Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Note: CNBC showed live coverage of the NHL quarter-finals instead of some of its usual programming.
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 1,258 | 317 | 561 | |
| CNN | 309 | 99 | 133 | |
| MSNBC | 493 | 137 | 213 | |
| CNBC | 176 | 61 | 96 | |
| FBN | 63 | 12 | 33 | |
| HLN | 204 | 79 | 106 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 2,085 | 425 | 826 | |
| CNN | 473 | 142 | 209 | |
| MSNBC | 954 | 236 | 388 | |
| CNBC | 415 | 186 | 178 | |
| FBN | 47 | 6 | 21 | |
| HLN | 280 | 100 | 135 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,173 | 328 | 633 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 172 | 69 | 93 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 487 | 191 | 271 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 120 | 30 | 81 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 247 | 106 | 145 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,707 | 418 | 723 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 479 | 113 | 163 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 778 | 145 | 240 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 202 | 40 | 100 |
| HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 278 | 76 | 105 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 1,970 | 336 | 714 |
| CNN | John King USA | 402 | 88 | 133 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 723 | 150 | 226 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 201 | 64 | 130 |
| HLN | Prime News | 294 | 100 | 138 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,825 | 416 | 786 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 317 | 90 | 141 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 877 | 182 | 325 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 201 | 54 | 109 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 218 | 91 | 103 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 316 | 103 | 154 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2,756 | 519 | 1,050 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 436 | 123 | 212 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 869 | 177 | 376 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 314 | 117 | 117 |
| HLN | HLN LOCAL EDITION | 244 | 132 | 132 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 1,851 | 432 | 762 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 534 | 172 | 227 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 970 | 262 | 411 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 507 | 224 | 217 |
| HLN | Dr. Drew | 207 | 82 | 99 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 1,632 | 323 | 666 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 451 | 132 | 186 |
| MSNBC | Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL | 1,023 | 269 | 377 |
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED | 173 | 99 | 83 |
| CNBC | NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS | 311 | 136 | 128 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 605 | 306 | 285 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 283 | 90 | 149 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,214 | 364 | 613 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 342 | 107 | 158 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 587 | 156 | 253 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 99 | 79 | 56 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 207 | 69 | 121 |
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For other days cable news ratings click here.
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 July, 2011)
CNN/HLN: 101.12 million HHs
CNBC: 98.62 million HHs
FNC: 99.15 million HHs
MSNBC: 95.72 million HHs
Fox Business: 58.15 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
What is happening to Greta, of all people, Larry O is picking up numbers?
the Five got pretty good numbers. Must be all the people going to hear Beckel swear
@ron300
Greta is intervewing the same people all the time and too long on conversations. I sometimes switch over to Larry O to hear something wild!
The Five is an excellent show….good “cast”.
They all look a little down for a Wednesday? Except O’D he must have had the Chef from the White House on his show!
@ Joan
Posted April 19, 2012 at 2:17 PM
They all look a little down for a Wednesday? Except O’D he must have had the Chef from the White House on his show!
Yea they were cooking dinner for some Columbian hooker!
@ Yea they were cooking dinner for some Columbian hooker!
Hot DOGS with secret service sauce!
Erin Burnett needs to be replaced by a test pattern.
That crazy that Bill’s repeat out performed every show on MSNBC.
LOL @ Ratboy and Mark
@ DGH
Thats a regular nightly thing ! Hannity tops on his midnight repeat also!
@Ratboy
“art work with you and get rid of it”
@Ratboy
It is long gone. Called the delete button
@Ratboy
Thanks for leaving the light on and the door open. To bad it was the closet door and light. Took me 10 minutes to get out.
As for the Art work, you will not even catch me putting smileys side by side.
But it is all AppleStinx fault. He told me how to do the smiley thing to start with.
I have been taking lessons from our leader
Is your Cable News Anchor a Conservative or a Liberal ?
If a conservative doesn’t like the host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
Can’t we all just get along?
Like Al shapton or not, he puts up good numbers. He doesn’t beat FOX but he hangs in there almost always second in his time slot.
Make my day. How; cancel Hannity. I say that he is perhaps the most over rated person on cable news.
I go to the Tuesday board, sit down, look around, no ones there, I wait and wait, then the maid walks in and I ask her where you guys were, she said Columbia checking out the sites
I left a message you for in tuesday
@HRJ: >>> Make my day. How; cancel Hannity. I say that he is perhaps the most over rated person on cable news. <<<
You're above statement is ALMOST correct. It SHOULD read: "…he is perhaps the SECOND rated person on cable news."
@Ralph Hahn
he is perhaps the SECOND rated person on cable news.”
Not to mention that hannity and O’Reilly by Monday will be signing a multi-million dollar contract for many years.