Fox News Wins With Saturday Night Live Health Care Coverage
Cable news ratings, November 7, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Fox News was the top cable news network Saturday, as the health care bill was debated and eventually passed through the House of Representatives. When the bill was passed during the 11pmET hour, FNC had its biggest ratings of the night in the demo. CNN which was also live for much of Saturday with coverage, finished 2nd, and MSNBC, in periodic live coverage, finished 3rd.
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 | 261 | 188 | 104 | 77 |
| 6 pm | 253 | 215 | 126 | 84 |
| 7 pm | 287 | 210 | 110 | 117 |
| 8 pm | 295 | 300 | 202 | 85 |
| 9 pm | 305 | 267 | 223 | 64 |
| 10 pm | 318 | 254 | 190 | 127 |
| 11 pm | 461 | 278 | 152 | 136 |
| TOTAL DAY | 295 | 210 | 119 | 100 |
| PRIME TIME | 306 | 273 | 205 | 92 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | 1288 | 692 | 351 | 196 |
| 6 pm | 1242 | 698 | 387 | 244 |
| 7 pm | 1483 | 652 | 280 | 272 |
| 8 pm | 1549 | 928 | 386 | 311 |
| 9 pm | 1373 | 884 | 400 | 232 |
| 10 pm | 1405 | 902 | 334 | 244 |
| 11 pm | 1296 | 939 | 306 | 299 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1167 | 727 | 274 | 249 |
| PRIME TIME | 1442 | 905 | 373 | 296 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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