October Cable Primetime Ratings

[Pavan]

Tracking October 2002 cable networks in PRIMETIME and comparing them to last OCtober (2001) in primetime:

Overall, only eight cable networks out of the 49 tracked by Turner Research were up by double digits in primetime from last October: They are, in order of their rankings: Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (up 13%), Learning Channel (22%), Sci Fi Channel (29%), MTV (14%), Court TV (17%), Lifetime Movie Network (17%), FX (20%) and Weather Channel (50%).

By contrast, 18 cable networks were down by double digits in primetime compared with last October. They include (also in order of rankings): Cartoon Network (down 12%), TBS (19%), CNN (39%), A&E (18%), Discovery (10%), TNN (20%), TV Land (33%) and BET (29%).

Also down were MSNBC (55%), Animal Planet (20%), ESPN2 (33%), Soap Net (43%), Toon Disney (20%), VH1 (20%), Travel Channel (25%), CNBC (60%), Headline News (50%) and Great American Country (50%).

[lukes42]

What were the ratings for Game Show Network? Up or down?

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by lukes42
What were the ratings for Game Show Network? Up or down?

I'd guess up, but what do I know?

Shame if it was because of the originals.

[PPatters]

Originally posted by dawsongirl


I'd guess up, but what do I know?

Shame if it was because of the originals.

Not including reruns, all of Game Show Network's original programming has averaged equal or BETTER than the network average (a 0.4 rating). Whammy! averaged a 0.4, Friend or Foe a 0.6, Russian Roulette a 0.7, and Lingo averaged DOUBLE the network average at a 0.8! The originals are definitely HELPING the network's ratings.