• Mediaweek, Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:30 AM

TNT will finish the year as the top ad-supported cable network, according to Nielsen Media Research. It averaged 2.58 million viewers in prime time for the week ended Dec. 11. Second place for 2005, according to Nielsen, looks to be locked up by USA, with an average of 2.31 million prime-time viewers, followed by Nick at Nite (1.89 million), ESPN (1.79 million), and Fox News Channel (1.78 million). Disney Channel, which is not ad-supported, would have landed in third place for viewership had it been counted in the ad-supported category. TNT and USA also performed especially well last week among key demos (25-54 and 18-49, respectively, for day- and prime-time audiences).

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