Posted on 02 November 2009 by Robert Seidman
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 29, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,323,000 viewers
CNN – 440,000 viewers
MSNBC –382,000 viewers
CNBC – 182,000 viewers
HLN –315,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time Read the full story
FNC – 2,325,000viewers
CNN— 570,000 viewers
MSNBC –810,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/124,000 viewers
HLN – 616,000 viewers
Posted on 01 November 2009 by Bill Gorman
Glenn Beck vs. The Combined Competition TV Ratings Since He Moved To Fox News: Read the full story
Posted on 31 October 2009 by Bill Gorman
We didn’t get the daily cable news ratings for October 28, but reader MikeS did, and here are his latest charts. Note: I think he did forget to update the title of the first chart.
Long Term Trend of O’Reilly vs. Olbermann vs. Campbell Brown TV Ratings:
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Posted on 29 October 2009 by Bill Gorman
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 28, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,375,000 viewers
CNN – 494,000 viewers
MSNBC –388,000 viewers
CNBC – 180,000 viewers
HLN –330,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time Read the full story
FNC – 2,443,000viewers
CNN— 628,000 viewers
MSNBC –863,000 viewers
CNBC – 199,000 viewers
HLN – 628,000 viewers
Posted on 29 October 2009 by Bill Gorman
Since late 2005, the broadcast (ABC, NBC, CBS) evening news shows are all down, while Fox News, MSNBC, and Headline News are up. CNN and CNBC are effectively flat.
Note that the two tables aren’t apples to apples. The broadcast chart measures a 30 minute period each night and the cable network chart measures a 6 hour period.
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Posted on 28 October 2009 by Bill Gorman
We’ve had lots of cable news charts on the site recently showing dramatic declines for both individual cable news show and cable news network ratings as a whole compared to their October 2008 election period. Many have asked about a comparison of Fox’s results with those of CNN and MSNBC, and reader MikeS has come through again, compiling the charts below showing the relative audience for each network compared to its October 2008 average for both adults 25-54 and average viewers.
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Posted on 28 October 2009 by Bill Gorman
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 27, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,439,000 viewers
CNN – 451,000 viewers
MSNBC –445,000 viewers
CNBC – 183,000 viewers
HLN –359,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time Read the full story
FNC – 2,819,000viewers
CNN— 621,000 viewers
MSNBC –1,026,000 viewers
CNBC – 232,000 viewers
HLN – 677,000 viewers
Posted on 28 October 2009 by Robert Seidman
Lost in a lot of the political chatter that goes on whether it’s the White House vs. Fox News or MSNBC vs. CNN is that regardless of the ratings, all of the news networks are making money. Whether they’re all optimized for making the most money they could make is, of course, a different matter.
But when you hear that MSNBC is slowing its search for a host of a new show at 10pm because it’s pleased with the ratings Keith Olbermann’s show is getting in reruns at 10pm, you get the idea they’re not exactly under the gun about current ratings performance.
