Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for August 20, 2010
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,017,000 viewers
CNN – 326,000 viewers
MSNBC – 364,000 viewers
CNBC – 173,000 viewers
HLN - 259,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,672,000 viewers
CNN – 348,000 viewers
MSNBC –604,000 viewers
CNBC – 182,000 viewers
HLN - 392,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –267,000 viewers
CNN –93,000 viewers
MSNBC –141,000 viewers
CNBC – 54,000 viewers
HLN – 112,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 397,000 viewers
CNN – 100,000 viewers
MSNBC –213,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/54,000 viewers
HLN – 112,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 461,000 viewers
CNN – 149,000 viewers
MSNBC – 186,000 viewers
CNBC – 88,000 viewers
HLN – 145,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –734,000 viewers
CNN – 138,000 viewers
MSNBC –304,000 viewers
CNBC – 62,000 viewers
HLN –192,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 903,000 viewers (277,000) (464,000)
American Morning- 273,000 viewers (84,000) (150,000)
Morning Joe- 372,000 viewers (122,000) (191,000)
Squawk Box- 135,000 viewers (59,000) (93,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 314,000 viewers (181,000) (192,000)
5PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 1,941,000 viewers (501,000) (879,000)
Situation Room—390,000 viewers (115,000) (202,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews – 457,000 viewers (122,000) (206,000)
Fast Money– 198,000 viewers (48,000) (102,000)
Options Action — 128,000 viewers (36,000) (63,000)
Showbiz Tonight — 188,000 viewers (78,000) (104,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report w/ Bret Baier – 1,763,000 viewers (328,000) (644,000)
Situation Room—354,000 viewers (111,000) (147,000)
Ed Show —623,000 viewers (191,000) (326,000)
Mad Money —a scratch w/85,000 viewers (a scratch w/26,000) (a scratch w/42,000)
Prime News – 204,000 viewers (78,000) (132,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep – 1,233,000 viewers (284,000) (556,000)
John King USA – 383,000 viewers (131,000) (162,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews – 512,000 viewers (186,000) (265,000)
Kudlow Report–a scratch w/102,000 viewers (a scratch w/24,000) (a scratch w/34,000)
Issues - 419,000 viewers (135,000) (263,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 2,986,000 viewers (469,000) (908,000)
Rick’s List –286,000 viewers (86,000) (109,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 899,000 viewers (280,000) (480,000)
Scam Century: Punishment–186,000 viewers (a scratch w/44,000) (61,000)
Nancy Grace – 561,000 viewers (171,000) (317,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity– 1,588,000 viewers (357,000) (633,000)
Larry King Live —392,000 viewers (100,000) (154,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —582,000 viewers (197,000) (266,000)
Bio: Frank Purdue – 223,000 viewers (a scratch w/53,000) (64,000)
Joy Behar – 371,000 viewers (78,000) (142,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/ Greta—1,441,000 viewers (366,000) (660,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 368,000 viewers (114,000) (150,000)
MSNBC Investigates – 331,000 viewers (163,000) (166,000)
American Greed – 138,000 viewers (a scratch w/52,000) (61,000)
Nancy Grace –267,000 viewers (64,000) (130,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 1,069,000 viewers (302,000) (559,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 – 285,000 viewers (96,000) (140,000)
MSNBC Investigates —500,000 viewers (305,000) (248,000)
Mad Money - a scratch w/35,000 viewers (a scratch w/19,000) (a scratch w/19,000)
Showbiz Tonight-- 250,000 viewers (69,000) (141,000)
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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 December, 2009)
CNN/HLN: 100.22 million HHs
CNBC: 97.59 million HHs
FNC: 98.04 million HHs
MSNBC: 93.0 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
I declare CNN a scratch. They are down to blood relatives and paid employees.
Hardball doesn’t seem to be faring much better. Is the thrill gone?
CNN needs to send Rick and his 286,000 packing. An invisible chimp could get better ratings.
All the programs were down on Friday. Big drop between the O’Reilly Factor and Hannity. And I think this is the first time that MSNBC Investigates beats out an O’Reilly rerun in the 25-54 group.
Yep- Fri is a wasteland for most programmming, so numbers are usually down, but Rick’s numbers are, I think, starting to reflect the fact that his audience is realizing he has the intellectual capacity of a petrified hunk of mammoth scat.
I think the 11P numbers are off- everything else is down, but MSNBC goes up from 300k to 500k? Looks like an error or misplaced comma, but if it’s real, what were they investigating?
The P2+ primetime average for FNC was much higher than it should have been considering the numbers for each show. The Factor didn’t feature new programming on Friday. I suspect that Bill O’Reilly is taking time off to get his new book ready for release. He needs a wake up call.
Good catch. Typo boosted results by 1 million. Fixed!
Both O’Reilly and Hannity ran re-runs for their prime time 8 and 9 pm slots….
I think the numbers are correct. Anyway, my guess is that they were investigating some murder from years back. Non-news programming.
They were recaps of the week. Sort of like reruns.
Rick need to go his problem is he trying to be Mr hunk forget it Sanchez you just don”t have it.As far as Mathews that thing that was tingle up his leg also got to his brain.We want fact about what going on in the world. Watch O”Reilly and learn.
You are right but i think they have also jump ship.
So what are you getting at.
What did the mammoths ever do to you that you would insult their petrified droppings by drawing a comparison like this?
Ha! Good one. Next time I’ll compare Rick to something not as cute or intelligent as a dropping from a Mammoth. Perhaps Olby’s petrified pea-brain will suffice in the future. He made another big boo-boo the other night. Guess that’s what happens when you use Media Matters and/or HuffPo as reliable sources of “news.” And he wonders why his ratings continue to drop…
Where can I find FOX business channel’s ratings?
Fox leads the ratings because we always get to hear both sides of a story. While they lean right, they’re always fair, unlike other cable news programs. Hearing only left-leaning rhetoric without any challenge becomes boring. I used to enjoy Morning Joe but lately it seems as though the panel has been given “marching orders” to defend the liberal viewpoint. You would think that CNN and MSNBC would try to copy success (Fox) rather than failure (liberal talk radio).
I FELL THE SAME WAY IT ALWAY NICE TO HEAR BOTH SIDE BEFORE THE VERDICT IS IN.
HAVING A DIFFERENT OPINION ,IS OK IF IT NOT JUST ONE SIDED.ON MORNING JOE IT GOTTEN TO BE JUST ABOUT THE LEFT. AND BY THEIR RATING YOU CAN TELL THAT THE PEOPLE FELL THE SAME WAY.
Sound like you are a winner.
I find it ironic that even when some of Fox’s biggest shows are doing reruns or at least not new shows, that CNN still came in 4th in almost evey category and could only muster 3rd in the others. I get than MSNBC is going after the left and far left. I just can’t figure out who CNN is going after and I guess the viewers can’t either.
Someone please tell me why track palin was born 8month after palin ran away to get married.I have asked all of you know it alls to tell me.