TBS is in 99.4 million U.S. homes in October as the MLB postseason begins, with the net set to air all Wild Card games, LDS games and the ALCS, as well as any potential regular-season tiebreaker games. TBS ranks second among all cable networks in distribution, behind only The Weather Channel. ESPN and ESPN2 are both in just over 98 million homes, the lowest October mark for the nets since '08. Speed is in 80.8 million homes this month, as speculation continues that the network will be rebranded Fox Sports One and turned into an all-sports network.

Listed below is U.S. distribution for the top 10 cable TV networks for the month of October, with comparisons to previous years. Also listed are figures for networks with significant sports content.

October U.S. Cable TV Network Distribution (Millions of Homes)
NETWORK	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12
The Weather Channel	91,744	96,410	98,366	99,966	100,805	99,897	99,578
TBS	91,462	96,059	98,655	100,158	101,226	99,796	99,375
Food Network	90,813	95,575	97,543	99,305	100,404	99,391	99,108
Nickelodeon/Nick-at-Nite	91,660	96,360	98,103	99,648	100,577	99,358	98,944
Discovery Channel	92,253	96,926	98,318	99,902	100,690	99,603	98,907
USA Network	91,784	96,402	97,970	99,338	100,172	99,177	98,726
Cartoon Network/Adult Swim	90,851	95,640	97,208	98,316	99,390	98,721	98,570
CNN	92,044	96,554	97,945	99,430	100,237	99,081	98,555
Lifetime	91,808	96,412	97,621	98,876	99,928	98,752	98,451
TNT	91,906	96,400	97,716	99,308	100,215	99,011	98,430
A&E	91,583	96,205	97,556	99,022	99,935	98,882	98,423
ESPN	92,235	96,566	97,742	99,088	99,960	98,648	98,179
ESPN2	91,686	96,243	97,348	98,824	99,931	98,470	98,126
Spike TV	91,634	96,065	97,416	98,815	99,602	98,545	97,752
FX	89,991	94,513	94,853	96,198	96,877	97,996	97,553
Golf Channel	69,363	76,798	82,000	81,631	83,368	82,934	83,944
Speed	68,161	72,916	73,293	74,184	77,091	77,394	80,782
NBC Sports Network	70,684	74,020	73,546	63,379	74,707	74,989	78,068
ESPNews	51,712	62,152	67,375	69,841	74,248	73,264	74,319
ESPNU	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73,689	71,948	73,258
MLB Network	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55,819	67,220	69,811
NFL Network	n/a	43,942	41,916	50,334	57,299	56,550	62,093
NBA TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54,400	59,845
Fox Soccer	n/a	n/a	34,317	34,767	38,449	38,844	41,504
Outdoor Channel	28,229	30,852	29,587	31,373	35,501	34,238	37,921
Fuel TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31,750	35,943
ESPN Classic	62,132	63,187	63,194	63,871	40,848	32,648	31,219
Sportsmen Channel	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30,253

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

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