Cable news ratings, November 2, 2010:
• Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined during prime time for Election Night coverage, in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. It was the network’s best prime time ratings since the Presidential Election two years ago. CNN finished a clear #2, while MSNBC was #3. Mediaite obtained an internal memo sent from Roger Ailes congratulating FNC and the rest of the Fox team.
Here’s the memo from Ailes:
To all employees of Fox News,First, congratulations to the Fox News Channel for a job well done last night. At our high point we averaged 7 million viewers and had a flawless professional performance. In addition, I’d like to congratulate the Fox Business Network, Fox News Digital and Fox News radio for an excellent performance. We don’t have additional numbers for those entities yet, but the reach of our news continues to expand. Everyone did a first rate job and I’m proud of you all.CNN had 2.4 million viewers and MSNBC had 1.9 million.Thank you all,Roger Ailes
FNC also had the top show on all of cable in total viewers at 9pmET, and the top cable show in the demo during the 10pmET hour.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | Beck 665 | Blitzer 260 | Matthews 194 | Showbiz 67 |
| 6 pm | Baier 834 | Blitzer 307 | Election 318 | Prime 68 |
| 7 pm | Shep 1370 | Election 534 | Election 524 | Issues 117 |
| 8 pm | Election 2205 | Election 904 | Election 650 | Grace 182 |
| 9 pm | Election 2480 | Election 1037 | Election 677 | Behar 106 |
| 10 pm | Election 2607 | Election 1149 | Election 680 | Grace 119 |
| 11 pm | Election 2446 | Election 1059 | Election 683 | Showbiz 109 |
| TOTAL DAY | 984 | 388 | 299 | 110 |
| PRIME TIME | 2439 | 1030 | 669 | 133 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | Beck 2824 | Blitzer 959 | Matthews 756 | Showbiz 198 |
| 6 pm | Baier 3360 | Blitzer 932 | Election 983 | Prime 202 |
| 7 pm | Shep 4525 | Election 1321 | Election 1297 | Issues 263 |
| 8 pm | Election 6770 | Election 2202 | Election 1805 | Grace 595 |
| 9 pm | Election 7167 | Election 2476 | Election 1991 | Behar 382 |
| 10 pm | Election 6935 | Election 2592 | Election 2040 | Grace 382 |
| 11 pm | Election 6237 | Election 2280 | Election 1635 | Showbiz 297 |
| TOTAL DAY | 3107 | 1000 | 851 | 275 |
| PRIME TIME | 6975 | 2424 | 1957 | 443 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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