Fox News Starts Week With Another Victory Over Competitors Combined
Cable news ratings, August 17, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Continuing a trend started last week, Fox News beat CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC combined in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic last night during prime time. It also topped the foursome in total day total viewers.
• MSNBC’s repeats at 10pmET and 11pmET topped CNN’s line-up at those hours in both total viewers and the A25-54 demo last week – and that continued Monday as well. Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow’s repeats beat Anderson Cooper 360 live at 10pmET and in his repeat.
• The top non-FNC show last night was Maddow’s in the demo and Olbermann’s in total viewers.
• CNN’s Lou Dobbs had a solid night, finishing 2nd (well behind FNC’s Shepard Smith) in both categories at 7pmET.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
583 |
Blitzer
158 |
Matthews
160 |
Prime
123 |
| 6 pm | Baier
484 |
Blitzer
144 |
EdShow
167 |
Prime
122 |
| 7 pm | Shep
542 |
Dobbs
187 |
Matthews
103 |
Issues
152 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
957 |
Brown
175 |
Olbermann
322 |
Grace
209 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
755 |
King
213 |
Maddow
369 |
Issues
85 |
| 10 pm | Greta
656 |
Cooper
190 |
Olbermann
324 |
Grace
155 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
527 |
Cooper
146 |
Maddow
234 |
Showbiz
236 |
| TOTAL DAY | 422 | 140 | 146 | 135 |
| PRIME TIME | 790 | 193 | 338 | 147 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2325 |
Blitzer
651 |
Matthews
629 |
Prime
237 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1991 |
Blitzer
588 |
EdShow
500 |
Prime
258 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1869 |
Dobbs
623 |
Matthews
526 |
Issues
364 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3805 |
Brown
722 |
Olbermann
1157 |
Grace
738 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2869 |
King
1038 |
Maddow
1140 |
Issues
344 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2216 |
Cooper
623 |
Olbermann
719 |
Grace
379 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1603 |
Cooper
485 |
Maddow
487 |
Showbiz
418 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1569 | 540 | 430 | 294 |
| PRIME TIME | 2968 | 794 | 1006 | 478 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
2 comments
MSNBC’s strategy by going partisan and getting a loyal following is working, seems like.
Not only did Anderson lose to two repeats, his numbers were lower than Campbell Brown’s in total viewers, before you know it he will be down to “Ed Show” numbers! I am convinced that Anderson’s “tea bag” comment has something to do with this. It is one thing to be biased, which Anderson has demonstrated on a regular basis, but throwing insulting vulgar comments at hard working average Americans is quite another thing. Even “demo” people like myself who do not totally agree with the protesters look down on that sort of thing. I think Anderson will have the stench of “tea bags” around his neck for a long time to come.
Most people know what they are getting with the majority of programming on FNC, but I think they thought they were getting objective reporting from Anderson and have been disappointed by his recent antics. As bad as his ratings are they could be worse. I would be interested to see how he would do against all live programming instead of repeats. I doubt Jon Klein has the balls to put Anderson’s popularity to a real test.
I suppose anything is possible, but I doubt even another “Katrina” could totally resurrect Anderson’s reputation. It is a shame that he threw it away for a cheap Kathy Griffin type joke. I thought he had more class than that.
Of course he always has “Regis and Kelly” to fall back on.
Shep’s numbers are impressive! He is one of the few truly objective journalists left on TV.
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