Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for November 3, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,672,000 viewers
CNN – 515,000 viewers
MSNBC –401,000 viewers
CNBC – 178,000 viewers
HLN –394,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 4,043,000 viewers
CNN – 826,000 viewers
MSNBC –974,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/99,000 viewers
HLN –842,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –448,000 viewers
CNN –127,000 viewers
MSNBC –122,000 viewers
CNBC – 56,000 viewers
HLN- 202,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 1,130,000 viewers
CNN – 227,000 viewers
MSNBC –308,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/41,000 viewers
HLN – 341,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 813,000 viewers
CNN – 224,000 viewers
MSNBC – 195,000 viewers
CNBC – 94,000 viewers
HLN – 221,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,923,000 viewers
CNN – 374,000 viewers
MSNBC –465,000 viewers
CNBC – 53,000 viewers
HLN –414,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 1,052,000 viewers (419,000) (676,000)
American Morning- 376,000 viewers (129,000) (204,000)
Morning Joe- 279,000 viewers (94,000) (177,000)
Squawk Box- 169,000 viewers (62,000) (101,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 329,000 viewers (251,000) (239,000)
5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,936,000 viewers (711,000) (1,393,000)
Situation Room—620,000 viewers (88,000) (180,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—640,000 viewers (201,000) (302,000)
Fast Money—233,000 viewers (a scratch w/45,000) (115,000)
Prime News–363,000 viewers (145,000) (247,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,582,000 viewers (576,000) (1,115,000)
Situation Room—560,000 viewers (81,000) (195,000)
Ed Show—520,000 viewers (129,000) (226,000)
Mad Money —180,000 viewers (a scratch w/45,000) (81,000)
Prime News — 452,000 viewers (234,000) (263,000)
7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –2,841,000 viewers (720,000) (1,344,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—700,000 viewers (140,000) (268,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—733,000 viewers (209,000) (369,000)
Kudlow Report — 161,000 viewers (54,000) (79,000)
Issues– 668,000 viewers (241,000) (373,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 4,165,000 viewers (1,109,000) (1,867,000)
Campbell Brown – 727,000 viewers (199,000) (311,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,119,000 viewers (293,000) (523,000)
Your Money Your Vote – a scratch w/122,000 viewers (a scratch w/36,000) (77,000)
Nancy Grace – 1,211,000 viewers (416,000) (577,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –4,224,000 viewers (1,200,000) (2,055,000)
Larry King Live —919,000 viewers (236,000) (392,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —1,022,000 viewers (337,000) (492,000)
Executive Vision 1– a scratch w/42,000 viewers (a scratch w/13,000) (a scratch w/21,000)
Joy Behar- 609,000 viewers (262,000) (311,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —3,720,000 viewers (1,067,000) (1,833,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 830,000 viewers (247,000) (419,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 777,000 viewers (295,000) (382,000)
Scam Century: Punishment – 133,000 viewers (73,000) (61,000)
Nancy Grace –757,000 viewers (361,000) (374,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
America’s Election HQ —2,636,000 viewers (841,000) (1,414,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 736,000 viewers (225,000) (377,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —514,000 viewers (163,000) (239,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/89,000 viewers (a scratch w/33,000) (a scratch w/34,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 516,000 viewers (256,000) (296,000)
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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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Hannity did better than The O’reilly Factor and Glenn Beck.
The folks at Media Matters must be throwing a hissy fit as we speak and demanding a revision of the word “huge”.
oreilly just lost his record for number 1 cable news show go hannity
You know, Fox News vs. everyone else is starting to feel like a daily replay of Secretariat winning the Triple Crown — especially the 31-length victory at Belmont.
carl, actually there was one day where Glenn Beck beat The O’reilly Factor.
WITH THE CNN FORMAT OF FAILURE SEEMINGLY OK WITH THE NETWORK’S PROPGRAMMING BOSS, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN MY CB RADIO WILL HAVE MORE OF A FOLLOWING !
MSNBC APPARENTLY HAS A SIMILAR CORPORATE BIAS OF LET’S KEEP DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME UNATTRACTIVE LEFTY COMMENTATORS AND MAYBE WE CAN BECOME ANOTHER PATHETIC FAILURE LIKE CNN.
FOX SHOULD SEND GIFTS TO THESE PROGRAMMERS AT CNN AND MSNBC THANKING THEM FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
THE OLD AXION OF IF YOU DON’T DO A GOOD JOB AND ARE NOT COMPETITIVE YOUR FIRED DOESN’T SEEM TO APPLY TO THE AIR STAFF OF MSNBC OR CNN.
WOW!! Way to go FOX NEWS, what numbers, can only laugh at CNN and MSPMS how lousy their numbers are for an election night, how can the person in charge put up with such lousy numbers?
Do People even know that CNBC exists?? LOL! They should replace Campbell Brown with the Hottie Robin Meade.
Is Fox Business Channel still around?
when will stossel come to fox news the line up should
be
beck 5
bair 6
stossel 7
oreilly 8
hannity 9
greta 10
shep smith 11
red eye 12
that is ratings gold
I do not know why CNBC is included in comparisons. This channels is mostly Wall Street and day traders. Weather is also news but you do not include weather channel in these charts.
i think what really puts fox above the rest is the passion of their commentators they deliver an opinion and don’t treat you like an idiot for disagreeing also the ascetics the they offer very pleasing colors msnbc is too bright and futuristic and cnn is too old and bland
Isnt the Weather Channel now owned by NBC?
Ha!
Something to consider, when a news story of the importance of balloon boy comes along, CNN has a surge, when it comes to a more non-news event such as an election, FOX rules!
Wow, my post was deleted. I guess I broke some rule in not joining the praise faux news parade. It wasn’t even an insulting post, no profanity. Interesting. Didn’t realize TVBTN was such an anti-free speech, little tent type of site. Fits right in with the beck and hanntiy praise-a-thon, tho. Didn’t mean to disrupt the echo chamber with a contrary opinion…
It’s ok to be late with the numbers. We already knew the outcome….Foxnews then …blah…blah….blah..:-)
RE: Isnt the Weather Channel now owned by NBC?
Yep, they bought it last year (2008) and promptly started changing things, including staff reductions and adding “weather related movies” (in fact, TVBTN had a post about it somewhere recently):
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/the-weather-channel-to-begin-airing-feature-films/31174
Just FYI
no olbermann tonite–they will say he is visiting his father or that he is at the world series but after last nites walkout it is obvious he is pouting because of the GOP’s success and his getting clobbered even worse than usual by Fox.
MSNBC will never get rid of Olberman or Maddow because GE owns them and the government owns GE and both are hardcore Obama supporters. I’m sure if Glenn dug really deep he would find that Obama is financially subsidizing MSNBC for the lost of ratings as long as they still worship him the way they do.
If you look at all the TV Personalites on all the cable channels, if you were to stand them all together, which network’s Personalities are more fun to watch, have more charactor and most of all, more honest? You have Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity and Greta, no wonder Fox kicks butt, honestly, can Madcow, Oberbite and Matthews really compete with that? No way, and what about CNN, that is like watching paint dry.
garyd i believe beck already looked into that i believe ge received bailout funds and their set to make the most profit off this climate change hysteria obama is pushing
I heard Lou Dobbs may be coming to FOX as well. Think about all the defectors of these controlling left-wing media channels. Greta came from CNN to FOX. Glenn left CNN for FOX. Don Imus is on Fox Business now. John Stossel left ABC for FOX. OReilly came from ABC. Britt Hume came from ABC. I attribute all of this to the same reason they have said in the past that every other country hates the U.S. They never hated the U.S.; that’s just what the media said. They were jealous of us, no doubt, with our Republic of individual liberties. I guess you could call it ‘country envy.’ Kind of like how the mainstream media tries to keep the ‘Rich vs. Poor’, and ‘Left vs. Right’ beef in their favor. It all seems to add up. And we have had enough of it. Other countries DEPEND on us to succeed! They are as nervous now as we are. We have let our freedoms slip away bit by bit for the last 100 years. And media has aided that.
But now, the voices of common sense are taking hold. And in the media world, they are only taking hold at FOX. Journalists at other networks are no longer going to have their fair words twisted into a bias for a progressive agenda toward a socialistic country. Some still honor the journalistic creed, and are uncomfortable appeasing an agenda. Hence, the transition to FOX. And for the opinion programs…FOX has it’s own opinion programs, and they are noted as such. The other mainstream networks have their NEWS programs transformed into nothing more than propaganda! And they will fail.
The only thing left is what might be inevitable. A government bailout of the Fascist news media. It’s on the horizon. Be ready. Reasonable people will be. One thing you can count on in government, is if they try to bail it out, it will be to their advantage. If they side with it, it can’t be good for the American people. And if they attack it, they are attacking you…..If not personally, it soon will be in one form or another.
God Bless America, the Founding Fathers and their vision, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Freedom.
Fox news dominates because they back the truth with audio, video, and hard facts. That’s the fact jack!
This is just sad. Fox gets over 4 million in prime time – doubling there usual numbers while the other networks can’t even break a million.
Also, I know this has nothing to do with ratings, but did anyone see
Olbermann’s face when Bob Mcdonnell won in a landslide. LOL. I think I saw a tear.
JC, I refuse to watch Oberbite, I can’t even watch Football Night in America before the kickoff because he is on there. Funny how the NFL won’t let Rush buy a team, yet they put Oberbite on NFL Football ever Sunday Night and he is the one who is hateful and plain right sick.
I guess this means that as more people are disappointed by Obama, more people will turn to Fox News…
Consider West Coast is 3 hours behind, a better line up should be:
Shep Smith 5ET/2PT
Bair 6ET/3PT
Stossel 7ET/4PT (West Coast may need to DVR)
Oreilly 8ET/5PT
Glenn Beck 9ET/6PT
Hannity 10ET/7PT
Greta 11ET/8PT
Re-run:
Oreilly 12ET/9PT
Glenn Beck 1ET/10PT
Hannity 2ET/11PT
Red Eye 3ET/12PT
That will be awesome!But you may want to “DVR”, too many good shows and you don’t want to miss any of them.
Carl………I think>>>>>
Baier 5
Beck 6
oreilly 7
hannity 8
greta 9
stossel 10
red eye 12
FOX # 1
These numbers are astonishing. I guess the Obama administration attacks did not have the intended effect, or perhaps backfired.
The numbers don’t lie. More people are watching FOX news than ever before. Not only are they reporting on what is really happening behind the scenes, they are engaging and fun to watch. Nice work!
“In 2007, [CNBC] was ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U.S., worth roughly $4 billion.”
Why??
ZOMG! 1.3% of Americans tuned in to Fox “news” to watch the Democrats actually gain further control of Congress with a win in a district that has not seen a donkey since the Civil War.
Very impressive.
On a side note, shouldn’t the numbers for Entertainment Tonight and TMZ be thrown in for comparison? I think it is somewhat disingenuous to not include the other entertainment channels in the ratings breakdown…
Civilwar the only reason a Third Party Candidate didn’t win was because the republican dropped out and endorsed the democrat. Also some people voted for her (dont ask me why it doesn’t make sense) ans splintered his votes.
By the Way the last time the Republicans swept the two Governor races was in 1993, one year later THE CONSERVATIVES TOOK THE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS. WATCH OUT BAMA WERE COMING.
Civil War
Keep Spinning buddy. Maybe America doesn’t want Obama style socialsim.
There is no need to spin. The Democrats control the White House and the Congress (with an even greater majority now.) America made its decision. It is simple as that. You guys can keep drinking your magic tea and dreaming of another day, but the cold hard facts are you guys (the 19% of Americans that admit they are Republicans) are on the outside looking in…
Does the governor of New Jersey or Virginia effect ANYTHING? Nope. Not unless you live in New Jersey or Virginia. Does another seat in Congress for the Democrats give them more leverage to pass bills that will help dig us out of the Bush Crater? Yes.
So look to the past or look to the future and believe what you want to believe. In the end, it is the now that matters and right now no one really cares what Republicans think (well, beyond the shrinking base of wingnuts and Fox “news.”)
Anyway, the partisan politics on this site has really been getting out of hand the last few weeks. It is getting to the point most independent minded people might just start avoiding TVBTN because clearly it has become a rightwing nest rather than just a place to talk about TV…
CivilWar,
Keep watching MSNBC, they love you. and their other two viewers.
Guys don’t get your comments deleted and yourself banned from commenting, by getting to into politics etc. User/contributor Mike B created a forum thats endorsed by the operators of this site for us to go talk politics on. You can find it here:
http://www.voyagertrans.com/forum1/index.php
Anyways, those numbers have to be embarassing for other networks.
WOW! That 4 mil number for O’Reilly is Astonishing.
CNBC is giving over primetime to repeats and other specials fairly soon because the numbers aren’t there in primetime. Apparently, they do much better in daytime. I would assume they’re so valuable because of the income of people who watch it.
proposed new lineup:
5pm-Shepard Smith
6pm-Baer
7pm-Beck
8pm-O’Reilly
9pm-Stossell
10pm-Hannity
11pm-Gretta
Fox business–Imus all day long
Hire Robin Meade!!!!
It’s really simple – Fox News is more entertaining. Unfortunately Americans don’t like to be informed, they like to be entertained.
Sure 20% of the country is Republican but 40% of the Country is CONSERVATIVE while only 21% of the country is liberal.
Cody, that doesn’t make much sense. Are you saying that 20% of conservatives hate republicans so much they’re democrats?
40 prcent of the country is NOT conservative.
Mike,
Here are Gallup poll results showing the number of conservatives:
PRINCETON, NJ — Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx
I think the line up should be(EST)
6pm- Special Report with Bret Baier
7pm- The Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith
8pm- The O’Reilly Factor
9pm- Glenn Beck
10pm- Hannity
11pm- On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren
Many Democrats consider themselves conservative. Right from the polling data that you stated, it shows that only 39% of democrats consider themselves liberal, although I bet if you asked a Democrat who considered themselves conservative to share thoughts about issues they felt strongly about – Republicans would consider them liberal.
While this type of polling does show what broad ideology people identify with, it does not in any way reflect how they are going to vote in the polls being the self identification of a person as conservative is subjective, unlike party identification (where Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one.)
carl says:
November 4, 2009 at 8:20 pm
garyd i believe beck already looked into that i believe ge received bailout funds and their set to make the most profit off this climate change hysteria obama is pushing
TRUE….also the pay czar of Obama is cutting CEO and top execs salaries of companies that received bailout moneies…..of course, GE is NOT one of them. hmmmm, wonder why that is?!
Mike says:
November 5, 2009 at 8:15 am
It’s really simple – Fox News is more entertaining. Unfortunately Americans don’t like to be informed, they like to be entertained.
OR….americans like to be entertained while being informed. Whereas on the other cable news stations they arent getting either. Boring, unattractive, left wing nuts who are just spreading socialist, liberal agendas. Im actually STUNNED that they get the amount of viewers listed. Didnt think that many people were drinking the “kool aid”.
The reason people watch Fox, is because they get facts, not sarcastic opinions and nasty comments. Beck= facts, Hannity has passion, but he is right. Oreilly=facts, Greta=facts and great common sense questions, Bair= straight news, Shep= straight news. The others cannot compete, it’s out of their league.
A lot of people are waking up to the NO NEWS on the other channels, even regular air channel, NBS, ABC CBS,,,,hide the facts. By poor inlaws are so lost,,, they only get regular air channels. SO sad!
Imus said this morning that his show was kicking cnbc butt in the same time slot…
Dolbermann the clown should try broadcasting sports again.
Did anybody see Overbite the other night telling Glenn Beck to go to hell on his show? Glenn Beck is laughing all the way to the bank, Overbite is one sorry looking guy, he needs to go, but the WH will keep him on MSPMS so he can keep kissing their butts.
Olbermann told Beck to go to hell. I guess he means come work for MSNBC.
I do not understand why people say that those who watch FOX are just stupid and moronic. Stupid people do not watch 24/7 news channels, they are too busy watching dumb shows on the Big three. I would speculate that those who watch FOX, as well as other cable news channels, are smart people who want to know what is going on in this world. Please do dont denigrate those of us who choose FOX, I do not denigrate you for choosing to watch MSNBC or CNN!!!
Rob, that is absolutley right. Stupid people watch trash like MTV.
People in the know watch FOX. The reason: FOX does NOT berate, belittle or demean the U.S.A., the Founding Fathers, The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution or it’s citizens. MSNBC, NBC, CNN and the like, are shills for the liberals/socialists. WE THE PEOPLE believe in free speech, even if it’s absurd and moronic. FOX is always number one, and growing because it has the facts and it tells the truth. That’s why their ratings keep growing with everyoneone who tunes in for the first time. They return, and return, and return . . .
MSNBC should be wise enough to figure out that you aren’t going to warm viewes to yourself when you insult them as they do. They think that their verbal darts are only aimed at O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck, etc., but when they demean those who watch FOX, they aren’t likely to attract them.
Most comments here are focused on prime time, so my comment may not mean anything…I stopped watching the Today show many years ago and didn’t really watch a morning program for a few years(new baby, work, etc). But I’ve been watching Fox and Friends now for a couple of years and really enjoy the show. Today especially, the crew was on board the USS New York. No other network covered the USS New York the way these guys did and I thank them for that. We should never forget.
okpatriotmom: I saw this show too. It was absolutely wonderful.
I love Fox and friends. I have satellite radio in my car (three month trial) and I get Fox news in my car!!
Wow, just a cavalcade of idiocy here.
Guys, get it straight. You watch Fox “news” because it tells you what you want to hear. It is not news, as much as you want it to be…
Even Fox “news” does not consider Fox and Friends, news. They actually sent out a press release saying what hours of the day were “news” and it was only 1/3 of their lineup.
Of course, even those “news” hours are pilfered by right wing talking points. To actually believe that what is offered as programming on Fox is intelligent and factual, is ridiculous. It is downmarket entertainment aimed at old men.
p.s. For those of you that feel belittled watching other news programs, get a GED or something for God’s sake. Maybe even read a newspaper. Is it the other networks fault that you personally need a 6th grade level readership of events to feel included? Holy frack, I feel like I am trapped in moronville around here…
CivilWar
If you don’t like FNC Don’t Watch If you don’t like this board, Go Away! If you really watch FNC you are just adding to the great numbers. BTW I thought this board was for discussing television ratings.
Wow, calling us uneducated and idiots, boy what an intelligent comment from CivilWar.
CivilWar — what a rediculous and totally immature post.
Hannity won this time slot because the more “accurate” election results started coming in for New Jersey and NY 23. Polls close at 8:00pm just when O’reilly’s show comes on. Virginia’s polls close at 7:00pm.
Keith Overbite seems like a creepy pervert. He doesn’t know how to act when good looking women are on his show. What is he starring at???
I called my cable provider, Comcast, and asked them how they categorize Fox News. They replied – “Under news channels”. All of their listings have it color coded as a news channel too. Given that this site and the Nielson company also say it is a news channel, we can quote Al Gore and say the debate is over.