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SOTU: FNC (Fox News) Delivers 6.4 Million Viewers For Speech; CNN Has 2.2 Million
TVNewser ^ | Wednesday February 1st, 2006 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 02/02/2006 2:46:44 AM PST by ajolympian2004

The speech: Fox News Channel's coverage of President Bush's State of the Union was watched by a stunning 6,462,000 viewers, according to Nielsen (9 to 10:03pm). CNN averaged 2,218,000 viewers (9:11 to 10:16pm) and MSNBC averaged 707,000 (9:12 to 10:04pm). FNC had 1,987,000 demo viewers, CNN had 804,000 and MSNBC had 311,000.

Initial analysis: FNC's analysis from 10:03 to 10:16pm averaged 5,875,000 viewers, and 1,790,000 in the demo. MSNBC's post-show coverage from 10:04 to 10:16pm averaged 813,000 viewers and 294,000 in the demo. CNN didn't break out its post-speech analysis.

Democratic response: From 10:16 to 10:27pm, FNC averaged 3,803,000 viewers and 1,199,000 in the demo; CNN averaged 1,815,000 and 739,000 in the demo; and MSNBC averaged 657,000 and 272,000 in the demo.

More analysis: From 10:27 to 11pm, FNC averaged 2,773,000 viewers and 855,000 in the demo. CNN averaged 1,685,000 and 699,000 in the demo. MSNBC averaged 931,000 and 320,000 in the demo.

11pm to midnight: FNC averaged 1,320,000 viewers and 413,000 in the demo. CNN averaged 805,000 and 272,000 in the demo. MSNBC averaged 587,000 and 195,000 in the demo.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; cablenewsratings; cnn; cspan; fnc; foxnews; foxnewsratings; iraq; mediaratings; msnbc; presidentbush; sotu; speech; stateoftheunion; wot
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To: Kjobs
"American Idol" boasted 32 million viewers. What a sad commentary on our society!

Unbelievable. Let's hope these clueless 32 million viewers don't vote. If they do, you can be sure they'll vote for whatever RAT candidate is running during any given election. Because as we all know, the democRAT party is "the party of the people". /sarcasm

41 posted on 02/02/2006 8:06:11 AM PST by nutmeg (NEVER trust democRATs with our national security)
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To: ajolympian2004

Chicken Noodle News?
Crintong News Network?
Completely Nowhere Nothingness?


42 posted on 02/02/2006 8:09:04 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Kjobs

It's hilarious.


43 posted on 02/02/2006 8:09:39 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: nutmeg

FOX rules.


44 posted on 02/02/2006 9:47:59 AM PST by GOPJ (President Bush to Democrats: "Hindsight is not wisdom. Second-guessing is not strategy")
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To: nutmeg

Thanks for the ping!


45 posted on 02/02/2006 12:42:37 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,272|99806|1|,00.html

The big lead-in (American Idol) helped FOX stay in first place at 9 p.m., as its coverage of the State of the Union averaged 6.1/9. CBS was second at 5.2/8, with ABC edging NBC for third (viewers out West saw local programming).


46 posted on 02/02/2006 12:47:12 PM PST by Republican Red (We will stay steadfast, we will not falter, we will never murtha)
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To: Republican Red

Fox News Channel is not the same as Fox. I don't see that the viewers of American Idol would change channels to watch FNC.


47 posted on 02/02/2006 12:49:57 PM PST by babaloo
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To: babaloo

The link was in response to poster asking about the network channels, ABC,NBC,CBS and FOX.


48 posted on 02/02/2006 12:55:34 PM PST by Republican Red (We will stay steadfast, we will not falter, we will never murtha)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Eh. CSPIN is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Somehow, they manage to make even the most interesting events as dull as humanly possible.

FNC's coverage of this was solid, and I appreciated the analysis leading up to the speech rather than a showcase of who showed up and what color tie they wore that night. It's the State of the Union, not the Oscars! Clearly CNN missed that memo.


49 posted on 02/02/2006 2:25:44 PM PST by hardknocks
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