ESPN racked up its second-straight primetime ratings win on the strength of Monday Night Football.
The sports network averaged 2.2 million viewers for the week of November 13-19, besting second-place Fox News Channel’s 1.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen figures supplied by Fox News. ESPN was paced by the 7.3 million viewers that watched the Nov. 13 Denver Broncos-Buffalo Bills game on the network.
Hallmark Channel’s holiday-themed programming has helped push the network into third place with 1.4 million viewers, followed by MSNBC’s 1.2 million viewers and HGTV’s 738,000 watchers.
History was sixth for the week with 703,000 viewers, followed by TBS (661,000 viewers), Food Network (634,000), INSP (597,000), and USA Network (595,000).
On a 24-hour basis, Fox News blew away the competition for its ninth straight win with 1.2 million viewers. ESPN finished a distant second with 864,000 viewers, followed by MSNBC (833,000), Hallmark Channel (673,000) and CNN (456,000).
