Though we don’t receive ratings for the afternoon before 5pm, New York Times reporter and original TV Newser Brian Stelter posted some 3p-4p numbers on his Twitter account:
Cable ratings, 3 to 4pm, while balloon floated across Colorado: 1.7 mil for CNN, 2.2 mil for Fox, 650k for MSNBC. About double normal #’s.
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 15, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,507,000 viewers
CNN – 713,000 viewers
MSNBC –428,000 viewers
CNBC – 187,000 viewers
HLN –384,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,614,000viewers
CNN— 848,000 viewers
MSNBC –842,000 viewers
CNBC – 184,000 viewers
HLN – 607,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –464,000 viewers
CNN –216,000 viewers
MSNBC –136,000 viewers
CNBC – 66,000 viewers
HLN- 189,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 745,000 viewers
CNN – 230,000 viewers
MSNBC –235,000 viewers
CNBC – 90,000 viewers
HLN – 212,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 740,000 viewers
CNN – 305,000 viewers
MSNBC – 218,000 viewers
CNBC – 102,000 viewers
HLN – 215,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,203,000 viewers
CNN – 312,000 viewers
MSNBC –416,000 viewers
CNBC –110,000 viewers
HLN –285,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 894,000 viewers (423,000) (603,000)
American Morning- 421,000 viewers (159,000) (229,000)
Morning Joe- 312,000 viewers (126,000) (172,000)
Squawk Box- 128,000 viewers (51,000) (84,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 314,000 viewers (217,000) (236,000)
5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 3,222,000 viewers (1,000,000) (1,559,000)
Situation Room—1,914,000 viewers (607,000) (832,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—663,000 viewers (151,000) (302,000)
Fast Money—269,000 viewers (a scratch w/49,000) (119,000)
Prime News–568,000 viewers (265,000) (284,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,570,000 viewers (773,000) (1,263,000)
Situation Room—1,256,000 viewers (414,000) (540,000)
Ed Show—652,000 viewers (165,000) (307,000)
Mad Money —237,000 viewers (64,000) (106,000)
Prime News — 702,000 viewers (289,000) (379,000)
7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –2,271,000 viewers (613,000) (1,073,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—719,000 viewers (166,000) (288,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—642,000 viewers (142,000) (319,000)
CNBC Special Report: DOW10k — 176,000 viewers (59,000) (72,000)
Issues– 545,000 viewers (208,000) (294,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,562,000 viewers (889,000) (1,574,000)
Campbell Brown – 752,000 viewers (191,000) (251,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,039,000 viewers (291,000) (599,000)
Oprah Effect – 177,000 viewers (81,000) (104,000)
Nancy Grace – 882,000 viewers (235,000) (361,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,608,000 viewers (778,000) (1,212,000)
Larry King Live —1,064,000 viewers (290,000) (370,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —894,000 viewers (214,000) (377,000)
Swoosh! Inside Nike – 156,000 viewers (84,000) (99,000)
Joy Behar- 543,000 viewers (180,000) (243,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —1,657,000 viewers (557,000) (810,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —728,000 viewers (208,000) (315,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 593,000 viewers (202,000) (273,000)
Porn: Business of Pleasure – 220,000 viewers (103,000) (128,000)
Nancy Grace –429,000 viewers (225,000) (261,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,320,000 viewers (493,000) (687,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —565,000 viewers (171,000) (243,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —439,000 viewers (184,000) (265,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/84,000 viewers (a scratch w/49,000) (64,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 382,000 viewers (215,000) (266,000)
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For other days cable news ratings click here.
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 September, 2009)
CNN/HLN: 99.098 million HHs
CNBC: 96.78 million HHs
FNC: 96.26 million HHs
MSNBC: 92.64 million HHs
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
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Damn! I think Glenn Beck is on his way to pass O’Reilly soon. I like them both equally, but Beck now has alot of charisma, because he makes so much sense.
^^You must mean undesidrable sarcasm and ridiculous stunts. I thought we were looking for news on FOX? Guess I was wrong.
This is perfect example of how CNN brings in an audience when a big story breaks, be it as uneventful as this one.
God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. Go Glenn!
I have a feeling that Becks ratings are indicative to his morning radio show. He always leaves you hanging on a subject that he will address on his TV show, so folks (naturally) tune in.
I think it’s phenominal that he’s pulling in those numbers. He deserves it.
Oh, and Julian, go grab a mop and help your messiah.
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/10/16/president-obama-i-want-everyone-to-know-whos-standing-in-the-way-of-progress-im-not-tired-im-just-getting-started/
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Can somebody kick the ignorant bloggers outta there? The Glenn Beck program is an opinion show, not a news program. FNC, like other cable news channels, has both news and opinion programs.
Funny thing is, Glenn Beck backs up everything he says, even has a phone to the White House so they can call if the disagree with him, no calls. Beck must be correct on his information.
Beck is getting close to the man, Bill O’Reilly in the numbers game, I like both equally, they really need to move Beck to Greta’s spot although I like her.
wow…even with that balloon boy crisis, Glenn Beck stayed with his normal show — didn’t cover the balloon boy like Cavuto did — and still nailed CNN.
chris and keith still suck!
Don’t forget Maddow! Throw her into that mix!!………..lol
Beck has 5 TIMES more viewers than Chris Matthews. How can MSNBC endure such indignities?
A good prime time slot would net Beck more viewers than O’Reilly. I think we might be talking 4 million per night for Beck. How can Fox News resist moving Beck to prime time????
In response to bruce, it may have to do with contracts. When they are up, you may see a realignment.
Reruns of wrestling should replace olbermann and maddow. More people would watch and it would be more believable than anything those two have on their shows.
I wonder if Fox will eventually replace Hannity with Beck? I want to see O’Reilly followed by Beck! That would be 2 straight hours of great TV! Bring Beck to prime time!
WOW, look at Beck! I was nervous with the “live breaking news” that CNN was showing at 5pm.
GO BECK GO!!!
CALIFORNIAGUY-
CALIFORNIAGUY-
for an opnion show, he sure gets results….. NEA, Van Jones, ACORN on and on .. LMAO
Realignment would be a great thing for PMSNBC. Paid Informercials should be run, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That would make more sense than the crap that’s on there now.
As a recent article on By the Numbers noted, Cable News viewing is down quite a bit from last year. Comparing Primetime Thursday, October 16, 2008 to Thursday October 15,2009,
Fox News down 668,000 – 3,312,000 viewers to 2,614,000
CNN down 1,168,000 – 2,016,000 viewers to 848,000
MSNBC down 947,000 – 1,789,000 viewers to 842,000
CNC down 62,000 – 246,000 viewers to 184,000
HLN down 200,000 -807,000 viewers to 607,000
The only primetime time period that went up from last year was HLN at 9 PM
2008 Glenn Beck 514,000 viewers
2009 Joy Behar- 543,000 viewers
Last year was an election year Jay. Of course all the #’s were up. They were unusually high and this year is more the norm.
Cat, we have told Jay and Told Jay that.
Wow according to Jay, Joy Behar went up 543,000 from last year–pretty good. Of course Joy was at zero last year because she had no show. Cat don’t pay any attention to Jay– he is very number challenged but hey he teaches philosophy!!!
Sorry I misread Jay’s statement. He is saying that Joy went up to 543,000 from Glenn’s rating the year before. Boy is that relevant!!! Please note the sarcasm.
Philosopher Jay also fails to mention that the night before October 16th, 2008 was the final presidential debate, meaning that the numbers were even more elevated than “normal” election year elevation.
Remember the Presidents 1,000,348,298,384,348,434.3453 primetime speech to congress O’reilly had 5 MILLION VIEWRERS
Good for Joy Behar and her 6% timeslot gain.
Meanwhile, Beck’s timeslot on FNC grew 136% (25-34 Q3′2009 vs Q3′2008).
flipping through channels I stopped to the fool Olbermann for a few seconds. Quickly remembered why we bypass MSNBC now. What a DRAMA QUEEN. And they call Beck crazy? He’s known for contradicting himself and he’s lousy on the football shows. Is he still there. I quit watching because of him.
Go Beck Go!
these ratings actually show another trend. Historically CNN lead the way on “Live Breaking News” right? So FNC trouncing them is the beggining of the end offically for CNN and MSNBC I think.
Philosopher Jay,
I hate to break it to you, but Beck came on at 6 P.M (central) on Headline news. He was before Nancy Grace. Do you work at CNN or HLN? That would make perfect sense.
MSNBC is already a 24 hour paid infomercial network. Featuring non-stop propaganda of the Obama administration…and Extenze ( thanks Keith O. )…and the Slap Chop
hey Tony, the guy selling the slap chop and the guy featured in the propaganda coverage, aren’t they the same guy?
SHAM WOW indeed LOL
Talk about EPIC FAILURE!
I knew the whitehous’s “war on FOX” (really just Glenn Beck) would only bring up their ratings, but damn! This takes backfire to a whole new level. First, Glenn installs the “red phone”. Now the whitehouse couldn’t say he lied or slandered, brcause all Glenn had to say is “I never got a call”.
Then Glenn Beck exposes that tape of Anita praising Moa tse tung. Expect Anita to resign soon.
Just like the boycott, all this did was raise his ratings.
I wonder if MSNBC has found a way to blame republicans for that balloon stuff?
Bill or Robert,
Could you please verify the CNN number for 5:00 pm:
Situation Room 1,914,000 viewers (607,000) (832,000)
This looks very suspicious … it usually averages something like 600K – 700K for the P2+ number ???
Duh, it was just the balloon story? My bad. Sorry, ignore my previous post.
Ken says:
“I hate to break it to you, but Beck came on at 6 P.M (central) on Headline news.”
It re-aired at 9 p.m. Eastern. Headline News was reported to be planning to drop this airing for Lou Dobbs Tonight right around the time Beck signed with Fox.
I would love to see FOX News go after Lou Dobbs and put him on the network, but there isn’t any room for him unless you take Shep off.
I would like to see Philosopher Jay made the co-host with Ray Maddow they make about the same amount of sense
@GaryD7310…
Fox already had a meeting with Dobbs very recently. As for room, I would suspect they would put him FBN near Cavuto.
GaryD7310: take Shep off!!!! He’s looking and sounding more like Keith every day!!!
This is the first time I’ve read the Cable News numbers, and they are truly unbelievable. Maybe Obama and the Liberals should consider listening to the country’s conservatives, they certainly have the rest of America listening. Again, I had no idea the Fox Shows were pulling those kind of ratings. Wow!
I am looking for historical record but I can not find any. Does anyone know if Hannity and Comes had higher viewer-ship ratings than Hannity now? I enjoyed watching H&C more than just Hannity
Furthermore, does anyone know what Colems future is on FNC
1 SG Hoffman,
Keep in mind that FNC’s viewership is 55% independents and democrats. This is from Pew Researche. So you can do the math and see that there are more Dems and Independents watching FNC than other channels have total viewers.
Carlos,
I can’t speak of Colmes future with FNC. He is on O’Reilly atleast once a week and I’m sure I’ve seen him make appearances on other shows. I did think that I liked Hannity and Colmes better than just Hannity.
Oh and Mike B created a forum for us to join to discuss alittle more freely. The people that run this site don’t want us talking to much politics, so join several of us that are already on the forum here:
http://www.voyagertrans.com/forum1/index.php
1 SG Hoffman-
Welcome!! Little late to formation, but I covered for ya
Hope you continue to post …
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@carlos
Alan Comes has a show on Fox Business Network now, if I’m not mistaking.
I could swear that I heard Beck say that he had realigned his home life and wanted to be home in the evenings with his family. I’ll bet the current time slot is fittingly fine with him.
This is a great site! Just found it through the Drudge link. One would think that Olby would have better ratings given all his exposure on NBC. The fact that his ratings, and the hysterical lesbian’s, are stuck in the mud, is a clear indication that everyone, even many libs, are tired with them.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to watch an hour of each show. Yes, they are alarmingly biased and never have anyone on with a different point of view but that is not the biggest problem. The real issue is that both are now incredibly boring. The shows are a snoozefest. Olby made himself with the libs by going after O’Reilly (who is NOT actually a conservative) and Maddow gained an audience on one issue, Gay Marriage. Now they are trapped in the box and will not survive unless they change. In an era of hope and change, perhaps that is possible. I would not bet on it.
Beck goes a little overboard for my taste but his basic points are 100% correct. They cannot be refuted. Notice how the left does not try and respond to Beck’s assertions? Nope, they try to go after him personally.
Olby is hoping he can gain ratings by doing so now that attacking O’Reilly no longer works.
GO GLENN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t look now, but MSNBC and Obermann keep moving on up, overtaking CNN now and over a million viewers…your far righters keep on with your little club. Little by little as MSNBC keeps considating it’s viewers it is catching dear ol’ right wing Fox…to go along with the ever dropping GOP self identified voters, which now stands at its lowest ratings in 26 years at 20%.
I hate to burst your bubble Charlie Tpa, but they have a long way to go to overtake Fox, and if you would do a little research for YOURSELF, then you would know that over half the viewers on Fox are Dems or Independants. That blows your little theory there, so sorry. And by the way, I’m an avid Fox watcher and I’m an independant. We should all be united against the hypocrisy of Capital Hill instead of fighting amongst ourselves. Fox helps to unite not divide.
Yea I can hardly wait for the elections in 2010 and all those crybabys at cnn and msnbc and the rest of msm. CNN is a white house operation with wolf bitzer and campbell brown terrible