
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.










“Liberals demand conformity to what they believe. They demand it! They are not tolerant of anything else.” -Rush
“This is undeniable truth number one in this scenario. Liberals cannot tell the truth about what they believe. They would never win elections, other than a few, maybe three or four places in this country. They would never win, and certainly not national elections.” -Rush
“Conservatism respects the individual — and, by definition, conservatism is what’s tolerant.” -Rush
Jim Cramer: Europe ready to crumble
It’s the typical mainstream media pattern: Glenn Beck makes a prediction.
Glenn is mocked by the media. Then Glenn’s prediction starts to come true – of course usually it’s too late. Over the weekend, former hedge fund manager and CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer said, “I’m predicting bank runs, Spain and Italy within the next few weeks. Without a coordinated policy, there is going to be financial anarchy in Europe and it is going to cause a slowdown worldwide, China and here.”
“If Obama were a Republican, the entire world would know every detail of his life. The media would be spending countless amounts of money going back however many years to find out whatever kind of dirt there was on Obama.” -Rush
How refreshing to see a democrat Corey Booker tell the truth for a change, only to get a tounge lashing from Obama telling him, hey Corey you are a democrat and democrats do not tell the truth. democrats can only win if we LIE. poor Corey is toast in the democratic party
Good Morning One And All
Election Day here today, I’m getting my game face on
democrats throwing each other under the bus. It is so fun to watch
Going to vote, keep the coffee warm
BBL…
Goood Morning!
Going to see if I can find another home for a fine family moving into the area! Hey Coffee! Vote for me too!
Sharpie trys to make EVERYTHING about racism!!! IDIOT!
After Epic Battle, Michael Steele Refers To Cory Booker As ‘Boy’ — Al Sharpton Pauses, ‘Boy?’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/after-epic-battle-michael-steele-refers-to-cory-booker-as-boy-%e2%80%94-al-sharpton-pauses-boy/
Now this guy is just scrambling and sounding like an idiot!! He said what he said and it was real clear! No manipulation needed! Then he got spanked real bad by the D party so now he is backtracking! I guess he doesnt have as big of big boy pants as he made it out to seem!
On Maddow, Cory Booker Blasts GOP For ‘Manipulating’ And ‘Exploiting’ His Meet The Press Comments
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-maddow-cory-booker-blasts-gop-for-manipulating-and-exploiting-his-meet-the-press-comments/
Tingles has really lost it and needs to go sit in his rocking chair and drool off camera for a change!
Chris Matthews: Are All Catholic Bishops Republican?
The University of Notre Dame along with dozens of other Catholic institutions sued the Obama administration Monday to block the mandate requiring employers to provide contraceptives to employees.
In a discussion about this matter on MSNBC’s Hardball Monday, host Chris Matthews asked one of his guests, “Do you think they’re all Republican, the bishops?”
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Well, what’s the politics here between it seems to me the universities and the older Catholics, more conservative Catholics, and this administration and the younger people that go to these schools and a lot of them who work at these schools? What’s the real politics going on here, Sister?
SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NETWORK, A NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE LOBBY: I think that this is mostly related to the project that the bishops have coming out in June which they’re calling the Fortnight of Freedom. They want to raise up this idea that we in the United States are religiously persecuted. I quite frankly find that quite offensive because we have connections with people all over the world who are actually persecuted. And so the Catholic bishops saying that they are suffering under this persecution from this administration I think is more fueled politically, and is their effort to draw attention to what I understand is going to be quite a PR blitz that they’re paying for.
MATTHEWS: Do you think they’re all Republican, the bishops?
CAMPBELL: I don’t know if they’re all Republican, but it sure seems that they’re speaking from the, the playbook, sort of possibly as surrogates for the Republican Party, I don’t know. But they certainly are engaged in politics that seem much more aligned with the Right.
Matthews as a Catholic Democrat was either being tremendously dishonest with this question or really is losing his bearings.
Catholics in this country historically have been solidly Democratic, although this has waned in recent years.
As EWTN News reported in February, a 2011 Pew study found 48 percent of Catholics surveyed said they were Democrat or Democrat-leaning compared to 43 percent claiming to be Republican or Republican-leaning.
As such, it seems absurd to think all Catholic bishops are Republican.
But that’s Matthews for you, always conjuring up a vast right-wing conspiracy to explain why folks have the nerve to disagree with the President that gives him a thrill up his leg.
@Ratboy
Good Morning
Hey Coffee! Vote for me too!
I would but I have to wait till I’m dead to do that
I have to pack, going to Branson MO for 4 days later tonight, then Gatlinburg TN and the GREATTTTTTTTTT Smoky Mountians a few days
BBL…
As a conservative I do not enjoy watching Hannity because he does not allow the liberals to finish their statements. However, the difference between Sean and Bill is that Bill O wants to be liked and Sean could care less about being liked as long as you respect him for his work ethics and product. This is the way it is with any effective leader. Sean is not there yet because he tries too hard to convince people that he was not born with a silver spoon and he made it by hard work and sometimes dirty work growing up. This is true but he does not need to always try to out ghetto others.
Well Chuck Todd has lost all credability as a journalist now too!! Do you think it is something in the water at MSNBC or do they pipe it in trough the vetilation system?? Either way it comes from that big can marked “On air Idiot”
Chuck Todd Touts NBC Poll As ‘Gold Standard,’ ABC As ‘Silver Standard’
Host Joe Scarborough then asked Todd whether he remembered a recent poll that had come out saying Mitt Romney was “up three percentage points among women,” and which number Scarborough himself had guessed.
“But don’t forget, that’s ABC,” Todd said of the poll.
“But wait a minute,” he added later. “You said it for the NBC /Wall Street Journal poll. [...] You did say though — I’m just being accurate — that it was for the NBC / Wall Street Journal. We have the gold standard poll. We’re talking about the silver standard this morning, I understand that.”
“Wow,” murmured the panelists.
“Real poll trash talk,” added Scarborough.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-touts-nbc-poll-as-gold-standard-abc-as-silver-standard/
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Two nice interviews by CNN.
Obama Campaign Spokesman Woefully Unprepared For Anderson Cooper
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/
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David Gergen surprised Obama attacking Bain
Watch the video following “Obama Campaign Spokesman
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Oh-oh
By 2-to-1 Americans are worse off under Obama
Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they’ve gotten financially worse off as better off since Obama became president, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.
@d.d.
Two nice interviews by CNN
Theres alittle buzz out in media land that CNN will try and change their fortunes by a attack both sides from the middle format. I sure hope thats true. If they do it will catch on and gain them allot.
Coffee Steve
Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:52 AM
Theres alittle buzz out in media land that CNN will try and change their fortunes by a attack both sides from the middle format. I sure hope thats true. If they do it will catch on and gain them allot.
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I would have believed you, if I hadn’t already read this.
Funny how the Morning Joe show libs were trying to reinterpret Bookers comments to prove he didnt really mean what he said…how do you misinterpret…”its nauseating what Obama is saying about Bain Capital”