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NBC Sports Network Heads Into NHL Season In 77.9 Million U.S. TV Households
Published January 16, 2013
NBC Sports Network heads into the start of the long-delayed NHL season in 77.9 million U.S TV homes, compared to 75.0 million homes at the start of last season (October ’11). Another Comcast-owned network -- Golf Channel -- began the PGA Tour season earlier this month in just under 84 million homes, down slight from 84.6 million homes at the start of last season. ESPN and ESPN2 are in around 98.5 million homes in January, down from the same period last year. Only one network on all of cable TV -- Weather Channel -- is in over 100 million homes. January marks the first time since August that any cable net has passed the 100 million-home mark. Listed below are the top 10 cable nets in terms of viewership for January, with comparisons to previous years. Also listed are figures for networks with significant sports programming.
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JANUARY CABLE NETWORK DISTRIBUTION
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| NETWORK |
'06
(000) |
'07
(000) |
'08
(000) |
'09
(000) |
'10
(000) |
'11
(000) |
'12
(000) |
'13
(000) |
| Weather Channel |
89,510
|
91,989
|
96,645
|
98,796
|
99,866
|
100,569
|
100,046
|
100,093
|
| TBS |
89,506
|
91,714
|
97,417
|
99,014
|
100,100
|
100,951
|
99,983
|
99,669
|
| Food Network |
88,017
|
91,136
|
95,773
|
97,918
|
99,202
|
100,096
|
99,602
|
99,656
|
| Nickelodeon/ Nick-at-Nite |
89,508
|
91,940
|
96,454
|
98,429
|
99,564
|
100,309
|
99,581
|
99,373
|
| Discovery Channel |
90,279
|
92,544
|
96,889
|
98,747
|
99,750
|
100,474
|
99,660
|
99,230
|
| USA Network |
89,709
|
92,051
|
96,465
|
98,368
|
99,077
|
99,950
|
99,373
|
99,179
|
| CNN |
89,909
|
92,273
|
96,528
|
98,343
|
99,219
|
100,029
|
99,253
|
99,081
|
| Cartoon Network/ Adult Swim |
88,562
|
91,076
|
95,766
|
97,701
|
98,244
|
99,340
|
98,995
|
98,993
|
| AMC |
87,237
|
89,969
|
94,094
|
94,497
|
95,196
|
96,409
|
96,431
|
98,957
|
| A&E |
89,326
|
91,774
|
96,286
|
97,979
|
98,816
|
99,760
|
99,090
|
98,885
|
| ESPN |
90,111
|
92,337
|
96,679
|
98,092
|
99,016
|
99,792
|
99,113
|
98,569
|
| ESPN2 |
89,315
|
91,812
|
96,285
|
97,696
|
98,713
|
99,699
|
99,045
|
98,534
|
| Spike |
89,558
|
91,654
|
96,076
|
97,817
|
98,671
|
99,397
|
98,798
|
97,974
|
| FX |
87,896
|
90,414
|
94,636
|
95,194
|
95,859
|
95,825
|
98,182
|
97,958
|
| Golf Channel |
67,797
|
74,319
|
75,232
|
81,246
|
82,013
|
83,343
|
84,577
|
83,962
|
| Speed |
64,206
|
69,530
|
72,319
|
73,273
|
74,865
|
77,548
|
79,157
|
81,080
|
| NBC Sports Net |
63,402
|
71,419
|
72,789
|
73,801
|
63,809
|
75,360
|
76,227
|
77,888
|
| ESPNews |
45,748
|
54,326
|
63,015
|
67,982
|
71,344
|
73,210
|
74,160
|
74,801
|
| ESPNU |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
72,338
|
72,658
|
74,071
|
| MLB Network |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
54,872
|
68,241
|
70,377
|
| NFL Network |
n/a
|
39,692
|
43,171
|
41,908
|
55,411
|
56,696
|
58,125
|
69,668
|
| NBA TV |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
54,181
|
55,810
|
60,697
|
| Fox Soccer |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
34,576
|
35,823
|
38,472
|
40,929
|
42,324
|
| Outdoor Channel |
25,739
|
29,922
|
30,453
|
29,534
|
34,463
|
34,433
|
35,922
|
38,726
|
| Fuel TV |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
36,571
|
37,649
|
| ESPN Classic |
58,408
|
64,398
|
62,835
|
63,355
|
59,539
|
38,535
|
32,822
|
31,504
|
| Sportsman Channel |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
31,438
|
NOTES: Figures not available for nets that do not subscribe to regular Nielsen ratings, including Pac-12 Network, Big Ten Network, CBS Sports Network, Fox College Sports, Longhorn Network, NHL Network, Tennis Channel and Universal Sports.
