Cable News Ratings
Check here for the Cable TV news ratings, I will update this page whenever I get the new ratings, usually every month. Personally ratings are meaningless to me, I believe news shows should not worry about ratings. They should report the news, entertainment shows should be the only shows that worry about ratings. I am doing this page because people in the forums asked me to publish and archive the ratings for the factor.
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For April of 2008
Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,350,000
25-54 Demo - 490,000
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For The 1st Quarter of 2008 (From 12-31-07 to 3-28-08)
Rating - 2.1
Total Viewers - 2,578,000
25-54 Demo - 522,000
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For March of 2008
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,150,000
25-54 Demo - 430,000
NBC & CNN Win 25 Journalism Awards
3-8-08 -- The 2008 National Headliner Awards have been announced, CNN leads the pack with 13, NBC follows with 12.
Best Newscast
First Place: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Second Place: CNN - Anderson Cooper 360
Third Place: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place: CNN
Second Place: CNN
Third Place: CNN
Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place: CNN
Second Place: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Third Place: CNN
www.nationalheadlinerawards.com/Winners2008
NOTE: Number of awards for FOX News & Bill O'Reilly - A big fat zero, as in 0.
Because FOX News is not a real news network, it is nothing more than a propaganda outlet for the Republican party. The real measure of a news network is the number of journalism awards they get, not their ratings. That is why NBC, PBS, and CNN win all the awards, because they do real journalism. Ratings are for entertainment shows, which is what FOX News is, entertainment, especially the O'Reilly Factor.
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For January of 2008
Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,379,000
25-54 Demo - 494,000
Keith Olbermann had the #1 rated show on MSNBC with an 0.8 rating, with 877,000 total viewers, and 334,000 viewers in the 25 to 54 demo.
Copy and paste this url into a new browser window to see all the ratings:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/January%20'08%20(LIVE+SD)%20Program%20Ranker.pdf
STEWERT: BTW, O'Reilly claims the reason Keith Olbermanns ratings are so low is that he is liberal, and nobody wants to watch liberals. The facts show a different story. Keith has the #1 rated show on MSNBC, and the 3 lowest rated shows in all of cable news are Republicans. Joe Scarborough is dead last with 269,000 total viewers, Tucker Carlson is next to last with 332,000 total viewers, and Glenn Beck is right above Tucker with 387,000 total viewers.
Funny how O'Reilly claims nobody is watching Olbermann because he is liberal, when he has the #1 show on MSNBC, and the 3 lowest rated shows in all of cable news are all hosted by Republicans. It's funny how Billy never mentions the 3 worst rated shows in all of cable news are all Republican shows.
The facts show that the only cable news shows that get over 1 million viewers are all on FOX, and that if a Republican does a cable news show on any other network they are dead last in the ratings, or next to last. What that shows is the only people who want to watch Republican news are the people who watch the FOX news channel. What a shocker, Republicans like to watch Republican biased news shows.
But when you take those Republicans off the FOX network nobody watches them. That kills the O'Reilly myth that people only watch Republicans. It also shows that if a liberal does a good news show like Keith Olbermann does people will watch. And if Olbermann was on CNN he would probably get over 1 million viewers and be in the top 5 in ratings, his ratings are limited because he is on MSNBC, which is not on in as many households as CNN and FOX are.
No Monthly Ratings For December of 2007
The website that puts out the monthly cable news ranker did not release the ratings for December. I do not know why, and they did not say why. But I do know they have a Republican bias, and during December O'Reilly took a 2 week vacation. And I also know when O'Reilly is gone his ratings drop by a million viewers a night, or more.
Last friday O'Reilly lost 1.2 million viewers when he had Laura Ingram fill in for him. I suspect his ratings were really low in December of 2007 because he took 2 weeks off. And I am thinking TV Newser did not put out a monthly cable ranker for December because their hero O'Reilly's ratings were so bad. But that is all speculation because TV Newser will not tell me (or anyone) why they did not put out a cable ranker for December.
It seems odd that they put one out for every month of the year, except the one month where O'Reilly takes two weeks off. Then they do not tell anyone why they did not put out a December cable ranker. Since they lean right, one can only assume they did not put it out because they did not want to make O'Reilly look bad because his average monthly ratings were really low that month. Of course, that is all speculation, and if TV Newser wants to correct me they are welcome to e-mail me.
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For November of 2007
Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,300,000
25-54 Demo - 474,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?page=2
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For October of 2007
Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,253,000
25-54 Demo - 475,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/October.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For The 3rd Quarter of 2007 (From 7-2-07 to 9-28-07)
Rating - 1.7
Total Viewers - 2,016,000
25-54 Demo - 403,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/Total%20Viewers%20Top%20Programs.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For August 2007 (From 7-30-07 to 8-24-07)
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,096,000
25-54 Demo - 420,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/august_program_ranker_65950.asp#more
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For The 2nd Quarter of 2007
Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,211,000
25-54 Demo - 442,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q207ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop to 1.7 For May
In May of 2007 the factor had a 1.7 rating, with an average of 1,954,000 viewers a night, and 400,000 viewers a night in the 25-54 demo.
It's a pretty big drop from the April numbers, Billy lost about 500,000 viewers a night from April to May. I suspect the drop was due to O'Reilly taking a 10 day vacation.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/may07ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For April 2007
Rating - 2.1
Total Viewers - 2,459,000
25-54 Demo - 495,000
Billy thanked his viewers for keeping the factor the #1 rated show in cable news. What he did not tell you is that his ratings are only up 19% (year to year) from April of 2006 to April of 2007. During that same time Keith Olbermann had a 67% increase in total viewers, in April of 2006 he averaged 450,000 viewers a night, he averaged 708,000 viewers a night for April of 2007.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/apr07ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For The 1st Quarter of 2007
Rating - 2.0
Total Viewers - 2,377,000
25-54 Demo - 498,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q107ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For February 2007
Rating - 2.1
Total Viewers - 2,455,000
25-54 Demo - 528,000
O'Reilly lied about his ratings again, as you can see the factor averaged 2.45 million viewers a night for February of 2007, yet on the 3-2-07 factor he told Dick Morris he gets 4 million viewers a night.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/feb07ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For January 2007
Rating - 2.1
Total Viewers - 2,424,000
25-54 Demo - 500,000
Once again O'Reilly lied about his ratings, as you can clearly see the factor averaged 2.4 million viewers a night for January of 2007. Now look what he said last night on the 1-31-07 factor.
O'REILLY: FOX News prime time household average was more than 1.5 million. And "The Factor" led everyone with more than 2 million homes, more than 2.6 million viewers at 8, another 1.3 million at 11. So you can see, you know, what the situation is about who is watching.
Earth to Billy, 2.4 million is not 2.6 million, do the math.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/jan07ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For December 2006
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,094,000
25-54 Demo - 437,000
The factor averaged a 1.8 rating for the month of December. And the total average viewers per night was 2,094,000.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/2006ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For November 2006
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,066,000
25-54 Demo - 457,000
Once again the factor averaged a 1.8 rating for the month of November. And the total average viewers per night was 2,066,000. These numbers are virtually identical to the October numbers.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/nov06ranker.pdf
Factor Ratings Down 22% From October of 2005
Remember these numbers the next time O'Reilly says his ratings are up, and remember that he is lying to you, then remember he claims to have a no spin zone. How can you claim to have a no spin zone if you cant even tell the truth about your ratings. Not only are his ratings down 22 percent from October of 2005, they are down 37 percent from his high of 3.1 million viewers a night in 2004. Yet "Billy" is on the Factor about once a month thanking his viewers for the ratings increase. When your ratings have dropped 37 percent in the last 2 years how in the hell is that a ratings increase, and how is that a no spin zone.
O'Reilly Factor:
Total Viewers - Oct. 2006 -- 2,081,000 --- Oct. 2005 -- 2,678,000 --- 22% Drop
25-54 Demo - Oct. 2006 -- 470,000 --- Oct. 2005 -- 518,000 --- 9% Drop
Now compare that to the numbers for Keith Olbermann, his ratings have actually went up, and he is the #1 rated show on MSNBC.
Countdown With Keith Olbermann:
Total Viewers - Oct. 2006 -- 637,000 --- Oct. 2005 -- 381,000 --- 67% Increase
25-54 Demo - Oct. 2006 -- 233,000 --- Oct. 2005 -- 145,000 --- 61% Increase
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings
O'Reilly Factor Ratings For October 2006
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,052,000
25-54 Demo - 454,000
Once again the factor averaged a 1.8 rating for the month of October. And his total average viewers per night had a slight drop from 2,057,000 in the 3rd quarter, to 2,052,000 for October. He also had a slight drop in the 25-54 demo, from 478,000 in the 3rd quarter, to 454,000 in the month of October.
Dont you think his total viewers should be going up, not down, especially in the month before an important election. When I compare the 3.1 million viewers O'Reilly was getting a night in October of 2004, to the 2,052,000 million he gets a night now, the right-wingers flip out and tell me all the news shows have a ratings increase before an election. They tell me it's unfair to compare the numbers a month before an election to the numbers after an election.
Yet in October of 2006, a month before the election, and O'Reilly's ratings did not go up at all, in fact, they dropped slightly. Okay right-wingers, explain that to me. Explain to me where O'Reilly lost a million viewers a night, and why, you cant use the month before an election excuse now.
From October of 2004, to now, O'Reilly has lost 1.1 million viewers a night, this is a fact, there is no way to spin it, those are the numbers. In October of 2004 the Factor was averaging 3.1 million viewers a night, now he averages 2,052,000 million viewers a night, these are the cold hard facts.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/oct06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly factor ratings for the 3rd quarter from 6-26-06 to 9-22-06
Rating - 1.8
Total Viewers - 2,057,000
25-54 Demo - 478,000
O'Reilly is holding steady at a 1.8 rating and about 2 million viewers a night. In May, June, and July he had 2.1 million viewers a night. The Factor ratings are not dropping, but they are not going up either. And they are down from the high of 3.1 million a month a year ago. It looks to me that he has found 2 million right wing idiots who will watch his all spin zone show, but that seems to be the limit.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q32006ranker.pdf
Aug. 2006 #'s: Total Viewers Aug. 2005 vs Aug 2006
Total day:
FOX - Aug 2005 -- 1,001,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 933,000 - 7% drop
CNN - Aug 2005 -- 433,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 584,000 - 35% increase
MSNBC - Aug 2005 -- 220,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 277,000 - 26% increase
Primetime:
FOX - Aug 2005 -- 2,093,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 1,511,000 - 28% drop
CNN - Aug 2005 -- 748,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 902,000 - 21% increase
MSNBC - Aug 2005 -- 349,000 -- Aug 2006 -- 371,000 - 6% increase
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/aug_s_total_viewers_vs_aug_2005_42895.asp
O'Reilly Factor Holds at 1.8 For July (Slight Drop in Total Viewers)
The O'Reilly Factor averaged a 1.8 rating with an average of 2,119,000 million viewers a night for July of 2006. So the factor had a slight decrease in total average viewers per night over June. So if you hear O'Reilly say his numbers are up, he is lying again.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/july06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Averages 1.8 Rating For June of 2006
The O'Reilly Factor averaged a 1.8 rating with an average of 2,141,000 million viewers a night for June of 2006. So the factor had a slight increase in total average viewers per night over the May numbers, but his rating stayed the same as May. This is the first time the factor viewers have increased from the last month in about 6 months. His overall numbers are still way down from October of 2005 when he was averaging 3.1 million viewers a night. So when O'Reilly says his numbers are up, you know he is lying.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/june06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Goes Off The Deep End With Ratings Spin on MSNBC & FOX
6-27-06 -- O'REILLY: Time now for "The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day". If you've read any of my books, you know I believe in karma. Do bad things, you'll get yours eventually. Do good things, you'll get rewarded.
Recently, two bad guys got theirs. Air America's fired its president, Gary Krantz. The disastrous radio network booted him out on the heels of the removal of CEO Danny Goldberg. We believe there is major chaos at that far left concern.
There's also major chaos at MSNBC, where Rick Kaplan has left after pretty much destroying that place. He did the same thing at CNN before he got fired over there. Closing in on its 10th anniversary, MSNBC's ratings are lower than they were six years ago, which might be ridiculous.
And now something O'Reilly has a big problem with, the truth.
6-29-06 -- The latest ratings have come out. From a year ago to right now, MSNBC‘s ratings are up 12 percent overall, 13 percent among viewers 25 to 54, Keith Olbernmann's ratings are up 37 percent and the factor ratings are down 20 percent.
Hey Billy, FOX‘s ratings are lower than they were five years ago. In May alone FOX had a 22 percent drop in the 25 to 54 demo, and an 8 percent drop overall. And the factor has lost a million viewers a night from October of 2004 when O'Reilly averaged 3.1 million viewers a night, to now when O'Reilly averages 2.0 million viewers a night. And all 11 of FOX‘s regular shows ratings are down, four of them are down by 15 percent or more. If John Gibson loses any more audience, he won‘t even need a microphone. And your boss, Jabba the Hut is taking out ads threatening to fire his own employees. Yet none of this was ever mentioned on the so-called no spin zone. These are the facts, not the ratings spin from O'Reilly, these numbers come right from Neilson.
O'Reilly Factor Averages 1.8 Rating For May of 2006
The O'Reilly Factor averaged a 1.8 rating with an average of 2,003,000 million viewers a night for May of 2006. So the factor rating stayed the same for May as it was in April, but he did have a slight drop in total average viewers a night. If he claims his ratings went up in May, you now know he is lying again.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/may06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Averages 1.8 Rating For April of 2006
The O'Reilly Factor averaged a 1.8 rating with an average of 2,084,000 million viewers a night for April of 2006. Yet a few days ago O'Reilly said his ratings were up, hey Billy, how is 1.8 higher than 2.0?
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/april06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Averages 2.0 Rating For 1st Quarter of 2006
The O'Reilly Factor averaged a 2.0 rating with 2.2 million viewers a night for the 1st quarter of 2006. A far cry from the 6 million total viewers O'Reilly claims he has, he says they don't count his other 2 million viewers, or his rerun viewers. Yet when O'Reilly mentions Keith Olbermann's ratings (or any other news shows ratings) he does not count his total viewers, he only reports Olbermann's neilson rating from his 8:00pm broadcast, explain that Billy.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q406ranker.pdf
In December of 2004 O'Reilly Said he Had 6 Million Viewers a Night
From a 12-15-04 interview with Ashleigh Banfield:
BANFIELD: Well, the word is that there are going to be changes maybe at CBS anyway. We don't know what's going on. There's a -- there's a real upheaval, it seems, in cable news right -- or, excuse me, in broadcast news right now.
And why is that? Because people like you are getting two million viewers a night, and you're making a lot of money doing it which makes stars.
O'REILLY: Let me break this to you. I get -- I get six million viewers a night, which they'll never admit, but that's the way it is.
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Here is what he said on the 3-22-06 Factor:
O'REILLY: "The Factor's" total cumulative, 24 hours, about four million viewers a night, not counting the Direct TV people and the college people. That makes us very competitive with the late night network shows and the net morning programs. We also are creeping up on "The CBS Evening News".
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And now the truth, for February of 2006 the O'Reilly Factor averaged a 1.9 rating with 2.3 million total viewers a night. And the Factor ratings have dropped from a 2.5 rating in October of 2005 to a 1.9 rating for February of 2006.
O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop Again to 1.9 For February 2006
In February the factor ratings dropped again to a 1.9 with 2,228,000 total viewers a night. But of course this will never be reported on the factor, because Billy is a dishonest right wing spin doctor who can not tell the truth.
February 2006 Factor Ratings: www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/feb06ranker.pdf
O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop to 2.0 For January 2006
The Factor averaged a 2.2 for the year 2005, in January his ratings dropped to a 2.0 with 2,325,000 total viewers a night. But of course this will never be reported on the factor, because Billy has to keep his sheep misinformed. If Billy had any integrity at all he would stop lying to the people about his ratings increasing, they are not increasing, and that is the real no spin truth.
January 2006 Factor Ratings: www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/jan06ranker.pdf
Despite O'Reilly's Claims The Factor Ratings Are Not Increasing
O'Reilly is always talking about how his ratings are going through the roof and thanking his viewers for increasing his ratings. But it'a all a lie, his ratings have not gone up at all in the last year.
In October of 2004 the O'Reilly Factor was averaging 3.1 million viewers a month and a 2.8 rating. In October of 2005 the Factor averaged 2.6 million viewers a month and a 2.3 rating. But in November of 2005 the O'Reilly Factor only averaged 2.5 million viewers a month and a 2.2 rating. So his ratings have actually went down over the last year.
That's a total average loss of 600,000 viewers a month since October of 2004. And his yearly rating is down to a 2.2, with an average total viewer number of 2,490,000 a night. But if you watch the factor you would think O'Reilly's ratings have gone up, when in fact, they have went down.
This is the yearly average for the O'Reilly Factor from 12-27-04 to 12-25-05.
Rating - 2.2 -- Total Viewers - 2,490,000 -- 25 to 54 Demographic - 564,000
Yearly Cable News Shows Ratings: www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/2005ranker.pdf
This is the average O'Reilly Factor rating for November 2005
Rating - 2.2
Total Viewers - 2,500,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/nov05ranker.pdf
This is the average O'Reilly Factor rating for October 2005
Rating - 2.3
Total Viewers - 2,600,000
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/oct05ranker.pdf
This is the 3rd quarter O'Reilly Factor rating from 6-27-05 to 9-25-05
Rating - 2.5
Total Viewers - 2,820,000
Of course this 3rd quarter ratings report has all the hurricane ratings in it which were up 120 percent for CNN. In september all the cable news networks had huge ratings increases due to hurricane coverage. FOX had a 52 percent increase in ratings, CNN had a 120 percent increase, and MSNBC had a 70 percent increase.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q305ranker.pdf
9-9-05 -- Nielson Cable News Ratings for August 2005.
For the month of August 2005 the O'Reilly Factor averaged a 2.2 rating with an average of 2.5 million viewers a night.
Greta was #2 with a 2.0 rating and an average of 2.2 million viewers a night.
www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/aug2005ranker.pdf
8-15-05 -- Nielson Cable News Ratings for July 2005.
The factor averaged a 2.1 rating for July of 2005, that is up 0.1 from his June average of 2.0. He averaged 2,370,000 million viewers a night for July of 2005.
Greta was #2 with a 2.0 rating and 2,158,000 viewers a night average for July of 2005. She is very close to beating him, watch out O'Reilly.
Here are the official numbers:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/aug05ranker1.pdf
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Since October of 2004 the O'Reilly factor ratings have dropped from a monthly average of 3.1 to a monthly average of 1.7 in May of 2005. This all started in October after the O'Reilly phone sex scandal with Andrea Mackris.
The Factor had a slight rebound in June with a 2.0 rating average.
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In case you are wondering what the O'Reilly phone sex scandal was, Click Here to read the entire 22 page legal filing by Andrea Mackris. It has a detailed transcript of what O'Reilly said to her on the phone.
Breaking: The big slide continues, once again the factor ratings have dropped for the 7th month in a row. In October of 2004 the factor had a monthly average of 3.1 million viewers a month. Since then the factor has lost viewers every month. Last month (May) it dropped to a monthly average of 1.7 million. In April it was 1.9, so the factor viewers are still leaving at a rate of about 200,000 a month.
May Cable News Ratings
FOXNEWS O'Reilly Factor - 1.7
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/may05ranker.pdf
Hey Bill, what happened to those 6 million viewers, 1.7 million is not 6 million. It looks like the American people have finally figured out that you are a right-wing con man and they are leaving you in big numbers.
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CABLE NEWS RACE
WED, JAN 05, 2005
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.3 [RATING]
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.7
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.6
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.4
CNN LARRY KING 1.1
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1.1
CNN WAVE SPECIAL 0.8
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.5
MSNBC AMBER FREY 0.6
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.4
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.3
CNBC MILLER 0.1
Source: The (Republican) Drudge Report
Hey O'Reilly where is that 6 million viewers you claim to have, a 2.3 is not a 6.0 in my world. And O'Reilly averaged a 2.7 for November so a 2.3 is actually a drop in ratings from his average.
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12-04-04 Cable News Ratings
Here is a good one folks, O'Reilly now claims that he is getting 6 million viewers a night for the Factor, and he claims his ratings have increased. Despite the fact that the neilson ratings say otherwise. In october the O'Reilly Factor averaged a 2.7 rating, in november the O'Reilly Factor averaged a 2.7 again. So he is a liar on both points, yes I said a liar.
October average ratings - The O'Reilly Factor - 2.7
November average ratings - The O'Reilly Factor - 2.7
Note: The above ratings numbers came right from the neilson company, I have a source with access to their numbers.
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Cable News Ratings For Tuesday 9-7-04 -
FNC: Total day: 1,141,000 -- Primetime: 2,735,000 / Hume: 1,677,000 / Shep: 1,783,000 / O'Reilly: 3,325,000 / H&C: 2,880,000 / Greta: 1,998,000
CNN: Total day: 558,00 -- Primetime: 998,000 / Cooper: 514,000 / Zahn: 765,000 / King: 1,288,000 / Brown: 941,000
MSNBC: Total day: 228,000 -- Primetime: 382,000 / Matthews: 502,000 / Olbermann: 466,000 / Norville: 310,000 / Scarborough: 370,000
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Cable News Ratings - Monday 8-23-04 -
MSNBC and CNN dueled again on Monday. In total day, MSNBC averaged 398,000 viewers to CNN's 387,000. (FNC had 943,000.) Of course MSNBC is showing the Olympics most of the time and as soon as they are over their ratings will crash. In primetime, FNC had 1,911,000 viewers to CNN's 852,000 and MSNBC's 370,000.
Hardball averaged 534,000 viewers, Anderson Cooper 360 had 410,000; Zahn averaged 422,000, and Countdown with Keith Olberman had 410,000.
More: O'Reilly: 2,442,000; H&C: 1,792,000; Greta: 1,498,000; Larry King: 1,396,000; NewsNight: 679,000; Norville: 237,000; Scarborough: 369,000
Miller & McEnroe Scratch
A scratch is a 0.0 rating. CNBC's Olympics coverage at 7pm earned a 0.6 and 643,000 viewers. Donny Deutsch's "Big Idea" had 141,000 viewers. At 9pm, Dennis Miller scratched with 103,000 viewers, and at 10pm, McEnroe scratched with only 67,000 viewers.
Note: Hey O'Reilly, where are the 5 million viewers a night you claim to get, you liar. In my world 2.4 million is not 5 million.
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The O'Reilly Factor
August 19, 2004
Normally the Factor gets about 2.6 million viewers, but when John Gibson filled in last night he only got 1.58 million viewers.
On the 8-19-04 show John Gibson subbed for Bill O'Reilly, the Factor had 1,588,000 viewers that night.
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Network News Ratings:
August 11, 2004
NBC, ABC Tie In the 25-54 demo. NBC Nightly News edged out ABC's World News Tonight for the top evening news spot again last week, but the two networks tied in the 25-54 demo (each had a 2.2).
The raw data:
NBC: 5.9 / 13 share / 6,349,000 HH / 8,271,000 viewers
ABC: 5.5 / 12 share / 6,014,000 HH / 8,071,000 viewers
CBS: 4.8 / 10 share / 5,207,000 HH / 6,687,000
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CABLE NEWS RATINGS
August 11, 2004
FNC: Total day: 915,000 / Primetime: 2,058,000 / O'Reilly: 2,666,000 / H&C: 1,793,000 / Greta: 1,714,000
CNN: Total day: 412,000 / Primetime: 730,000 / Zahn: 554,000 / King: 985,000 / Brown: 652,000
MSNBC: Total day: 205,000 / Primetime: 363,000 / Olbermann: 383,000 / Norville: 372,000 / Scarborough: 333,000
CNBC averaged 139,000 in total day and 177,000 in primetime. Dennis Miller had 293,000, McEnroe had 66,000 viewers. This is the 14th night in a month where MacEnroe has averaged less than 100,000 viewers a night.
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CABLE NEWS RATINGS
August 9, 2004
"CNBC Is On Life Support"
...That's the word from an industry source, who wonders if Jeff Zucker has seen
Thursday's ratings:
Capitol Report: .1/104,000 viewers
Dennis Miller: .2/211,000 viewers
McEnroe: .1/103,000 viewers When Dennis Miller is your top-rated primetime show,
you know you're in trouble...
Total day: FNC: 1,035,000 // CNN: 478,000 // MSNBC: 245,000
Primetime: FNC: 2,287,000 // CNN: 869,000 // MSNBC: 438,000
Aftter Hours performed relatively well in the 9pm MSNBC timeslot, earning a
considerably higher rating than Deborah Norville usually does during the same
hour.
O'Reilly is still #1:
Individual shows: FNC: O'Reilly, 2,721,000 viewers; H&C, 2,265,000; and Greta:
1,877,000 // CNN: Zahn, 526,000; King, 1,284,000; Brown, 797,000 // MSNBC: Countdown,
378,000; After Hours: 462,000; Scarborough: 474,000.
O'Reilly said he gets 5 million viewers a night, according to the actual ratings
he is getting 2.7 million viewers a night. Oh that's right, in O'Reilly's world
2.7 is the same as 5.0.
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CABLE NEWS RATINGS
July 9, 2004
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 1.9
CNN LARRY KING 1.2
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.4
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.1
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.2
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 1.1
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.6
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.5
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.3
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.3
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.2
MSNBC IMUS 0.4
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.3
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CABLE NEWS RACE
FRI, MAY 14, 2004
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 1.2
CNN LARRY KING 1.1
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 0.9
FOXNEWS GRETA 0.9
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 0.9
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 0.8
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.7
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.4
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.4
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.2
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.1
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CABLE NEWS RACE
Tuesday, 4-27-04
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2004--FOX News Channel (FNC) beat CNN and
MSNBC combined in viewership and demographics in the Prime Time and 24-Hour
time periods for April '04, according to Nielsen Media Research.
In addition, FNC continued its dominance capturing ten out of the top eleven
shows in cable news. CNN's only show in the top eleven, Larry King Live, remained
at number four with 1,335,000 viewers. King trailed FNC's The O'Reilly Factor
(2,240,000 viewers), Hannity & Colmes (1,638,000 viewers) and The FOX Report
with Shepard Smtih (1,465,000 viewers) respectively.
While all news networks suffered a drop-off from last April's ratings, FNC demonstrated
the smallest drop in both the Prime Time and 24-hour time periods. FNC averaged
1,497,000 viewers in Prime Time, whereas CNN and MSNBC combined to average only
1,156,000 viewers. MSNBC lost nearly three-quarters of its April 2003 Prime
Time audience and CNN plummeted 63% in Prime Time viewership.
In the 24-Hour Time period, FNC averaged 884,000 viewers vs. the 713,000 viewers
CNN and MSNBC drew collectively. Again, MSNBC saw 72% of its audience vaporize
and CNN almost matched it with 69% of its audience vanishing from April '03.
April's big losers included CNN's much hyped Paula Zahn Now and Wolf Blitzer
Live, down 72% and 65% respectively from Apr. '03. On MSNBC, Countdown with
Keith Olbermann and Lester Holt Live were down 69% and 82% respectively from
their Apr. '03 averages.
NOTE: People are leaving CNN and MSNBC because they are just like FOX, all the
liberals I know have stopped watching cable news because their republican bias
is so bad they stopped watching all of them. That is why CNN and MSNBC had a
70% drop in the ratings in April, they have become FOX 2 and FOX 3, there is
no objective fair and balanced media in America anymore. CNN and MSNBC have
sold out their viewers and now they are all going to the internet for the news.
Ratings - 4-27-04
THE OREILLY FACTOR 2.2
HANNITY & COLMES 1.5
THE FOX REPORT W/S.SMITH 1.3
LARRY KING LIVE 1.3
SPECIAL REPORTW/BRIT HUME 1.2
ON THE RECORD W/GRETA 1.1
FOX AND FRIENDS 1.1
THE BIG STORY W/J GIBSON 1.0
STUDIO B W/S.SMITH 0.9
FOX NEWS LIVE 0.9
YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO 0.8
NEWSNIGHT W/ AARON BROWN 0.8
WOLF BLITZER REPORTS 0.7
FOX & FRIENDS FIRST 0.7
PAULA ZAHN NOW 0.6
LOU DOBBS TONIGHT 0.5
CROSSFIRE 0.6
AMERICAN MORNING 0.5
CNN LIVE 0.5
LIVE FROM 0.5
HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 0.5
ANDERSON COOPER 0.5
INSIDE POLITICS 0.5
SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY 0.3
IMUS IN THE MORNING 0.4
CNN DAYBREAK 0.3
COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN 0.3
DENNIS MILLER 0.2
DEBORAH NORVILLE TONIGHT 0.2
THE ABRAMS REPORT 0.2
MSNBC LIVE 0.2
KUDLOW & CRAMER 0.2
LESTER HOLT LIVE 0.2
CNN HEADLINE NEWS 0.2
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MONDAY NIGHT, MARCH 29
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.3
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.8
CNN LARRY KING 1.5
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.3
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 1.1
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.0
CNN AARON BROWN 0.7
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.7
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.5
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.5
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.3
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.3
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.2
Note: Some of these shows had a ratings spike because of all the big news this
week, Condi Rice, Richard Clarke, etc.
The Daily Show's fake news steals ratings from the real news
4-01-2004 -- Fake and scathing 1, fair and balanced 0. CNN and MSNBC have gotten used to losing to Fox News. But during the Democratic primaries, an unexpected foe stole the ratings crown from all three. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, a mock news program airing on Viacom's (VIA) Comedy Central, attracted more viewers at 11 p.m. than any of the cable news channels in the last two weeks of January, outdoing Fox by 20 percent even as the news network was running live campaign coverage. Stewart's fake news show has won ever-growing audiences with help from real politico guests like John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards.
Note: If a fake news show is beating a real news show in the ratings by 20% what does that tell you about the real news show.
The Ratings Mirage
Why Fox has higher ratings--when CNN has more viewers
Reporting on the ratings rivalry between the Fox News Channel
(FNC) and CNN is often misleading--and almost always over-hyped.
"Fox Tops CNN as Choice for Cable News," declared one typical
headline (Chicago Tribune, 3/24/03). "Fox News Channel Continues
to Crush CNN," reported Knight Ridder (Dallas Morning News,
2/3/04) in a column comparing the rivalry to a party primary: "Fox
News Channel is winning the Nielsen caucuses." Last summer
(8/17/03), the New York Times Magazine declared, looking back at
the period of the Iraq invasion, "Fox was--and still is--trouncing CNN
in the ratings."
After exposure to countless similar stories published since January
2002, when Fox was reported to have surpassed CNN in the Nielsen
ratings, one might naturally conclude that Fox has more viewers than
CNN.
But it's not true. On any given day, more people typically tune to CNN
than to Fox.
Full Story:
www.fair.org/extra/0404/fox-ratings.html
Note: I am not posting this to promote CNN in any way, they are almost as bad as FOX. I am posting it to show how FOX spins the ratings and how the rest of the sell out corporate media does not even have the balls to call them on it. FOX is not #1, CNN is.
CABLE NEWS RACE - MARCH 3, 2004
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.1
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.6
CNN LARRY KING 1.3
FOX NEWS SHEP SMITH 1.3
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.1
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 1.0
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.5
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.4
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.3
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.3
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.2
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.1
Note: Notice that all 4 MSNBC shows are getting an 0.4 rating or less, yet the Phil Donahue show was cancelled when it was getting an 0.5 rating, and the ratings for Donahue were increasing. That proves the media cancels liberal shows even when they are getting better ratings. The Donahue show was the #1 rated show on MSBC yet it was cancelled. Dennis Miller (Republican) does an 0.1, tell me how in the hell that lame ass show stays on the air ?
