Fox News Leads Cable News Networks On Night Of Presidential Address With 3.5 Million Viewers

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by Mark Joyella | 6:05 pm, July 26th, 2011

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Cable news ratings, July 25, 2011:

•Fox News dominated the ratings for its coverage of the primetime addresses of President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, hitting an average total audience of well over three million viewers in the 9 o’clock hour and more than 3.5 million total viewers between 9:01 and 9:16 p.m. ET, when the President spoke. CNN’s coverage attracted an average total audience of more than 2 million viewers, and MSNBC was third, with a total audience for the President’s fifteen minute address of just over 1.5 million.

•In the ten o’clock hour–dominated by analysis of the debt crisis speeches–Fox led, with an average total audience of 1.9 million viewers, followed by CNN with 1.1 million and MSNBC with just over one million.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

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

5 pm

The5

328

Blitzer

169

Matthews

188

Special

123

6 pm

Baier

415

Blitzer

179

Live

182

Prime

128

7 pm

Shep

412

King, USA

208

Matthews

239

Issues

186

8 pm

O’Reilly

797

Arena

242

O’Donnell

245

Grace

229

9 pm

Hannity

998

Morgan

663

Maddow

445

DrDrew

157

10 pm

Van Susteren

558

Cooper

467

Schultz

352

Behar

100

11 pm

O’Reilly

431

Cooper

270

O’Donnell

205

Showbiz

133

TOTAL DAY

332

188

171

112

PRIME TIME

799

461

346

159

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

The5

1542

Blitzer

699

Matthews

775

Special

371

6 pm

Baier

2216

Blitzer

633

Live

661

Prime

363

7 pm

Shep

1512

King, USA

580

Matthews

767

Issues

550

8 pm

O’Reilly

3240

Arena

932

O’Donnell

937

Grace

856

9 pm

Hannity

3247

Morgan

1832

Maddow

1458

DrDrew

513

10 pm

Van Susteren

1900

Cooper

1121

Schultz

1041

Behar

416

11 pm

O’Reilly

1262

Cooper

598

O’Donnell

623

Showbiz

373

TOTAL DAY

1287

560

525

339

PRIME TIME

2884

1318

1161

585

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

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Anonymous

It seems whatever FOX does they come out on top..(5pm even). And no matter what MSNBC does they seem to find the bottom.. Wasnt there just an article about how proud they are of where they are at?…
Natureboy42

Whatever happened to “behind the scenes” at Fox? lol
Arkansas Steve

I see the ratings of the three “whiners” on HLN are coming back to earth.

Poor Dr. Drew, having to be associated with Grace, Velez, & Behar.
Anonymous

Sharpton’s Ratings Monday Night The Lowest on MSNBC Prime-Timehttp://www.hapblog.com/2011/07/sharptons-ratings-monday-night-lowest.htmlBunch of racist Lefty Crackers aren’t watching the MessNBC token Black!
Anonymous

Sharpton’s Ratings Monday Night The Lowest on MSNBC Prime-Timehttp://www.hapblog.com/2011/07/sharptons-ratings-monday-night-lowest.htmlBunch of racist Lefty Crackers aren’t watching the MessNBC token Black!
Shark City

give credit where credit is due! Evidently people go to Fox news. They report, you decide.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=860300713 Jon Tore Jakobsen

3.5 million of a nation with 300 million what the hell are the rest of the us watching ?
Brimakula

The actual ratings should be Fox and the others because all reps only watch Fox while independents and dems are scattered all over from MTV to CNN.
Anonymous

Brilliant logic you got there, since Fox is always in the lead we should make the ratings a 3 on 1 comparison.
Anonymous

The only thing these numbers tell me is that the insanity is alive and well. At least we know where all the whack jobs are.