Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 23, 2008
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,561,000 viewers
CNN –932,000 viewers
MSNBC –757,000 viewers
CNBC – 291,000 viewers
HLN – 297,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 3,618,000 viewers
CNN –1,692,000 viewers
MSNBC–1,830,000 viewers
CNBC –182,000 viewers
HLN – 682,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 401,000 viewers
CNN –345,000 viewers
MSNBC – 287,000 viewers
CNBC –89,000 viewers
HLN- 137,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC –882,000 viewers
CNN –609,000 viewers
MSNBC –727,000 viewers
CNBC –66,000 viewers
HLN – 247,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC –741,000 viewers
CNN – 486,000 viewers
MSNBC – 406,000 viewers
CNBC – 151,000 viewers
HLN – 171,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC – 1,590,000 viewers
CNN –869,000 viewers
MSNBC –1,020,000 viewers
CNBC –91,000 viewers
HLN –352,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends –1,302,000 viewers (393,000) (790,000)
American Morning-603,000 viewers (245,000) (349,000)
Morning Joe- 560,000 viewers (248,000) (320,000)
Squawk Box- 239,000 viewers (77,000) (149,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 241,000 viewers (116,000) (163,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 2,031,000 viewers (373,000) (911,000)
Situation Room- 1,127,000 viewers (347,000) (545,000)
Race/White House w/d Gregory- 866,000 viewers (271,000) (480,000)
Mad Money– 335,000 viewers (69,000) (171,000)
Prime News-202,000 viewers (128,000) (125,000)
7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 2,175,000 viewers (502,000) (998,000)
Lou Dobbs– 971, 000 viewers (350,000) (466,000)
Hardball w/Chris Matthews—1,552,000 viewers (494,000) (814,000)
**Is Your Money Safe (7PM-9PM)—239,000 viewers (74,000) (116,000)
Issues– 208,000 viewers (108,000) (103,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor—4,171,000 viewers (888,000) (1,672,000)
Campbell Brown—1,178,000 viewers (432,000) (649,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann– 2,318,000 viewers (830,000) (1,312,000)
Nancy Grace –1,052,000 viewers (363,000) (510,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity & Colmes—3,709,000 viewers (900,000) (1,612,000)
Larry King Live–1,956,000 viewers (660,000) (965,000)
Rachel Maddow Show—1,874,000 viewers (721,000) (1,043,000)
On the Money–163,000 viewers (68,000) (78,000)
Lou Dobbs- 404,000 viewers (135,000) (206,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/Greta —2,976,000 viewers (856,000) (1,486,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 –1,941,000 viewers (734,000) (993,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann–1,297,000 viewers (628,000) (704,000)
Big Idea w/Donny Deutsch—180,000 viewers (76,000) (100,000)
Nancy Grace –641,000 viewers (269,000) (372,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor–2,154,000 viewers (686,000) (1,105,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—1,229,000 viewers (530,000) (682,000)
Rachel Maddow Show—810,000 viewers (410,000) (428,000)
Mad Money-162,000 viewers (81,000) (107,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 403,000 viewers (177,000) (230,000)
P2+ = viewers over the age of 2
(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing
(35-64) = Adults 35-64 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 Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of March, 2008)
CNN/HLN: 96.93 million HHs
CNBC: 95.13 million HHs
FNC: 94.55 million HHs
MSNBC: 91.59 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
I see that Rachel Maddow and Keith O. are winning where it counts.
They will be needed when Fox Noise runs untruths about our President Obama.
Go MSNBC! You know what you’re doing.
CNN is staying behind. Kudos for MSNBC who dared to let progressive voices be heard
I have to say once President Obama arrests O’Reilly and Hannity for treason then we’ll see Olbermann very very high in ratings.
Didnt the airhead Palin interview pump FAUX ratings for 23rd? I bet otherwise Olbermann would have punked Papa Bear O’Reilly.
I think Olbermann should get the Night News, we need someone truth to educate Americans about the 16 year term of Obama and we need someone to do that all week …. Williams can take Meet the Press.
Also Obama should force CBS, ABC, CNN, BBC and Fox as well as Fox News to simultcast Olbermann everyday in PrimeTime also I think Olbermann’s nightly News should start everyday at 5pm till 11 pm non-stop commercial free. This is essential because the world needs to be educated about how good Obama is.
BOR beats KO by 58,000 in the 25-54 and 360,00 in the 35-64 range,Yet,pink bear claims Ko is winning.Madcow loses to H&C by over 100,000 in each. i guess in the rose color world on msnonews that is winning.
Thats why Fox news is no1 all time because they are not just Obama Rama lover supporters. Thanks fox for the fairness show Obamas truths of terrorism friends.
PapaBeargotPunked… I totally agree with you! LOL… They seriously need to shut down Faux News!
Not before “PMSNBC” should be dropped. The Obama TV networks are just a horrible joke.
Bill O’Reilly kicks everybodys ass, he is the best. Keith Olberbore is an airhead just like Obama. kudos to FNC. taking over baby!
Please note O’Reilly crushed Olbermann by nearly 1.9 Million Views at 8PM and Even when the O’Reilly is Re-aired @ 11pm there are nearly 1.35 million more views then the Maddow Show. Only time will prove FNC will cause MSNBC to go bankrupted, when all commercial ads airing on MSNBC realize FNC has more viewers and move to FNC.
I loved that comment about o’reilly and hannity getting arrested for treason, only a truly indoctrinated child of msnbc would say something like that. Why didn’t any conservatives call for the arrest of the millions spewing hatred and lies about W? Oh yeah, conservatives aren’t communists.
I can’t figure out why anyone no matter what your political stripes would want to witness KO the windbag having a meltdown every night over “W” who is NOT running, Oreilly who he can’t come close to in ratings,or McCain who I’m not thrilled with but has more Character in his left toe than Keith has in his entire body.
At the very least McCain served this country so people like him are free to speak and that deserves respect from all of us no matter what your affiliation.
He and Chris could’nt even get along during the conventions without LOSING IT !
Quite the professionals.
He seems ANGRY all the time, and why nbc feels the need to insert KO in the Sunday night football halftime show is beyond me, he even personally attacks the players in the highlight reels….Arrogant!
Knock’em dead msnbc!
Oreilly is slipping in the ratings to KO and MSNBC and now he thinks the ratings are being fixed and wants an investigation!!!!!! Ha!! You gotta love it!!!!! You right wing nuts are all alike!!!! Paranoid as hell!!!!!!
snoopy …. Dont even talk about McLame’s service to the country. The most underreported story is what a coward McLame was in Vietnam. Instead of fighting to death like a honorable soldier he surrendered like a pussy. Shame on him and his entire gene pool for such cowardice. Soldiers like him should be arrested for treason I’d say. I cant believe the MSM doesnt report more on this. His war conduct is just about as dishonorable as his campaign is. Troubling to say the least.
In the olden days when a Roman soldier tried to run away or surrender from the battlefield he was executed by fellow soldiers. As Caesar (my good friend) once said “You leave a battlefield dead or alive as a free man with honor”.
And nowadays we actually treat surrendered cowards as war hero’s … a 1000 years ago if McLame had surrendered he would have been flogged and banished. Are we losing our honor as a nation? Why are we not treating a coward McLame as a coward he truly is …. where is the MSM why are they not doing an expose as Bachmann put it!!!
wow, it’s pretty amazing what good Internet access the institutionalized have these days.
Land of the free, baby!
Seidman …. if you’d think rationally you’d actually see I am correct. Just drop your politically correct lenses and be a true rational.
Actually the Vietnam war shows what a true incompetent coward McLame is
1.) 1st McLame’s got shot down. Shows his sheer incompetency. Gosh even Kerry managed to escape like 3 times despite being wounded by the Vietnamese. Would you want such an incompetent as a president?
2.) After being shot instead of fighting to death and trying his hardest to escape he chose to surrender. Would you want a president who has a history of surrender in tough times??? Will he surrender to Russian, Iran and Pakistan if push comes to shove?? His past says yes he will!!
3.) When given a chance to be let off early by his captors he choose instead to stay in the prison camp. Clearly demonstrates lack of intelligence. He could have choosen freedom and then went to war and take out a few more enemies, rather he left the airforce one man short! Would you want a dumb president after 8 years of W?
I am gonna stay away from him getting old and senile. That said do we want a president who has a proven record of incompetence, cowardice and lack of intelligence??? Only Rethugs can paint such a coward as a war hero and democrats and MSM dont have the courage to expose this pattern. Seriously in any country other than the US a surrendering coward is a disgraced soldier …. only in US we treat cowards as war heros. The true war heros are the soldiers who died or escaped in Vietnam and other wars … do we even remember them? I dont think the surrendering coward Nazi’s and the Japanese imperial army or the Austrian Tito’s are considered war heros … even in this era they are considered the cowards they are …. so the real question is why dont we treat McLame like a real coward he is????
I have no political lens at all, correct or otherwise. If you think I care about politics, who wins the presidency or enough to read through your few hundred word comment – you truly are insane.
I doubt it that during the Roman and Greek era or as a matter of fact anytime before the mid 20th century a surrendering coward is shown so much respect. Infact history shows during the entire civilized era before mid 20th century … anyone ever surrendering is a coward and treated that way. Proper punishment for a surrendering coward is shame and dishonor at the very least and life long torture and slavery in most cases. Guess the human race is degenerating … Shame on us!!
Hilter is truly a disgrace to humanity but atleast we cant put him in the same league of cowardice as McLame. Atleast Hitler shot himself rather than be caught by the allied forces … whatever we say of Hitler atleast he was’nt a coward like McLame. McLame choose the easy way out he surrendered!! In the books of humanity even Hitler was less of a coward than McLame …. that tells how low McLame is … He is NO WAR HERO!!
Poor Papabear he must be really old, talking about the romans?. stop talking crap you fat ass, stop scratching your balls and get a job.you should get arested you communist bastard. what a slob!
That’s the best you can comeback with Tony …. a personal attack on me!!! Can’t even defend McLame’s cowardice, incompetence and stupidity?
my personal opinion: this is an indication that there are more conservatives at home who belong to the silent majority. Liberals are vocals even in frontyard campaign ads and car stickers…so don’t count off yet the Republican team comes election day.
‘PapaBearGotPunked?’
Since it is NY Joint speak, I am curious – who did you get ‘punked’ by – I mean, it is obvious you are a Barack ‘Punk Boy’, but the others? Did they respect you in the morning?
“The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of “loyalty” and “duty.” Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute—get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed.”
“Lazarus Long”
Papa, you need to do your homework. McCain was badly injured in the crash, 2 broken arms and other injuries. So bad that they did not expect him to live. He was not given medical treatment and his captors used his broken arms to torture him. He has some lasting effects from those injuries still today.
He held out as long as any of the other prisoners did and is a hero for doing so. I bet if someone took your Broken arm and started twisting it around, you Papa would give in so fast it would make my head spin!
astonished …. well that does’nt refute the point he was stupid enough to be shot down in the 1st place.
But that said broken arm or not he should have fought on, that is what you expect of soldier (who lives of our money but when comes to providing war time services for the salaries we pay him he reneges). A true soldier is never taken in alive!