Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 22, 2008

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 957,000 viewers
CNN – 523,000 viewers
MSNBC – 347,000 viewers
CNBC – 217,000 viewers
HLN – 261,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,895,000 viewers
CNN – 767,000 viewers
MSNBC- 724,000 viewers
CNBC – 128,000 viewers
HLN – 563,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC – 234,000 viewers
CNN –167,000 viewers
MSNBC – 142,000 viewers
CNBC – 67,000 viewers
HLN- 110,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 419,000 viewers
CNN – 250,000 viewers
MSNBC – 314,000 viewers
CNBC – 62,000 viewers
HLN – 203,000 viewers

Morning programs 6-9am P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 756,000 viewers (196,000)
American Morning- 314,000 viewers (113,000)
Morning Joe- 331,000 viewers (131,000)
Squawk Box- 199,000 viewers (76,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 255,000 viewers (133,000)

6PM – P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,424,000 viewers (267,000)
Situation Room- 561,000 viewers (112,000)
Race/WHTE HSE W. Gregory – 388,000 viewers (88,000)
Mad Money – 248,000 viewers (68,000)
Prime News- 157,000 viewers (62,000)

7PM – P2+ (25-54)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 1,380,000 viewers (269,000)
Lou Dobbs – 872,000 viewers (249,000)
Hardball w. Chris Matthews – 524,000 viewers (212,000)
Kudlow & Company- 268,000 viewers (103,000)
Glenn Beck – 250,000 viewers (95,000)

8PM – P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor- 2,379,000 viewers (497,000)
CNN Election Center– 494,000 viewers (171,000)
Countdown w. Olbermann – 1,135,000 viewers (467,000)
The Suze Orman Show -173,000 viewers (81,000)
Nancy Grace – 701,000 viewers (248,000)

9 PM – P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,857,000 viewers (438,000)
Larry King Live – 890,000 viewers (282,000)
Verdict w/ Dan Abrams– 544,000 viewers (245,000)
Playing to Win-Vid game-121,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 44,000)
Glenn Beck- 466,000 viewers (145,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record – 1,449,000 viewers (322,000)
Anderson Cooper- 918,000 viewers (297,000)
Countdown w. Olbermann– 492,000 viewers (228,000)
Big Idea w/ Deutsch –a scratch w/ 92,000 viewers (60,000)
Nancy Grace – 543,000 viewers (226,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor – 1, 209,000 viewers (299,000)
Anderson Cooper – 569,000 viewers (239,000)
MSNBC Investigates –436,000 viewers (258,000)
Mad Money a scratch w/ 106,000 viewers (a scratch w/51,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 272,000 viewers (105,000)

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.