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Fox News Had More Viewers In Prime Time Last Week Than CNN + MSNBC + HLN

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We’ve laid out the cable news ratings equation several times, but usually we just compared Fox News to CNN and MSNBC.

Well last week in prime time, FNC had more total viewers than CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined. Here are the details:

FNC was 3rd in prime time, with 1,752,000 viewers. MSNBC was 26th, CNN 30th and HLN 33rd for a total of 1,735,000 viewers.

Overall, USA Network was #1 with TNT #2. Here’s the full list:

- CHECK OUT THE TOTAL DAY RANKER HERE.

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  • BatBoy

    RE: Well last week in prime time, FNC had more total viewers than CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined.

    Where do you hang out Steve…it has been like this every month for the last few years…..

    I tell you what…get out of NY…come to the mountain states…you would see things much differently!

    Warning however…when people come out here to get away…they almost never go back…and for good reason!

  • BatBoy

    Better yet…move down to Douglas, AZ…buy a jeep then report to us on how there is no immigration problem, that…

    Gov Jan Brewer is making it up, that….

    The crime rate is going down, that is….

    if you are alive to tell us about it.

    I second thought…it is a rough and tumble place…much to dangerous for a NY Stone Thrower! Best if you stay home and take jabs at people and attend your “Whine and Cheezzzzeeeee” parties!

  • NORBIT Jr.

    BatBoy,

    Now, in all fairness, I do think Chris Matthews edged out SpongeBob reruns for the second week in a row!
    LOL!!

  • Moderate

    You have 3 networks competing for the liberal viewers (20% of the country) and Fox News going for the rest of the people. What else would you expect? CNN has lost it’s name recognition in the news business and has nothing left to offer.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    Ok 310 million people in the country…..1.7 watch FAUX. Divide them, multiply by 100.

    Wow a whooping 1/2 of one percentage point of all Americans watch FAUX news. Wow they really are an example of how Americans think!

  • NORBIT Jr.

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Ok 310 million people in the country…..1.7 watch FAUX. Divide them, multiply by 100. Wow a whooping 1/2 of one percentage point of all Americans watch FAUX news. Wow they really are an example of how Americans think!

    ————————————————–
    Add that to the top (5) radio stations (50 Million plus listeners), all conservative, and you’ll know why progressives will be banished from influence for the next generation – starting this November!!

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

    FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News) CONTINUES to dominate!!!!!!!11 What people don’t realize is their BRILLIANT strategy – their viewers KNOW that LIB bias lurks EVERYWHERE – from the Obama-loving networks and the SOCIOFASCIST programming of basic cable to the GODLESS PORN and SODOMY of pay cable!!1 We watch FOX NEWS and ONLY FOX NEWS, hence their DOMINATION!!!!!!111

  • TfT

    You would think the others might wake up an smell the coffee — nah, they would rather carry water for the DNC and the one.

  • CynK

    These polls are of little value. It wasn’t until I upgraded my Comcast service that I could get MSNBC. I could get Fox cable and CNN but not MSNBC, so it now costs me $20 more a month to get an opposing POV in the TV cable news chatter.

    When the cable companies level the playing field, then I will take these surveys seriously.

  • Caryson

    This news is just another data point on the trend the information graph. Nobody really cares what the government news networks and scribes at the government news papers say these days. Their viewership and circulations are waning.

    Audiences for daily news broadcast on the big 3 broadcast networks just lost another million viewers. More will defect when people slowly realize they are only being fed White House talking points and liberal points of view.

    So why is FOX News gaining viewers?

    They make it point to always provide 2 viewpoints during their hard news programming. Even on the opinion shows they try to always bring in more than one view point.

    If you have ever watched programs on CNBC such as Hardball, Rachel Maddow or Olberman, these are nothing but liberal circle jerks. They only present the same news view points you have heard on NBC, CBS and ABC.

    “People get ready, there’s a train a comin’ You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board”

    Reserve your seat this November!

  • writer

    Jackie, what is the MSNBC and CNN percentage when you take into account the entire population?

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

    YES!!!!!!!11 The ratings for network news and the circulations of major newspapers are declining because of their LIBERAL BIAS and because the Proud American Citizens of our Once Proud Republic are DESPERATELY CRYING OUT for the kind of Conservative Fair and Balanced News that only FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News) can provide!!!1 There is NO OTHER RATIONAL EXPLANATION for this!!!!1 ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!1 This theory makes the MOST SENSE!!!!1

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    writer said:
    Jackie, what is the MSNBC and CNN percentage when you take into account the entire population?

    Why do you guys always bring up CNN and MSNBC?

    Little hint for you…….they have low ratings because liberals don’t watch them either.

  • writer

    YES!!! AND PRINTING EVERYTHING IN CAPS PROVES THAT THERE IS NO LIBERAL BIAS. THAT’S WHY EVERY NETWORK GAVE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO THE BLACK PANTHER STORY. EVERYONE COVERED IT, NOT JUST FOX!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!111111

  • writer

    Jackie, why do you guys always have to figure in the entire population of the country when talking about Fox News ratings?

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    writer said:
    Jackie, why do you guys always have to figure in the entire population of the country when talking about Fox News ratings?

    Because you people always use the “AMERICA IS RIGHT WING BECAUSE FAUX HAS SUCH AWESOME RATINGS!!!” talking point.

  • writer

    I don’t believe I ever said that, Jackie. Fox gets good ratings because there are some stories the MSM refuses to cover. Like the intimidation case of the Black Panthers in front of the polling place. See how much the other networks are covering it? They’re not.

  • juan

    Thank you, FOX News.

    We appreciate your view with the majority of Americans to save our country from this Marxist, un-American President and his Radical Regime.

  • PureFreedom

    Fox reports stories the others try to hide or control what there viewers see and dont see..
    Example: Acorn and now the Black Panthers.
    These are stories of corruption and the breakdown of our basic rights as Americans.
    Smart People want to see these things not three hours of Lindsey Lohan crap on MSNBC or CNN.

  • RTB

    Caps lock, f**k ya!, you win.

    Fox aint the perfect network, but they are the best right now that news has to offer…cnn could compete but it seems like there’s no personality on that network…crack jokes, be sarcastic, live a little..if they loosend up a bit they could compete…HLN, and msnbc doesnt have a prayer right now…
    I m a fox supporter, but even i know they screw up at times, but they have a little of everything, although i d like to see a democrat/ reasonable left wing person get some air time…think that would be fair…since alan combs left there’s nothing

  • Nachi

    Indicative of the Murcuhn mind. Shallow. Empty. Stupid. Senseless. Always.

  • murf

    This is money .. Time to tweet Olbermann ! …

  • LA screenwriter

    >> Jackie Treehorn: “Ok 310 million people in the country…..1.7 watch FAUX. Divide them, multiply by 100. Wow, a whooping 1/2 of one percentage point of all Americans watch FAUX news. Wow, they really are an example of how Americans think!”

    Wow, what a shock.
    Jackie once again using the most IDIOTIC liberal logic around.

    Simply because — in any true mathematical analysis — you’d have to apply the SAME division in an EQUAL manner. Therefore, we’d have to take that same 310 million sampling of people in the country and divide them up per the viewership of Left-leaning stations like MSNBC or CNN TOO — at which point the end number would come up even LESS.

    Which is when the snickering comes in. Because that’s when morons like Jackie then want to equate that FAR LESSER number as a sure sign that MORE of America agrees with them. Go figure that kind of ass-backwards logic and math!

  • MichelleF

    Jackie,
    The fact is Conservatives make up 40% the country, while you and your liberal friends make up 20%. And the number of Con’s has gone up since OBAMA took over. America is a center right country.

  • http://none pyrope

    It would be very interesting indeed if CBS, NBC, and ABC were in this mix. Is there some reason why the so-called “major” networks cannot be included?

  • felixw

    News always wins out over propaganda. CNN, MSNBC or Headline News could win back their audience if they stopped censoring stories and presented the news fairly.

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