The first week of May is a big one for TV, with cable premieres and network sweeps. As a relatively slow week for news, however, the rankings remained mostly the same.
Fox News was the top cable news channel in both total day and primetime, placing 4th in primetime and tying for 5th in total day among ad-supported cable networks. FNC averaged 1.78 million viewers in prime, and 1.02 million in total day.
MSNBC placed 25th in primetime and 31st in total day drawing 709,000 and 393,000 viewers, respectively. CNN placed 37th in primetime and 35th in total day, drawing 411,000 and 295,000 viewers, respectively.
Among the business networks: CNBC placed 57th in primetime with 165,000 viewers, and 58th in total day with 127,000. Fox Business placed 88th in primetime with 42,000 viewers, and 83rd in total day with 56,000. Bloomberg TV isn’t rated by Nielsen, and hasn’t been since launching in the mid-90’s.
As for Current TV, it placed last among Nielsen-rated ad-supported cable networks in primetime at 94th place, drawing 25,000 viewers. In total day it placed 92nd with 26,000 viewers.
The full ranker is below.