CNN’s biggest story of the day: Rick Sanchez’ new hair style. CNN’s ratings are lower than the spirits in a room full of Democrats. This clip may explain why.
CNN’s ratings are lower than the spirits in a room full of Democrats. This clip may explain why.
At one time, CNN owned the world of cable news. Now its primetime line-up has fewer viewers than Fox News’ 3 a.m. Red Eye show.
Read it here, because this story is unlikely to be reported at CNN.
At one time, the cable news pioneer owned the world of cable news. Now its primetime line-up has fewer viewers than Fox News’ 3 a.m. Red Eye show.
National Review’s Media Blog reports the details guaranteed to depress the folks at CNN:
The ratings for Fox News’ ribald Red Eye, a nothing-else-quite-like-it mash-up of news, comedy, and pop-culture commentary, celebrated its third anniversary by beating CNN’s Campbell Brown and Larry King, and tying Anderson Cooper, in the prized 25-54 demographic.
Fox News beating CNN wouldn’t be news, except that Brown, King and Cooper comprise CNN’s primetime lineup, and Red Eye airs at 3:00 A.M. All the more remarkable considering that most conservatives have, you know, jobs.
Ouch.
Source: National Review
To put it bluntly, the week of February 1 – 5 was an unmitigated disaster at MSNBC.
Just when you start to think MSNBC can’t sink any lower in the ratings, those lunatic liberals surprise you by doing it again.
To put it bluntly, the week of February 1 – 5 was an unmitigated disaster at MSNBC.
Schultz’ total audience for the week was only 2,402,000 viewers. Maddow’s total viewers for a full week fell under 4,000,000 for the first time (3,922,000).
On top of that, Keith Olbermann’s audience, which once neared 1,500,000 viewers per night, fell under 1,000,000 viewers four of the five nights.
In an effort to demonstrate our commitment to a greener world, we hereby request that MSNBC’s last viewer turn out the lights on their way out the door.
Source: MediaBistro.com
Remember a year or so ago when Keith Olbermann bragged about his ratings on the air? Don’t expect to see a replay of that show anytime soon.
Remember a year or so ago when Keith Olbermann bragged about his ratings on the air? Don’t expect to see a replay of that show anytime soon.
Daily Finance reports the details:
Keith Olbermann was already a renowned sportscaster when he rose to prominence as a political commentator. This was during the Bush Administration, when the left was badly in need of a forceful voice to rally around. Such was his popularity that MSNBC reoriented its entire primetime lineup around it.
But now the Democrats control Congress and the White House, and there are creeping indications that the world may not have quite as much need of — or patience for — Olbermann and his shtick as it once did.
Ratings for Olbermann’s Countdown have been soft recently, and the 8 p.m. shows on CNN and HLN have narrowed the gap. In the important demographic of adults 25 to 54 — the group advertisers are looking to reach — Countdown was down 44% year-over-year in January. It averaged 268,000 viewers in that demo, only 3,000 more than Nancy Grace’s show on HLN, and 12,000 more than CNN’s Campbell Brown. Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor dominated the hour with 964,000 viewers age 25 to 54, and was the only cable news show in the time period to increase its audience, by 55%.
Olbermann can console himself with the fact that he still has highest ratings at MSNBC. Of course, that’s kind of like bragging that you’re the tallest Munchkin.
Source: Daily Finance
Last week it was reported that his cable news network was the highest rated in the country. This week his TV network absolutely crushed the other broadcast networks.
They told Rupert Murdoch he was crazy for starting a new TV network. They told him he was crazy for trying to compete with CNN. Looks like the wily Australian American has the last laugh once again.
Last week it was reported that his cable news network was the highest rated in the country. This week his TV network absolutely crushed the other broadcast networks.
TVByTheNumbers.com reports the remarkable ratings:
Start with the second most highly viewed NFC Championship game in history, add an American Idol show holding steady from last season, and you’ve got the recipe for an epic broadcast primetime ratings beatdown by Fox. The rest of the broadcast competition could only stand by as they got steamrolled. It will be interesting to compare this week’s results to CBS’s for Super Bowl week. Also, note how close Univision finished to NBC in adults 18-49.
Note that the chart includes RATINGS not VIEWERS as was typical in our weekly network ratings posts prior to July, 2009.
Each rating point is a percentage of the US TV population in that demographic group and equals: 2.90 million viewers, 1.32 million adults 18-49, 0.68 million adults 18-34 and 1.24 million adults 25-54.
Yeah, Murdoch is crazy. Crazy like a Fox.
Source: TVByTheNumbers.com
It comes as no shocker that most Americans aren’t happy with President Obama, but new scientific findings might reveal why that is. He’s too skinny.
It comes as no shocker that most Americans aren’t happy with President Obama, but new scientific findings might reveal why that is.
The Telegraph UK reports that “Overweight male politicians are more popular.”
Voters believed that overweight male candidates were more reliable, honest, dependable and inspiring than their thinner counterparts.
If you’re listening, Mr. President, maybe a little less b-ball and a little more fast food are in order. Maybe more trips to the ice cream parlor with the girls. And more burgers with Biden at lunch. Adding a few more pounds might add a few more points to your approval ratings.
We think this survey is one of the most important ones we’ve ever read. Because it finally explains why the people of Massachusetts kept sending Teddy Kennedy and Barney Frank back to the Senate and the House year after year.
Source: Telegraph UK
Written by guest author
The numbers are in. Fox News absolutely destroyed the competition the night of Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts. Gloat, O’Reilly, gloat. You deserve it. Fox News deserves it. And most of all, MSNBC deserves it.
The numbers are in. Fox News absolutely destroyed the competition the night of Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts.
Gloat, O’Reilly, gloat. You deserve it. Fox News deserves it. And most of all, MSNBC deserves it.
Fox News was the top cable network in primetime last week, averaging the most total viewers between January 18th-24th. The last time FNC topped USA and came in first was during the week of the 2008 presidential election.
In a week dominated by coverage of the earthquake in Haiti and the U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, FNC drew an average of 3.2 million total viewers in primetime (Mon-Sun).
Scott Brown wasn’t the only winner in the Massachusetts senate election. Fox News came out on top, too.
MediaBistro.com reports on the network’s remarkable ratings:
Fox News was the top cable network in primetime last week, averaging the most total viewers between January 18th-24th. The last time FNC topped USA and came in first was during the week of the 2008 presidential election.
In a week dominated by coverage of the earthquake in Haiti and the U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, FNC drew an average of 3.2 million total viewers in primetime (Mon-Sun).Fox was ranked 3rd in total day. CNN was 22nd in primetime and 19th in total day, and MSNBC was 25th in primetime and 31st in total day.
Fox News probably won’t be able to hang on to the top spot now that the election is over, but the thought of Keith Olbermann grinding his teeth over last week’s ratings is probably enough to keep Rupert Murdoch smiling for years.
Source: MediaBistro.com
The 21st Century has been unkind to all the cable news networks. Except Fox, that is. The conservative news network has bucked the trend and grown a remarkable 570% in the decade.
The 21st Century has been unkind to all the cable news networks. Except Fox, that is. The conservative news network has bucked the trend and grown a remarkable 570% in the decade.
This chart shows each network’s Nielsen average year-by-year ratings for the last 10 years (12-27-99 thru 12-23-09).
There’s only one solution for the other guys. Get Michael Mann to do the next ratings chart.
Source: Nielson via MediaBistro.com
Things are not going well for MSNBC. Not for the network in general nor for Rachel Maddow in particular.
While the poor dear used to routinely and handily top 1,000,000 total viewers per night, she’s reached that lofty level only once in the last five weeks.
We’re very sad to report that this is her third week of record low ratings within that same five week period (it probably would have been four out of five, but we won’t hold the disrupted Thanksgiving week against her).
And just to make things even worse, her total viewers for the most recent five night period has reached an all-time low, clinging precariously just above the 4,000,000 level. Here are the grim details:
| Date | Total Viewers |
|---|---|
| Mon, Dec 14 | 755,000 |
| Tues, Dec 15 | 857,000 |
| Wed, Dec 16 | 915,000 |
| Thur, Dec 17 | -806,000 |
| Fri, Dec 18 | 745,000 |
| Total | 4,078,000 |
It will be interesting to see what Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), MSNBC’s new owners, decide to do with the also-ran cable news network.
MSNBC is, of course, the network that once billed itself as the Obama Network. Apparently,“The Cartoon Network” was already taken.
Source: MediaBistro.com
In short, Fox/O’Reilly’s numbers (in red) are outrageous, MSNBC/Olbermann’s (in blue) are down and out.
Forget everyone else. Just sit back and be cheered for the holidays by the two-year trend in cable news during the 8 p.m. (est) time slot.
In short, Fox/O’Reilly’s numbers (in red) are outrageous, MSNBC/Olbermann’s (in blue) are down and out.
Source: TVByTheNumbers.com
Fox News will finish 2009 as the number one cable news network thanks to the highest ratings in the network’s history.
That horrible gnashing of teeth you hear is Chris Matthews. The pathetic whimpering is Keith Olbermann. That plaintive wailing is Rachel Maddow. All because Fox News will finish 2009 as the number one cable news network thanks to the highest ratings in the network’s history.
Broadcasting & Cable reports the rosy details:
FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 million Total Viewers, 340,000 viewers in news’ target demographic of 25-54-year-olds); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen.
FNC saw double-digit gains for all of its programs. Year-to-year, Glenn Beck is up 96% among total viewers (2.3 million) and 148% in the demo (612,000). Special Report with Bret Baier posted gains of 25% among total viewers (2 million) and 33% in the demo (454,000). The O’Reilly Factor is up 13% among total viewers (3.3 million) and 27% (801,000) in the demo, marking its tenth consecutive year as the No. 1 cable news program.
As Media Bistro points out, two Fox News success stories stand out:
Glenn Beck is up 96% in total viewers (averaging 2.3 million). He’s also up 148% in the A24-54 demo, averaging 612,000 viewers.
Bill O’Reilly, who now makes it 10 years as the top cable news program, was up 13% in Total Viewers with 3.3 million tuning in and 27% in the demo (801,000). In 2009, O’Reilly often outdrew programs on broadcast networks — just this week, “The Factor” had a larger audience than ABC’s “Better Off Ted” (“Ted” drew 3.183 million viewers, while O’Reilly drew 3.299 million at 8pmET.)
Amusingly, CNN and MSNBC are also touting their 2009 ratings. But that discussion is like the captain of the Titanic arguing with the captain of the Lusitania about which ship is sinking faster.
Source: MediaBistro.com, Broadcasting & Cable
Adding Clinton crony George Stephanopoulos to the anchor desk at ABC’s Good Morning America did nothing for the show’s ratings. Nothing good, that is.
Adding Clinton crony George Stephanopoulos to the anchor desk at ABC’s Good Morning America did nothing for the show’s ratings. Nothing good, that is.
Breitbart reports:
Preliminary numbers from Nielsen Co. show that his first day on “Good Morning America” on Monday had questionable impact on the audience size. NBC’s “Today” beat “Good Morning America” by 1.3 million viewers, widening its advantage from last week’s average margin of 1.1 million viewers.
Nielsen says Monday’s audience for “Today” was 5.9 million viewers, while “GMA” had 4.6 million viewers.
Earlier this month, “Today” marked 14 years of winning each week in the ratings.
Stephanopoulos, taking over from Diane Sawyer at the “GMA” anchor desk, is partnered with Robin Roberts.
Good morning America, the Chicago Cubs of morning television.
Source: Breitbart.com
According to the Huffington Post, The Joy Behar show is “on a roll.” In the Land of Huffpo, a roll is apparently defined as finishing fourth in its 9 pm time slot with an average of just 417,000 viewers per night.
According to the Huffington Post, The Joy Behar show is “on a roll.” In the Land of Huffpo, a roll is apparently defined as finishing fourth in its 9 pm time slot with an average of just 417,000 viewers per night.
Not to burst Behar’s bubble or diminish the importance of finishing in the all important number four spot, but TVbyTheNumbers.com recently took “the first 50 days of ratings for Headline News’ The Behar Show and compared them to the final 50 days of the show she replaced, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell. So far, Joy’s done no better in the ratings.”
Is it just us or was “Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell” a show you found by accident when there were no good infomercials on?
Behar topped her average ratings only three times during the 50 day period. Her featured guests on those nights were Martin Short, Levi Johnson and Roseanne Barr – a gay icon and two celebrities everyone thought were dead.
Have fun figuring out which is which.
Source: TVbyTheNumbers.com
– Written by Patrick Michael
Oh, how our hearts go out to Rachel Maddow for her recent loss. Loss of audience, that is.
Oh, how our hearts go out to Rachel Maddow for her recent loss. Loss of audience, that is.
The premiere of her program was marked by grand hoopla, which was a bit of a mystery to us. We couldn’t figure out how a failed lesbian radio host (clarification: she is a failed radio host, but we have no reason to assume she is not a successful lesbian) could achieve success by teaming up with a failed cable TV network.
Despite our misgivings, it all seemed to work for a while. MSNBC rode the anti-Bush bandwagon and Maddow rode the pro-bush bandwagon to a modicum of success in 2008.
But those days are long gone. Maddow’s viewers have abandoned her like she’s a girl baby in China.
In the early days, her program regularly and handily topped one million total viewers per night. But recent ratings tell a much different story.
Take, for example, her ratings for the week of November 30-December 4. It happens to be Maddow’s lowest rated week ever:
| Date | Total Audience |
|---|---|
| Fri, Dec 4 | 643,000 |
| Thur, Dec 3 | 789,000 |
| Wed, Dec 2 | 952,000 |
| Tue, Dec 1 | 924,000 |
| Mon, Nov 30 | 816,000 |
| Total Viewers | 3,924,000 |
Five days under 1,000,000 total viewers. Three days under 900,000 viewers. Two days under 800,000 viewers. One day under 700,000 viewers.
And the total viewers for the week added up to just 3,924,000 which is Maddow’s fewest total weekly viewers since MSBNC premiered her nightly smarmfest.
Keep up the good work, Rachel. See you back on Air America with a live show real soon.
Source: MediaBistro.com
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures.
Hey, get your mind out of the gutter, pal. We’re talking about the latest cable news ratings here.
Here’s how Business Insider tells the tale of Cooper’s precipitous decline:
The respected CNN anchor has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures.
Last month, in Cooper’s time slot, Fox News’ “On the Record” attracted an average viewership of 1.9 million while “360” averaged 672,000; repeats of MSNBC’s “Countdown” and HLN’s Nancy Grace show averaged 655,000 and 458,000, respectively.
What’s the cause of Cooper’s decline? The Business Insider speculates:
So what happened? Let’s see: There’s no presidential election to ramp up ratings; there’s heavy competition from centrist CNN’s noisier rivals (see: Fox News, the No. 1 cable news channel); there’s people catching up on DVR-ed TV shows in the late evening; then there’s the loss of Lou Dobbs in the 7 p.m. anchor chair, among other possible factors.
Oddly enough, the Business Insider concludes with a decidedly unbusinesslike recommendation:
Work those blue eyes, Coop!
Our recommendation would be slightly different:
Wear a short skirt, Coop. It seems to work over at Fox.
Source: Business Insider
Not only does Fox News continue to dominate the cable news ratings, but now, for the first time in history, Fox Television is expected to win the important November ratings.
That hideous sound you hear is Keith Olbermann gnashing his teeth over nemesis Rupert Murdoch’s remarkable success.
Not only does Fox News continue to dominate the cable news ratings, but now, for the first time in history, Fox Television is expected to win the important November ratings.
We’ll step aside and let The Live Feed give you the details:
Thanks to a heavily viewed World Series and the network’s most stable fall lineup in years, Fox is averaging a 3.5 adult demo rating as of Wednesday afternoon.
Fox is up 17% from its November sweeps period last year in the advertiser-coveted adult demographic and is the only major broadcast network to post a gain. With viewing levels down 6% from last year, ABC is in second place with 3.2 (-9%). CBS is third with 3.0 (-12%). NBC is fourth with 2.6 (-16%) and the CW has a 1.2 (+9%). ABC would come out on top if sports programming were excluded. Fox previously tied NBC to win November sweeps in 2001, but has never won the outright.
They said Rupert Murdoch was crazy when he started a fourth television network to challenge ABC, CBS and NBC. Then history repeated itself and they said he was crazy again when he started a cable news network to challenge CNN.
Crazy, you might say, like a Fox.
Source: The Live Feed
The former number one cable news network – the people who invented the business – dropped out of the top 30 prime time cable networks during the last week of October.
It’s hard to imagine how far and how fast CNN has fallen on hard times.
The former number one cable news network – the people who invented the business – dropped out of the top 30 prime time cable networks during the last week of October.
As Mediaite explains it:
For the first time in more than two years, CNN fell out of the top 30 cable channels last week in prime time (total viewers). Fox News ranked 3rd, behind USA and ESPN, while MSNBC was 26th. It was the 43rd consecutive week Fox News finished in the top 5 cable channels in prime time.
In total day, FNC was #5, CNN #27 and MSNBC #31.
To rub a little salt in the wound, CNN finished fourth among cable news networks on election night.
Correction: Make that a lot of salt.
Source: Mediaite
Here, in one remarkable paragraph, Davies clearly demonstrates that liberal media bias is a worldwide phenomenon.
Anne Davies is the Washington correspondent for Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers, so one might assume she has her biases under control.
But, alas, it was not to be.
Here, in one remarkable paragraph, Davies clearly demonstrates that liberal media bias is a worldwide phenomenon:
Fox dominated the news channel ratings. Its top host, Bill O’Reilly, who offers right-wing ideology and belittles liberals, attracted an average 881,000 viewers, while CNN’s award-winning Anderson Cooper, who bills himself as a serious journalist who actually goes to war zones, rated only 211,000 viewers.
Well, that about sums it up. Thanks for putting it all in perspective for us, Anne.
Source: Andrew Bolt
61% of the viewers of Fox describe themselves as middle-of-the-road or liberal?” Wallace said. “Given how much bigger the Fox audience is than the other Cable audiences, I’ll bet our 61% is bigger than CNN or MSNBC in total.”
A recent quote from Fox host Chris Wallace caught our attention.
“Did you know 61% of the viewers of Fox describe themselves as middle-of-the-road or liberal?” Wallace said. “Given how much bigger the Fox audience is than the other Cable audiences, I’ll bet our 61% is bigger than CNN or MSNBC in total.”
Let’s look at O’Reilly and Olbermann and do a little math and find out if Wallace is correct.
On Thursday, October 22 (a night chosen at random) Bill O’Reilly drew 3,436,000 viewers and Keith Olbermann drew a meager 1,179,000 viewers.
61% of 3,436,000 = 2,095,960.
Well, look at that. Almost twice as many Democrats and independents watch O’Reilly than watch Olbermann.
We’re not sure which stat surprises us most: the fact that more Democrats and independents watch Fox or that there are still a million people who watch Olbermann.
Source: LAradio.com, Media Bistro
The only thing falling faster than President Obama’s approval ratings are MSNBC’s cable news ratings. Especially those of the irrepressible Rachel Maddow.
The only things falling faster than President Obama’s approval ratings are MSNBC’s cable news ratings. Especially those of the irrepressible Rachel Maddow.
The Ron Reagan, Jr. look-alike just racked up the worst one week ratings of her one year sojourn at MSNBC. For the first time ever, she went through an entire week without attracting a million viewers on any night. In fact, her total viewers for the week were a meager 4,147,000 people. That’s barely more than Bill O’Reilly nets in a single night.
Here are the sad specifics:
| Date | 25-54 Age Demo | Total Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | 283,000 | 937,000 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 214,000 | 894,000 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 227,000 | 787,000 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 281,000 | 913,000 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 158,000 | 616,000 |
At the rate she’s going, Rachel’s last viewer will turn over to Hannity sometime in 2012. Just in time to get a more realistic view of the mid-term elections.
Source: MediaBistro.com
MSNBC’s ratings are in the dumper. Rachel Maddow just finished her lowest rated week ever. And poor Ed Schultz is now begging his radio audience to watch his TV show.
MSNBC’s ratings are in the dumper. Rachel Maddow just finished her lowest rated week ever. And poor Ed Schultz is now begging his radio audience to watch his TV show.
Here’s Ed groveling on his radio show the other day:
Schultz: We are trailing CNN for the month of October so we gotta get after it, Ed heads. We don’t want to lose, do we? Come on now. That’s the, the balloon boy really screwed me up. You know, it’s what happened! They cook up this balloon thing and we gotta cover it and everybody runs to CNN to the tune of three, four hundred thousand more people.
Now I gotta bust ass here to the end of the month to make sure we win this thing again! That’s what happens! That’s just the culture of it! I couldn’t find a political angle on the balloon thing, so that’s what hurt me, I guess, I don’t know.
The problem here, Ed, is that Balloon Boy coverage lasted just one day. How do you explain the rest of your miserable ratings?
Source: Radio Equalizer
Glenn Beck absolutely nails the Obamaniacs over at MSNBC. Sure, he’s histrionic, but he’s also hilarious. And the final score, Glenn Beck 3, MSNBC 0.
Glenn Beck absolutely nails the Obamaniacs over at MSNBC. Sure, he’s histrionic, but he’s also hilarious. And the final score, Glenn Beck 3, MSNBC 0.
Source: Bluegrass Pundit
Irrascable, almost unwatchable curmudgeon Don Imus has helped the Fox Business Network rack up its first ratings triumph over arch rival CNBC.
Irrascable, almost unwatchable curmudgeon Don Imus has helped the Fox Business Network rack up its first ratings triumph over arch rival CNBC.
Imus’ radio show, a simulcast of his radio show, averaged 148,000 viewers a day for the week of October 5. That allowed FBN to eke out its first narrow victory over CNBC since FBN fired up its transmitter two years ago.
The New York Daily News reports:
Imus retained about 75% of his audience for the period, and helped propel Fox Business to its highest overall ratings for a week.
Imus’ total viewership on Fox was several times the average of his last simulcast, on the RFD network, and a little less than half the number he averaged when he was on MSNBC.
Fox Business News or Joe Kernan and crew at CNBC? Joe Kernan and crew at CNBC or Fox Business News. We just can’t decide.
We admit it. We’re torn between two lovers, feelin’ like a fool. Lovin’ both of you is breakin’ all the rules.
Sorry, we momentarily channeled Maureen McGovern and her 1976 hit.
Source: New York Daily News
Consider this a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black Larry King being an idiot during an interview with Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
Consider this a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black Larry King being an idiot during an interview with Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
King: Would you want the Limbaugh, that crowd — would you want them to be your voice as the Republican Party stands in this country?
Bachmann: Well remember it’s who the American people are referring to Larry. And the American people are looking to voices like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck –
King: I just told you — it’s 2 percent of America. It’s 2 percent!
Senility is a terrible thing. Larry still thinks people watch his show.
Source: MofoPolitics.com
