
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 22, 2012
| P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | ||
| Total Day | ||||
| FNC | 2,639 | 714 | 1,213 | |
| CNN | 1,068 | 437 | 505 | |
| MSNBC | 1,052 | 406 | 579 | |
| CNBC | 181 | 55 | 87 | |
| FBN | 95 | 24 | 46 | |
| HLN | 204 | 73 | 107 | |
| Primetime | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) | |
| FNC | 9,093 | 2,593 | 4,166 | |
| CNN | 4,376 | 1,834 | 1,964 | |
| MSNBC | 3,303 | 1,349 | 1,833 | |
| CNBC | 365 | 144 | 153 | |
| FBN | 166 | 59 | 85 | |
| HLN | 177 | 61 | 100 | |
| Net | Morning programs (6-9 AM) | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FOX & Friends | 1,319 | 356 | 678 |
| CNN | Early Start/Starting Point | 198 | 90 | 95 |
| MSNBC | Morning Joe | 453 | 173 | 243 |
| CNBC | Squawk Box | 105 | 29 | 48 |
| HLN | Morning Express w/ Meade | 215 | 117 | 132 |
| Net | 5PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | FIVE, THE | 2,313 | 486 | 960 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 509 | 123 | 219 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 1,215 | 285 | 561 |
| CNBC | FAST MONEY | 109 | 19 | 46 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 167 | 48 | 81 |
| Net | 6PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 2,678 | 488 | 1,000 |
| CNN | Situation Room | 575 | 172 | 270 |
| MSNBC | POLITICS NATION | 1,132 | 331 | 527 |
| CNBC | Mad Money | 107 | 31 | 63 |
| HLN | EVENING EXPRESS | 165 | 47 | 68 |
| Net | 7PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 2,609 | 572 | 1,059 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 892 | 313 | 372 |
| MSNBC | HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS | 1,403 | 506 | 745 |
| CNBC | Kudlow Report | 169 | 33 | 80 |
| HLN | JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL | 331 | 92 | 154 |
| Net | 8PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CVG | 7,308 | 1,954 | 3,360 |
| FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 4,647 | 1,037 | 1,912 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 1,556 | 528 | 595 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW | 1,762 | 643 | 965 |
| CNBC | YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE | 137 | 33 | 62 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 313 | 109 | 176 |
| Net | 9PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 11,516 | 3,442 | 5,408 |
| CNN | 3RD PRES DEABTE 2012 | 5,716 | 2,392 | 2,520 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 4,059 | 1,499 | 1,637 |
| MSNBC | DEBATE | 4,035 | 1,707 | 2,257 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE PREVIEW | 3,228 | 1,265 | 1,763 |
| CNBC | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 453 | 179 | 184 |
| HLN | Dr. Drew ON CALL | 105 | 39 | 54 |
| Net | 10PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 10,066 | 2,928 | 4,655 |
| FNC | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 11,396 | 3,415 | 5,333 |
| CNN | 3RD PRES DEABTE 2012 | 6,095 | 2,711 | 2,864 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 5,663 | 2,479 | 2,728 |
| MSNBC | DEBATE | 4,168 | 1,716 | 2,277 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS | 4,046 | 1,681 | 2,262 |
| CNBC | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | 578 | 252 | 217 |
| CNBC | YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE | 381 | 146 | 173 |
| HLN | Nancy Grace | 114 | 34 | 69 |
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FNC | Hannity | 5,684 | 1,622 | 2,737 |
| FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 7,150 | 2,001 | 3,364 |
| CNN | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | 3,646 | 1,597 | 1,857 |
| MSNBC | MSNBC DEBATE ANALYSIS | 2,741 | 1,108 | 1,587 |
| CNBC | YOUR MONEY YOUR VOTE | 226 | 77 | 102 |
| HLN | SHOWBIZ TONIGHT | 147 | 47 | 81 |
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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.
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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.










One thing I didn’t mention was that Romney was sweating like a Pig. And the fact that he kept looking down at his notes.
Have a good night everyone, have to get up real early and visit the DNC with a buddy and see what I can sneak out, I mean check out, I mean hehehehehe
Peace & Grace
@S. Papa from mark2
One thing I didn’t mention was that Romney was sweating like a Pig. And the fact that he kept looking down at his notes.
Try this one, well Obama had his hidden telepromter
Come’on Mike dude he’s killin ya so far LOL
Night All
Hey Coffee, I was gonna tell ya. I smoked the wild boar for my buddy and I got a call from a local smoke shop owner that is a friend of my buddy asking for my injection recipe. He tasted it and was impressed. I was pretty flattered
I was watching local news a few nights ago. They had a story on a black bear running through a neighborhood. After about an hour, Animal Control arrived and tranquilized the bear with a tranquilizer gun. Watching MSNBC post debate with Matthews, Schulz, and Al – I thought of that tranquilizer gun and smiled. What a waste to have used it on the bear.
Pig don’t sweat.
@ ninja
Good point on sweating pigs but I like the part about looking at his notes. He took notes throughout and Obama took notes too so “looking at notes” was more taking notes and then glancing to referance those notes taken. Can’t fi…:.:…nah I won’t say it
Rats____If you could get a hold of those notes, I would love to read them.( if that’s not to much to ask) lol
Not looking good for Romney:
PPP’s post debate poll in the swing states, conducted on behalf of Americans United for Change, finds that Barack Obama was the big winner in tonight’s face off. 53% of those surveyed in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin think Obama was the winner to 42% who pick Romney.
Obama’s winning margin among critical independent voters was even larger than his overall win, with 55% of them picking him as the winner to 40% for Romney. The sense that Obama was the winner is pretty universal across different demographics groups- women (57/39), men (48/45), Hispanics (69/29), African Americans (87/13), whites (49/45), young voters (55/40), and seniors (53/43) all think Obama came out ahead tonight.
Maybe even more important than the sentiment on who won the debate is who folks in these swing states are planning to vote for now: 51% of them say they’re going to support Obama to 45% who stand with Romney. That includes a 46/36 advantage for Obama with independents, and Obama also seems to have made a lot of progress with groups he was previously down by wide margins with. Among men (50/47) and whites (50/46) he is trailing only slightly and with seniors he’s actually ahead 52/47.
Mark2 —–Why are you such a party poopper?
I gotta go to bed because if I don’t I might get stupid by association
Papa wheeeeeeeere are you?
Good night
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Mark 2
A poll of people that visit this site. Is Mark 2 hurting Mark 1′s creditability.
99.9 YES 00.1 NO That’s gotta hurt! Guess who voted no!
Mark2: How is life in your alternate universe.
Real Clear Politics
Gallup R 51 O 46
Rassmussen R 51 O 46
ABC Wash Post R 50 )46
Arg R 49 O 47
@SP
Who died and made you God? LOL
@Bsotgnw
Those are nationwide polls…meaningless in the Electoral votes of Swing States. Yes, Romney will most likely win the popular vote but Obama will win the Electoral vote.
Obama = 271 (Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada)
Romney = 267 (Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, Iowa)
Either way, this election is going to be closeee!!!
Desperation is in the air, and The Chicago Machine’s ugliness is just starting to get ginned up. They’ve already all but accused Romney of being a “felon” and of murdering Joe Soptic’s wife, but now that the polls are moving against Obama – and the President’s closing argument has been reduced to Big Bird, binders, and bayonets – President Obama’s about launch his own personal freak show starring Jeremiah Wright, Gloria Allred, and Andrew Sullivan.
Ratings for post-debate analysis (10:30pm):
P2+ (000):
FNC 9,595
NBC 9,330
ABC 8,050
CBS 6,170
CNN 5,663
MSNBC 4,046
If Obama looks as if he’s going black, he could turn off white people. So he’s largely been lying low on the race issues – visibly pushing for the Latino vote, the gay vote, the women’s vote, but not the black vote. But last weekend, he held a conference call with a collection of black preachers that included his old pastor, Jeremiah Wright. He wanted to talk to them about getting out the vote.
Today, things got improbably worse when the Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan, who has reportedly been a guest of Obama’s at the White House, launched into a punishingly long, bigoted, desperate anti-Mormon tirade against Romney that burns a warehouse full of strawmen and employs enough guilt-by-association to choke the ghost of Joe McCarthy:
Obama’s infamous Trifecta of Freak-dom ended today with none other than — you knew this was coming — Gloria Allred: