Reader MikeS has once again graciously updated his 8pm Cable News ratings charts.

Long Term Trend of O’Reilly vs. Olbermann vs. Campbell Brown TV Ratings:

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CNN’s fourth place primetime finish during Tuesday’s off year election could perhaps be explained away because “nobody cared about it, but the Ft. Hood murders yesterday were the kind of big event that would typically send casual news viewers flocking to CNN. However, as the Ft. Hood news was unfolding, CNN found itself in a distant second place in the ratings.

Here’s a 3pm-12am time period slice of the data we don’t normally see:

3PM-12AM
FNC: 3,039,000 in P2+ (837,000 in 25-54)
CNN: 1,576,000 in P2+ (471,000 in 25-54)
MSNBC: 820,000 in P2+ (248,000 in 25-54)
HLN: 428,000 in P2+ (177,000 in 25-54)

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Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for November 4, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,428,000 viewers
CNN – 413,000 viewers
MSNBC –336,000 viewers
CNBC – 214,000 viewers
HLN –321,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,635,000 viewers
CNN – 550,000 viewers
MSNBC –759,000 viewers
CNBC – 173,000 viewers
HLN –536,000 viewers

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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

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for whatever reason, we didn’t get our normal cable news data ratings for yesterday yet, and I’m guessing we won’t see it until tomorrow.  We need a better backup strategy!

Better late than never. Our regular cable news ratings data for Tuesday, November 3 has arrived.

In the meanwhile you can find the night’s results on TV Newser and the original TV Newser, Brian Stelter has a write-up on NYTimes.com:

The cable channels each added hours of live coverage to their schedules; CNN declared it to be “Election Night in America.” But for all the ballyhoo, only Fox News showed significant ratings gains.

Mr. O’Reilly added more than a million viewers, but the biggest gains came later in the evening, as votes were counted and the Republican candidates for governor, Robert F. McDonnell in Virginia and Christopher J. Christie in New Jersey, delivered victory speeches.

The conservative commentator Sean Hannity, whose 9 p.m. program averages 2.5 million viewers, had 4.2 million viewers on Tuesday. Greta Van Susteren, the 10 p.m. anchor, had 3.7 million viewers, up from an average of 2 million this year.

An extra hour of election coverage at 11 p.m., with the Washington anchor Bret Baier, drew 2.6 million viewers, up from the time period’s average of 1.5 million.

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for November 2, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,316,000 viewers
CNN – 462,000 viewers
MSNBC –354,000 viewers
CNBC – 209,000 viewers
HLN –302,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,219,000viewers
CNN— 467,000 viewers
MSNBC –790,000 viewers
CNBC – 143,000 viewers
HLN – 462,000 viewers

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Live + Same Day Weekend Ratings

Cable News Ratings October 31, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 860,000 viewers
CNN – 497,000 viewers
MSNBC – 335,000 viewers
CNBC – 220,000 viewers
HLN – 274,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC –1,165,000 viewers
CNN – 598,000 viewers
MSNBC –459,000 viewers
CNBC – 304,000 viewers
HLN – 272,000 viewers

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Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 30, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,268,000 viewers
CNN – 457,000 viewers
MSNBC –394,000 viewers
CNBC – 180,000 viewers
HLN –288,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,200,000viewers
CNN— 563,000 viewers
MSNBC –793,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/104,000 viewers
HLN – 459,000 viewers

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