TV FACTS

Basic and pay cable TV network rankings by household ratings (in thousands of viewers) for week ending May 9. Basic is listed first, then pay cable with an asterisk (*).

Rank Channel Rating Share Households 1 TNT 2.8 4.7 1,632 2 USA Network 2.1 3.4 1,251 3 TBS 1.8 3.0 1,081 4 ESPN 1.6 2.6 958 5 Nickelodeon 1.0 1.6 570 6 Discovery Channel 0.8 1.3 461 7 A&E; 0.8 1.3 441 8 Family Channel 0.8 1.3 440 9 Nashville Network 0.8 1.3 436 10 Cartoon Network 0.8 1.3 46 11 Lifetime 0.7 1.4 404 12 MTV 0.5 0.8 285 13 Comedy Central 0.4 0.6 98 14 Headline News 0.3 0.6 177 15 CNBC 0.2 0.3 79 1 *HBO 7.7 11.9 1,578 2 *Showtime 4.9 7.3 522