NBA TV saw the biggest month-over-month gains in U.S. TV homes among all cable nets from January to February. The league-owned net is in 59.2 million homes for the month, up 6% from 55.8 million last month. NFL Network ranked in the top five in month-over-month gains, up 1.9% to 59.2 million homes. Nickelodeon and Nick-At-Nite top the list of all nets with 100.2 million homes. While that is down from the same period last year, the nets are the only U.S. cable nets in more than 100 million homes. ESPN ranks 10th overall for February, the same spot it held in January. Listed below are the top 10 cable nets in U.S. household distribution, along with data for nets with sports content.

FEBRUARY CABLE TV NETWORK DISTRIBUTION
NETWORK	'06 (000)	'07 (000)	'08 (000)	'09 (000)	'10 (000)	'11 (000)	'12 (000)
Nickelodeon	89,714	92,010	96,333	98,454	99,720	100,400	100,202
Nick-At-Nite	89,714	92,010	96,333	98,454	99,720	100,400	100,202
Weather Channel	89,698	92,220	96,506	98,824	99,896	100,668	99,889
TBS	89,645	91,734	97,307	99,029	100,265	101,033	99,816
Food Network	88,305	91,207	95,655	97,997	98,532	100,195	99,510
Discovery Channel	90,446	92,540	96,794	98,753	99,865	100,653	99,488
USA Network	89,929	92,077	96,350	98,393	97,557	100,121	99,169
CNN	90,119	92,307	96,384	98,383	99,390	100,186	99,076
TNT	89,983	92,207	96,357	98,061	99,275	100,407	99,005
ESPN	90,280	92,389	96,515	98,089	99,211	100,002	98,979
ESPN2	89,540	91,868	96,161	97,713	98,828	99,904	98,862
FX	88,136	90,617	94,551	95,266	96,105	96,047	97,964
Golf Channel	67,930	74,676	74,588	81,235	83,370	83,509	84,656
Speed	65,059	69,768	71,989	73,317	75,082	77,932	79,360
NBC Sports Network	63,173	71,697	72,417	74,163	63,995	75,715	76,296
ESPNews	46,261	54,866	63,059	67,951	71,921	73,454	74,244
ESPNU	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72,550	72,548
MLB Network	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55,316	67,933
NFL Network	n/a	40,150	43,133	41,705	55,623	56,895	59,237
NBA TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54,808	59,152
Fox Soccer	n/a	n/a	n/a	34,316	36,094	38,616	40,895
Fuel TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36,546
ESPN Classic	58,881	64,856	62,621	63,311	58,643	37,649	32,612

NOTES: Figures not available for nets that do not subscribe to regular Nielsen ratings, including NHL Network, Universal Sports, Tennis Channel, Fox College Sports, Big Ten Network, Longhorn Network and CBS Sports Network.

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