Here are the Nielsen U.S. cable channel (includes satellite & telco providers too) coverage estimates as of August 2013. To clarify after some questions, these are the number of households that?
actually receive
each network, not the number that are simply eligible to receive them.
Note: these estimates were made before
CurrentTV
changed over to
Al Jazeera America
(and before Uverse dumped the channel) and also before
Showtime
was pulled off of Time Warner Cable do to its dispute with CBS.
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Station Name
|
Estimated # of Homes (000)
|
Coverage %
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A&E NETWORK
|
98,302
|
86.08
|
ABC FAMILY
|
96,462
|
84.47
|
ADULT SWIM
|
98,671
|
86.40
|
AMC
|
97,699
|
85.55
|
ANIMAL PLANET
|
96,223
|
84.26
|
BBC-AMERICA
|
80,066
|
70.11
|
BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL
|
68,007
|
59.55
|
BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV
|
91,159
|
79.82
|
BRAVO
|
94,129
|
82.42
|
CABLE NEWS NETWORK
|
98,496
|
86.25
|
CENTRIC
|
51,953
|
45.49
|
CHILLER
|
42,227
|
36.98
|
CLOO (formerly SLEUTH)
|
33,640
|
29.46
|
CMT
|
91,249
|
79.90
|
CNBC
|
96,242
|
84.27
|
CNN / HLN
|
99,292
|
86.95
|
COMEDY CENTRAL
|
97,838
|
85.67
|
COOKING CHANNEL (formerly FINE LIVING)
|
60,718
|
53.17
|
CURRENT TV
|
48,178
|
42.19
|
DESTINATION AMERICA (formerly PLANET GREEN)
|
59,616
|
52.20
|
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
|
98,891
|
86.59
|
DISCOVERY EN ESPANOL
|
7,311
|
6.40
|
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH (formerly FIT TV)
|
48,852
|
42.78
|
DISNEY CHANNEL
|
98,142
|
85.94
|
DISNEY JUNIOR
|
61,005
|
53.42
|
DISNEY XD (formerly TOON DISNEY)
|
80,864
|
70.81
|
DIY NETWORK
|
58,592
|
51.31
|
E! ENTERTAINMENT TV
|
96,472
|
84.48
|
ENCORE
|
41,696
|
36.51
|
ENCORE PRIMARY
|
40,621
|
35.57
|
ESPN
|
97,736
|
85.58
|
ESPN CLASSIC
|
30,715
|
26.90
|
ESPN2
|
97,717
|
85.57
|
ESPNEWS
|
74,784
|
65.49
|
ESPNU
|
74,445
|
65.19
|
FOOD NETWORK
|
99,283
|
86.94
|
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK
|
75,501
|
66.11
|
FOX DEPORTES
|
20,599
|
18.04
|
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
|
97,186
|
85.10
|
FOX SOCCER CHANNEL
|
52,982
|
46.39
|
Fox Sports 1 (formerly Speed)
|
85,798
|
75.13
|
Fox Sports 2 (formerly FUEL)
|
37,707
|
33.02
|
FUSE
|
73,008
|
63.93
|
FX
|
97,157
|
85.08
|
FX MOVIE CHANNEL
|
49,799
|
43.61
|
G4
|
61,217
|
53.61
|
GALAVISION
|
68,167
|
59.69
|
GOLF CHANNEL
|
82,089
|
71.88
|
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY
|
62,914
|
55.09
|
GSN
|
77,431
|
67.80
|
H2 (formerly HISTORY INTERNATIONAL)
|
68,489
|
59.97
|
HALLMARK CHANNEL
|
85,897
|
75.22
|
HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL
|
51,668
|
45.24
|
HBO - THE WORKS
|
32,445
|
28.41
|
HBO PRIME
|
32,144
|
28.15
|
HEADLINE NEWS
|
98,010
|
85.82
|
HISTORY
|
98,226
|
86.01
|
HOME AND GARDEN TV
|
98,229
|
86.01
|
INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL
|
69,517
|
60.87
|
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY (formerly DISCOVERY TIMES)
|
84,289
|
73.81
|
LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK
|
83,933
|
73.50
|
LIFETIME TELEVISION
|
98,251
|
86.03
|
LOGO
|
52,204
|
45.71
|
MAXPRIME
|
20,226
|
17.71
|
MILITARY CHANNEL
|
62,255
|
54.51
|
MLB NETWORK
|
70,043
|
61.33
|
MSNBC
|
94,519
|
82.77
|
MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION
|
97,654
|
85.51
|
MTV2
|
81,185
|
71.09
|
MULTIMAX
|
20,471
|
17.93
|
MUN2 CABLE
|
39,888
|
34.93
|
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WILD
|
57,833
|
50.64
|
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL
|
84,446
|
73.95
|
NBA-TV
|
59,721
|
52.30
|
NBC SPORTS NETWORK
|
77,746
|
68.08
|
NFL NETWORK
|
70,910
|
62.09
|
NICK-AT-NITE
|
98,799
|
86.51
|
NICKELODEON
|
98,799
|
86.51
|
NICKTOONS
|
67,950
|
59.50
|
NICK JR (formerly NOGGIN)
|
76,389
|
66.89
|
NUVO TV
|
32,735
|
28.66
|
OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK (formerly Discovery Health)
|
83,261
|
72.91
|
OUTDOOR CHANNEL
|
39,175
|
34.30
|
OVATION NETWORK
|
43,412
|
38.01
|
OXYGEN MEDIA
|
78,208
|
68.48
|
REELZCHANNEL
|
66,739
|
58.44
|
RFD-TV
|
40,699
|
35.64
|
SCIENCE (formerly SCIENCE CHANNEL)
|
76,804
|
67.25
|
SHOWTIME
|
28,094
|
24.60
|
SHOWTIME PRIME
|
27,867
|
24.40
|
SOAPNET
|
66,352
|
58.10
|
SPIKE TV
|
97,639
|
85.50
|
SPORTSMAN CHANNEL
|
31,822
|
27.87
|
SPROUT
|
55,218
|
48.35
|
STARZ
|
29,141
|
25.52
|
STARZ PRIMARY
|
28,436
|
24.90
|
STYLE
|
73,579
|
64.43
|
SYFY
|
97,447
|
85.33
|
TBS NETWORK
|
99,231
|
86.89
|
TeenNick (formerly THE N)
|
73,443
|
64.31
|
THE CARTOON NETWORK
|
98,671
|
86.40
|
THE HUB (formerly DISCOVERY KIDS)
|
72,237
|
63.25
|
THE INSPIRATIONAL NETWORK
|
74,631
|
65.35
|
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
|
99,926
|
87.50
|
TLC
|
97,842
|
85.68
|
TRAVEL CHANNEL
|
94,418
|
82.68
|
TR3S
|
36,301
|
31.79
|
TRU TV (formerly COURT TV)
|
91,197
|
79.86
|
TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION
|
98,139
|
85.94
|
TV GUIDE NETWORK
|
77,294
|
67.68
|
TV LAND
|
96,282
|
84.31
|
TV ONE
|
57,419
|
50.28
|
UP (Formerly GMC)
|
60,858
|
53.29
|
USA NETWORK
|
98,647
|
86.38
|
VELOCITY (Formerly HD THEATER)
|
52,271
|
45.77
|
VH1
|
96,786
|
84.75
|
VH1 CLASSIC
|
61,717
|
54.04
|
WE:WOMENS ENTERTAINMENT
|
83,151
|
72.81
|
WGN AMERICA (formerly Superstation WGN)
|
73,969
|
64.77
|
|
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TOTAL CABLE PLUS
|
103,241
|
90.40
|
TOTAL WIRED CABLE
|
68,033
|
59.57
|
CABLE PLUS W/ PAY
|
55,719
|
48.79
|
WIRED CABLE W/ PAY
|
37,031
|
32.43
|
ADS
|
35,833
|
31.38
|
TOTAL U.S.
|
114,200
|
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