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Wednesday Ratings (Cable News)
Inside Cable News ^ | 8/4/5 | Spud

Posted on 08/05/2005 10:58:10 AM PDT by Ravi

Another big night for FOX. Its entire Primetime lineup averaged over 2.3 million viewers. FOX beat CNN 3:1 in Prime Time and the Prime Time 25-54 demo. CNN was flat. Even Larry King didn’t do better than Nancy Grace and Grace was just doing average for her. MSNBC had a better than usual night thanks to The Situation doing over 250,000. HLN beat CNN in the Primetime Demo.

(numbers courtesy of FOX News)

P2+ Total Day FNC - 1,023,000 viewers CNN - 398,000 viewers HLN - 210,000 viewers MSNBC - 196,000 viewers CNBC - 130,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day FNC - 268,000 viewers CNN - 119,000 viewers HLN - 84,000 viewers MSNBC - 77,000 viewers CNBC - 35,000 viewers [scratch]

P2+ Prime Time FNC -2,433,000 viewers CNN - 587,000 viewers HLN - 528,000 viewers MSNBC - 295,000 viewers CNBC - 133,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time FNC - 574,000 viewers HLN - 199,000 viewers CNN - 170,000 viewers MSNBC - 103,000 viewers CNBC - 62,000 viewers

Evening and Primetime Breakdown

7PM - P2+ FOX Report with Shepard Smith - 1,594,000 viewers Anderson Cooper 360 (sub host) - 533,000 viewers Hardball - 189,000 viewers Showbiz Tonight - 119,000 viewers

8PM - P2+ O’Reilly Factor - 2,449,000 viewers Nancy Grace - 787,000 viewers Paula Zahn Now - 604,000 viewers Countdown with Keith Olbermann (sub host) - 272,000 viewers Cover to Cover - 193,000 viewers

9 PM - P2+ Hannity & Colmes FNC - 2,466,000 viewers Larry King Live - 590,000 viewers Prime News Tonight - 319,000 viewers The Situation with Tucker Carlson - 273,000 viewers Mad Money - 129,000 viewers

10 PM P2+ On the Record w/Greta Van Susteren- 2,384,000 viewers NewsNight with Aaron Brown - 566,000 viewers Nancy Grace (r) - 479,000 viewers Scarborough Country - 339,000 viewers Donny Deutsch - 76,000 viewers [scratch]


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1 posted on 08/05/2005 10:58:12 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: Ravi

Sure wish Dennis Miller would get back on the air.


2 posted on 08/05/2005 11:01:39 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: Ravi

What does "P2" stand for?


3 posted on 08/05/2005 11:04:29 AM PDT by msnimje
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To: Ravi

Doesn't surprise. My hard core leftist friend told me last week-end that she watches Fox now.


4 posted on 08/05/2005 11:04:32 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: msnimje

total viewers. I don't know why that is referred to as P2+. Maybe some industry jargon.


5 posted on 08/05/2005 11:06:29 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: Ravi

Chrissie Matthews is just getting smoked by Fox. I wonder if he's starting to get the message that he's quite irrelevent as far as political commentary is concerned.


6 posted on 08/05/2005 11:09:06 AM PDT by sofaman
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To: Ravi

FNC Rules ~ Bump!


7 posted on 08/05/2005 11:09:42 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: msnimje

Maybe P2 exludes those people who would rather go to the bathroom than watch all the soap opera garbage that is today's TV.


8 posted on 08/05/2005 11:14:06 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: RckyRaCoCo

exludes=excludes


9 posted on 08/05/2005 11:16:59 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: sofaman
The sad thing about Matthews is that he's pretty good when he can contain his left-wing bias. Unfortunately, that's about two shows per year.
10 posted on 08/05/2005 11:17:18 AM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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To: zencat

He drives me nuts. I don't find him to be consistent. Often he is simply a contrarian.


11 posted on 08/05/2005 11:26:23 AM PDT by sofaman
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To: Ravi
Just wait until Rita Cosby takes off at MSNBC. You'll see. She'll vault the station into, what, sixth place?

Such an airhead. Note the picture below. If you look close enough, you;ll see the Schrader valve just below her left ear.


12 posted on 08/05/2005 11:38:10 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: zencat

Matthews is a total loss because he prostitutes what natural ability he has on the altar of the left, and because he is blatantly narcissistic. As the spoof soundbite of Matthews on Ingraham's radio show goes--shouting and riddled with spittle: "COULD SOMEBODY GET A CLOSEUP OF MY FACE?"


13 posted on 08/05/2005 11:44:38 AM PDT by rmgatto
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To: rmgatto
"Matthews is a total loss because he prostitutes what natural ability he has on the altar of the left"

Well said. I do believe he has some 'natural ability', however, it is 99% focused on advocating positions for the left and attacking the right. Quite sad really.
14 posted on 08/05/2005 11:53:35 AM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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To: Nukilar

Main stream are the networks, not the cable news channels.


16 posted on 08/05/2005 12:13:40 PM PDT by bushinohio
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To: Nukilar

Didn't Jimmah Carter pronouce it thatways?


17 posted on 08/05/2005 12:18:12 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Why is everyone so happy to see FNC doing well? They have now managed to completely stop covering news. It's like the E! channel or something now. Very pathetic and sad what can be considered a news channel in our society these days.


18 posted on 08/05/2005 6:09:21 PM PDT by DanKarp
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FoxFan ping!

Thread dated 8-5-05. Sorry I'm a few days late with this one.

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19 posted on 08/09/2005 9:06:49 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: nutmeg

Thanks for the ping!


20 posted on 08/09/2005 9:09:24 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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