Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for April 20, 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 | 1,175 | 283 | 521 | |
| CNN | 313 | 99 | 134 | |
| MSNBC | 400 | 129 | 173 | |
| CNBC | 186 | 57 | 96 | |
| FBN | 56 | 15 | 26 | |
| HLN | 222 | 82 | 125 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 1,933 | 384 | 793 | |
| CNN | 413 | 125 | 178 | |
| MSNBC | 665 | 211 | 300 | |
| CNBC | 517 | 232 | 223 | |
| FBN | 35 | 8 | 14 | |
| HLN | 329 | 99 | 159 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,088 | 312 | 596 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 230 | 73 | 110 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 403 | 165 | 232 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 130 | 28 | 89 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 213 | 101 | 150 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,639 | 352 | 741 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 403 | 100 | 162 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 609 | 115 | 178 |
| CNBC | MONEY IN MOTION | 129 | 13 | 51 |
| CNBC | OPTIONS ACTION | 146 | 10 | 73 |
| HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 179 | 34 | 52 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 1,813 | 436 | 745 |
| CNN | John King USA | 353 | 91 | 125 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 609 | 120 | 194 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 155 | 32 | 73 |
| HLN | Prime News | 191 | 54 | 100 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,442 | 355 | 640 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 362 | 130 | 158 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 622 | 117 | 254 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 141 | 31 | 57 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 304 | 116 | 198 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2,593 | 526 | 1,074 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 333 | 100 | 150 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 754 | 176 | 325 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 378 | 187 | 162 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 417 | 138 | 200 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity SPECIAL | 1,699 | 354 | 700 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 500 | 143 | 208 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 816 | 241 | 329 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 523 | 207 | 222 |
| HLN | HLN LOCAL EDITION | 273 | 65 | 118 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 1,483 | 271 | 603 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 406 | 133 | 176 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC INVESTIGATES | 426 | 216 | 245 |
| CNBC | NHL LIVE POST QTR FINALS | 332 | 125 | 106 |
| CNBC | NHL QTR FINALS L | 833 | 406 | 392 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 281 | 84 | 150 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,170 | 349 | 603 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 332 | 147 | 189 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC INVESTIGATES | 430 | 224 | 219 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 66 | 25 | 24 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 216 | 72 | 110 |
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Note: We post all the cable news ratings we get.
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.
whats going on fri with msnbc?? there is no one watching…even morning joe from the red sox stadium drew very little…i am getting a thrill up my leg…
Overall cable news numbers are down from Friday. Here in The Great Northeast, it was a little chilly, foggy. A lot of people stayed indoors, but not me! lol The only reason I turned on the TV this weekend was to watch last night’s episode of “Mad Men.”
I need to know if and when Penny’s “dream” on Don’s office sofa was over or is it still ongoing?
You take fast Eddie, Rachel, and Tingles, add em all together and they dont beat Bill O! Add Ed and Rachel togeter and they dont beat a Hannity special hosted by Liz Cheney!!
(bet Schultz and Matthews LOOOOOVE gettting beat by a Cheney!!! 
)
ralph: i can tell you that my dream of being on pennys sofa is on going..
thats because we need affirmation, like we dont know fox people are more intelligent…in order to watch ed schmuck your union dues need to be paid up and oh yes, leave your class at the door…
You would think HLN would have gained a whole host of new viewers after the casey anthony case.. They were averaging 2,000 viweres beating Fox News…. Maybe the Not Guilty verdict turned them off…
Foxnews stomping all them Lying Liberals again and again! NBC “news” was CAUGHT doctoring the Trayvon Martin-Zimmerman 911 tape. Where’s the outrage? Liberals STILL believe NBC “news”. Fools.
@Ratboy and AppleStinx
Isn’t wasn’t that kid of duty I had to do LOL
What we need is for Fox to actually lose one night, so the talk would be more pleasant?
Morning Joe from Fenway Park was an outstanding show on Friday. I wish it would have gotten better ratings. People really missed out if they didn’t catch it (anyone “catch” my pun?!
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@TheBoss1
if they didn’t catch it (anyone “catch” my pun?!
I caught it, but then I dropped it
Hows it going boss dude, feeling better, we hope?
FOX NEWS! enough said!
FNC’s Shannon Bream To Rappel Off Of a Building… For Charity Of Course
“Fox News anchor Shannon Bream and her producer Lexi Stemple are planning to rappel off a building in June. While the jump will be featured on Fox News Channel the Sunday after it happens, it is all for charity. Generous viewers can donate through a secure site to sponsor the jump, with all of the proceeds going to Special Olympics Virginia.”
Nice to look at + in great shape, too.
@dana: >>> ralph: i can tell you that my dream of being on pennys sofa is on going.. <<<
Penny who?
@dana: NOW, I know. I meant to say “Peggy’s dream” NOT Penny.
‘Anderson Cooper 360′ at 8pm improved a staggering 61% in the demo compared to the night before and still finished in fifth place – again.
I happened to catch this video yesterday.
CNN’s Don Lemon rips Obama, says Sarah Palin has a point
“Lemon also says it’s time for Obama to stop pointing the finger at Bush and take responsibility for this bad economy”
http://www.therightscoop.com/cnns-don-lemon-rips-obama-says-sarah-palin-has-a-point/
Boss People are turned off with the panels on Joe I turn him on every day to see who is on the panel If they are full of racist or extreme left wingers I turn him off Friday I believe Sam Stein was on he is a automatic turn off I am in when they have Harold Ford and Wes Moore on
@TheBoss1
“Morning Joe from Fenway Park was an outstanding show on Friday”
I’m sure the other 8 viewers also enjoyed it…
@Norm … I don’t see extreme left-wingers or racists on Morning Joe. I think it’s a pretty fair show. I think Joe’s attacks on both Pres. Obama and the Republicans are fair. I think conservatives don’t like Joe because he has the guts to call a spade a spade … he doesn’t blindly follow the party line. Willie Geist is great and Mika is a Dem, bit I also think she’s fair (I actually think she’s more partisan than Joe, but she also praises Reps, too).
I just think that if you love politics, it’s a great way to start your day. And the music they play going to commercial and coming back into the show is awesome.
@Steve… thanks man. It’s more of the same, day after day. Slow progress. I go see my neurosurgeon next Monday for my first follow-up visit … it will be four weeks post-op this Wednesday.