Olbermann’s Hour-Long “Special Comment” Is Top Non-FNC Show


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Cable news ratings, October 7, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below: • Keith Olbermann’s full show Special Comment landed him the top non-Fox News program last night in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. He was still way back from Bill O’Reilly, his 8pmET competition, at 8pmET, but was clearly #1 on MSNBC, CNN or HLN.

• O’Reilly had the top show in both categories.

• CNN was #4 in the prime time demo, behind MSNBC and HLN.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

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

 

640

Blitzer

 

137

Matthews

 

108

Prime

 

86

6 pm Baier

 

425

Blitzer

 

117

EdShow

 

115

Prime

 

111

7 pm Shep

 

449

Dobbs

 

172

Matthews

 

222

Issues

 

100

8 pm O’Reilly

 

954

Brown

 

117

Olbermann

 

393

Grace

 

291

9 pm Hannity

 

655

King

 

162

Maddow

 

259

Behar

 

143

10 pm Greta

 

466

Cooper

 

205

Olbermann

 

301

Grace

 

251

11 pm O’Reilly

 

462

Cooper

 

163

Maddow

 

192

Showbiz

 

189

TOTAL DAY 396 139 136 150
PRIME TIME 698 161 318 223
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 Beck

 

2671

Blitzer

 

602

Matthews

 

549

Prime

 

185

6 pm Baier

 

2022

Blitzer

 

526

EdShow

 

529

Prime

 

247

7 pm Shep

 

1952

Dobbs

 

684

Matthews

 

646

Issues

 

201

8 pm O’Reilly

 

3676

Brown

 

570

Olbermann

 

1317

Grace

 

827

9 pm Hannity

 

2502

King

 

794

Maddow

 

1113

Behar

 

569

10 pm Greta

 

1959

Cooper

 

716

Olbermann

 

874

Grace

 

575

11 pm O’Reilly

 

1464

Cooper

 

490

Maddow

 

563

Showbiz

 

438

TOTAL DAY 1550 517 462 339
PRIME TIME 2719 693 1101 643
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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8 comments

  • CaptainAmerica CaptainAmerica says:

    Keith tanks it again. MSNBC pumps up his big special comment and it gets beaten like a red headed stepchild. Bill 3.68 M to Keiths pathetic 1.31M and as usual Bill’s repeat beat Keith in total viewers and the demo.

    Keith Olbermann Passes Another Milestone on the Way to Becoming His Own Caricature
    http://gawker.com/5377375/keith-olbermann-passes-another-milestone-on-the-way-to-becoming-his-own-caricature

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    As Seinfeld once said about the “silver medal”: “Of all the people who lost, you came in first. You’re the best, of all the losers.”

    Of course, that’s not really true either… he was just the best after all the FOX programs… which puts him way down on that list of losers.

  • BDaven81 BDaven81 says:

    Does anyone ever take into account that Fox News is favored by the cable companies, for example Comcast has Fox on it’s Digital Starter Package but has bumped MSNBC to it’s Digital Classic Package that cost $17 dollars more a month. Maybe just maybe the reason Fox is in the number 1 spot is because it’s the only cable news available to many American’s who can not afford a premium package.

  • Chuck Steele says:

    BDaven81
    Fox is in 96,294,000 homes. MSNBC is in 92,640,000 homes. CNN is in 99,098,000 homes.
    That is only a moderate difference between them of less than 4%.
    I do not know, but wonder if the packaging could be reversed with other providers.

  • rmbltmbl rmbltmbl says:

    BDaven81:
    I have ATT U-VERSE(whose HD sucks if you ask me from Comcast exp) and MSNBC and HLN are not in HD..

    The point is.. TV providers have to make profits, and MSNBC doesn’t do much about that objective.

  • CaptainAmerica CaptainAmerica says:

    BDaven:

    Does anyone ever take into account that Fox News is favored by the cable companies, for example Comcast has Fox on it’s Digital Starter Package but has bumped MSNBC to it’s Digital Classic Package that cost $17 dollars more a month.>>

    Its been pointed out around here how many homes that MSLSD has lost thanks to Olbynut in the past year. They’ve lost around 3 million homes…which is a lose of around $5.5 million a year to MSNBC.

    If MSNBC was able to get any ratings then they wouldn’t be banished to the digital tier. Too often they finish in the top 20 /top 25 of all cable channels. FNC on the other hand is usually in the top 3/5.

    Funny how FNC gets more than 5 times the monthly fee from cable/satellite operators than MSNBC, but they have viewers and its a channel the customers demand. MSNBC is not watched by many so there’s not much need for it. Don’t worry CNBC makes far more for NBC than MSNBC. They get higher fees, are in far more homes and is much more profitable.

  • libra blue libra blue says:

    If everyone agrees that Olbermann did poorly what do they think about Anderson’s numbers? No one has been promoted and pimped more than he has, but he is still losing even to Grace’s live show numbers both in the demo and the total viewers.

    I think it has something to do with his loss of credibility because some of his recent shows have been pretty good. I don’t know what he could possibly do to regain it.

    Last night he even showed his workout photo. . . well, actually Erica showed it, but I am sure he agreed to it. Oh yeah and he is going to pimp himself again on “Regis & Kelly” today. Any guesses as to what Ripa will talk about? Let’s see. . . could it have anything to do with sweaty armpits?

    So predictable!

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    And apparently, Mr. Olbermann goofed some of his information (shocker, I know)…

    Here’s a response from one mentioned group:
    http://www.naifa.org/newsevents/documents/Letterhead.pdf
    (h/t J$)

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