I’m a bit confused about why CBS News rates so lowly. After Kronkite left and Rather took over wasn’t it still the number 1 main evening news bulletin? What caused it to go down?

NETWORKS OF NBC DRAW MORE THAN 18 MILLION VIEWERS ON ELECTION NIGHT
Published: November 5, 2008

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MORE THAN 18.741 MILLION AMERICANS TURN TO THE NETWORKS OF NBC TO WITNESS
HISTORY BEING MADE

DURING THE KEY 11PM – 1AM TIME PERIOD, MSNBC RANKED #2 AMONG THE CABLE NEWS NETWORKS WITH 6.57 MILLION VIEWERS

MSNBC.COM SHATTERS SITE RECORD WITH NEARLY
250 MILLION PAGE VIEWS

New York, N.Y. – At the culmination of one of the most exciting presidential races of all time, more than 18.741 million Americans turned to the networks of NBC to witness history being made as Senator Barack Obama became the first African American ever to be elected president of the United States. With Brian Williams anchoring coverage on NBC News along with Tom Brokaw and Andrea Mitchell, the network drew more than 12.439 viewers, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals 8-11:30 pm.

MSNBC’s election night coverage with David Gregory, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Eugene Robinson, attracted 5.89 million viewers in primetime, up 108% over election night 2004 and up 99% over 2000. In the 25-54 demographic, MSNBC averaged 2.66 million viewers in primetime. Last night was MSNBC’s best night ever among adults 25-54 in primetime.

During the key 11 pm –1 am time period, during which the presidential race was called and both Senator McCain and President-elect Obama spoke, MSNBC ranked #2 among the cable news networks with 6.57 million viewers, while Fox News averaged 5.39 million and CNN 13.17 million.

CNBC from 8 pm -1 am averaged 411,000 total viewers, which is 75% above its 4th-quarter average.

Msnbc.com shattered site records on Election Day, with nearly 250 million page views and over 20 million unique visitors. The record-breaking spike in page views was more than twice the traffic of election day 2004 and more than four times the traffic of the 2006 mid-term election. This marks the site’s highest traffic day in its 12-year history for both page views and unique visitors.

I’ve really enjoyed The Daily Show and The Colbert Report’s election coverage.

As to folks watching news on a different network than they watch entertainment programming, why is that surprising at all to anyone? Who out there makes program choices by network? As in, “I prefer shows on ABC, so I’m not going to watch CBS”.

Or maybe it was James’s mistake that you copied and he later edited.

Here are the numbers from Hibberd:

ABC 13,135,000
CNN 12,304,000
NBC 12,018,000
FxNews 9,044,000
CBS 7,829,000
MSNBC 5,889,000
FOX 5,137,000
Univis 4,074,654
Telemn 790,000
BET 438,000
CNBC 391,000
BBCA 224,000
WGN 115,000
TVOne 88,000

http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/election-rating.html

ABC 13,135,000
CNN 12,304,000
NBC 12,018,000
FxNews 9,044,000
Telemn 7,898,148
CBS 7,829,000
MSNBC 5,889,000
FOX 5,137,000
Univis 4,074,654

How could she have gotten so out of touch with TV viewers when she famously anchored the “Today” show for so many years?

I would have watched CBS’ election coverage last night if their HD coverage had been any good…

Those side pillars that took up half the screen on the side was such a stupid idea and was the reason I changed the channel.

I watched CNN HD instead.

Great job to ABC News though. I was tuned into them all night, and hated that I had to watch my local news programming at 11, which never happens. I waited patiently until ABC returned at 11:35pm. Charlie, Diane and George were like comfort food last night.