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Top 20 Cable Networks

Rank

Network

Subscribers

1

Discovery

91,200,000

2

ESPN

91,100,000

3

CNN (Cable News Network)

90,900,000

3

TNT (Turner Network Television)

90,900,000

3

USA Network

90,900,800

6

Lifetime Television (LIFE)

90,700,000

6

C-SPAN (Cable Satellite Public Access Network)

90,700,000

8

ESPN2

90,600,000

8

Weather Channel

90,600,000

8

Nickelodeon

90,600,000

8

TBS

90,600,000

12

A&E Networks

90,500,000

12

Spike TV

90,500,000

14

The Learning Channel (TLC)

90,300,000

15

CNN Headline News

90,200,000

16

Home and Garden Television (HGTV)

90,000,000

17

MTV

89,900,000

18

ABC Family Channel

89,800,000

18

History Channel

89,800,000

20

Toon Disney

89,700,000

20

VH1 (Music First)

89,700,000


Note: All subscriber figures are as of July 2006, unless otherwise noted.
Source: Kagan Research, LLC, Cable Program Investor, August 25, 2006
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