Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 30, 2008
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 969,000 viewers
CNN – 480,000 viewers
MSNBC – 371,000 viewers
CNBC – 255,000 viewers
HLN – 299,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,010,000 viewers
CNN – 737,000 viewers
MSNBC- 704,000 viewers
CNBC – 192,000 viewers
HLN – 549,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC – 236,000 viewers
CNN –157,000 viewers
MSNBC – 137,000 viewers
CNBC – 70,000 viewers
HLN- 138,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 452,000 viewers
CNN – 220,000 viewers
MSNBC – 236,000 viewers
CNBC – 63,000 viewers
HLN – 217,000 viewers

Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 796,000 viewers (193,000)
American Morning- 371,000 viewers (145,000)
Morning Joe- 400,000 viewers (149,000)
Squawk Box- 242,000 viewers (80,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 270,000 viewers (135,000)

6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,427,000 viewers (352,000)
Situation Room- 577,000 viewers (133,000)
Race/WHTE HSE W. Gregory - 511,000 viewers (134,000)
Mad Money – 224,000 viewers (82,000)
Prime News- 279,000 viewers (134,000)

7PM - P2+ (25-54)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 1,156,000 viewers (266,000)
Lou Dobbs – 676,000 viewers (193,000)
Hardball w. Chris Matthews – 530,000 viewers (144,000)
Kudlow & Company- 192,000 viewers (79,000)
Glenn Beck – 328,000 viewers (154,000)

8PM - P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor- 2,470,000 viewers (487,000)
CNN Election Center– 552,000 viewers (208,000)
Countdown w. Olbermann – 1,094,000 viewers (318,000)
The Suze Orman Show -244,000 viewers (53,000)
Nancy Grace – 795,000 viewers (338,000)

9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,950,000 viewers (467,000)
Larry King Live – 845,000 viewers (210,000)
Verdict w/ Dan Abrams– 529,000 viewers (178,000)
Made in China- 261,000 viewers (108,000)
Glenn Beck- 415,000 viewers (109,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record – 1,611,000 viewers (403,000)
Anderson Cooper- 815,000 viewers (240,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann– 488,000 viewers (213,000)
Big Idea w/ Deutsch –a scratch w/ 69,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 26,000)
Nancy Grace – 472,000 viewers (207,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor – 1,084,000 viewers (309,000)
Anderson Cooper – 532,000 viewers (120,000)
MSNBC Reports–315,000 viewers (168,000)
Mad Money-118,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 47,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 363,000 viewers (168,000)

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.