FNC Beats All Cable News Competition Combined Again
Cable news ratings, August 12, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Fox News beat all of its competitors (CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC) combined again last night in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic in prime time – for the third consecutive night. FNC averaged 2,982,000 total viewers and 834,000 in the demo. This was the 5th time in 2009 FNC accomplished the feat.
• Christiane Amanpour‘s special from 9-11pmET last night for CNN averaged 235,000 viewers in the demo and 735,000 total viewers. That placed her in 3rd place in both categories, way behind FNC and behind MSNBC as well.
• Keith Olbermann had the top rated non-FNC show in both categories again last night for MSNBC.
• MSNBC topped CNN in the race for #2 in prime time, in both categories.
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
662 |
Blitzer
157 |
Matthews
108 |
Prime
185 |
| 6 pm | Baier
502 |
Blitzer
166 |
EdShow
157 |
Prime
131 |
| 7 pm | Shep
542 |
Dobbs
159 |
Matthews
139 |
Issues
130 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
960 |
Brown
235 |
Olbermann
318 |
Grace
213 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
821 |
Amanpour
235 |
Maddow
284 |
Issues
128 |
| 10 pm | Greta
719 |
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— |
Olbermann
241 |
Grace
133 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
627 |
Cooper
169 |
Maddow
184 |
Showbiz
114 |
| TOTAL DAY | 475 | 166 | 147 | 119 |
| PRIME TIME | 834 | 235 | 281 | 153 |
| 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
2411 |
Blitzer
770 |
Matthews
425 |
Prime
359 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2042 |
Blitzer
612 |
EdShow
429 |
Prime
227 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1866 |
Dobbs
623 |
Matthews
511 |
Issues
351 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3520 |
Brown
748 |
Olbermann
988 |
Grace
605 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2857 |
Amanpour
735 |
Maddow
975 |
Issues
425 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2528 |
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—– |
Olbermann
691 |
Grace
422 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1760 |
Cooper
442 |
Maddow
461 |
Showbiz
380 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1625 | 559 | 423 | 298 |
| PRIME TIME | 2982 | 739 | 885 | 475 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
