
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for May 9, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 1,251 | 324 | 561 | |
| CNN | 310 | 87 | 119 | |
| MSNBC | 454 | 116 | 197 | |
| CNBC | 149 | 41 | 84 | |
| FBN | 61 | 11 | 28 | |
| HLN | 190 | 71 | 122 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 2,460 | 526 | 998 | |
| CNN | 455 | 140 | 183 | |
| MSNBC | 887 | 205 | 366 | |
| CNBC | 155 | 65 | 78 | |
| FBN | 28 | 6 | 17 | |
| HLN | 273 | 98 | 185 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 980 | 295 | 485 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 193 | 68 | 88 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 403 | 134 | 202 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 128 | 35 | 82 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 245 | 106 | 163 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,800 | 375 | 766 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 419 | 75 | 124 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 729 | 150 | 273 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 248 | 37 | 119 |
| HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 197 | 53 | 120 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 1,857 | 392 | 718 |
| CNN | John King USA | 375 | 94 | 156 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 702 | 139 | 270 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 192 | 34 | 103 |
| HLN | Prime News | 209 | 45 | 115 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,708 | 397 | 749 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 303 | 89 | 108 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 725 | 133 | 330 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 185 | 49 | 94 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 252 | 65 | 158 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 3,217 | 582 | 1,186 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 405 | 96 | 118 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 804 | 149 | 342 |
| CNBC | MARIJUANA USA | 170 | 60 | 80 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 394 | 136 | 262 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 2,318 | 516 | 928 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 465 | 115 | 171 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 961 | 222 | 389 |
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED | 104 | 45 | 55 |
| CNBC | Dr. Drew | 200 | 82 | 147 |
| HLN | HLN LOCAL EDITION | 177 | 73 | 133 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 1,826 | 479 | 879 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 494 | 209 | 261 |
| MSNBC | Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL | 895 | 245 | 366 |
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED | 192 | 92 | 100 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 239 | 77 | 155 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,471 | 536 | 803 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 298 | 107 | 178 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 564 | 178 | 241 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 118 | 73 | 77 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 190 | 53 | 107 |
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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 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.











Pathetic.
All the hoopla over Obama’s flip flop on homosexual marriage and CNN/MSNBC still had lousy ratings.
HOLY COW!!! OREILLY AND HANNITY AND GRETA SOARED!!!!!! eddie and rachel and lawrence didnt!
@ Dave
Posted May 10, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Pathetic.
All the hoopla over Obama’s flip flop on homosexual marriage and CNN/MSNBC still had lousy ratings.
You woulda thought Rachel would have 3 million plus just by all her buds watching!
my bad!!!!! sooooory
@Dave
In general Fox gets better ratings when the Democrats in the spotlight, MSNBC gets better ratings when the Republicans are(see Rushgate a couple months back when MSNBC was getting it’s highest ratings in years)
I would expect MSNBC to do better with a big Romney story over a big Obama one
Come on in, Omar… your driver’s license is ready!
President Obama’s deportation-dodging uncle can legally walk into a Registry of Motor Vehicles office tomorrow and walk out with a driver’s license — even though he isn’t here legally — 45 days after copping a plea in the drunken-driving bust that exposed him as a 20-year fugitive from federal immigration authorities.
Onyango Obama, 67, has completed the month-and-a-half suspension a judge slapped on him in late March, when he admitted that Framingham cops had enough evidence to convict him for an OUI bust in August.
As usual, American mouthbreathers prefer the Fiction Noise channel to facts. And why not. Everybody loves a good yarn.
Msnbc stinks!!! NBC “news” was CAUGHT doctoring the Zimmerman 911 tape. Where’s the outrage? Boycott the Liberal Media. Stop buying newspapers! I did.
Patrick W.
Newspapers may be more reliable the TV news.
Msnbc stinks!!! NBC “news” was CAUGHT doctoring the Zimmerman 911 tape. Where’s the outrage? Boycott the Liberal Media. Stop buying newspapers! I did.
They both edit. Fox News and MSNBC does. Just look up Hannity and Oreilly and Fox and Friends. They edit crap all the time to make Democrats look bad just like how MSNBC does the same towards Republicans….
FOX Rules……end of story.
Odumbo is back in LA to suck up to his liberal Hollywood sycophants. Remember that the next time you drop 20 bucks to see one of these idiots on the big screen your contributing to his re-election.
can’t we all just get along?
Now that Pres. Obama has made histooric news regarding same-sex marriage I wonder if Liz Cheney will approve. I hope the subjeect comes up this Sunday on Fox news Sunday I also hope that Liz Cheney will be a part of the Sunday panel. Her comments are welcome.
I believe that there are moree gay sympathizers than gay haters and that Pres. Obaama has made a calculated positive campaign move. He has boxed Mitt Romney into a place where he cannot flip-flop. If Mitt flip flops on this issuue the race will be over.
I am not condoning Romney if this story is true. I do think we need to keep it in perspective – most high school kids do engage in some form of bullying. I think back to some of my ‘pranks’ in high school and I’m mortiied at how I could have hurt fellow classmates. It’s an unfortunate part of growing up. I do think that BO’s announcement was carefully coordinated with the release of this story which, frankly, is a bad reflection on the state of our nation’s so-called impartial ‘Fourth Estate’. Just shows you how many journalists are in the ‘tank’ with various campaigns. Again, this is nothing new in American history – it just seems so much more obvious in the past decade.
There are many terrible lies out there about Obama, the bad part is many of them are true. (para. Churchill)
North Carolina: Where you can marry your cousin, but not your gay cousin.
I think I just found Peggy from USA Prime Credit. I looked a picture of Rachels girlfriend. Naughy girls, you no pay bill. WOW…what a beauty.
Bit surprised MSNBC didn’t score higher ratings last night after the President’s endorsement for gay marriage.
suiko– the man whose IQ indicates his father married his sister.
It continues long past due for Erin Burnett to take her clothes off. Please Master Ray Maddow continue to keep yours on.
@DB
awwww, were you molested when you were young? Might want to go to a shrink for that.