Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for May 9, 2008
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 894,000 viewers
CNN – 524,000 viewers
MSNBC – 366,000 viewers
CNBC – 201,000 viewers
HLN – 242,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,699,000 viewers
CNN – 796,000 viewers
MSNBC- 672,000 viewers
CNBC – 123,000 viewers
HLN – 325,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 225,000 viewers
CNN –186,000 viewers
MSNBC – 128,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch with 52,000 viewers
HLN- 92,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 338,000 viewers
CNN – 222,000 viewers
MSNBC – 224,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch with 44,000 viewers
HLN – 79,000 viewers
Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 955,000 viewers (279,000)
American Morning- 425,000 viewers (212,000)
Morning Joe – 324,000 viewers (114,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 250,000 viewers (121,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,261,000 viewers (233,000)
Situation Room- 663,000 viewers (202,000)
Race to the White House- 611,000 viewers (216,000)
Mad Money – 229,000 viewers (53,000)
Prime News- 259,000 viewers (86,000)
7PM – P2+ (25-54)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 1,198,000 viewers (310,000)
Lou Dobbs – 845,000 viewers (199,000)
Hardball – 849,000 viewers (289,000)
Kudlow & Company- 217,000 viewers (53,000)
Glenn Beck – 275,000 viewers (78,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor- 2,494,000 viewers (427,000)
CNN Election Center– 674,000 viewers (175,000)
Countdown w/Olbermann – 1,173,000 viewers (388,000)
Fast Money (8pm-8:30pm)- 144,000 viewers (a scratch with 35,000)
High Net Worth (8:30pm-9pm)- 132,000 viewers (a scratch with 49,000)
Nancy Grace – 334,000 viewers (79,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,478,000 viewers (318,000)
Larry King – 877,000 viewers (235,000)
Verdict w/Dan Abrams – 395,000 viewers (118,000)
Business Nation – 132,000 viewers (53,000)
Glenn Beck- 387,000 viewers (81,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record – 1,124,000 viewers (270,000)
Anderson Cooper– 836,000 viewers (256,000)
Countdown w/Olbermann – 448,000 viewers (165,000)
Donny Deutsch- a scratch with 100,000 viewers (a scratch with 38,000)
Nancy Grace – 273,000 viewers (83,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor (repeat) – 1,114,000 viewers (298,000)
Anderson Cooper – 609,000 viewers (213,000)
MSNBC Investigates- 300,000 viewers (138,000)
Mad Money (11pm-11:30pm)- a scratch with 82,000 viewers (a scratch with 46,000)
High Net Worth (11:30pm-12am)- a scratch with 107,000 viewers (80,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 372,000 viewers (150,000)
P2+ = Persons over the age of 2 viewing
(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing
Prime Time = 8-11pm
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
My guess is that there would be little crossover anyway. There are few folks that would like both, and effectively none that would bother to record one to watch the other or watch the early airing of one to watch the later of the other.
Interesting that American Morning finally broke the 200k demo mark (on a non-breaking news day)…but that was when neither of the regular hosts were there.
I fight this battle over prime time ratings constantly with Overboard's watercarriers (all 2 of them)…being an attorney, I am forced to present facts in evidence that will settle these delusionaries. Overboard appeals to the angry and those with the same pathological hatred of anything Republican, Bush, or Fox “Noise” (jealous much, Overboard?) while being a sycophantic (emphasis on the 1st syllable) lovesick groupie for B. Hussein Obama with his other wetpant Chris Matthews.
The truth–if Overboard could imagine what that is–is no one watches!! Stick to sports, Keith.
Well, for being an attorney, ADA, you're not very objective nor even logical. BOR appeals to the same thing, only on the other side. It's quite obvious when you watch both shows and if you can't see that, maybe you should hang up your hat.
Regarding ratings, both KO and BOR draw roughly 3x their respective network's daily average, making both successful. Ratings are relative, afterall. not justy to the competition, but also to what a given series draws respective to the rest of the network. FNC is the CBS of cable news, while MSNBC is more like the CW. Which, in turn, makes BOR CSI, and KO ANTM. Both are successful in their own contexts.