Friday’s Numbers…
Friday was a downer pretty much for everyone. Everyone was down to some extent. FOX had O’Reilly, Hannity, and Van Susteren all off. Cooper and Zahn, which were canned, were very flat for CNN. Cosby dropped down…Scarborough Country beat her (ICN heard that Cosby scratched during her 11 PM PST repeat). Countdown was low man on the MSNBC primetime totem pole. The Situation Room continues its sideways movement in the ratings since it debuted…not going up and not going down…hey I just realized…The Situation Room did better than Cooper and Zahn did. Ouch…
(numbers courtesy of FOX News)
P2+ Total Day
FNC - 831,000 viewers
CNN - 370,000 viewers
HLN - 228,000 viewers
MSNBC - 189,000 viewers
CNBC - 145,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC - 221,000 viewers
CNN - 93,000 viewers
MSNBC - 86,000 viewers
HLN - 83,000 viewers
CNBC - 47,000 viewers [scratch]
P2+ Prime Time
FNC -1,669,000 viewers
CNN - 592,000 viewers
HLN - 483,000 viewers
MSNBC - 319,000 viewers
CNBC - 166,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC - 408,000 viewers
CNN - 154,000 viewers
HLN - 146,000 viewers
MSNBC - 128,000 viewers
CNBC - 96,000 viewers
3-6 PM P2+ Average
FNC - 885,000 viewers
CNN (The Situation Room) 451,000 viewers
MSNBC - 113,000 viewers
7PM - P2+
FOX Report with Shepard Smith - 1,143,000 viewers
Anderson Cooper 360 - 370,000 viewers
Hardball - 229,000 viewers
Conan O’Brien - 176,000 viewers
Showbiz Tonight - 163,000 viewers
8PM - P2+
O’Reilly Factor - 1,950,000 viewers
Nancy Grace - 767,000 viewers
Paula Zahn Now - 437,000 viewers
Countdown with Keith Olbermann- 219,000 viewers
(8-9:30PM) The Ebay Effect - 163,000 viewers
9 PM - P2+
Hannity & Colmes - 1,593,000 viewers
Larry King Live - 790,000 viewers
Prime News Tonight - 364,000 viewers
Rita Cosby Live and Direct - 362,000 viewers
(9:30-10PM) Mad Money - 116,000 viewers
10 PM P2+
On the Record w/Greta Van Susteren- 1,463,000 viewers
NewsNight with Aaron Brown - 549,000 viewers
Scarborough Country - 375,000 viewers
Nancy Grace - 320,000 viewers
Donny Deutsch - 195,000 viewers
11 PM P2+
The O’Reilly Factor - 841,000 viewers
Lou Dobbs Tonight- 363,000 viewers
The Situation with Tucker Carlson - 145,000 viewers
Showbiz Tonight - 120,000 viewers
(11PM-12:30AM) The Ebay Effect - 118,000 viewers
I have read a lot of people on here saying PNT is (mostly) canned. I have noticed quite a bit of canned stuff on news shows these days. I’ve been watching it since it debuted and, it does have some live interviews. Otherwise its recaps of stuff thats been on CNN/HLN during the day. (from what I can tell) I don’t watch that much CNN as it is (I do watch HLN) so, I guess it could be considered a recap show. Anyways, I think Erica Hill does a great job on there.
Comment by Terance — August 15, 2005 @ 4:54 pm
Canned or not, the show beat Rita Cosby by 2,000 viewers.
Comment by Ms. Anonymous — August 15, 2005 @ 5:12 pm
I usually watch AC360, but Friday’s show was not live and was just a package of stories that they’ve already aired.
Comment by carrie — August 15, 2005 @ 5:19 pm
Same way with PZN, just a re-aired security watch “special”. No wonder CNN gets crap ratings.
Comment by anonymous — August 15, 2005 @ 5:45 pm
CNN has so many re-runs they must not be concerned with ratings. JS
Comment by Judy Stage — August 15, 2005 @ 5:53 pm
You hit the nail on the head Judy. CNN must be crazy to think that canned security specials and weight loss stories will attract more viewers than a FNC program. If the hosts couldn’t be there than why not get a reporter or another anchor?
Comment by anonymous — August 15, 2005 @ 6:05 pm
carrie - you’re SO right, fox’s most popular hosts were out on Friday and the substitute hosts for O’Reilly and Greta got really big numbers (especially for a Friday in August!)
Comment by Gregg — August 15, 2005 @ 7:02 pm
excuses, excuses, excuses….a sub host SHOULD NOT BE A REASON for a program to get lower than normal ratings. If a program can’t stand up with a SUB in the chair, folks watch for the WRONG REASON. Another reason NEWS should be the star NOT the personality. I watch NEWS to be informed and I don’t care WHO is in the chair giving it to me.
Comment by Anonymous — August 15, 2005 @ 9:18 pm
I watch my local newscasts and I watch 360 specifically because I like Anderson.
Comment by carrie — August 15, 2005 @ 9:46 pm
I watch Nancy Grace because I agree with her, to hell what she has on. I think people watch “The O’Reilly Factor” to hear his views on things, not necessarily what he’s talking about but because they support his views.
Comment by anonymous — August 16, 2005 @ 12:16 am
#8 — “a sub host SHOULD NOT BE A REASON for a program to get lower than normal ratings”
Is that a personal view or some fact i’m not aware of? The news business is changing, people watch for the hosts. Once you realize that, the ratings will make sense. It’s not like FNC has much competition anyways. CNN’s prime time is a disaster. I think if this keeps up HLN will be the #2 network….Which wouldn’t be a bad thing, I actually watch quite a bit of it.
Comment by Terance — August 16, 2005 @ 7:47 am