Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for September 4, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,267,000 viewers
CNN – 560,000 viewers
MSNBC –352,000 viewers
CNBC – 194,000 viewers
HLN – 284,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,847,000viewers
CNN— 829,000 viewers
MSNBC –703,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/124,000 viewers
HLN – 444,000viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –358,000 viewers
CNN –146,000 viewers
MSNBC –124,000 viewers
CNBC – 63,000 viewers
HLN- 124,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 463,000 viewers
CNN – 241,000 viewers
MSNBC –197,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/ 50,000 viewers
HLN – 125,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 602,000 viewers
CNN – 238,000 viewers
MSNBC – 163,000 viewers
CNBC – 105,000 viewers
HLN - 151,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –840,000 viewers
CNN – 371,000 viewers
MSNBC –318,000 viewers
CNBC –74,000 viewers
HLN –188,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 978,000 viewers (440,000) (644,000)
American Morning- 400,000 viewers (164,000) (244,000)
Morning Joe- 314,000 viewers (122,000) (172,000)
Squawk Box- 162,000 viewers (47,000) (92,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 242,000 viewers (149,000) (177,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck– 2,590,000 viewers (606,000) (1,099,000)
Situation Room—612,000 viewers (95,000) (193,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—621,000 viewers (192,000) (283,000)
Fast Money—246,000 viewers (71,000) (107,000)
Prime News--240,000 viewers (86,000) (115,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 1,981,000 viewers (459,000) (928,000)
Situation Room—529,000 viewers (127,000) (183,000)
Ed Show—568,000 viewers (236,000) (325,000)
Mad Money—257,000 viewers (121,000) (122,000)
Prime News -- 169,000 viewers (55,000) (66,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,551,000 viewers (353,000) (717,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—550,000 viewers (152,000) (198,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—579,000 viewers (204,000) (306,000)
Kudlow Report ---181,000 viewers (66,000) (101,000)
Issues– 315,000 viewers (118,000) (135,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor – 2,185 ,000 viewers (481,000) (934,000)
Campbell Brown - 735,000 viewers (195,000) (292,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 915,000 viewers (285,000) (439,000)
CNBC Reports (8:00 – 8:30pm) – a scratch w/120,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 34,000) (71,000)
Options Action (8:30 – 9:00pm) – a scratch w/77,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 21,000) (a scratch w/ 47,000)
Nancy Grace – 603,000 viewers (173,000) (259,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –1,808,000 viewers (472,000) (848,000)
Larry King Live —1,023,000 viewers (315,000) (487,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —682,000 viewers (151,000) (299,000)
The Suze Orman Show – 171,000 viewers (72,000) (97,000)
Issues- 349,000 viewers (99,000) (139,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —1,547,000 viewers (434,000) (735,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —729,000 viewers (214,000) (334,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 512,000 viewers (156,000) (216,000)
American Greed – a scratch w/ 102,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 51,000) (67,000)
Nancy Grace –412,000 viewers (108,000) (182,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,316,000 viewers (368,000) (628,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —534,000 viewers (155,000) (265,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —432,000 viewers (194,000) (221,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/ 110,000 viewers (65,000) (67,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 438,000 viewers (151,000) (214,000)
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For other days cable news ratings click here.
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 October, 2008)
CNN/HLN: 98.63 million HHs
CNBC: 97.13 million HHs
FNC: 94.82 million HHs
MSNBC: 93.00 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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Fox and MSNBC really took a hit in primetime from the previous day which is to be expected on a Friday before a holiday. However the 5-8 pm shows held up pretty well. A few shows like Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown and Hardball Hour #1 even posted increases from Thursday.
Yeah, crazy how Glenn Beck blew them all out of the water in that slot. More viewers than all the others combined in that time slot. Guy is really striking a chord with Americans. Thank goodness someone is willing to talk about what none of the left wing media outlets are.
Celebrity controversies raises Cable news numbers.
dj Controversy is ratings gold, whether it’s cable news or a reality show (Jon and Kate Plus 8 anyone?) So the real test for Beck will be how much of the audience he can keep in a month or two.
Fix News is nothing but a 24 hrs Obama hating network. While Prs Bush was in office Fix News reporting was 99% positive. Now we have Prs Obama there reporting is 99% negative. Come on people, wake up and stop drinking all the Kool Aid from Fix News! Open your minds!
Hey Mike Jay Bush.
Looks like you are drunk on Kool Aid 24/7.
I agree. Just watch Fox anytime of the day and all you see is anti-Obama/dem reporting. UnFair and unbalance.
Very well put Mike J. Yeah Beck’s controversey is the only thing that attractz viewers. Maybe the drop had to do with the labor day weekend though.
The people who watch Fox is the kind of ppl who think Pres Obama was born in Kenya. You can’t help ppl like that, just let them live in there Mobile homes and collect welfare.
Yup, Fox has high ratings because most of there viewers have no jobs and can stay home watching FNC all day. Waiting for the mailman to drop off there gov walfare check. We Democrates have careers to go to each morning to go to.
If you’re so against people collecting welfare, why do you support Obama and the Democrats so much?
Pres Bush was the best Pres in history. Even if the worst attack happen on his watch. Remember the highest income earning americans got a HUGE taxs cut. I miss him alot.
@Mike Jay Bush who says:
Fix News is nothing but a 24 hrs Obama hating network. While Prs Bush was in office Fix News reporting was 99% positive. Now we have Prs Obama there reporting is 99% negative.
Well there ya’ go lil’ bush boy, goes to PROVE what Fox news has been saying all along about being “Fair and Balanced”! 2 people, one got 99% positive, one got 99% negative… sounds pretty equal to me! DUUUHH! LMAO! Fact is as I mentioned in another post here and to quote Jack Nicholson… “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH”!
What a bunch of morons! I hear the White House has a few openings now (and coming up), maybe you and Sharon and a few others here should apply. Then you wouldn’t have to travel so far to kiss Obama’s ass.
Why do the leftist only attack Fox News? Very strange? MARXIST =DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST Ask Oliver Stone And Michael Moore.
Beck works in NYC, in a communist building no less, maybe you should could go down there and felate him. I love how he pointed out that Van Jones is now under the radar of the FNC. Oh no whatever will you all do?!
Oh and Joey… Bush was one of the worst in history only a smidgen behind Carter.
Get real!
Mike the first terrorist attacks in N.Y. happened when Bill Clinton was President. What did he do to stop them? NOTHING!!! George W. Bush did what all leftist democrats would never do. Attack people who HATE this Country. But the leftist hate The United States Of America. MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same.
Bush was warned about the possibility of 9/11 and did nothing shane. Clinton tried and failed. Bush used and exploited those attacks for years. He attacked people and made us look like a cowboy nation that violated human rights and even by the opinion of Colin Powell made us less safe. By the way, just because Michael Moore might be against capitalism and Oliver Stone may make a film about Chavez, it does not make them communists. They are talented film makers expressing there viewpoints with the skill that they have.
Sharon Your a NUT! Go away you fricken IDIOT! A Truther like Van Jones. MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same ask Sharon.
To sin in slience during a time when we should protest makes cowards out of men. I’m not gonna be quiet Shane.