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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 02:50 AM Oct 2015

Fox News Ratings Plunge As Rachel Maddow’s Viewership Grows By 31%

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/10/27/fox-news-ratings-plunge-rachel-maddows-viewership-grows-31.html

Rachel Maddow and MSNBC are experiencing double-digit ratings growth with younger viewers while Fox News has seen their viewership decline by 11% with persons age 25-54.

According to MSNBC, “The Rachel Maddow Show tops CNN for regularly scheduled shows in total viewers (953,000 vs. 547,000) and the A25-54 demo (171,000 vs. 159,000) for the month of October 2015….MSNBC continues to gain momentum in the ratings over last year. MSNBC is up in the key A25-54 demo over October 2014 including “Morning Joe” (+16%), “Hardball with Chris Matthews” (+8%), “All In with Chris Hayes” (+28%), “The Rachel Maddow Show” (+31%), and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” (25%). For M-F Prime 8-11pm, MSNBC is up (+29%) in the A25-54 demo over last year.”

As MSNBC is growing, and CNN’s audience is up an amazing 101%, Fox News has seen a ratings decline, “But unlike CNN and MSNBC, Fox News was down in the A25-54 demo vs. Oct. 2014: down -11 percent in total day and down -1 percent in prime time. Among total viewers, the network saw growth: up +3 percent in both total day and in primetime.”
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Fox News Ratings Plunge As Rachel Maddow’s Viewership Grows By 31% (Original Post) BigBearJohn Oct 2015 OP
Sometimes Sherman A1 Oct 2015 #1
1+ riversedge Oct 2015 #2
great Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #3
Maybe having to discern good from bad information applegrove Oct 2015 #4
I'm really delighted to hear that. lovemydog Oct 2015 #5
Maddow and Chris Hayes are both pretty good. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #6
I'm not one to always point out the obvious, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #7
You can find some ratings numbers Crabby Appleton Oct 2015 #8
maddow is really great redruddyred Oct 2015 #9
Imagine if the'd bring back Ed and Keith. We would have an almost real two-party media. nt silvershadow Oct 2015 #10

applegrove

(118,020 posts)
4. Maybe having to discern good from bad information
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 03:35 AM
Oct 2015

on the Internet is a talent that is spilling over to the TV.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
5. I'm really delighted to hear that.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 03:58 AM
Oct 2015

People are going to get much more accurate information from Rachel Maddow's show than the senile jingoism from Fox 'News.'

I don't watch much tv. But I'm really glad to hear her ratings are increasing. She's very cool & smart.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
6. Maddow and Chris Hayes are both pretty good.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 04:27 AM
Oct 2015

CNN is even better than Fox. It's just corporate propaganda as opposed to being a crazy-right wingnut lie-fest like Fox.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
7. I'm not one to always point out the obvious,
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:09 AM
Oct 2015

but why were the ratings actually in this story? I am inyerested in the ratings of Maddow vs. anyone telecast against her time period.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
9. maddow is really great
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:41 AM
Oct 2015

her show has been consistently good over a period of years. she thoroughly deserves her success.

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