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Fox News comes up big in year-end numbers
Lost Remote (& Media Bistro.com) ^ | 12/29/05

Posted on 12/29/2005 9:14:04 AM PST by LdSentinal

TV Newser crunches a bunch of year-end cable news numbers for us. Of note: O'Reilly led the pack, with the most viewers overall and among the 25-54s. In fact, Fox News had 11 of the top 12 shows in 2005. Only CNN's Larry King Live busts in, at #6. This is the fourth year in a row at the top for Fox News.

Bill O'Reilly is the king of cable news again this year. He's #1 on the 2005 weekday program ranker, followed by H&C, Greta, Shep and Hume. The "Competitive Program Analysis" shows CNN's Larry King at #6.

The defunct NewsNight with Aaron Brown comes in as CNN's #2 program of the year, ranking #13 overall. Wolf Blitzer's Situation Room is CNN's #3 and Paula Zahn now is #4. Headline News star Nancy Grace ranks 25th on the chart, averaging 510,000 viewers for the year. Prime News was the second most-popular HLN show, averaging 335,000.

On MSNBC, Rita Cosby was #1. Chris Matthews (#2), Keith Olbermann (#3) and Joe Scarborough (#4) were all within 20,000 viewers of eachother. See it all for yourself:

2005 weekday program ranker (PDF)

For comparisons: Here's the 2004 ranker (PDF)

(Rankers courtesy FNC)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2005review; cable; cnn; foxnews; foxnewsratings; msnbc; nielsen; notbiased; oreilly; ratinga
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1 posted on 12/29/2005 9:14:06 AM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

How can anyone be surprised at these results? FOX is the best thing to happen to American Journalism in 100 years.


2 posted on 12/29/2005 9:17:07 AM PST by wmileo
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To: LdSentinal

So I guess this really does prove that CNN sucks. :D


3 posted on 12/29/2005 9:17:39 AM PST by Jason Kauppinen
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To: LdSentinal

Ha ha ha ha! Olbermann continues to suck.


4 posted on 12/29/2005 9:18:07 AM PST by RabidBartender
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To: LdSentinal

Yes, all very good and well, but what we want to know is, who is FreeRepublic.com's highest rated poster?


5 posted on 12/29/2005 9:20:21 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
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To: LdSentinal

LOL Go OReilly!!!! Hahahahahaha!!!


6 posted on 12/29/2005 9:20:48 AM PST by Lemondropkid31 (Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

I am afraid that it isn't me.


7 posted on 12/29/2005 9:21:17 AM PST by Lemondropkid31 (Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence.)
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To: LdSentinal
Memo the liberal MSM:

Loosing share?

Try the truth.

8 posted on 12/29/2005 9:23:47 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: LdSentinal

Interesting that Larry King, CNN's best show, is almost even with Hannity and Colmes (opposite Larry King) in viewers over 54 years old. H&C is clobbering Larry King in younger viewers by a wider margin than first appears.

That kind of demographic does not bode well for LK (and CNN generally) going forward.


9 posted on 12/29/2005 9:24:07 AM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: LdSentinal

That's what you get(CNN, etc.) when you make the news rather than report it!


10 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:26 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: SolidSupplySide

And Larry King is 72 years old. He is going to hang up the silver microphone before long. What will CNN do without its top draw?


11 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:23 AM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: LdSentinal
TANK you media slime scum bags, TANK!

Huzzah Fox News!

12 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:38 AM PST by Candor7 (Into Liberal Flatulence Goes the Hope of the West)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Lazamataz


13 posted on 12/29/2005 9:29:18 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Merry Christmas and happy new year to all our troops at home and abroad!!)
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To: wmileo
They've also had some really great specials-thanks to David Asman-on our Christian Heritage. Brit Hume on his nightly show also had a segment by Major Garrett, showing how NO ONE IN EUROPE goes to church; do not claim any Christian belief whatsoever. The beautiful churches are empty. NO WONDER Euroweenies have become so nutty. Without any belief system except other than the State...will prove to be if not already one depressed group of people. Is this the real reason the muslims are taking over? Europe has become one very dark continent....darkness evades all of it.
14 posted on 12/29/2005 9:31:41 AM PST by shield (The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions.Pr 1:7)
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To: LdSentinal

For viewers age 25-54, O'Reilly is getting almost
4 TIMES the viewers than Olbermann.

I love it.


15 posted on 12/29/2005 9:32:06 AM PST by Signalman
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To: LdSentinal
Once Larry King retires I guess we can turn the lights out at the once mighty CNN.
16 posted on 12/29/2005 9:33:44 AM PST by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

The damn "Conservative media"......lol. Fox News/Talk Radio/Washington Times VS. All TV channels/NY Times/Washington Post/All weekly news magazines/LA Times/etc.....

How about we swap, you can have Fox News and we'll take eveything else, Howza bout it?


17 posted on 12/29/2005 9:34:12 AM PST by Gillmeister
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Lazamataz

I concur!

18 posted on 12/29/2005 9:34:38 AM PST by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: SolidSupplySide
And Larry King is 72 years old. He is going to hang up the silver microphone before long. What will CNN do without its top draw?

In a few years, he'll be old enough to move to CBS.

19 posted on 12/29/2005 9:35:31 AM PST by speedy
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To: shield
I agree with your observations. I also viewed that segment by Major Garrett about Holland specifically and their lack of faith. I hate to say it but maybe the Muslims taking over Europe may not be as bad as we might think. Firstly, they at least believe in God. Secondly, it could serve as a wakeup call for the remainder of the Western World that it is time to take seriously the future of our way of life.
20 posted on 12/29/2005 9:38:52 AM PST by wmileo
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