FYI..... I wonder how Big Ed is doing???

[a kennedy]

CABLE NEWS RACE
NOV. 18, 2009

FOXNEWS HANNITY/PALIN 4,200,000
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,868,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,512,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,383,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,235,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,980,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,041,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,036,000
MSNBC MADDOW 957,000
CNN KING 835,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 625,000
CNN COOPER 611,000

sorry, this is from sludge report: http://www.drudgereport.com/

[jefferson_dem]

1. Yowza. Anderson Cooper is struggling bigtime.

How long can CNN tolerate pulling a measly 600k in the 8:00 slot?

[madokie]

2. Can you even trust the numbers

[GoCubsGo]

8. Not so sure.

Does anyone know whether those numbers for Keith, Rachel, and Tweety include the replays?

[itsrobert]

3. Looks like Prime Time Numbers only

Ed at 6pm Eastern doesn't meet that category. Usually starts at 8pm, but I think it can start as early as 7pm.

[Imajika]

11. I think he is just so far back they don't show his numbers....

That list showed Fox's 6pm Eastern show which is Brett Baier.

[madrchsod]

4. msnbc is second to fox in prime time

and third behind fox and all of cnn`s programming

http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/top-news/cable-news

[Mabus]

5. HuffPo has numbers , including Ed's

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/fox-news-dominates-3q-200_n_304260.html

They are in an embedded pdf down screen. You can check them out.

You can also find them at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12345307/3Q-09-_LIVESD_-P2-ranker

[a kennedy]

6. from the huffingtonpost article........

"The Rachel Maddow Show" averaged 996,000 total viewers (Maddow began the program in September 2008, so a comparison for the quarter would be inaccurate; compared to September 2008, though, Maddow's September 2009 total viewer average is down 40%). :cry: D*mn, I'm hoping the faux numbers are just from people watching for a good laugh.......and what's up with Greta??? Wow she's sure come out swinging lately........

[madrchsod]

7. this is where the viewers and money is....

20 million viewers for each new episode...http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/18/ncis-is-the-nights-top-program-in-viewers-adults-18-49-and-adults-25-54/33963

cable news show are a small segment of the television audience.

[Imajika]

12. Comparing apples to oranges...

NCIS is not "news" or political commentary. Nor is Spongebob or any other show that may do much better than shows on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc.

The truth, whether we want to accept it or not, is that Fox basically gets higher ratings in PrimeTime than all the other "news" outlets combined to include CNN, HLN, and MSNBC.

Even though only 2-4 million watch at any given time, which really is a small % of the population, Fox is succeeding in having a disproportionate influence on politics and policy simply because they are on 24/7 and are the loudest voices with a massive audience compared to their competitors.

If the audience for Fox continues to grow, and programming on CNN and MSNBC continues to stagnate or even just grow a far less rapid rate, you are eventually going to see CNN and perhaps one day even MSNBC decide it is worth programming right wing shows to compete for Fox's outsized audience. The danger is we could wind up with multiple far right "news" channels instead of Fox News.

People on the left really just have to tune in more to boost MSNBC's numbers in PrimeTime to make networks focus more seriously on the progressive audience.

[asjr]

9. No wonder Fox can do and say what it

damn well pleases.

[blm]

10. Do you ever post anything that doesn't come from RW sources or supports RW memes?

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