September 2011 Ratings: Fox News Has Top 16 shows in Cable News

TV Newser ^ | September 27, 2011 | Chris Ariens

[iowamark]

Fox News stayed far ahead in the cable news ratings for the month of September pulling in the top 16 shows on all of cable news in Total Viewers. A bit of a comparison: FNC’s 16th most-watched show, the NoonET hour, averaged 888,000 Total Viewers. MSNBC’s most-watched show, “The Rachel Maddow Show” at 9pmET averaged 875,000 for the month.

The ratings for September, 2011:

Primetime (Mon-Sun): 1.928M Total Viewers / 425K Age 25-54

Total Day (Mon-Sun): 1.060M Total Viewers / 264K Age 25-54

FNC’s Monday-Friday primetime was up +5% in Total Viewers and down -4% in younger viewers year-over-year. Greta Van Susteren at 10pmET is up the most in FNC’s primetime +6% in Total Viewers / +1% in younger viewers. Bill O’Reilly was flat in Total Viewers and down -14% in younger viewers and Sean Hannity was down -5% in Total Viewers and down -13% in younger viewers.

“The Five” which replaced Glenn Beck at 5pmET is down -32% in Total Viewers and -33% in younger viewers.

[iowamark]

Monday, September 26:

Total Viewers (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 1.273 | MSNBC: 452 | CNN: 429 | HLN: 244

• Primetime: FNC: 2.116 | MSNBC: 771 | CNN: 445 | HLN: 320

		5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	Five:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:		Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	1.572	1.828	1.579	2.844		1.871	1.627	988	754
MSNBC	Matthews:		Sharpton:	Matthews:	O’Donnell:	Maddow:	EdShow:	O’Donnell:	Maddow:
		728	592	800	827	756	720	378	394
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	KingUSA:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:		KingUSA:	Morgan:
	545	393	341	328	583		424	386	370
HLN	Special:	Prime:		Issues:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Behar:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	127		208	366	355	231	394	224	210

[GeronL]

MSNBC- “We’re #17!”

[iowamark]

Table time alignment went a little awry there.

[ilovesarah2012]

I think this says more about how bad the others are rather than how good Fox is.

[Bullish]

The Five really sucks and has become unwatchable.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

If they got rid of Bechtel..I might watch it.

[Retired Greyhound]

Gulifoyle, Tantaros and Perino are the only reasons to watch The Five.

Pretty good reasons.

[Retired Greyhound]

LOL, the 11pm O’Reilly re-run beats out every PMS show.

[skimbell]

Yeah, but Kimberly Guilfoyle and Andrea Tantaros make the show watchable.

Sort of getting a leg up on the competition if you will.

[glorgau]

I kinda like Bechtel.

I don’t agree with him but he does seem like a good natured competitive kind of guy.

[Elsiejay]

Evidently the campaign to scare off FNC sponsors is not succeeding.

[Marty62]

And Ailes thinks more leftie programs are winners?

[ScoopAmma]

You should have watched today. He was gone! Leslie Marshall is at least coherent.

[ncpatriot]

well i like greg and eric
they’re so cool

[lonestar67]

Pew research came out this week showing fox news well ahead of CNN as top tv news source. This is despite the massive attacks on fox.

[BfloGuy]

And Ailes thinks more leftie programs are winners?

And I suppose you think that because "The Daily Beast" said so? You give little credit to Ailes's intelligence.

[cva66snipe]

None of which I waste my time viewing anymore. FOX NEWS is a Beltway RINO propaganda network and nothing more these days. DEMs all dressed up in high dollar RINO suits claiming to be the voice of the GOP and conservatism. No Thanks. None for me. Beck was about the only thing FOX had that was really worth viewing.

[Gator113]

I do not understand why so many folks continue to watch O’Reilly. I refuse to watch that self-important a$$.

[laweeks]

If they got rid of Bechtel..I might watch it.

I totally agree . . Bechtel is a Clinton hack and has nothing to offer except lies. He knows very well that Obambi is a total disaster, but still continues to defend the illegal alien asshat.

And what's with those stupid suspenders? Is he trying to use those like a signature or something?

I have no idea how someone like Hannity would befriend a useless, lying POS like Bechtel and then brag about it.

"You're known by the friends you keep" is an old saying . . . if true, then Hannity's got some 'splainin' to do.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

love the five.....esp andrea tantaros....hot...hot