Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 13, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,451,000 viewers
CNN – 497,000 viewers
MSNBC –401,000 viewers
CNBC – 219,000 viewers
HLN –359,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,735,000viewers
CNN— 766,000 viewers
MSNBC –898,000 viewers
CNBC – 176,000 viewers
HLN – 694,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –412,000 viewers
CNN –127,000 viewers
MSNBC –128,000 viewers
CNBC – 73,000 viewers
HLN- 179,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 798,000 viewers
CNN – 198,000 viewers
MSNBC –270,000 viewers
CNBC – 96,000 viewers
HLN – 271,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 696,000 viewers
CNN – 201,000 viewers
MSNBC – 208,000 viewers
CNBC – 111,000 viewers
HLN - 193,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,345,000 viewers
CNN – 306,000 viewers
MSNBC –457,000 viewers
CNBC –85,000 viewers
HLN –340,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 950,000 viewers (453,000) (611,000)
American Morning- 330,000 viewers (120,000) (187,000)
Morning Joe- 327,000 viewers (131,000) (200,000)
Squawk Box- 144,000 viewers (47,000) (75,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 293,000 viewers (222,000) (172,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,849,000 viewers (670,000) (1,196,000)
Situation Room—788,000 viewers (193,000) (258,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—580,000 viewers (162,000) (264,000)
Fast Money—285,000 viewers (a scratch w/37,000) (110,000)
Prime News--252,000 viewers (122,000) (176,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,339,000 viewers (561,000) (1,075,000)
Situation Room—677,000 viewers (166,000) (249,000)
Ed Show—597,000 viewers (142,000) (324,000)
Mad Money —201,000 viewers (56,000) (119,000)
Prime News -- 232,000 viewers (90,000) (166,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,998,000viewers (500,000) (993,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—652,000 viewers (181,000) (267,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—731,000 viewers (170,000) (372,000)
Kudlow Report --- 163,000 viewers (58,000) (75,000)
Issues– 440,000 viewers (130,000) (233,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,694,000 viewers (1,058,000) (1,824,000)
Campbell Brown - 794,000 viewers (194,000) (314,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,191,000 viewers (349,000) (597,000)
New Age of Wal-Mart – 166,000 viewers (90,000) (75,000)
Nancy Grace – 947,000 viewers (300,000) (461,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,393,000 viewers (740,000) (1,173,000)
Larry King Live —780,000 viewers (183,000) (275,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —913,000 viewers (281,000) (474,000)
Executive Vision 3 – a scratch w/115,000 viewers (57,000) (a scratch w/38,000)
Joy Behar- 632,000 viewers (249,000) (291,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —2,113,000 viewers (592,000) (1,032,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —725,000 viewers (216,000) (330,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 589,000 viewers (181,000) (298,000)
New Age of Wal-Mart – 247,000 viewers (140,000) (143,000)
Nancy Grace –557,000 viewers (279,000) (295,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,651,000 viewers (512,000) (892,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —523,000 viewers (203,000) (236,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —387,000 viewers (132,000) (205,000)
Mad Money – 153,000 viewers (83,000) (108,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 429,000 viewers (240,000) (244,000)
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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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What other networks
I know these cable networks get their numbers every morning– just wondering how MSNBC can be proud of this or spin it in such a delusional way that they feel good about it. It’s embarassingly awful.
Glenn Beck is great! Humorous and sarcastic, but so much truth in his analyses and communication. Well, we gave the progressive a try at leadership, and they are blowing it. Let’s yank the plug in 2012. What is this sh*t of a healthcare bill?
I think MSNBC have alot to be happy about, they’ve beat CNN and everyone else in pretty much everything. I imagine CNN is quite an expensive channel to run, are they losing a lot of money?
yean, MSNBC are beating everyone
except FNC…………………..I know that just irks them LOL
Wow, it blows me away the numbers Fox gets, even the early morning shows get better numbers than MSNBC or CNN’s evening shows. I am wondering how much longer FOX is going to leave Beck at the 5:00 PM slot, can you imagine his numbers if he got Greta’s spot? I like Greta, but Beck would be great at that time slot.
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Come’on guys, it’s not just about MSNBC “beating” CNN, which is one-dimensional thinking. The real question is: “By how much” is MSNBC beating CNN? Answer: Marginal, not by much…and oh yeah, MSNBC will have to take it in the *ss if you compare them to FNC, the superstar of all news media.
Thats been alot of speculation David. Are the networks that are getting beaten so badly in the ratings loosing money? I’d guess not. Or maybe they are and they are write-offs or something for their parent companies I don’t know.
Charlie,
MSNBC is “owned” by the White House. Expect a massive “bailout” anytime soon!!!
How can anyone say MSNBC is beating everyone but Fox? Are you leaving Fox out of the ratings game?
Fox beats them ALL combined!
Morning Express with Robin Meade is growing and i think it will be the number 2 morning program soon. Glenn Beck numbers are great.
The only ones worth anything on MSNBC are Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan…I am sure we got room somewhere on Fox for them.
After a slow Labor Day start, FOX seems to be getting their mojo back. The other netwroks can spin all they want…FNC is #1!!OX is fin
“Wow, it blows me away the numbers Fox gets, even the early morning shows get better numbers than MSNBC or CNN’s evening shows.”
Hahahaha. Do you even bother looking at the facts? Or do you just create them in your head? Just an example of a Fox News viewer who seems something white and calls it black, creating reality in his mind…..
Fox is not a news network, people. The real news networks are tied, with HLN coming in fast and furious as a close third.
The previous two posts (4:13pm & 4:16pm)… Did you guys go to college? Or, are you just spewing liberal sh*t? If you’re going to post, at least make some sense.
Fox does a much better job at explaining their point of view in a non-condescending and entertaining way than their competition. Although I consider myself fairly open minded on most issues, I think it helps that democrats for the most part are just flat out wrong. So wrong most of the time that the liberal news organizations can’t bring on anyone to defend their points without making them look like jackasses.
I wonder how many people from the other networks have been turned away by FOX when looking for a job at FOX? Anyone?
Hey “Omegapart!cle,
Fox has hard news people same as CNN and MSNBC. Oh and Fox has commentators just like MSNBC and CNN. It’s histerical on your part to not realize that. Keep on living in your little dream tank. Most of the people who vote democratic could care less about being informed. They’re busy watching television channels they can relate to and come up for air during the elections and vote the way unions and ACORN tell them to vote. That’s primarily why MSNBC gets no ratings, They will always stay behind FNC.
Remember when CNN was number one. Now they are just above HLN in primetime. Its because they are still doing new the same bland way they have also done. It may have worked twenty years ago but it is hopelessly out of date right now. Also Larry king is past his prime. He still does the old and tired format of interviewing the same person for an hour. Its okay when its the president or someone else in the news but when its a former contestant on American Idol or a celebrity from the fifties nobody cares.