Fox News Dominates Obama Address Coverage, MSNBC #2 In Prime Time

by Steve Krakauer | 7:01 pm, September 10th, 2009

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Cable news ratings, September 9, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News had the top ratings last night for Pres. Obama’s address to Congress. FNC beat CNN and MSNBC combined in total viewers during prime time. MSNBC topped CNN in prime time in the A25-54 demographic.

• Bill O’Reilly’s delayed O’Reilly Factor, beginning around 9:20pmET, was the top rated cable news program. It had even higher ratings than the Pres. Obama address.

• CNN ranked #2 during the actual speech, but when it came to analysis after, MSNBC moved up to 2nd in both categories.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

704

Blitzer

133

Matthews

134

Prime

117

6 pm

Baier

483

Blitzer

138

EdShow

133

Prime

7 pm

Shep

534

Dobbs

196

Matthews

322

Issues

166

8 pm

Presidential Address

1260

Presidential Address

1056

Presidential Address

852

Grace

284

9 pm

O’Reilly

1467

King

726

Olbermann

812

Issues

260

10 pm

Hannity Special

1095

Cooper

408

Maddow

611

Grace

254

11 pm

Greta

872

Analysis

275

Ed Show

340

Showbiz

225

TOTAL DAY

542

285

240

161

PRIME TIME

1290

734

791

264

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

2829

Blitzer

648

Matthews

520

Prime

258

6 pm

Baier

2295

Blitzer

552

EdShow

508

Prime

269

7 pm

Shep

2170

Dobbs

739

Matthews

877

Issues

399

8 pm

Presidential Address

4424

Presidential Address

2696

Presidential Address

2449

Grace

784

9 pm

O’Reilly

5129

King

2189

Olbermann

2304

Issues

555

10 pm

Hannity Special

3499

Cooper

1226

Maddow

1742

Grace

589

11 pm

Greta

2318

Analysis

1148

Ed Show

1035

Showbiz

476

TOTAL DAY

1943

839

723

344

PRIME TIME

4450

2044

2237

632

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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4 comments

sarainitaly says:

September 11, 2009 at 6:45 am

That’s pretty hilarious considering all the wining Gibbs and Obama did about FOX not covering the speech.

Why was it so hard for them to comprehend that FOX has two channels – one for news and one for entertainment? They need to give BOTH stations to the WH? That was so stupid.

TfT says:

September 11, 2009 at 7:09 am

What is truly amazing is the downfall of CNN. When MSNBC beats them in prime time on a major news night, then one would think a shakeup at CNN would be imminent. They have lost the bubble big time.

CNN – the most trusted name in news? No more. When will someone, anyone be fired?

TfT says:

September 11, 2009 at 9:06 am

PS: Tweets like this from Roland Martin don’t help CNN:

“And check me out at the top of the hour on CNN’s AC360. I’ll be discussing Rep. Joe Wilson w/Candy Crowley and a teabagger.”

tjl says:

September 11, 2009 at 11:28 am

@sarainitaly – it’s the same reason that you can’t seem to comprehend that Fox DOES NOT have a NEWS channel. It’s an entertainment and propaganda channel. That simple! How’s the weather in Italy, by the way?

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