Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 20, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,323,000 viewers
CNN – 498,000 viewers
MSNBC –369,000 viewers
CNBC – 194,000 viewers
HLN –357,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,511,000viewers
CNN— 628,000 viewers
MSNBC –861,000 viewers
CNBC – 127,000 viewers
HLN – 658,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –376,000 viewers
CNN –150,000 viewers
MSNBC –120,000 viewers
CNBC – 70,000 viewers
HLN- 178,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 704,000 viewers
CNN – 193,000 viewers
MSNBC –247,000 viewers
CNBC – 66,000 viewers
HLN – 279,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 631,000 viewers
CNN – 225,000 viewers
MSNBC – 191,000 viewers
CNBC – 103,000 viewers
HLN - 213,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,155,000 viewers
CNN – 273,000 viewers
MSNBC –413,000 viewers
CNBC –62,000 viewers
HLN –364,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 928,000 viewers (393,000) (596,000)
American Morning- 362,000 viewers (143,000) (238,000)
Morning Joe- 292,000 viewers (108,000) (185,000)
Squawk Box- 165,000 viewers (53,000) (101,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 340,000 viewers (228,000) (242,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,790,000 viewers (773,000) (1,322,000)
Situation Room—614,000 viewers (162,000) (244,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—409,000 viewers (102,000) (219,000)
Fast Money—262,000 viewers (97,000) (128,000)
Prime News--398,000 viewers (171,000) (243,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,311,000 viewers (438,000) (971,000)
Situation Room—592,000 viewers (180,000) (235,000)
Ed Show—487,000 viewers (150,000) (259,000)
Mad Money —262,000 viewers (85,000) (143,000)
Prime News -- 380,000 viewers (184,000) (245,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,978,000 viewers (427,000) (790,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—727,000 viewers (204,000) (292,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—782,000 viewers (211,000) (384,000)
Kudlow Report --- 170,000 viewers (60,000) (57,000)
Issues– 486,000 viewers (190,000) (285,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,381,000 viewers (929,000) (1,569,000)
Campbell Brown - 653,000 viewers (158,000) (251,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,163,000 viewers (294,000) (551,000)
Porn: Business of Pleasure – 129,000 viewers (80,000) (69,000)
Nancy Grace – 812,000 viewers (284,000) (410,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,440,000 viewers (711,000) (1,175,000)
Larry King Live —616,000 viewers (205,000) (260,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —876,000 viewers (231,000) (429,000)
Executive Vision 4 – a scratch w/45,000 viewers (a scratch w/22,000) (a scratch w/26,000)
Joy Behar- 628,000 viewers (268,000) (381,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —1,712,000 viewers (471,000) (719,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —616,000 viewers (215,000) (307,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 541,000 viewers (217,000) (257,000)
Bio: Sam Walton – 206,000 viewers (97,000) (91,000)
Nancy Grace –578,000 viewers (301,000) (320,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,340,000 viewers (503,000) (713,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —372,000 viewers (156,000) (200,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —408,000 viewers (156,000) (234,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/92,000 viewers (a scratch w/46,000) (69,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 404,000 viewers (203,000) (266,000)
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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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Olbermann broke a million! Did he do another episode of Michael Jackson Puppet Theater on his “news” show?
WOW Joy is improving- I’ll have to check her out. She beat Larry!
morning joe is in BIG trouble…..
GO FOX NEWS!
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We can discuss issues free from Liberal spin, because apparently they can’t figure out how to register there or something.
Morning Joe has a good format, but it’s tiring watching the hosts laugh and joke with a parade of liberal guests, while questioning the odd conservative guest with scowls and feigned concern. Don’t kid yourself- FOX isn’t the only channel with a “point of view”.
Doh’bermann came in 4th with his repeat–Nancy Grace’s repeat even beat him. A little goes a long way I guess.
Another great day for FOX. I would imagine that when the playoffs are over that we will see a spike in the numbers.
Can someone chart how the White House attack on Fox News has helped or hurt Fox? Conventional wisdom says it has helped Fox but I’ve yet to see any data that supports that contention. Possibly charting it from when Dunn made her first attack two Sundays ago to now.
I wonder when the White House will get tired if ever attacking FOX NEWS? Doesn’t seem to work, can’t believe we have such stupid people working in the White House.
Keith had a great story about the public support for the public option. His numbers were up a bit from last night. Looks like the O’reilly factor was roughly the same as it was the other night, could Bill be flatenning? Oh no, whatever will you all do if his ratings fall? I can’t wait til health reform passes just to see Beck claim that the fema death camps will open up in this country.
Even when Oreillys numbers slip he is till taking Olbermann to the wood shed every night. Even his ratings at 11 p.m. are higher than Olbermanns 8 pm ratings. Oreilly does different stories almost every night while Olbermann doees the same stories with the same cheap shots at his usual targets. At least Oreilly has the cajones to debate guests with different points of view while Olbermann just has people with his point of view.
Sharon? I have to admit, my comment about the White House falls for you too, please get off the Crack Pipe, every night O’Reilly’s numbers are between 3.3 and 3.7 milion every night, if the dumb goofy looking Marx Brother get’s over just 1 million, is that a major victory? If it is, I feel bad for him, but then again, I don’t, he is a idiot that and MSPMS should be ashamed for ever giving the nut his own show.
Sharon, Beck discredited the “FEMA camps”. And O’Reilly’s has been #1 for like what? 8 years straight. His ratings falling are wishful thinking on your part.
At first, Glenn Beck was getting three times the number of viewers as MSNBC. Then, a few weeks ago, it jumped up to five times as many viewers. But now he is attracting almost seven times as many viewers. I guess this is what happens when one network does real investigative reporting while the other one just gets a thrill up its leg watching Obama turn on the teleprompter.
Fox news is a machine that shows no signs of slowing down. The white house can whine all is wants but the fact is Fox will continue to cover the news in a fair and balanced way and not bow down and seek their approval like MSNBC does. To quote Sean Hannity last night these comments are not white house approved.
Obama and the Dems won the election with how many millions? The Paranoid Right can have their “moral victory,” i.e., TV ratings. You gotta be kidding me, TV Ratings? Bwahahaha! God Bless em! They lost the election so they’ve gotta find something to crow about. I’m sure they wished the roles were reversed, though one couldn’t tell from all the bragging about, horror of horrors, a whopping 3 million viewers on a FAKE news channel, no less. You gotta love ‘em! No matter how my day transpires, the lunatic fringe here that seems to be a direct refection of the impetus behind the current implosion within the Republican party, always, without fail, provides me with a laugh! Xenophobes, I thank you!
Keith Dolbermann will not get higher ratings until he has someone on from the other side to voice an opinion. The difference between Dolbermann and Balloon Boy is BALLOON BOY TELLS THE TRUTH AT TIMES.
The Republican Party and the Radical Right are now marginalized … only one in five Americans now call themselves a Republican. It now consists of a narrow-minded base (which Fox caters to) with little hope of attracting anyone beyond Southern, white males.
So, who’s going to get the last laugh?
SHARON!!!
I have a challenge for you. Watch Beck for one week. You come up with 3 lies with documentation that Glenn says. If You can come up with three lies. I will vote Obama next election. Now you have to hvw documentation to prove the lie.
Have fun. The White House themselvers could only come up with two: He stated that Major Garret wasnt being called on and he fixed that mistake. And the White House asked him to not call Van Jones a Czar.
U Upto it Sharon?
This is why Fox News has the most viewership! They have a very awesome research program and fact check well. So while u libs accuse lets see some substance! Not just “Fox Lies!” Come on guys specifics……….!
Haven’t you guys already figured out that Sharon is a troll and already watches Beck every day at least twice?