Not every network can be USA or FX. Here are the least-watched basic cable nets of 2016, along with their percentage change compared with prime time viewing the previous year. (Source: Nielsen)
21. Sprout
Total viewer average: 169,000
Change: 6 percent
20. MTV2
Total viewer average: 159,000
Change: -6 percent
Program pictured: “Wild ‘N Out”
19. Discovery Family Channel
Total viewer average: 148,000
Change: -7 percent
Program pictured: “Blossom”
18. Cooking Channel
Total viewer average: 145,000
Change: 16 percent
17: Esquire Network
Total viewer average: 140,000
Change: 18 percent
Show pictured: “NCIS: Los Angeles”
16. RFD
Total viewer average: 136,000
Change: 8 percent
Show pictured: “The Joey Canyon Show”
15. FX Movie Channel
Total viewer average: 133,000
Change: 15 percent
Show pictured: “World War Z”
14. UP TV
Total viewer average: 124,000
Change: -8 percent
Show pictured: “Gilmore Girls”
13. Discovery en Espanol
Total viewer average: 111,000
Change: -3 percent
Show pictured: “Harley and the Davidsons”
12. Smithsonian Channel
Total viewer average: 107,000
Change: 19 percent
Show pictured: “Aerial America: Alabama”
11. Great American Country
Total viewer average: 99,000
Change: 38 percent
Show pictured: “Farm Kings”
10. Discovery Life
Total viewer average: 89,000
Change: 7 percent
9. Ovation
Total viewer average: 78,000
Change: 4 percent
Show pictured: “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”
8. Logo
Total viewer average: 73,000
Change: 12 percent
Show pictured: “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
7. Chiller
Total viewer average: 64,000
Change: -28 percent
Show pictured: “The Blair Witch Project”
5. Fuse (tie)
Total viewer average: 59,000
Change: 13 percent
Pictured: Chris Rock of “Everybody Hates Chris”
5. Centric (tie)
Total viewer average: 59,000
Change: -13 percent
Show pictured: Kevin Hart of “Let Me Explain”
3. Baby (tie)
Total viewer average: 50,000
Change: -7 percent
3. Cloo (tie)
Total viewer average: 50,000
Change: -25 percent
Show pictured: “Burn Notice”
2. Discovery Family
Total viewer average: 42,000
Change: -16 percent
Show pictured: “Cake Boss”
1. MTV Classic
Total viewer average: 31,000
Change: -35 percent
Pictured: Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses
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