Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 15, 2008

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 949,000 viewers
CNN – 554,000 viewers
MSNBC – 300,000 viewers
CNBC – 220,000 viewers
HLN – 256,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,776,000 viewers
CNN – 907,000 viewers
MSNBC- 483,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/ 112,000 viewers
HLN – 449,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC – 237,000 viewers
CNN –191,000 viewers
MSNBC – 122,000 viewers
CNBC – 66,000 viewers
HLN- 115,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 379,000 viewers
CNN – 329,000 viewers
MSNBC – 190,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/ 46,000 viewers
HLN – 177,000 viewers

Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 940,000 viewers (248,000)
American Morning- 403,000 viewers (169,000)
Morning Joe- 280,000 viewers (94,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 192,000 viewers (88,000)

6PM – P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,516,000 viewers (329,000)
Situation Room- 546,000 viewers (143,000)
Race/WHTE HSE W. Gregory – 378,000 viewers (126,000)
Mad Money – 261,000 viewers (69,000)
Prime News- 268,000 viewers (102,000)

7PM – P2+ (25-54)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 1,518,000 viewers (377,000)
Lou Dobbs – 908,000 viewers (258,000)
Hardball w. Chris Matthews – 487,000 viewers (126,000)
Kudlow & Company- 335,000 viewers (106,000)
Glenn Beck – 278,000 viewers (125,000)

8PM – P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor- 2,378,000 viewers (477,000)
CNN Election Center– 630,000 viewers (220,000)
Countdown w. Olbermann – 730,000 viewers (285,000)
The Suze Orman Show- 169,000 viewers (74,000)
Nancy Grace – 446,000 viewers (137,000)

9 PM – P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,595,000 viewers (328,000)
Larry King Live – 1,117,000 viewers (389,000)
Verdict w/ Dan Abrams – 341,000 viewers (137,000)
American Originals: Levi’s- a scratch w/ 93,000 viewers (a scratch w/30,000)
Glenn Beck- 471,000 viewers (156,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record – 1,354,000 viewers (331,000)
Anderson Cooper- 968,000 viewers (378,000)
Countdown w. Olbermann– 379,000 viewers (148,000)
Big Idea w/ Deutsch –a scratch w/ 72,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 34,000)
Nancy Grace – 445,000 viewers (239,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor – 1,088,000 viewers (309,000)
Anderson Cooper – 691,000 viewers (224,000)
MSNBC Investigates – 347,000 viewers (194,000)
Mad Money- a scratch w/ 79,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 37,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 350,000 viewers (193,000)

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 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 TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.