Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for December 8, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,300,000 viewers
CNN – 489,000 viewers
MSNBC –371,000 viewers
CNBC – 205,000 viewers
HLN –378,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,572,000 viewers
CNN – 658,000 viewers
MSNBC –866,000 viewers
CNBC – 214,000 viewers
HLN –820,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –359,000 viewers
CNN –123,000 viewers
MSNBC –101,000 viewers
CNBC – 64,000 viewers
HLN- 155,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 708,000 viewers
CNN – 186,000 viewers
MSNBC –229,000 viewers
CNBC – 93,000 viewers
HLN – 311,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 653,000 viewers
CNN – 218,000 viewers
MSNBC – 176,000 viewers
CNBC – 100,000 viewers
HLN - 219,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,248,000 viewers
CNN – 319,000 viewers
MSNBC –426,000 viewers
CNBC – 111,000 viewers
HLN –441,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 1,170,000 viewers (436,000) (721,000)
American Morning- 447,000 viewers (138,000) (231,000)
Morning Joe- 382,000 viewers (119,000) (175,000)
Squawk Box- 156,000 viewers (54,000) (90,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 331,000 viewers (171,000) (219,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,620,000 viewers (637,000) (1,345,000)
Situation Room—692,000 viewers (112,000) (228,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—496,000 viewers (87,000) (232,000)
Fast Money—289,000 viewers (a scratch w/42,000) (120,000)
Prime News —317,000 viewers (97,000) (157,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier – 2,286,000 viewers (426,000) (1,108,000)
Situation Room—509,000 viewers (93,000) (167,000)
Ed Show—459,000 viewers (92,000) (235,000)
Mad Money —205,000 viewers (a scratch w/47,000) (94,000)
Prime News – 303,000 viewers (121,000) (179,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,806,000 viewers (449,000) (852,000)
CNN Tonight—559,000 viewers (143,000) (283,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—516,000 viewers (130,000) (254,000)
Kudlow Report --- 144,000 viewers (a scratch w/30,000) (69,000)
Issues– 412,000 viewers (151,000) (247,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor – 3,311,000 viewers (932,000) (1,645,000)
Campbell Brown – 514,000 viewers (145,000) (253,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 939,000 viewers (255,000) (467,000)
Coca-Cola: The Real Story – 173,000 viewers (72,000) (94,000)
Nancy Grace – 839,000 viewers (294,000) (417,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,574,000 viewers (727,000) (1,231,000)
Larry King Live —797,000 viewers (209,000) (379,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —1,058,000 viewers (280,000) (528,000)
Porn: Business of Pleasure — 345,000 viewers (145,000) (176,000)
Joy Behar- 990,000 viewers (337,000) (510,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta —1,823,000 viewers (464,000) (860,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 662,000 viewers (204,000) (322,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 600,000 viewers (154,000) (282,000)
Bio: Robert Maxwell. – a scratch w/124,000 viewers (62,000) (62,000)
Nancy Grace –667,000 viewers (308,000) (412,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,340,000 viewers (426,000) (703,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 479,000 viewers (167,000) (207,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —390,000 viewers (142,000) (216,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/87,000 viewers (a scratch w/38,000) (a scratch w/48,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 480,000 viewers (220,000) (326,000)
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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.
Joy Behar’s Rating have really been improving, she beat Larry King, Olberman, Campbell Brown, Rachel Maddow and Nancy Grace!
Shep always seems to be the weak link in the Fox lineup, at least until you get to Greta. He’s not doing horribly, of course, and still takes the hour comfortably against the “competition.” Wonder why, though. Is the show too bland, just straight news?
Correction She did not beat Maddow, she beat her yesterday.
It looks like Hannity had a nice boost thanks to the Dick Cheney interview.
leave greta alone she up against the best cable has to offer
i think olbermanns and maddows ratings are mixed up
Most people are practicing their musical instruments during Shep
Olbermann gets destroyed once again.
It seems having the “sexy” Howard Fineman and “manly” Christopher Hayes on every night to kiss your rear end is not translating into ratings gold.
why did Maddow go up? last time she was over 1,000,000 was November 18th.
Casey, Shep has a bad time slot, but makes the most of it. He has been over 2 million lately than below it. Trust me, it gets no better than Shep!
Shep on Fox News at 7:00 PM has America’s finest newscast.
Numbers for Keith Olbermann, TV’s whiniest host, and Rachel Maddow, who follows Keith with more whining, are surprisingly high. Birds of a feather flock together. Whiny people flock with whiny people. But, hey, Rachel is an excellent interviewer.
Another record for Joy. Go Joy! can’t wait for her to over a million!
sheesh, Rep. Alan Greyson (the guy who said that Republicans are enemies of America) just went on Chris Matthews and told Dick Cheney to “STFU”.
I just can’t believe we have members of congress acting like this. Whats even more baffling is that he is in a mostly republican district. Maybe this is why 74% of Americans are angry with the government. Then again, it could also be out of control spending and socialist policies being jamed down our throat.
JM.
Joy did beat Maddow in the key demo. Which is what advertisers are interested in.
Nancy Grace beats KO .
Wonder what is the impetus behind Beck’s 30% ratings decline since early Nov?
I didn’t think I’d like Joy’s show but I love it. She’s more funny but not as loud as she is on The View, which is a nice change. lol.
Why am I hearing that Glenn Beck lost 30% of his viewers? that would mean that 3,742,857 people were viewing him…and since the total for that hour is 4,441,000…so that would mean that Situation Room, Hardball w/ Chris Matthews, Fast Money, and Prime News, combined, were only getting 671,143 viewers total…I’m betting the drop in viewers is just an Olbermann lie…because that’s the only place i’ve heard it.
30% decline?
In November he averaged around 2.7 million – 2.9 million.
Yesterday he was 2.7 and today is 2.6 million. Not exactly a “decline”.
I still love the way people tear into Beck…..but yet, Im still waiting for ONE person to take anything on his show and prove it wrong. Any of the 3 libs that come on here ready to do it? I know the white house, all dems, talking head liberal hacks on CNN and MSNBC can’t….let’s see if you can. And try not to throw out any name calling or opinions. PROVE HIM WRONG…..that’ll shut him up and us. What would we have to argue if he’s wrong?! Until then….let the ratings soar.