Posted on 09/01/2009 2:03:31 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
In August, FNC beat the combined averages of CNN and MSNBC in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo both in primetime and in total day. In prime, FNC averaged 2.29M Total Viewers and 590K viewers in the demo. "The O'Reilly Factor" (105 months as the top cable news show) had its five most watched programs of the year in August and topped summer reruns on ABC and NBC including "30 Rock," "The Office," "Grey's Anatomy," and "Ugly Betty." The Factor was up 33% in Total Viewers and up 62% in the demo, year-over-year.
"Glenn Beck" was up 108% in Total Viewers/up 173% in the demo (compared to America's Election HQ airing at 5pmET last August); Hannity was up 23% in Total Viewers/up 32% in the demo; and "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" was up 34% in Total Viewers/up 45% in the demo.
FNC was the only news network to post increases in all categories compared to last August — up 17% in Total Viewers and up 25% in the demo.
More stats and figures from FNC after the jump...
- Fox News Channel continued to set records in August by posting its highest Prime Time ratings in the A25-54 demographic for all of 2009.
- Among basic cable networks, FNC ranked third in Prime Time viewership behind only USA and TNT, while CNN and MSNBC finished 22nd and 25th, respectively. In Total Day, FNC ranked fourth.
- FNC had the top 11 programs in cable news in August based on total viewership with each program posting remarkable double-digit growth over the same time period last year.
- Special Report with Bret Baier was up 28% in P2+ and up 51% in A 25-54); The FOX Report with Shepard Smith was up 18% in P2+ and up 31% in A25-54.
- In Total Day, FNC once again posted double-digits increases and beat both CNN and MSNBC combined. In total viewers, FNC averaged 1,210,000 viewers (up 17%) compared with CNN's 573,000 viewers (down 13%) and MSNBC's 394,000 viewers (down 21%). In the 25-54 demo, FNC averaged 328,000 (up 25%) compared with CNN’s 162,000 (down 29%) and MSNBC's 142,000 (down 31%).
Special Report is a show that we do not miss!
Same thing happens whenever there is a crisis (Gulf War for example), cable news ratings go through the roof.
The fact that Fox is the only news channel experiencing this is very telling. It shows me that 1. the American people do feel there is a crisis at the moment, and 2. they don’t trust the other news channels to report it accuratly.
The fact that the other news channels are stereotyped as being Obama supporters and Fox isn’t is also telling.
Brett Baier is no Brit Hume, alas.
Agreed. It’d be like if all the networks were showing soccer games on the weekend while Fox had an NFL game.
Obama is the crisis this time
Winning against summer reruns is not a huge deal. Back in the ‘70s, WNEW Channel 5 (now WNYW) would routinely beat two of the “big three” networks with the Crosswits game show and Merv Griffin during the summer. WPIX Channel 11 sometimes pulled off the same stunt with Dinah Shore.
If this keeps up I expect the boycott to be very quietly dropped.
If the “boycott” was even as big as the lefttards claim it was. I'm thinking the actual number of companies that pulled their ads because of Glen is smaller then moonbats claim it is. I mean the next thing you know the MorOn.org will release a Huffpo poll that says 77% of Americans are in favor of Commiecare
I’m not an O’R fan, but nevertheless, it’s heartwarming to see his show beating 30 Rock, especially. My take—I think the American people are hungry for some TRUTH, and if O’R is light in that regard, there’s still more of it on his show than in all the network “news” combined.
Amen to that. Better than Couric, of course, but still...
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