Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday, October 11, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 2,391 | 644 | 1,123 | |
| CNN | 852 | 299 | 379 | |
| MSNBC | 1,031 | 348 | 499 | |
| CNBC | 214 | 62 | 111 | |
| FBN | 87 | 22 | 37 | |
| HLN | 205 | 82 | 114 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 8,067 | 2,286 | 3,665 | |
| CNN | 3,269 | 1,167 | 1,433 | |
| MSNBC | 3,535 | 1,276 | 1,771 | |
| CNBC | 406 | 144 | 190 | |
| FBN | 212 | 72 | 87 | |
| HLN | 359 | 118 | 173 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,329 | 347 | 668 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 236 | 81 | 125 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 497 | 171 | 237 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 141 | 40 | 81 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 225 | 143 | 152 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 2,137 | 425 | 907 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 469 | 126 | 154 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 992 | 207 | 392 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 192 | 26 | 89 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 179 | 68 | 85 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 2,462 | 427 | 1,027 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 501 | 135 | 157 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 979 | 221 | 429 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 166 | 72 | 87 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 214 | 73 | 89 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 2,439 | 496 | 1,165 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 817 | 211 | 281 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 1,244 | 329 | 573 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 187 | 42 | 71 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 399 | 105 | 146 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 4,622 | 937 | 1,878 |
| FNC | VP DEBATE CVG | 6,615 | 1,640 | 2,768 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 1,402 | 390 | 548 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW | 1,820 | 549 | 904 |
| CNBC | YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE | 116 | 12 | 51 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 585 | 189 | 282 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | VP DEBATE | 10,115 | 3,048 | 4,695 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 3,068 | 1,013 | 1,427 |
| CNN | VP DEBATE 2012 | 4,096 | 1,480 | 1,818 |
| MSNBC | DEBATE | 4,359 | 1,597 | 2,166 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW | 3,515 | 1,236 | 1,773 |
| CNBC | VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 535 | 192 | 253 |
| HLN | Dr. Drew | 242 | 81 | 130 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 8,549 | 2,492 | 4,000 |
| FNC | VP DEBATE | 9,830 | 3,066 | 4,604 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 4,351 | 1,628 | 1,996 |
| CNN | VP DEBATE 2012 | 4,318 | 1,646 | 1,899 |
| MSNBC | DEBATE | 4,468 | 1,687 | 2,239 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS | 4,315 | 1,700 | 2,254 |
| CNBC | VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 666 | 277 | 292 |
| CNBC | YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE | 441 | 169 | 227 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 250 | 84 | 107 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 4,650 | 1,374 | 2,327 |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 5,889 | 1,619 | 2,785 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 2,381 | 863 | 1,093 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS | 2,342 | 930 | 1,274 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 118 | 43 | 63 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 203 | 67 | 98 |
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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.
Hey Sam, that makes sense. Get rid of CNN and you’ll see MSNBC numbers skyrocket. Liberals numbers are split up by watching CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NBC, CNBC, ABC, CBS, Telemundo, Univision, and even Current TV. Can you imagine if there was only 1 Liberal station.
The video of the Libya incident may leak out if Obama-Biden keep blaming the intelligence people and Hillary.
I am ready to make my November prediction, I will bet my van against your car I will be 100% right.
Someone will win on November 6th or 7th.
@Sicilian Papa
The committee has already issued a demand for it. Video
Pete S.
Posted October 12, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Mark2
Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Interesting, apparently 51 Million tuned in to watch the VP debate but only 1/5th of all Americans who watched tuned into the view it on the Conservative News station.
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This other guy made a good point.
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genetics73
Posted October 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM
So, let me get it straight: in an Olympic competition the guy who wins the gold medal actually loses because there are more competitors who didn’t win. Great thinking, just like spending money the US does not have is going to solve our economic problems. Good job, Mark2 – I am glad your grasp of logic is so profound; as profound as your understanding of politics.
sorry for the double post.
@Pete S.
sorry for the double post
I thought my wife had put whiskey in my coffee
whiskey? whiskey’s ok but i believe that could just ruin a good cup of coffee.
@
Sam
I know you are a Matthews fan but I think he is hurting their brand. Olbermann, Rachel, Ed and Larry worked hard to give liberals a place to call their own. He makes these ridiculous statements and becomes fodder for the comics. “We’ve got our knives out on this network” sounds bad and turns people off. My sister is a liberal and will not watch MSNBC anymore because she thinks Matthews is a hateful clown. She watches CNN. She hates FOX.
Election History
In 2008, Obama Led Every October Poll
Real Clear numbers are brutal for Obama-Biden. The President needs to come up with an answer on Libya before it swallows him up. He could go to the people and say things were confusing and we made mistakes. People want to like him and are pretty forgiving. He is hiding and people will not forgive that.
*State Dept. Confirms Marines Were Protecting U.S. Embassy on 9/11/12 — in Barbados!
When terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, there were no U.S. Marines deployed in Libya to defend U.S. diplomats, diplomatic facilities and classified information and equipment.
However, says the State Department, a Marine Security Detachment was deployed on that day to carry out those duties at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Coffee Steve, i’ll trade you my big broken buick for your van, then we can both claim victory! oh wait would that mean we both lost? as long as your van works i guess i’d be the winner!
@S. Papa
The President needs to come up with an answer on Libya before it swallows him up
He can’t now Mike, it’s too late, he would then have to explain while on the spanish network 14 days after the fact he still blamed the video and admit another 911 attack on America Happened (American Soil)
And he would have to explain why he and Hillary stood before 4 caskets and STILL blamed the Video.
After Obama picks Hillary by her legs and Biden by her arms, and swing her under their Libyan bus, and she emerges on the other side with tire marks all over, she won’t have a chance in 2016.
@Pete S.
LOL..or we can just part out the clunkers for cash
Yeah, it’s bad and just before an election. The cover up, it’s always the cover up.
@AppleStinx
You got that right
@ Mark2
Posted October 12, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Hey Sam, that makes sense. Get rid of CNN and you’ll see MSNBC numbers skyrocket
You want to see MSNBC ratings skyrocket? lose morning Joe, sharpton, Matthews, Schultz and replace them with REAL journalists. Even if they still leaned left just have them pull the reigns in so first, it is not so blatenly obvious, second, they dont say such ridiculous and ludicris crap, and third, give the guests from the right a REAl opportunity to make their case and then slowly and methodicly attempt to take their stance apart BUT…….if they cant, admit it. Keep Maddow but tell her to go back to being fair, keep Todd but again instruct him to go back to being a journalist. And make it MANDATORY for their talking heads to watch 60 minutes of Tim Russert before they go on air to model themselves after.
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Coffee Steve
He did this to himself and it exposed something in his character that was always there. The rule of thumb is tell the truth and take the hit. Chicago politics is exposed for the nation to see.