Fox News Hits Nearly 2.5 Million Viewers Friday With Extended Coverage Of Debt Talks
Cable news ratings, July 22, 2011:
•Fox News had extended coverage of the debt talks in Washington Friday–and Speaker John Boehner‘s decision to walk away–and the ongoing reporting brought FNC big ratings. In the 7 p.m. hour, Fox had its biggest ratings of the night, with 2.463 million total viewers and 564,000 viewers 25-54. Fox led primetime Friday night, with an average audience of 408,000 viewers in the demo, ahead of MSNBC’s 282,000 and CNN’s 200,000.
•The emphasis on political coverage was reflected in the ratings for both CNN and MSNBC, which both had their highest ratings Friday night for politics-heavy shows, CNN’s Situation Room (342,000 viewers 25-54) and MSNBC’s Hardball (347,000).
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
352 |
Blitzer
141 |
Matthews
183 |
Special
94 |
| 6 pm | Baier
448 |
Blitzer
342 |
Live
327 |
Prime
86 |
| 7 pm | Shep
564 |
King, USA
317 |
Matthews
347 |
Issues
145 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
527 |
Arena
176 |
O’Donnell
318 |
Grace
183 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
386 |
Morgan
193 |
Special
304 |
DrDrew
138 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
308 |
Cooper
238 |
Lockup
224 |
Behar
119 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
332 |
Cooper
257 |
Lockup
276 |
Showbiz
159 |
| TOTAL DAY | 292 | 175 | 187 | 110 |
| PRIME TIME | 408 | 200 | 282 | 143 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
1347 |
Blitzer
621 |
Matthews
722 |
Special
356 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1958 |
Blitzer
1104 |
Live
1071 |
Prime
431 |
| 7 pm | Shep
2463 |
King, USA
859 |
Matthews
1232 |
Issues
533 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2459 |
Arena
567 |
O’Donnell
1055 |
Grace
667 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1711 |
Morgan
695 |
Special
920 |
DrDrew
606 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1437 |
Cooper
615 |
Lockup
374 |
Behar
434 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1118 |
Cooper
547 |
Lockup
504 |
Showbiz
483 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1127 | 501 | 534 | 377 |
| PRIME TIME | 1871 | 622 | 784 | 560 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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