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Parker Spitzer Debuts In Fourth Place, Behind FNC, MSNBC And HLN (Update)

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There’s no other way to spin this – Parker Spitzer did not perform well last night.

The program finished #4 at 8pmET, behind Fox News and MSNBC (unsurprisingly) but also behind HLN. Here are more details.

Parker Spitzer finished 4th in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. It also lost viewers from the lead-in at 7pmET, John King USA, in total viewers.

We have more on this coming, for now, here’s what 8pmET looked like on Parker Spitzer night 1:

FNC: 3,112,000 (722,000 in 25-54)

MSNBC: 1,115,000 (329,000 in 25-54)

HLN: 468,000 (149,000 in 25-54)

CNN: 454,000 (118,000 in 25-54)

> Update: Parker Spitzer did improve on the lead-in in the demo, and was up week-to-week in demo as well. A CNN spokesperson tells Mediaite: “We are pleased with the quality of the show and over time we think viewers will be drawn to the more thoughtful discussion and lively debate that Kathleen and Eliot have to offer.”

When I asked Spitzer about ratings last week, he said, “It takes time for most successful shows to build an audience. There will be interest from the beginning, and we hope to entice some of those people to stick around. We also know these things do not happen overnight.” Well…

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

585

Blitzer

100

Matthews

160

Showbiz

48

6 pm Baier

420

Blitzer

125

Ed Show

205

Prime

77

7 pm Shep

517

King, USA

101

Matthews

235

Issues

118

8 pm O’Reilly

722

ParkerSpitzer

118

Olbermann

329

Grace

149

9 pm Hannity

549

King

187

Maddow

279

Behar

93

10 pm Greta

486

Cooper

176

O’Donnell

260

Grace

108

11 pm O’Reilly

527

Cooper

130

Olbermann

194

Showbiz

125

TOTAL DAY 331 99 147 108
PRIME TIME 586 160 289 113
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

2269

Blitzer

432

Matthews

625

Showbiz

136

6 pm Baier

2049

Blitzer

463

Ed Show

845

Prime

219

7 pm Shep

2026

King, USA

471

Matthews

773

Issues

338

8 pm O’Reilly

3112

ParkerSpitzer

454

Olbermann

1115

Grace

468

9 pm Hannity

2086

King

543

Maddow

854

Behar

286

10 pm Greta

1791

Cooper

512

O’Donnell

887

Grace

255

11 pm O’Reilly

1518

Cooper

366

Olbermann

542

Showbiz

293

TOTAL DAY 1241 361 451 242
PRIME TIME 2334 503 952 325
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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  • right-is-wrong

    It will change.

  • Lurker

    Those #’s for a debut show are dreadful.

    It’s DOA

    Idiot Klein went all out and got Spitzer, why didn’t he just go get Coulter instead of RINO Palin hater Parker?

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Haha…this makes O’Donnell’s 2nd place debut week numbers look pretty damn good!

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Do the ratings measure hookers as a separate demographic? I bet he cleaned up there with old friends checking in to see how he’s doing.

  • Doughboy

    Maybe next time CNN should hire an actual conservative.

  • Rogue-Comic

    Lurker said:
    Idiot Klein went all out and got Spitzer, why didn’t he just go get Coulter instead of RINO Palin hater Parker?

    Isn’t it obvious?

  • SnowSoul

    Failed show? Problem solved! Have all of Spitzer’s old whores on the show. Have them give tips on how to be a politician(or general scum), use their service, and not get caught!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Soya/1088592828 Shawn Soya

    WOW!
    They really should have left Campbell Brown in the timeslot and worked on her show.

    This is very bad.

  • TfT

    Too bad; back to the drawing board.

    Look at O’Reilly’s numbers – he beat them combined with room to spare in both categories.

    A failed disgraced democrat governor and a fake conservative aren’t going to help CNN – I wonder how long it will take them to realize that? Attacking Palin just doesn’t cut it anymore Kathleen – time to grow up.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Tell me what viewers are going to leave the other shows for this trash?

    If they want viewers they should have Ann Coulter and Oliver North. They wouldn’t do it for CNN but they could ask. These two could counter all the libs on the network. The show could be called, “The Truth and Nothing But the Truth.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

    Wow. For a premiere show, that’s horrendous. I was thinking they *might* be able to eke out a lead over Countdown in the premiere week, because of people watching out of curiosity and because Eliot Spitzer’s a big name. Yeah, no dice.

    Something tells me Ken Jautz is gonna be buying the rounds this weekend.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge

    Why would anyone want to watch yet another show where left wing liberals spout their ill informed opinions as fact?

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    GET TO STEPPIN, libs!!!11 FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News) once again ROLLS OVER your pathetic propaganda with the STEAMROLLER of Fair and Balancedness!!!!111 WAY TO GO guys!!!11

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    gordonbloyershow said:
    If they want viewers they should have Ann Coulter and Oliver North. They wouldn’t do it for CNN but they could ask. These two could counter all the libs on the network. The show could be called, “The Truth and Nothing But the Truth.

    YES!!!!11 Ollie North is a True American Hero, and no one knows more about the TRUTH than someone who was involved in the so-called “Iran Contra Affair”!!!!111 He did GREAT THINGS for America by supporting the BRAVE REBELS (just like we did in Afghanistan!!!11) and selling arms to our ALLIES in the Middle East (I forget what country they were but I bet we are AWESOME FRIENDS in the WAR ON TERROR(tm) now!!!1)!!!1

  • Lurker

    ^

    OMG! This idiot is still doing his lame Colbert schtick?

  • Cancon2

    As I said before, these numbers prove it!!!! Literally, no one cares!!!

    2 HACKS, KNOWN TO NOBODY.

    They could draw more people with a constant repeat of Wolf getting his beard trimmed every night.

    In fact , they are trying that this Friday!!!

    Yup, the build up was crazy, people were seen on the street, shouting at each other about how much they needed to see and hear more…. Ofcourse, they were also wearing next to nothing and pushing shopping carts, but still.

  • right-is-wrong

    Karl Spensen said:
    YES!!!!11 Ollie North is a True American Hero, and no one knows more about the TRUTH than someone who was involved in the so-called “Iran Contra Affair”!!!!111 He did GREAT THINGS for America by supporting the BRAVE REBELS (just like we did in Afghanistan!!!11) and selling arms to our ALLIES in the Middle East (I forget what country they were but I bet we are AWESOME FRIENDS in the WAR ON TERROR(tm) now!!!1)!!!1

    I was just going to say the same thing.
    Good thing FOX snapped up Oliver.
    Keep up the Good work Karl, your numbers here are going up daily!!!!!11@

  • right-is-wrong

    Cancon2 said:
    As I said before, these numbers prove it!!!! Literally, no one cares!!!

    2 HACKS, KNOWN TO NOBODY.

    They could draw more people with a constant repeat of Wolf getting his beard trimmed every night.

    In fact , they are trying that this Friday!!!

    Yup, the build up was crazy, people were seen on the street, shouting at each other about how much they needed to see and hear more…. Ofcourse, they were also wearing next to nothing and pushing shopping carts, but still.

    Any relation to Cancon1?

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Karl Spensen said:
    GET TO STEPPIN, libs!!!11 FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News) once again ROLLS OVER your pathetic propaganda with the STEAMROLLER of Fair and Balancedness!!!!111 WAY TO GO guys!!!11

    Completely unfunny. And what is the deal with the repetitive 111s all the time?

  • Cancon2

    Cancon1 got axed! , he cancelled his ISP and had to be rebooted.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    AnonymousFinch said:
    Completely unfunny. And what is the deal with the repetitive 111s all the time?

    I know what it is!!!11 You elitist, egghead RINOS who think you’re the second coming of William F. Buckley HATE me!!!11 WHY, you might ask?!?!11 Because you KNOW that people like ME are the true voice of our Movement!!!11 That the ENGINE of Modern Conservatism is FUELED by those of us who are PASSIONATE enough to tell the TRUTH about our Kenyan Muslin ACORN community organizer Black Panther Chicago-style union thug Communist Fascist Marxist “PRESIDENT”!!!!!111

    You may think you’re all high and mighty and live in a FANTASY WORLD where overeducated “intellectuals” like yourself have ANYTHING to do with taking back our Once Proud Republic, but I am here to REMIND you that we are the NOT SO SILENT MAJORITY and WE control the agenda!!!11 Take your petty jealousies and go back to the LIBRARY!!!!111

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Keep up the good work Karl.
    It’s hilarious observing the thin line between your satire and the actual thought processes of people like Gordo and Latin.

    <3

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    The more this place starts to look like the comments section of FOXNATION.COM, the HAPPIER I am!!!!!!111

  • Ted-

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Tell me what viewers are going to leave the other shows for this trash?

    If they want viewers they should have Ann Coulter and Oliver North. They wouldn’t do it for CNN but they could ask. These two could counter all the libs on the network. The show could be called, “The Truth and Nothing But the Truth.

    Basil – I suggest viewers tune in to the Gordon Bloyer Show. Whatever that is. I’d watch it if I could only find it.

  • Dsiscokid

    Karl Spensen says:
    October 5, 2010 at 6:12 pm Karl Spensen(Quote)
    2 0
    The more this place starts to look like the comments section of FOXNATION.COM, the HAPPIER I am!!!!!!111

    Where is your “compassion”, Karl? Your “intolerance” is not very “diverse”. I will report your “hate speech” to Organizing For America. My President Barack Obama (THE GREATEST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNIVERSE) will show you tea bagging Klansmen what a “teachable moment” is all about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111111111111111111

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    OOooooh

    Dsiscokid said:
    Where is your “compassion”, Karl? Your “intolerance” is not very “diverse”. I will report your “hate speech” to Organizing For America.

    YES YES YES!!1111 Ooooohh I hate all those PC lib phrases!!!!111 You forgot “EMPATHY”!!!111 Go over to the Foxnation.com comments section – you won’t see any of those NASTY WORDS there!!!111 Just good old fasioned RIGHTEOUS ANGER, CAPITALIZATION, not-so-thinly veiled racism/homophobia, and EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!11 Exactly the kind of words that our Movement to Take Back our Once Proud Republic are BUILT ON, not pansy-ass stuff like “compassion” and “tolerance”!!!111 Leave that crap to the BIBLE!!!11 (the pussy New Testament, not the ASS-KICKING Old one!!!111)!!!1

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    For once, Spitzer came last.

  • Dsiscokid

    If the Daily Kos doesn’t prove it, it is simply not true. Those “ratings” things mean nothing. Why would anyone watch anything on “Faux Noise”? Why am I even commenting on this site? The Huffington Post is A LOT more “accurate” and “objective”. Plus I earn patches and badges and I can get “fanned” by my fellow “open-minded” citizens of the “NEW WORLD ORDER”.What to do, what to do? Should I go to Daily Kos after I submit this comment? Or Media Matters? HuffPo? I cannot wait until “my girl” Rachel Maddow comes on tonight!!!!1111111 Get ‘em, “girl”!!!!!!!!111111111111

  • Bania

    Karl Spensen said:
    EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!11

    THAT “S GOLD kArL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!222222 GOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!2222

  • Dsiscokid

    Oh Karl, if only you were more “evolved”. You “people” in the hinderlands of “the South”…….

  • Arkansas Steve

    POSTED YESTERDAY BEFORE THIS STORY CAME OUT

    The opening show was decent, occasionally good.

    But don’t kid yourselves, Parker is NOT a serious conservative. There were multiple opportunities for her to confront liberal/progressive comments, but she just smiled and remained silent. What I see here is a show with a passive “conservative?” and a highly liberal guy who probably will get louder as time passes.

    Ultimately, this show is doomed to fail. Viewers will never tune in to see the hosts. They will occasionally tune in if they have particularly interesting guests on any given evening. Kind of like we’ve been doing with Larry King for quite a while. That didn’t draw much audience, did it.

  • Dsiscokid

    My “Hyphenated- American Humanities Studies” “Professor” at Harvard warned us about you “people”, Karl. I’m willing to place a “Gentleman’s wager” on the fact that “Neanderthals” such as yourself believe that Professional Wrestling is real. BTW-I regret to inform you, SIR, that Ronald Reagan CANNOT run for President again.

  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    They should have teamed up Spitzer with Heidi Fleiss for a fair and balanced view on the issues.

  • juan

    Pathetic ratings and Pathetic duo for Client Number Nine (CNN)!

  • juan

    Dsiscokid said:
    If the Daily Kos doesn’t prove it, it is simply not true. Those “ratings” things mean nothing. Why would anyone watch anything on “Faux Noise”? Why am I even commenting on this site? The Huffington Post is A LOT more “accurate” and “objective”. Plus I earn patches and badges and I can get “fanned” by my fellow “open-minded” citizens of the “NEW WORLD ORDER”.What to do, what to do? Should I go to Daily Kos after I submit this comment? Or Media Matters? HuffPo? I cannot wait until “my girl” Rachel Maddow comes on tonight!!!!1111111 Get ‘em, “girl”!!!!!!!!111111111111

    Whatever, you’re losing and losing it!

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Karl Spensen said:
    YES!!!!11 Ollie North is a True American Hero, and no one knows more about the TRUTH than someone who was involved in the so-called “Iran Contra Affair”!!!!111 He did GREAT THINGS for America by supporting the BRAVE REBELS (just like we did in Afghanistan!!!11) and selling arms to our ALLIES in the Middle East (I forget what country they were but I bet we are AWESOME FRIENDS in the WAR ON TERROR(tm) now!!!1)!!!1

    Karl (or whatever your real name is), your posts are the moral equivalent of masturbation: the only person you’re pleasing is yourself.

  • felixw

    Ooooh, Spitzer destroyed by O’Reilly by a 7-to-1 margin. Obviously not enough call girls tuning into cable at 8 PM.

  • Sunnyr

    Wow, CNN is really sliding downhill and with programming like these two morons and their drivel will send it over the edge. Sayonara, CNN.

  • Robert Says

    This show is simply awful!
    Who the hell wants to look at Spitzer every night knowing what an adulterous sleeze he was?

    I mean, the guy looks awful with his skeletol face, receding hairline etc. Do viewers want this at dinner time?
    This programming is really grabbing at straws! I mean the guy is NOT bright!

    Why not ask a guy like Harold Ford, Jr. from Tennessee to do an intelligent news-oriented show?
    This guy would draw viewers! He’s not brash and in-your-face like Hannity; nor pompous as Olbermann is!

  • Phocus2

    Krakauer opens this piece with “There’s no other way to spin this – Parker Spitzer did not perform well last night.”
    What’s missing is the rest of the line…and it was “and believe me, I tried to find a way to spin this.”

    Krakauer was forced to face the fact that you can’t pick up a turd by the clean end. People are waking up to what FOX viewers have known for a very long time…smile.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Ted- said:
    Basil – I suggest viewers tune in to the Gordon Bloyer Show. Whatever that is. I’d watch it if I could only find it.

    Poor Ted, you don’t have to find it. Here it is for you……………………My latest video……….Obama Saved the USA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yp2vftSKjQ

  • BobHahn

    What are they thinking over at CNN? Unless they go out and hire avowed Marxists, they cannot out-left the lefties at MSNBC. So why start a new show with two consecutive nights of Hollywood liberals bashing Sarah Palin? What can that do except position the show as trying to appeal to very partisan liberals? Do they think they can out-Olbermann Olbermann? That’s nuts. Fair-minded people who were hoping for a middle-of-the-road alternative to Fox and MSNBC have just seen two shows that tell them that they need not ever watch again. If the guest booking isn’t deliberate sabotage, then it’s unbelievably stupid.

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