Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 6, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,390,000 viewers
CNN – 424,000 viewers
MSNBC –387,000 viewers
CNBC – 212,000 viewers
HLN – 300,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,682,000viewers
CNN— 745,000 viewers
MSNBC –950,000 viewers
CNBC – 222,000 viewers
HLN – 611,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –373,000 viewers
CNN –111,000 viewers
MSNBC –119,000 viewers
CNBC – 68,000 viewers
HLN- 145,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 777,000 viewers
CNN – 182,000 viewers
MSNBC –310,000 viewers
CNBC – 92,000 viewers
HLN – 233,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 662,000 viewers
CNN – 186,000 viewers
MSNBC – 201,000 viewers
CNBC – 112,000 viewers
HLN - 175,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,252,000 viewers
CNN – 304,000 viewers
MSNBC –503,000 viewers
CNBC –112,000 viewers
HLN –323,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 938,000 viewers (370,000) (621,000)
American Morning- 317,000 viewers (109,000) (172,000)
Morning Joe- 347,000 viewers (124,000) (185,000)
Squawk Box- 147,000 viewers (52,000) (100,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 271,000 viewers (177,000) (170,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,603,000 viewers (589,000) (1,149,000)
Situation Room—517,000 viewers (101,000) (195,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—487,000 viewers (91,000) (243,000)
Fast Money—234,000 viewers (68,000) (105,000)
Prime News--236,000 viewers (119,000) (150,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,103,000 viewers (423,000) (876,000)
Situation Room—396,000 viewers (101,000) (144,000)
Ed Show—513,000 viewers (103,000) (285,000)
Mad Money —184,000 viewers (a scratch w/51,000) (102,000)
Prime News -- 290,000 viewers (87,000) (178,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,976,000viewers (416,000) (837,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—565,000 viewers (155,000) (260,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—635,000 viewers (170,000) (321,000)
Kudlow Report ---140,000 viewers (60,000) (92,000)
Issues– 403,000 viewers (175,000) (230,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,263,000 viewers (869,000) (1,484,000)
Campbell Brown - 617,000 viewers (146,000) (282,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,132,000 viewers (338,000) (634,000)
Marijuana Inc.– 291,000 viewers (119,000) (140,000)
Nancy Grace – 835,000 viewers (273,000) (417,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,507,000 viewers (827,000) (1,232,000)
Larry King Live —876,000 viewers (214,000) (327,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —1,098,000 viewers (348,000) (568,000)
Executive Vision 2 – 138,000 viewers (a scratch w/48,000) (57,000)
Joy Behar- 495,000 viewers (190,000) (280,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —2,269,000 viewers (634,000) (1,037,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —743,000 viewers (187,000) (302,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 620,000 viewers (244,000) (307,000)
Dirty Money – 236,000 viewers (109,000) (138,000)
Nancy Grace –540,000 viewers (251,000) (297,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,704,000 viewers (532,000) (905,000)
Amanpour —351,000 viewers (123,000) (206,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —467,000 viewers (178,000) (298,000)
Mad Money – 131,000 viewers (64,000) (62,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 384,000 viewers (223,000) (265,000)
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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 September, 2009)
CNN/HLN: 99.098 million HHs
CNBC: 96.78 million HHs
FNC: 96.26 million HHs
MSNBC: 92.64 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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FOX once again defeats the KOOL-AID networks in the rating wars hands down!
Maybe soon they will understand people want the truth!
I can’t understand how companies buys AD-TIME from networks
that only a handful of hateful people watch!
I guess I should not say ratings war.
I should say “ratings whipping!
!!!!FOX is the only network that rates!!!!
LMFAO………………………………………………….
Soooo, didn’t Olbermann have his Special Comment “Obamacare or Die” last night ?
How did that work out?
Who cares let me get this straight you should like a channel just cause it’s popular I call that jumping on a bandwagon I prefer to watch what I want and not just follow the crowd
One only needs to watch Olbermann and Maddow for entertainment and comedic pause, because they are so incredibly biased, it makes me wonder if they don’t get their talking points from Gibbs. Olbermann’s incessant attacks on Sarah Palin are a case in point. Palin makes a few campaign gaffes and Olbermann still is railing on her. But Keith doesn’t ever focus on Biden’s constant stream of serious faux pas’, or Obama’s touring of “57 States”. Further, PMSNBC didn’t report on the Van Jones or ACORN stories, indicating they are incapable of non-biased coverage. They are totally in the tank with BO, and have surgically joined themselves at the hip with him. As the country reacts negatively to BO’s agenda, so too will they stop watching MSLSD. You’re witnessing that now. There are many news agencies that have egg on their faces because they didn’t connect the dots prior to the election, (or didn’t want to), and refused to vette Obama during the primaries…Fox is not one of them. My only regret is that Beck wasn’t part of Fox News prior to the actual election.
The reason no one watches Olbermann is the same reason most people do not watch porn. Who wants to see Olbermann make love to Lawrence O Donnell and the rest of his kool aid drinkers.
Actually quite a few conservatives who watch porn and go to strip clubs not that there’s anything wrong with that
I think Olbermann’s special comment is tonite.
Happy Birthday Fox–no.1 in all time slots. Can’t argue with that fact libs.
mhenry: I think any person who took off their ideological glasses would gladly admit MSNBC lineup is liberal, and I have not found any liberals who deny this fact. However, as MSNBC is liberal, FNC is conservative [although, their viewers are less likely to claim there is no ideological bias presented in FNC].
The fact of the matter is that none of these cable news channels do substantive news, and when they do (cause sometimes they do–but its less than 1% of airtime) they spin the news with commentary and opinion.
Cable news shows (all of them in my opinion) should only be watched for entertainment and comedic effect. All of the cable network news have failed in doing the real news for as long as I can remember–yes that includes FNC.
Honestly,my day will never end without watching Glenn Beck show.
I’m a libertarian and I agree with alot of you in the fact I want limited government my beef with the conservatives is they are controlled by the religious right I don’t want people telling me how I should live my life keep religion out of politics
Roland, you need to watch Glenn. He had several “substantive news” stories today. His report on Free Press is a real eye opener. Btw–he was the lead in the Acorn story, van jones and he is now going after Mark Lloyd and several other Marxists in the Obama admin. Sorry your claim that Fox is just entertainment is baloney.
Kenny –the more you take religion out of politics the more immoral and corrupt it becomes.
The mainstream media will launch a campaign to quench opponents of Obamacare by reporting “news” of increased public support for it – wink wink “in spite of your best efforts, protests, Beck et al, the People by and large wants Obamacare”. It’s like announcing victory for democrats before voting is over, so republicans give up and stay home.
To make a long story short, let’s see what impact such quenching “news” will have on protests and Beck’s ratings.
Ever heard of seperation of church and state?
db-explain that to me please about religion and politics, don’t we have a seperation of church and state in this country for a reason.
Separation of church and state really means the Government cannot tell us how to worship, Thats is it! In God We Trust!
Separation not seperation
glenn is right all our congress is corupt
Separation of church and state is to keep the government out of the church not to keep the church out of the government. They pray before each session of congress. You Leftist are so stupid. The president puts his hand on the Holly Bible when he is sworn in. “SO HELP ME GOD”! The Fricken lunatics have taken over the democrat party. All you guys worship is DIRT. The dirt worshiping democrat party. And that’s why we are destroying your party so easily. When you build your house on a foundation of sand it’s very easy to knock it down. And we are. Wait until we get started on SEIU. You guys wont be able to organize jack squat. We have a very detailed plan for destroying your party. VAN JONES,ACORN,NEA,Charlie Rangel. We have a list. Isn’t this fun? MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same. Ask the Perverts in the whitehouse.
Wolfster–couldn’t have said it better myself. Separation of church and state was to keep the gov’t out of religion, not the other way around. The reason for sep of church and state has been twisted beyond all recognition by progressives.
Shane–you too–well said and true.