Whoever said linear television is dying did not tell NBC or Fox News Channel. (Though they would also be right.) In IndieWire’s now-annual ranking of every TV channel by viewers, NBC pretty comfortably came out on top. No fake news here: Fox News was again no. 1 on cable, making it eight years in a row.
For calendar 2022, we ranked all 126 Nielsen-rated basic cable channels. This year, we upped the ante and added broadcast networks and premium TV channels to the mix; overall that’s 153 channels.
It is no surprise the Top 4 channels of 2023 are the so-called “Big 4” broadcasters: NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. Even if you stopped watching broadcast television years ago, a lot of Americans still tune in. The medium is ostensibly free (with an antenna) and the channels are very findable within the bundle. And broadcast nets carry sports, local news, and late-night TV — what more...
For calendar 2022, we ranked all 126 Nielsen-rated basic cable channels. This year, we upped the ante and added broadcast networks and premium TV channels to the mix; overall that’s 153 channels.
It is no surprise the Top 4 channels of 2023 are the so-called “Big 4” broadcasters: NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. Even if you stopped watching broadcast television years ago, a lot of Americans still tune in. The medium is ostensibly free (with an antenna) and the channels are very findable within the bundle. And broadcast nets carry sports, local news, and late-night TV — what more...
- 12/15/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
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