Sunday’s Ratings…
Here are the ratings for Sunday. FOX dominated doubling CNN in Total Day and tripling it in Primetime with At Large and Big Story Weekend turning in weeknight level numbers. MSNBC’s excellent Astronaut special, which again had no TV advertising until Friday, didn’t do much and couldn’t beat canned HLN broadcasting which averaged 250,000 viewers. More people tuned in for the Meet The Press repeat. Advertising MSNBC…advertising. MSNBC’s Hardball “Boots On The Ground” encore didn’t do any better than the first broadcast which makes ICN wonder if MSNBC has a military “credibility gap”. Though it did have to go up against FOX’s War Stories.
(numbers courtesy of FOX News)
P2+ Total Day
FNC - 871,000 viewers
CNN - 306,000 viewers
HLN - 252,000 viewers
MSNBC - 158,000 viewers
CNBC - 147,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC - 262,000 viewers
CNN - 123,000 viewers
HLN - 95,000 viewers
MSNBC - 72,000 viewers
CNBC - 72,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC -1,434,000 viewers
CNN - 416,000 viewers
HLN - 251,000 viewers
MSNBC - 225,000 viewers
CNBC - 176,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC - 315,000 viewers
CNN - 121,000 viewers
HLN - 105,000 viewers
MSNBC - 95,000 viewers
CNBC - 93,000 viewers
Primetime Breakdown
7PM
FOX Report Sunday - 1,132,000 viewers
People in the News - 411,000 viewers
MSNBC Special - 131,000 viewers
8PM - P2+
War Stories - 942,000 viewers
CNN Presents - 373,000 viewers
Hardball - 159,000 viewers
9 PM - P2+
Big Story Weekend Edition - 1,631,000 viewers
Larry King Live - 496,000 viewers
MSNBC Special - 217,000 viewers
10 PM P2+
At Large with Geraldo Rivera (sub host) - 1,729,000 viewers
CNN Sunday Night - 380,000 viewers
Meet the Press - 299,000 viewers
Julie Banderas hosted this weeks’ Big Story Weekend. She’s only anchored a few weekends before in her short FNC career. If Bill Hemmer doesn’t get the BSW post, I wonder if they’ll give it to Julie?
Either Julie Banderas or Jamie Colby would make great pernament anchors, IMHO.
Comment by Charles — August 2, 2005 @ 11:20 pm
That number is double any number I ever remember Rita Cosby getting when she anchored Big Story Weekend. Looks like Cosby (and her antics) won’t be missed much at fox!
Comment by Schyler — August 3, 2005 @ 12:08 am
I like Jamie Colby. Julie Bandares has shown she is nothing more than a pretty face. Her Shiavo and Aruba coverage were terrible.
Comment by Terance — August 3, 2005 @ 9:16 am
Well CNN Sunday Night had on the gay people piece… When will CNN learn that people want to know whats happening NOW and that they don’t care about gays or “special reports”?
Comment by anonymous — August 3, 2005 @ 1:49 pm
Finally someone agrees with me that Julie B. is little more than a news reader.
When in the world is Bill H. going to start??
Comment by Cara — August 3, 2005 @ 4:27 pm
I read Hemmer will start late August. Also that he’ll be on weekdays, my guess is he’ll take or share time with Martha (2pm). I would like to see Alisyn Camerota, Jane Skinner get more time. Martha is unwatchable for me.
Comment by Terance — August 3, 2005 @ 7:58 pm
Thanks for the information on Bill. Maybe he will take a morning slot. Jon Scott is so strong and believable, but later in the mornings Fox seems to deteriorate somewhat.
Comment by Cara — August 4, 2005 @ 11:28 am
Bill Hemmer was intelligent, sharp and had a great sense of humor. He and Cafferty were great together and so wasn’t Solidad. CNN made a big mistake. Miles O’Brien is dull with no charisma. Big mistake to let Bill and Jack Cafferty go. It made the news in the morning something worth waking up to!!!!
Comment by Molly — August 16, 2005 @ 2:23 pm