1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough
  8. The Braiser
Advertisement

Fox’s The Five Takes First Place At 5 P.M. In Wednesday Ratings

ratings
» 16 comments

Cable news ratings, July 13, 2011:

•Fox’s five p.m. show The Five got a taste of sweet victory Wednesday, winning its timeslot among total viewers and viewers 25-54. The show have an average audience of 220,000 viewers in the demo, beating HLN’s Special Report (186,000), MSNBC’s Chris Matthews (154,000) and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer (127,000).

•At MSNBC, both Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow finished second in their timeslots behind FNC, but Lawrence O’Donnell finished third, behind both Fox and HLN’s Nancy Grace.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm The5

220

Blitzer

127

Matthews

154

Special

186

6 pm Baier

292

Blitzer

171

Live

176

Prime

142

7 pm Shep

329

King, USA

138

Matthews

183

Issues

160

8 pm O’Reilly

705

InTheArena

144

O’Donnell

274

Grace

343

9 pm Hannity

516

Morgan

151

Maddow

390

DrDrew

352

10 pm Van Susteren

446

Cooper

252

Schultz

383

Behar

269

11 pm O’Reilly

463

Cooper

160

O’Donnell

235

Showbiz

215

TOTAL DAY 310 131 171 173
PRIME TIME 556 182 349 319
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm The5

1231

Blitzer

566

Matthews

706

Special

651

6 pm Baier

1718

Blitzer

470

Live

664

Prime

584

7 pm Shep

1450

King, USA

458

Matthews

720

Issues

714

8 pm O’Reilly

3070

InTheArena

573

O’Donnell

1042

Grace

1224

9 pm Hannity

2375

Morgan

657

Maddow

1149

DrDrew

1199

10 pm Van Susteren

1847

Cooper

800

Schultz

1147

Behar

927

11 pm O’Reilly

1394

Cooper

414

O’Donnell

658

Showbiz

559

TOTAL DAY 1274 436 557 563
PRIME TIME 2432 675 1114 1108
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

Follow us on Twitter.

Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.

Email Twitter Facebook Digg Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo Buzz LinkedIn Tumblr Delicious
  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Greg-Palmer/100000481076398 GJPinks

    How does that compare to the last month of Glenn Beck?

  • Just my Opinion

    So FOX nearly doubles or triples MSNBC and CNN in both categories in every
    time slot.
    Would someone please tell me.
    What else is new?
    A show on FOX getting beat one or two hours every year or two is not earth
    shaking as some here like to think!

  • Just my Opinion

    Just my Opinion said:
    So FOX nearly doubles or triples MSNBC and CNN in both categories in every
    time slot.
    Would someone please tell me.
    What else is new?
    A show on FOX getting beat one or two hours every year or two is not earth
    shaking as some here like to think!

    Combined

  • Zakk

    The death of FOXNEWS at 5 pm has been greatly exaggerated.

  • Swiss

    While I like most of the panelists, I’m not exactly taken with the show. It is not a “must see.” A show hosted by Michelle Malkin in that timeslot, on the other hand, would likely be a ratings blockbuster and a great lead-in for Bret Baier. Malkin is a terrific interviewer (as witness, her stints guest holsting for O’Reilly), and a huge ready-made fan base (as witness, her FB and Twitter follower numbers). In short, she has star power.

  • grits001

    How can anyone possibly want to watch THE FIVE when they all talk at once and you have no idea what any of them are saying. I’ll take CNN, at least you can hear what they are saying. (Good or Bad)

  • R&E

    Please take this show off of the air! Horrible and a real shame for FOX. Bunch of people all yapping at the same time. Ugh! There has to be somthing out there better than this show!

  • Googolplex

    Hmm, because censorship doesn’t count when it comes from liberals, right?

  • FLMORRISON

    I’M A BIG FOX FAN, BUT THIS SHOW GIVES ME A HEADACHE!  I WATCHED IT TWICE FOR 10 MINUTES AND HAD TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER CHANNEL.  ITS LIKE A JOKE THAT NOBODY GETS.  ONE JUST STARES IN BEWILDERMENT!  IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST CHANGE THE NAME TO “THE FOUR” AND GET RID OF BECKEL.  I’LL NOT WATCH THE SHOW AGAIN UNLESS BECKEL DISAPPEARS FROM THE PANEL.

  • Jeff

    I’d rather watch sports news more than The Five. Put simply, Glenn Beck had me captivated because he spoke from his heart, from experience, and from a degree of competence and honesty that has been so scarcely found within the media that it is 100% evident that the numbers do speak to this fact! Whether they are hidden, or misrepresented in order to fulfill a predisposed outcome, it is still undeniable the substance that has been once available at 5pm at Fox News, will no longer be available, and then we have the Five. Goodbye Fox News at 5pm. IMHBHO, perhaps moving the Judge to 5pm would have at least kept some hanging around from time to time.

  • Jennifer

    I love Fox news, but hate “The Five.”  Please put anything else on.  They aren’t funny.  They are annoying.

  • Suelewis

     I would watch if not for Beckel. He’ s annoying and creepy!

  • pumpkin

    I agree. Bob Beckel talks over everyone! Its very annoying.  Can someone PLEASE ask him to get some manners?

  • Duvall702

    That guy Greg is dumb as a rock and that twitch with her dress up to her crouch is embarrssing.

  • castaway12

    Don’t like the constant picking on Bob all the time. How is 4 against 1 fair and balanced? Dana is the only one who is fair. They remind me of a school yard bunch kicking around the odd boy. People all have different opinions so why can’t we even hear them on this show instead of making fun of Bob and putting liberals down. Geez, get another dem on there to at least make it fair. No intelligence with what they got. A fair rebuttal would be great without all the giggling.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001182744474 Anna Barilla Caporaso

    love,love the five all of you are great..keep up the good work….
     

© 2012 Mediaite, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram