Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday, September 27, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 1,361 | 331 | 612 | |
| CNN | 373 | 109 | 168 | |
| MSNBC | 685 | 214 | 327 | |
| CNBC | 155 | 47 | 86 | |
| FBN | 54 | 12 | 22 | |
| HLN | 173 | 78 | 107 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 2,483 | 469 | 934 | |
| CNN | 517 | 123 | 200 | |
| MSNBC | 1,243 | 372 | 609 | |
| CNBC | 160 | 78 | 91 | |
| FBN | 54 | 17 | 21 | |
| HLN | 270 | 97 | 144 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,149 | 374 | 609 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 218 | 86 | 116 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 552 | 198 | 267 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 131 | 42 | 79 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 225 | 119 | 164 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 1,960 | 395 | 754 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 541 | 109 | 233 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 1,110 | 269 | 461 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 216 | 49 | 106 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 108 | 50 | 68 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 2,185 | 443 | 914 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 521 | 150 | 261 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 1,034 | 277 | 435 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 190 | 62 | 96 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 154 | 65 | 108 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1,857 | 407 | 813 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 549 | 160 | 274 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 1,071 | 288 | 493 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 200 | 46 | 75 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 205 | 80 | 98 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2,841 | 556 | 1,049 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 477 | 116 | 236 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 1,235 | 302 | 570 |
| CNBC | FACEBOOK OBSESSION, THE | 107 | 57 | 61 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 350 | 131 | 186 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 2,511 | 488 | 971 |
| CNN | Piers Morgan Tonight | 670 | 128 | 205 |
| MSNBC | Rachel Maddow Show | 1,284 | 405 | 630 |
| CNBC | CRIME INC: MED INS FRAUD | 134 | 54 | 67 |
| HLN | Dr. Drew | 236 | 82 | 132 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 2,080 | 362 | 778 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 405 | 124 | 160 |
| MSNBC | Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL | 1,204 | 410 | 622 |
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED | 240 | 123 | 145 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 223 | 77 | 116 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,283 | 368 | 643 |
| CNN | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT | 271 | 88 | 119 |
| MSNBC | Ed Show | 707 | 243 | 373 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 103 | 45 | 81 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 147 | 70 | 91 |
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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, 2012)
CNN/HLN: 99.727 million HHs
CNBC: 97.497 million HHs
FNC: 97.981 million HHs
MSNBC: 95.526 million HHs
Fox Business: 68.407 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
No, sorry don’t know where to find that info. For sure lots of people over 64 watch TV. Would be interesting to know.
@Letmethink
The 8am hour of ‘Fox & Friends’ for Thursday just happened to be in the top 100 list in Thursday Cable Ratings.
@ Ben
Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:20 PM
A few notes ago Bill-O said he had like 5 million viewers, anyone know how he found that did he combine the 8&11 o clock views or include radio listeners?
He said right on the broacast that it was the 8 and 11 shows combined.
It was Wed. just under 3.5 million at 8 and just over 1.5 million at 11
@Dave
Boy you said a mouthful, but I am afraid your hyperbole was just that…hyperbole! 1st, you honestly think that FOX News sits and waits for more people to die in the Middle East, then celebrates because they know their ‘inferior’ candidate has a better chance??!! Do you know how dumb that sounds. Not to mention you offered not a shred of proof! 2nd, most polls are still using the 2008 models when they sample the American people, do you really think that the election in 2012 is going to be the same??!! Most pundits on both sides will tell you that this election will be different. That means that Democrats are OVER sampled. They are reporting that, which is their job!!
I bet all the racist in this country are very proud of President Lincoln.The South in particular.
How many on this board think Romney has a chance of winning even with the FOX network running 24/7 endorsements for him?
I love how conservatives always ignore the fact that Republicans courted the racist southern Democrats into their party after the Civil Rights Act was passed, which is commonly referred to as the southern strategy. It’s why the South remains so Republican-leaning.
I can’t believe MSNBC is still doing so well. My guess is that some Liberal and Moderate Americans tuned in to watch the DNC speeches on Broadcast stations only to find out that they weren’t airing them until the final hour. Naturally, some of them turned to MSNBC and CNN to get their fill, saw what they liked and have continued watching them.
Lincoln was a Liberal.
Free cell phones, obama money, free birth control pills–whatever it takes to buy an electorate. Joe Biden just offered free colonoscopies to seniors in Florida.
Night all!!
A little too long at the Friday 5:01 Mark2??
“Some of viewers (outside of the 25-54 and 35-64) may be under 25. But, some will be over 64. My question (yet again) is this: does anyone know the breakdown? Link? Thanks.”
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I don’t know how long it’s been since the last time median age numbers were published for the viewers of the various networks, but if I recall correctly, cable news skews quite old. In the numbers from 2010, median age for the various networks tended to be early-to-mid 60s, except for CNBC, whose audience is a bit younger. You can infer from such a high median age that only a very small percentage of cable news viewers are under the age of 25. One of Pew’s State of the Media research bundles might have more specific information.
@Letmethink
As a percentage of their audience 18 and older (2012)
A18-49
CNN: 54%
FNC: 46%
MSNBC: 41%
A50+
MSNBC: 57%
FNC: 53%
CNN: 43%
(A18-49 + A50+ may not add up to 100% due to rounding in the subsets)
Robbie
First FOX is not a news network.It is the propaganda wing of the GOP.
As for Americans dying,they love it if they can blame it on President Obama.Day and night they try and blame President Obama for any bad thing that happens.Program after program has the same talking points.
Obama will win by a landslide and the congress will look a lot bluer.
You don’t like the polls.How about FOX’S poll?
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Dave
The good news for you is FOX is one cable station. You have CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NY TIMES, NEWSWEEK, TIME….They are all in the tank for President Obama.
Dave//
At least attempt to sound like an adult.
They are all promoting positive Obama stories and omitting stories that show him in a negative light.
Liberal media bias in the so-called objective media has been going on for forty years. The media is loaded with progressives. They are the propaganda wing of the progressive movement.
Capitalism VS Socialism
You have a choice, cast your ballot….
For all you Bill ‘O fans.Should Bill be registerd as a sexual predator after paying his female producer 6 million dollars to keep quiet?
The lib. media also serve as attack dogs against Romney. The 47% story was fair game. You say something stupid and you should get raked over the coals.
The problem comes if President Obama said something on tape that sounded bad. The lib. media would attack the person who taped it. They would attack the conservative organization that put it out. They would point out that the tape was made illegally. They would minimize the damage to the President by doing all this.