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Weekly Cable Ratings: TNT Secures Fourth Straight Primetime Win

r. thomas umstead
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Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves goes to the basket during the game against Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets during Round 2 Game 7 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on May 19, 2024.
Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves goes to the basket during the game against Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets during Round 2 Game 7 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on May 19, 2024.

Live sports programming continues to deliver huge ratings for TNT and ESPN as both networks dominated last week’s primetime cable ratings chart.

TNT averaged 3.2 million viewers for the week of May 13-19 to top all cable networks for the fourth straight week, according to Nielsen numbers supplied by Fox News. The network was bolstered by its May 19 coverage of the Minnesota Timberwolves-Denver Nuggets Game 7 NBA Western Conference semifinals telecast, which averaged 7.5 million viewers.

NBA and NHL playoffs-fueled ESPN finished second for the week with 2.2 million viewers, followed by Fox News' 1.9 million viewers and MSNBC’s 1.1 million watchers.

HGTV pulled into fifth place with 647,000 viewers, followed by Hallmark Channel (637,000 viewers), INSP (606,000), TBS (525,000), USA Network (522,000) and History (512,000).

Fox News posted its 19th straight win on the total day chart with 1.2 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (831,000), TNT (797,000), ESPN (771,000) and CNN (471,000), according to Nielsen.