Nancy Grace Averages 887,000 Viewers on Thursday; Beats Most of CNN's Primetime Lineup

Cable Newser ^ | June 13, 2005

[gopwinsin04]

Is Nancy Grance the new royalty of cable news?

Insiders are buzzing about her highest ratings to date. On Thursday, her 8PN Headline News show averged 877,000 total viewers and 330,000 in the 25-54 demographic.

Grace beat Lou Dobbs, Anderson Cooper, Paula Zahn, and she wasn't too far away from Larry King.

For the record, here are her ratings for the last week-- Monday: 642,000/Tuesday: 745,000/Wednesday: 779,000/Thursday: 877,000

For the week, Monday through Thursday, Grace average 761,000 total viewers, a 53% increase over her May 2005 average of 498,000 viewers.

In the 25-54 demo, Grace averaged 277,000 viewers Monday-Thursday, up 80% from her May average of 154,000.

[bannie]

She regularly talks about prayers. She doesn't shove it down the listener's metaphorical throat, but she mentions it when appropriate.

Thanks for sharing your insight. It's nice to be validated!

:-)

[the Deejay]

I would listen to what she had to say!

No kidding, so would I.

Saw a clip of her (in prosecuting action) on LKL.

WHOA!! She was hitting on all cylinders...big time!

[Saigon68]

AIRS: 6-7 p.m. ET Monday-Friday on CNN.

Try it. You'll like it.

[gopwinsin04]

FNC should drop Greta's big salary and hire Nancy, she would definitely be worth it.

[FR_addict]

"FNC should drop Greta's big salary and hire Nancy, she would definitely be worth it."

Totally agree.

[Harriet_100]

LOL @ Nancy Grace being a newsreader. I don't think a newsreader would call Michael Schiavo scuzz on air, & give her personal opinions on the legal cases she covers. She is nothing but a news reader. I like Nancy.

[Harriet_100]

She is still on Court TV. She is on 3-5 est and does prime time specials on there.

[Harriet_100]

I don't think she is a liberal she bashed the ACLU on her show, she is PRO death penalty, and liberals are PRO defense usually.

[Harriet_100]

a "man wannabe"... Just because she tells it like it is, she is a "man wannabe" you are a liberal.

[Harriet_100]

when she chats in the court tv chat room she has stated that she was a methodist.

[StormEye]

"Whatever works I guess.. both women have turned serious discussion of the court system and legal matters into a circus ready made for Prime Time."

The "court system" had been turned into an circus long before Nancy Grace showed up. Before N. Grace no one else had the audacity and courage to point that out publicly. Yes, it has indeed become a circus.

[Dane]

Dobbs is suddenly interested in illegals and outsourcing, of course during Clinton, talking about illegals was racist, and outsourcing did not exist

And his ratings are sinking.

Nancy Grace was a clinton fan during the clinton impeachment, maybe she had an epiphany since then. She really skewered the jury foreman of the michael jackson trial.

She made a total fool out of him.

[soundandvision]

It may, in your view, be a circus. But, it's the best we've got -- I would take the American judicial system over any other in the world.

Nancy Grace is a ratings pimp. Case closed.

[Harriet_100]

she is nothing like greta, greta thinks everyone is innocent until proven guilty, just like a liberal.

[Harriet_100]

greta is a liberal, she doesn't hardball her guest she is boring... i don't know why fox would have her

[spectre]

I don't think you meant that reply to me, since I didn't compare Nancy to Greta :)

But since you brought it up...they both are unwilling to bend in their convictions. So in that respect, they are alike..IMHO.

[poobear]

Stand by for a rebuttal, I am very preoccupied in personal affairs/business....