http://mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ It's program ranker time. Bill O'Reilly is way ahead of the pack, averaging 2.67 million viewers in October. H&C is #2, Greta is #3, Shep is #4 and Hume is #5. Larry King came in sixth place with 1.13 million. The new Dayside is still near the bottom of the FNC list, with 893,000 viewers.
Paula Zahn was CNN's #2 show, with 824,000 viewers. Aaron Brown and Anderson Cooper followed closely behind, with 813,000 at 10pm and 811,000 at 7pm. American Morning averaged 616,000. Nancy Grace's ratings have calmed down; she had 483,000 for the month.
Rita Cosby Live & Direct was the #1 program on MSNBC, with 382,000. Countdown with Keith Olbermann was #2 by a hair, with 381,000. Hardball was third. Check out all the data:
Alas, Faux's numbers are as strong as ever...but on the whole is a small portion of those watching TV...and more reflects on how poorly CNN and MSNBC are doing as their audiences continue to dwindle.
Rushbo is another story. You have to be a bit of a detective to get his radio numbers...or have access to Arbitron Maximizer...which breaks out the specific station and time of day.
www.radiorecords.com/ratings
Here's where you can find all the radio numbers...and the interesting note there is how AAR stations are doing well and slowly growing...not a bad thing during a time when radio's overall ratings, listners and revenues are at all-time lows.