
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for April 26, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 1,293 | 349 | 581 | |
| CNN | 330 | 94 | 129 | |
| MSNBC | 493 | 135 | 199 | |
| CNBC | 198 | 51 | 100 | |
| FBN | 74 | 19 | 31 | |
| HLN | 233 | 87 | 125 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 2,116 | 437 | 799 | |
| CNN | 471 | 130 | 202 | |
| MSNBC | 1,000 | 314 | 430 | |
| CNBC | 420 | 141 | 173 | |
| FBN | 69 | 30 | 35 | |
| HLN | 397 | 122 | 198 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,173 | 360 | 601 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 237 | 111 | 122 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 368 | 135 | 178 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 146 | 43 | 100 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 321 | 161 | 184 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,920 | 443 | 797 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 530 | 87 | 143 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 776 | 124 | 244 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 210 | 37 | 120 |
| HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 150 | 44 | 60 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 2,065 | 422 | 822 |
| CNN | John King USA | 385 | 61 | 101 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 812 | 170 | 301 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 195 | 43 | 107 |
| HLN | Prime News | 270 | 68 | 130 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,733 | 374 | 781 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 302 | 63 | 92 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 895 | 215 | 334 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 179 | 26 | 68 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 300 | 67 | 158 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2,648 | 497 | 1,052 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 398 | 93 | 168 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 945 | 244 | 387 |
| CNBC | SUPERMARKETS INC | 258 | 55 | 100 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 503 | 135 | 235 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 2,031 | 424 | 794 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 499 | 135 | 214 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 1,067 | 368 | 491 |
| CNBC | COSTCO CRAZE, THE | 610 | 177 | 240 |
| HLN | Dr. Drew | 401 | 131 | 205 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 1,648 | 390 | 551 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 515 | 160 | 225 |
| MSNBC | Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL | 983 | 326 | 406 |
| CNBC | COSTCO CRAZE, THE | 390 | 191 | 179 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 300 | 105 | 162 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,364 | 427 | 610 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 295 | 94 | 137 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 611 | 216 | 269 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 125 | 54 | 59 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 287 | 83 | 135 |
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.











Erin Burnett, time to take off your clothes.
Rachel Maddow, please keep on all your clothes.
BILL OREILLY appears to be spotlighting COMCAST and it’s continuing
approval of the radical left programming on MSNBC.
COMCAST is in financial stress and with an exodus of COMCAST cable
subscriberss unhappy with MSNBC, It would appear their troubles are
just beginning.
Perhaps the best course for COMCAST would be a totally new format
before the whole failed net ends up on EBAY.
WOW what is the stir that caused the ratings to go up for the 3 stooges on MSNBC? And Hannity is still drawing the good numbers
My god, take CNN out of its misery already!
Major Obama ‘bundler’ gets Dutch ambassador’s post
D.C. lawyer Timothy Broas, who has funneled more money to the political campaigns of President Obama than nearly anyone else, last week was named U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands.
As a campaign “bundler,” Mr. Broas collected more than a half-million dollars for Mr. Obama’s 2012 campaign, raising money from family members, colleagues and other wealthy associates; four years ago, he assisted Mr. Obama’s successful bid for the presidency by raising between $200,000 and $500,000.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Mr. Broas becomes the latest of dozens of Obama “bundlers” who are already serving as ambassadors.
1,920K P2+ for ‘The Five’.
@ AppleStinx
Posted April 27, 2012 at 2:09 PM
1,920K P2+ for ‘The Five’
sooooo 2 million when????????
Ratboy asked: “…sooooo 2 million when????????”
Soon, Ratboy, soon. No exact date, except it won’t be on a Friday…
(crazy predictions are now the property of Hillbilly.)
@ AppleStinx
Posted April 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Ratboy asked: “…sooooo 2 million when????????”
Soon, Ratboy, soon. No exact date, except it won’t be on a Friday… (crazy predictions are now the property of Hillbilly.)
SOOOOOOO BILLHILLY……………….the gauntlet has been thrown down!!!! What say you??????????
I highly doubt people are leaving Comcast cable just because they are unhappy with MSNBC. Your statement makes no sense. MSNBC is availble on almost every single cable distribution outlet.
Geez, I think CNN needs to pack it in and just broadcast CNNI.
Looks like CNN viewers are slowly finding something else to watch or do.
Does not appear that they are going to Fox. Fox looks like they have been staying steady. MSNBC and HLN has been going up in the past few weeks.
Maybe softball season is cutting into ratings?
The Five will hit 2 Million, as the election cycle gets going, maybe late May
Special Repost has been growing again and now over 2 million, and when Holder gets the Contempt Charge delieverd SP may go 2.5
CNN? PLEASE DO SOMETHING
@Hillbilly
If Applestinx pulls his teeth Faith3 will be left in the dust.
CNN fan
Are you really a fan or are you just emjoying the breeze?
Birdy
I dropped Time Warmer Cable after I calculated that the rate had gone up on average 11% annually between March 2008 and March 2012. The biggest increase was in March 2012. They must have paid a lot for E.B.
Sort of funny seeing Rev Al’s ratings. In the past week or so he dropped All Trayvon, All the Time and his numbers are creeping back up.
I LOVE JOE BIDEN!
Biden to ‘Dull as Hell’ Crowd at Campaign Fundraiser: ‘Pretend You Like Me’
*“I guess what I’m trying to say without boring you too long at breakfast – and you all look dull as hell, I might add. The dullest audience I have ever spoken to. Just sitting there, staring at me. Pretend you like me!”
Do’H
*Martin Bashir Tells Two Democrats ‘If There Isn’t a War on Women Most of Us Must Be Ignorant’
If the Obama campaign would send Biden to the Universities to campaign. They could pay the students to come to the rally.
That way they could show that Biden attacked a crowd and the students could make a payment on their student loan.
Coffee Steve
That’s good.
You also know that if there is a War then they can spend more money to fight the War. They just need to figure out who the “Evil Doers” are.
Hillbilly wrote: “If Applestinx pulls his teeth Faith3 will be left in the dust.”
At the sound of “Dueling Banjos” I’ll leave not only Faith3 but also Speedy Gonzalez in the dust.