Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for June 19, 2008
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 913,000 viewers
CNN – 630,000 viewers
MSNBC – 412,000 viewers
CNBC – 236,000 viewers
HLN – 269,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,920,000 viewers
CNN – 1,172,000 viewers
MSNBC- 874,000 viewers
CNBC – 278,000 viewers
HLN – 530,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 218,000 viewers
CNN –186,000 viewers
MSNBC – 136,000 viewers
CNBC – 78,000 viewers
HLN- 106,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 422,000 viewers
CNN – 314,000 viewers
MSNBC – 277,000 viewers
CNBC – 94,000 viewers
HLN – 190,000 viewers
Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 855,000 viewers (257,000)
American Morning- 568,000 viewers (234,000)
Morning Joe – 362,000 viewers (107,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 287,000 viewers (129,000)
6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,243,000 viewers (217,000)
Situation Room- 777,000 viewers (192,000)
Race to the White House- 559,000 viewers (187,000)
Mad Money – 167,000 viewers (57,000)
Prime News- 188,000 viewers (75,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54)
The FOX Report w/ S. Smith – 1,157,000 viewers (269,000)
Lou Dobbs – 904,000 viewers (227,000)
Hardball – 630,000 viewers (168,000)
Kudlow & Company- 222,000 viewers (69,000)
Glenn Beck – 235,000 viewers (78,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor- 2,547,000 viewers (590,000)
CNN Election Center– 909,000 viewers (244,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann – 1,221,000 viewers (404,000)
Fast Money- 144,000 viewers (a scratch with 42,000)
Nancy Grace – 730,000 viewers (199,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,777,000 viewers (373,000)
Larry King Live – 1,261,000 viewers (269,000)
Verdict w/ Dan Abrams– 761,000 viewers (206,000)
Deal or No Deal – 537,000 viewers (179,000)
Glenn Beck- 448,000 viewers (188,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record w/ Greta – 1,436,000 viewers (303,000)
Anderson Cooper– 1,345,000 viewers (426,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann – 639,000 viewers (222,000)
Donny Deutsch- 153,000 viewers (62,000)
Nancy Grace – 454,000 viewers (197,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor – 1,049,000 viewers (271,000)
Anderson Cooper – 850,000 viewers (280,000)
MSNBC Special- 320,000 viewers (129,000)
Mad Money- 121,000 viewers (58,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 390,000 viewers (187,000)
P2+ = viewers over the age of 2
(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing
Prime Time = 8-11pm
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

June 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Olbermann should just give up He gets crushed in the ratings
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
KO has probably levelled off, but MSNBC is still ecstatic over his ratings - he occasionally beats BOR in the 25-54 demo and skews much younger. I would venture to say that MSNBC makes as much money off of KO as FNC does off BOR.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Stephen, I think the gap between the two networks overall could still be large and the gap between those two individual shows still be narrow currently.
August 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I wonder why Donny has very low number of viewers, I think it is a very useful show especially for entrepreneurs. I learned a lot from the show.
If you want you could check out the http://www.TheYESmovie.com. Great documentary for entrepreneurs as put up by Louis Lautman.