Top Cable Networks: Week Ending March 6, 2016

Here is a ranking of all the ad-supported cable networks for the week of February 29-March 6, 2016. The list is ordered based on total viewers in primetime (8-11pm). Fox News led the week with an average of 4.27 million viewers, and CNN was second with 2.11M. Some notables include AMC (1.6M), Freeform (787,000), MTV (529,000), and FXX (313,000). The losers for the week were VH1 CLASSIC (36,000), CLOO (32,000), and AL JAZEERA (25,000).

Table is organized based on the show's 18-49 rating (which I do not list).

Channel	P2+ (000) 8-11pm	P2+ (000) 6am-6pm
Fox News	4265	1771
CNN	2110	958
HGTV	1632	916
AMC	1603	666
TBS	1550	628
USA	1521	791
TNT	1415	836
Discovery	1391	600
ESPN	1212	582
History	1199	569
MSNBC	1144	620
Adult Swim	1054	1037
FX	1046	490
ID	948	701
Food Network	901	547
Lifetime	885	430
TLC	879	437
Nick-at-Night	875	743
A&E	808	456
Freeform	787	511
Bravo	728	274
Hallmark	668	457
TV Land	657	466
Syfy	642	317
Spike	634	385
VH1	572	273
Animal Planet	548	328
Nick Jr.	544	378
MTV	529	297
Comedy Central	476	292
Insp	467	264
OWN	452	216
E!	447	254
BET	440	312
GSN	440	321
LMM	435	338
WeTV	435	268
Travel	422	267
TruTV	420	231
Science	413	236
Fox Sports	397	149
HLN	391	330
HMM	390	312
Nat Geo	361	212
CNBC	334	157
FXX	313	183
ESPN2	293	199
WGN America	284	247
NBCSN	277	109
Nat Geo Wild	277	147
Sundance	266	142
CMT	250	144
DIY	238	137
Oxygen	228	133
AHC	227	147
Nicktoons	223	162
TV One	222	122
IFC	217	122
Weather	213	171
NBA TV	201	83
Univision	194	58
BBC America	194	111
Galavision	192	79
Velocity	192	117
Destination America	182	99
TeenNick	180	141
Pop	177	87
MTV2	177	140
Boomerang	173	141
FYI	171	75
Sprout	165	131
Golf	164	128
Esquire	155	103
RFD	155	44
Reelz	141	87
Fox Business	132	107
Cooking	126	84
DFC	120	65
MLB Network	108	72
ESPNU	102	43
UP	96	70
DLC	96	59
Great American Country	89	52
Smithsonian	88	53
NFL Network	86	61
Chiller	76	47
Fuse	71	31
Logo	69	53
NBC Universo	66	26
Centric	60	45
Ovation	60	39
VH1 Classic	36	19
Cloo	32	26
Al Jazeera	25	15
Fox Sports 2	23	18
Source: Nielsen Media Research