
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for May 18, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 1,105 | 263 | 482 | |
| CNN | 268 | 78 | 119 | |
| MSNBC | 383 | 113 | 150 | |
| CNBC | 199 | 62 | 117 | |
| FBN | 56 | 17 | 30 | |
| HLN | 192 | 86 | 114 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 2,033 | 362 | 752 | |
| CNN | 455 | 113 | 193 | |
| MSNBC | 572 | 157 | 239 | |
| CNBC | 206 | 92 | 155 | |
| FBN | 29 | 19 | 21 | |
| HLN | 301 | 125 | 163 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,102 | 273 | 498 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 166 | 77 | 104 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 403 | 149 | 191 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 148 | 55 | 99 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 238 | 136 | 170 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,320 | 309 | 598 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 454 | 141 | 200 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 643 | 105 | 210 |
| CNBC | MONEY IN MOTION | 180 | 35 | 84 |
| CNBC | OPTIONS ACTION | 200 | 56 | 111 |
| HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 97 | 30 | 49 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 1,486 | 327 | 631 |
| CNN | John King USA | 367 | 106 | 122 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 686 | 142 | 263 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 176 | 47 | 91 |
| HLN | Prime News | 182 | 91 | 82 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,309 | 270 | 526 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 269 | 69 | 98 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 636 | 139 | 286 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 184 | 27 | 56 |
| HLN | TRADING THE GLOBE | 157 | 14 | 35 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2,500 | 371 | 787 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 336 | 89 | 124 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 698 | 135 | 292 |
| CNBC | THE Apprentice | 183 | 75 | 139 |
| HLN | HLN LOCAL EDITION | 300 | 134 | 183 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity SPECIAL | 2,088 | 400 | 851 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 577 | 137 | 248 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 744 | 200 | 303 |
| CNBC | THE Apprentice | 242 | 115 | 185 |
| HLN | HLN LOCAL EDITION | 246 | 110 | 129 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD SPCL | 1,486 | 316 | 618 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 453 | 113 | 207 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC INVESTIGATES | 270 | 135 | 121 |
| CNBC | APOCALYPSE 2012 | 192 | 86 | 141 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 242 | 103 | 151 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,121 | 335 | 609 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 221 | 60 | 113 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC INVESTIGATES | 413 | 251 | 164 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 93 | 53 | 80 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 193 | 78 | 110 |
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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.











@Ratboy
DARN IT!!! I TOLD HIM, COFFEE STEVE! COFFEE STEVE’S HOUSE!
I have my mailbox booby trapped, if someone opens it I have this barking dog sound that scares the beejeebers out of people, problem is I haven’t got any mail for months now
LOL at Ratboy
Mark Zuckerberg lost 2 BILLION YEP BILLION dollars today! I bet his new wife feels betrayed!!!!!
@Rats
Mark Zuckerberg lost 2 BILLION YEP BILLION dollars today! I bet his new wife feels betrayed!!!!!
Ahhh..what’s a couple of Billion when you have 20 Billion? That’s pocket change to you man
Columnist: Hillary Clinton will be veep candidate
Washington Times columnist Joe Curl predicted Monday that President Barack Obama will replace Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate in November.
“The Great One, Sir Barack Hussein Obama, will replace the bumbling, buffoonish Mr. Biden with Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, maybe at the Democratic convention, maybe just before, in a last-ditch effort to win re-election,” Curl wrote.
Obama has a likely hold on 252 of the 270 electoral votes he needs to win. Mitt Romney has a likely 266. Obama, Curl writes, needs a game-changer: Enter Hillary Clinton, to attract female voters.
One state Democratic leader even tells me the bumper stickers are already printed,” he wrote, “sitting in a warehouse in (where else?) Little Rock, Ark.”
Washington Times
Coffee,
I read that Joe B. has always wanted to be Sec. of State: I bet Hillary and Joe flip their jobs. That would set Hillary up for a run in ’16. You never know, the idea is not that outlandish.
@1Nancy2
I agree it is not that outlandish, But this writer has been known to pop some dozies before, But if come convention time and Pres. Obama looks like he is in trouble, it could happen.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A HUGE Lightning Bolt just hit one of the trees in my back yard, I think I wet myself
So funny to see Chris Mathews freaking about mayor booker being a traitor to Obama…and all the little mathew liberals crying in their beer that booker ruined the Obama storyline…finally, one democrat broke ranks to tell the truth as he sees it…
The guy who made kids fat & lazy has died.
All of CNN’s P2+ Viewers beat Bill O’s 8pm P2+ viewers by 343,000. Press release to follow soon.
The Five has been low for a couple days now. I say Applestinx hacked into Nielsen & sabotaged the numbers.
The Situation Room beat Chris Mathews at 5pm in the demo. Two press releases in one day? I’m trying to help CNN the best i can.
Returning his money soon? I doubt it.
President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign on Monday repudiated comic Bill Maher’s description of Mitt Romney’s religion, Mormonism, as a “cult.”
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(Reuters) – A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace.
See her here.
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A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.
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I heard Nobama is the high bidder so far.
Online bids are racking up for what appears to be the remains of a vial of blood from former president Ronald Reagan after a failed assassination attempt.
At last check, the vial was fetching $9,925.00. Bids will be taken until Thursday.
Daughter ‘Begged’ for Spanking Instead of Mom’s Embarrassing Web Photo
See photo here.
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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight Muslims on Monday in a case set off by religious tensions in the country’s south.
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I don’t think Mitch likes Willard. His endorsement was tepid for sure.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered his most forceful rejection of the vice presidential post yet, saying he would “disconnect the phone” if he found out that Romney was considering him for the job.
He should of declined to answer the question, or said this is not the time & place to talk about the politics of the upcoming election. Sign of a desperate person if ya ask me.
President Obama, leveraging the stage Monday of a NATO summit in Chicago, defended his campaign critique of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital — accusing his likely Republican rival of “missing what this job is about” by touting his experience at the private equity firm.
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RCP has Nobama at 49 approval.
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GAHANNA, Ohio – An Ohio man was ordered held on $750,000 bond Monday after confessing that he shot and killed his wife of 34 years when she refused to get out of bed to buy a car with him.
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The Spurs meet the Thunder in the Western conference finals. That should be a barn burner.
I leave you with this priceless bit of info.
See Maxim’s top 100 hottest women here. They let the readers readers choose. I guess that explains 69.
Morning all.
Does anyone here doubt this headline after listening to obumbles speak ?
“House GOP Speaks at Higher Level than obumbles”
“The Washington Free Beacon assessed dozens of Obama speeches from different stages of his career using the Flesch-Kincaid method and found that the pattern of simple speeches did not start with his reelection campaign.
Since taking office, Obama has routinely spoken to the American people in a more simplistic manner than his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Obama’s State of the Union addresses peaked at a 10th grade level in 2009 and declined to an eighth-grade level by 2012. Bush, on the other hand, scored consistently above the 10th grade level with his State of the Union addresses, including a high of 11.84 for his 2005 address.
Bush’s appeal for his signature tax cuts was delivered at a higher level of complexity than Obama’s argument for their repeal.”
Good Morning lbsles and all the rest of the bubbas
Thank God it is Friday
Oops, it is Friday’s Post not Friday, Friday.
T-8
The next time you have nothing better to do, listen to obumbles speak, without a teleprompter, and count the silly pauses, the “uh” and the word “and”. He just cannot carry a thought longer than five words.
http://freebeacon.com/labolt-dems-have-covered-transportation-costs-for-bain-critic/
http://freebeacon.com/axelrod-tongue-tied-over-bain-hypocrisy/