Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 14, 2008
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,458,000 viewers
CNN –912,000 viewers
MSNBC –700,000 viewers
CNBC – 370,000 viewers
HLN – 398,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,825,000 viewers
CNN –1,677,000 viewers
MSNBC--1,767,000 viewers
CNBC –200,000 viewers
HLN – 1,076,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 374,000 viewers
CNN –305,000 viewers
MSNBC – 286,000 viewers
CNBC –109,000 viewers
HLN- 174,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 721,000 viewers
CNN –550,000 viewers
MSNBC –726,000 viewers
CNBC –77,000 viewers
HLN – 456,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 670,000 viewers
CNN – 467,000 viewers
MSNBC – 368,000 viewers
CNBC – 186,000 viewers
HLN – 233,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC – 1,164,000 viewers
CNN – 850,000 viewers
MSNBC –968,000 viewers
CNBC –104,000 viewers
HLN --601,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends –1,233,000 viewers (368,000) (739,000)
American Morning-615,000 viewers (198,000) (360,000)
Morning Joe- 546,000 viewers (260,000) (326,000)
Squawk Box- 363,000 viewers (124,000) (204,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 314,000 viewers (171,000) (214,000)
6PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 2,326,000 viewers (466,000) (1,074,000)
Situation Room- 1,019,000 viewers (330,000) (549,000)
Race/White House w/d Gregory- 950,000 viewers (274,000) (471,000)
Mad Money– 397,000 viewers (123,000) (206,000)
Prime News-355,000 viewers (122,000) (152,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 2,047,000 viewers (433,000) (953,000)
Lou Dobbs–1,136,000 viewers (384,000) (584,000)
Hardball w/Chris Matthews—1,417,000 viewers (487,000) (746,000)
**Is Your Money Safe (7PM-9PM)—277,000 viewers (84,000) (130,000)
Glenn Beck – 575,000 viewers (219,000) (333,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor—3,415,000 viewers (829,000) (1,433,000)
Election Center—1,187,000 viewers (365,000) (628,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann– 2,299,000 viewers (931,000) (1,253,000)
Nancy Grace –1,556,000 viewers (633,000) (902,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity & Colmes—2,731,000 viewers (745,000) (1,066,000)
Larry King Live—1,855,000 viewers (642,000) (967,000)
Rachel Maddow--1,816,000 viewers (690,000) (938,000)
Nuclear Option—261,000 viewers (115,000) (144,000)
Glenn Beck- 667,000 viewers (246,000) (348,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/Greta —2,327,000 viewers (589,000) (994,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—1,981,000 viewers (642,000) (956,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann—1,186,000 viewers (557,000) (712,000)
Big Idea w/Donny Deutsch—a scratch w/104,000 viewers (a scratch w/44,000) (55,000)
Nancy Grace –1,062,000 viewers (510,000) (586,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor—1,644,000 viewers (474,000) (816,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—984,000 viewers (404,000) (508,000)
Rachel Maddow Show–786,000 viewers (376,000) (467,000)
Mad Money- 201,000 viewers (97,000) (134,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 465,000 viewers (208,000) (264,000)
P2+ = viewers over the age of 2
(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing
(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing
Prime Time = 8-11pm
LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.
Scratch = when a show's audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.
Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of March, 2008)
CNN/HLN: 96.93 million HHs
CNBC: 95.13 million HHs
FNC: 94.55 million HHs
MSNBC: 91.59 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
There is hope that Barack will do something about Fox News. You gotta love him.
“I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls,” Obama told journalist Matt Bai. “[T]he way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latté-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?”
I’m no conservative. Fox News drives me up a wall, along with right wing radio. But if Obama makes any attempt to shut down FNC, I will rally to their side in a heartbeat. We don’t live in a country that can do things like that. And I’m glad that we do.
You seem to like Olbermann and Maddow though…you really should hate partisan news on both sides, or watch it purely for entertainment value. You clearly don’t.
Voltaire once said something to the effect of “I disagree with what you have to say but will fight to the death to protect your right to say it.” I stand by that 100%
Olbermann and Matthews punk FNC in key demo today and Maddow is very close. This is with just 50% the Traffic of FNC … imagine under a Obama Presidency as MSNBC’s traffic grows they are really gonna punk FNC … hahahahahaha.
Looks like Olbermann moved from 300K to 2.2 million over last 4 years while BOR is still down or at best flat. At this rate by next election Olbermann will have 15 million views.
Yea, cause thats realistic. 15 million viewers a week? dream on. Most prime time shows on the network channels can’t hit that. And you think MSNBC is gonna pull that off? Thats not doubtful or improbable. Thats just not going to happen. period
And Bill has been up recently too. just check those weekly charts that get posted. Honestly, if you are going to post lies or crazy things, don’t make them so easy to refute.
I’m curious what will happen to Olbermann’s “Countdown” ratings and Maddow’s ratings if Obama wins the Whitehouse. Since both programs are based on bashing Bush and now McCain (and all else Repubican), what will be a the heart of their programs. Yes, O’Reilly will still be around, but surely Keith can’t successfully keep much of an audience base with an all-O’Reilly obsession.
Clearly Olbermann is growing viewers which loyally watch even after elections while BOR sees only election spikes and then back down. I would be suprised if BOR is down back to 2 million in a few months and Olbermann goes to 2.5 million. Faux Noise would can BOR???
I love Fox News because of the hot women on there.
Give me a hot chick with a mini skirt and I’m there all day long.
They know what men like. Rachel Maddow doesn’t turn me on.
Olbermann is not clearly gathering viewers who are going to stay after the election, unless you’ve been conducting some sort of poll that I don’t know about. MSNBC has spiked before, during elections and fallen back. I see no reason why that won’t happen again. On the other hand, I see no reason for them to drop these numbers. But anyone who tells you they know what will happen is lying.
My only response to Mr. ‘Man’ is this – dear god what has happened to our country and our media. Oh and this – if thats the only reason people are watching your news channel, you are doing something wrong. News channels should be competing with each other and trying to scoop each other with investigations.