing better than SEC Network.

But to your point - yeah, there are a lot of channels there that aren't doing much...and how many of those channels just play old repeats of shows.
 
Wow! I did not expect to see ION, ME TV, Grit, and Inspiration so far up on that list. I would have thought all of those would have been under 300,000.
While the numbers are better than what you expected, it is still only about 600,000 viewers, which translates to about 232,000 Households ( out of 131 Million in the United States).

Since Paid Live TV has about 68 Million Households subscribing, that means over 67 Million Households are paying for a channel that is never watch by the vast extreme majority.

It is even worse for other channels, FX only gets 305,000, yet everyone that has Paid Live TV pays a per sub fee for a channel, that only an average of a little over 117,000 Households watch.
But to your point - yeah, there are a lot of channels there that aren't doing much...and how many of those channels just play old repeats of shows.
The vast majority of them, yet subscribers are paying that per sub fee for content that could receive for free on the Pluto TV type channels.
 
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This is not a surprise based on the ratings above-


From the above article, Networks, Cable Channels like HBO, Bravo (yech) are the ones to keep, along with Paramount+, Peacock and MAX, because they see growth and where the market is going with the streaming services.

Along with their Film/Television Production Studios.

But Comcast is getting rid of all the rest of their Cable Channels (SyFy, USA, MSNBC, etc), Warner (all of their other Cable Channels-TNT, TBS, CNN, etc).

Paramount, who’s incoming president Jeff Shell told reporters over the summer that he views CBS as a “crown jewel” asset, albeit one where they will “manage it a bit more aggressively for cash flow.” And they laid out a vision to make Paramount+ a dominant player in streaming, perhaps via a tie-up with another player.

But the legacy Viacom cable channels like MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon (this one surprised me) and BET are simply not as high a priority. The company is likely to consolidate its TV networks after the deal is complete, and would consider spinning its cable channels off or selling them, with only CBS off the table completely.
 
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