Iowa GOP Debate On Fox News Attracts More Than 5 Million Viewers
Cable news ratings, August 11, 2011:
•The Republican presidential debate in Iowa Thursday night was a ratings winner for Fox News, attracting an audience of more than 5.2 million total viewers in the 10 p.m. hour. The first hour was slightly lower, with 4.8 million total viewers. Coverage of the debate at 11 p.m., hosted by Sean Hannity, dominated the hour with 2.9 million total viewers–ahead of MSNBC’s 631,000 viewers and CNN’s 513,000.
The huge audience for the debate and post-game pushed FNC’s average audience in prime well over 4 million viewers.
•CNN and MSNBC split the non-debate-viewing cable news audience at 9 and 10 p.m., with Rachel Maddow beating CNN’s Piers Morgan by just 37,000 viewers 25-54 at nine o’clock and Anderson Cooper beating MSNBC’s Ed Schultz by just 23,000 viewers 25-54 at 10 p.m.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
331 |
Blitzer
141 |
Matthews
160 |
Special
80 |
| 6 pm | Baier
338 |
Blitzer
151 |
Live
173 |
Prime
90 |
| 7 pm | Shep
341 |
King
153 |
Matthews
177 |
Issues
105 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
565 |
Cooper
193 |
O’Donnell
246 |
Grace
207 |
| 9 pm | Debate
1306 |
Morgan
228 |
Maddow
265 |
DrDrew
196 |
| 10 pm | Debate
1546 |
Cooper
237 |
Schultz
214 |
Behar
127 |
| 11 pm | Hannity
908 |
King
219 |
O’Donnell
243 |
Showbiz
76 |
| TOTAL DAY | 411 | 145 | 143 | 103 |
| PRIME TIME | 1143 | 219 | 241 | 173 |
| 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
1363 |
Blitzer
513 |
Matthews
690 |
Special
283 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1667 |
Blitzer
495 |
Live
683 |
Prime
366 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1549 |
King, USA
420 |
Matthews
676 |
Issues
536 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2995 |
Cooper
579 |
O’Donnell
842 |
Grace
833 |
| 9 pm | Debate
4819 |
Morgan
688 |
Maddow
818 |
DrDrew
697 |
| 10 pm | Debate
5280 |
Cooper
647 |
Schultz
693 |
Behar
444 |
| 11 pm | Hannity
2858 |
King
513 |
O’Donnell
631 |
Showbiz
270 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1495 | 421 | 455 | 324 |
| PRIME TIME | 4369 | 638 | 785 | 645 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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