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.

Olbermann should just give up He gets crushed in the ratings
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.
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.
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.