According to this report in the NY Daily News, the average household gets more than 100 television channels. Even with all the choices, viewers pretty much stick to about 15 channels. Obviously, that grouping of channels varies by viewer. I'd be interested to know what the most popular channel on television is and what is least popular (probably cable access or C-SPAN).That number actually sounds about right to me, although I would say my range is more like 20 channels. I've listed my Top 15 below, in order of most-watched... what are your top channels?
NBC
Comedy Central
CBS
ABC
FOX
F/X
HGTV
TLC
Discovery
Sci Fi
MSNBC (for Olbermann)
TBS (for reruns when I'm bored)
TNT (for movies when I'm too lazy to put in a DVD)
Cartoon Network
E! (for The Soup)
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3-24-2007 @ 12:11PM
Misty said...
SciFi
NBC
CBS
ABC
Fox
FX
History
Discovery
Spike
Comedy Central
CNN
Cartoon Network
Not quite fifteen, but those are the ones we watch regularly. And we log more SciFi hours than any other network. We're a geek family - what can I say?
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3-24-2007 @ 12:17PM
JBCheese said...
CNN
ABC
NBC
FOXNEWS
Sci-Fi
Comedy Central
Discovery
FOX
Cartoon Network/Toon Disney
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3-24-2007 @ 12:17PM
chris stevens said...
In no particular order...
Food Network
Comedy Central
Court Tv
A&E
Fox
NBC
FX
TBS
TNT
SciFi
Cartoon Network
HBO
USA
BET
Universal HD
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3-24-2007 @ 12:21PM
smashthesymbols said...
CBS
Comedy Central
Discovery
Discovery Science
Food Network
FOX
Fox Sports Midwest
FX
HBO (multiple channels)
History
NBC
Showtime (multiple channels)
Travel
Versus
WGN
There's my 15 in no particular order. Some of those are basically only on the list because of 1 show. WGN for instance, it's only there for the hour of Scrubs every night.
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3-24-2007 @ 12:43PM
Steven Rubio said...
HBO HD
Showtime HD
Fox Soccer Channel
GOL TV
FX
MTV HD
Sci-Fi
Fox HD
ABC HD
NBC HD
ESPN HD
Comedy Central
TCM
IFC
Sundance
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3-24-2007 @ 12:42PM
erroneous_nick said...
SciFi
Discovery
The History Channel
ABC
Fox
Nickelodeon
CBS
The Food Network
NBC
FX
USA
CW
12 is all I can come up with and most of those on the list only get about 1-2 hours a week at most from us.
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3-24-2007 @ 1:08PM
Person said...
Comedy Central
The CW
MTV
MTV2
Sci Fi
Cartoon Network
CBS
NBC
TBS
FOX
Spike
Discovery
History
VH1
Toward the end these channels really are rarely watched.
Now the real question, can you guess my demographic based on this list?
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3-24-2007 @ 12:50PM
Lacey said...
in no particular order:
NBC
CBS
Fox
TBS
Comedy Central
E!
F/X
Sci-fi
Animal Planet
Cartoon Network
Discovery
HBO (sometimes for movies, but mostly for Entourage)
hmm, 12. I'm sure there's others that I stop on occasionally when I'm flipping through, but those are the main ones.
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3-24-2007 @ 12:56PM
Draconismoi said...
SciFi
Comedy Central
USA
FX
TNT
TBS
NBC
Showtime
Cartoon Network
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3-24-2007 @ 12:55PM
Ben Scripps said...
In sort-of order of most watched...
CBS
Fox
HBO
Comedy Central
Game Show Network
HDNet
HDNet Movies
NBC
CNN
Universal HD
NASA Select (when there's a shuttle up)
Setanta Sport (when Aussie rules football is on)
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3-24-2007 @ 12:56PM
Sunny said...
ABC
NBC
Fox
CBS
F/X
Bravo
WB(or whatever the new name is)
Food Network
AMC
TNT
Lifetime (for really desperate days)
I rarely even flip through all the millions of channels I have. TiVo has changed my tv watching stupidtys (okay that is so not a word!)
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3-24-2007 @ 1:15PM
Don said...
NBC
Fox
ABC
HBO
ESPN
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central
Discovery
History
WGN
HDNet Movies
TNT
USA
F/X
Showtime
E! (only The Soup!)
CBS
17! I couldn't get it down to 15. We have all of the movie channels that we'll watch if something is on. My wife probably could not survive without Food Network. There are also couple of other channels that we watch only one show for but I think that is the main 17. I would love for the satellite and cable providers to offer an a la carte service and only pay for what I watch. That way I would know that the money I spend each month would go to the channels that I watch and maybe good shows wouldn't get canceled and what I consider bad tv would go away. Since most of our tv watching is on the major networks which is free I could see myself saving tons of money. I could easily survive without the 9 shopping channels, all of the religious networks, c-spans, and an endless list of channels that I have already removed from my guide.
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3-24-2007 @ 1:42PM
Clint said...
NBC
FOX
ABC
CBS
Playboy (would be if I subscribed)
Discovery
ESPN
HBO
E!
FX
Comedy Central
Food Network
Toon
TBS - I like Comedies
TNT - I live for Drama
http://www.tvdeuce.com
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3-24-2007 @ 2:02PM
ADeni said...
NBC
ABC
CBS
FOX
PBS
Food Network
Travel Channel
SoapNet
H&G TV
EWTN
CNN
Hallmark
TVLand
A&E
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3-24-2007 @ 10:30PM
ADeni said...
I forgot to add a comment, getting it to 15 was hard, I could have added 5 more.
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3-24-2007 @ 2:27PM
Miguel said...
NBC (Heroes!)
ABC (Lost, Grey's and those Housewives!)
FOX (24; Family Guy)
FX (Nip/Tuck; The Riches; The Shield!)
USA (The 4400; movies)
TBS (Good comedy reruns)
TNT (They know drama)
Sci Fi (Galactica!)
The CW (for their Raymond and Friend reruns in the afternoon, and my girl Veronica)
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3-24-2007 @ 4:25PM
Borat said...
-4 hours of NBC (Heroes, the 2-hour comedy block, Conan).
-1 hour of FOX (Family Guy/Simpsons)
-2 hours of HBO (Rome/Bill Maher)
-1 hour of Scifi (BSG).
-2 hours of Comedy Central (South Park/Stewart/Colbert).
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3-24-2007 @ 5:29PM
Will said...
NBC
USA
TNT
Sci Fi
Fox
FX
HBO
Comedy Central
Spike
ABC
CNN
IFC
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3-24-2007 @ 5:49PM
christina said...
NBC (Heroes)
ABC (Grey's, Lost, Brothers and Sisters)
Fox (24)
CW (Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars)
USA (Monk, The 4400)
FX (The Shield)
SciFi (Battlestar Galactica)
TNT (ER reruns)
TBS (Dawson's Creek reruns)
Bravo (Project Runway, Top Chef)
HBO (Rome, Real Time w/ Bill Maher)
E (E News, True Hollywood Stories)
Miguel: "TNT (They know drama)"
lol I agree!
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3-24-2007 @ 6:03PM
plinstrot said...
NBC (Heroes, Studio 60, FNL, My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Identity
ABC (Brothers and Sisters, Knights of Prosperity, Lost, Ugly Betty, Men in Trees, Day Break)
FOX (Prison Break, 24, House, Bones)
Comedy Central (South Park, Sarah Silverman Project, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report)
VH1 (Best Week Ever, Acceptable.tv)
Showtime (Dexter, Weeds)
The CW (Everybody Hates Chris, Veronica Mars)
CBS (HIMYM, Numb3rs)
USA (Psych)
Sci-Fi (Battlestar Galactica)
FX (Nip Tuck)
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