A final note on Fox last week…
Of the top 40 programs on cable ranked by household (HH) last week, 34 of them were from Fox News Channel. That’s not cable news channels only. But all of cable television. CNN placed 2 programs in the top 40 and both were Larry King. With 2,689,000 viewers, it was Fox’s highest rated week of 2005. In prime time Fox averaged 4,055,000 viewers making that its highest rated prime time of 2005.
Here’s the Top 40 for last week…
(btw, “Special Coverage” refers to a breaking news event like a Bush press conference or similar)
1. The Closer-TNT
2. The O’Reilly Factor (Friday)-FNC
3. FOX News Live (Monday)-FNC
4.The O’Reilly Factor (Thursday)-FNC
5. Hannity & Colmes (Friday) - FNC
6. Hannity & Colmes (Thursday) - FNC
7. Hannity & Colmes (Wednesday) - FNC
8. The O’Reilly Factor (Wednesday) - FNC
9. Studio B (Friday) - FNC
10. On The Record (Wednesday) - FNC
11. On The Record (Thursday) - FNC
12. WWE Raw - Spike
13. Special Coverage - FNC
14. FOX News Live (Friday) - FNC
15. FOX News Live (Monday) - FNC
16. FOX News Live (Monday) - FNC
17. FOX News Live (Friday) - FNC
18. FOX and Friends (Monday) - FNC
19. Larry King Live (Thursday) - CNN
20. The Cost Of Freedom (Saturday) - FNC
21. FOX News Live (Friday) - FNC
22. On The Record (Tuesday) - FNC
23. FOX and Friends (Monday) - FNC
24. FOX News Live (Friday) - FNC
25. FOX News Live (Saturday) - FNC
26. The Cost Of Freedom (Saturday) - FNC
27. The Big Story (Friday) - FNC
28. FOX News Live (Saturday) - FNC
29. On The Record (Friday) - FNC
30. WWE Raw (Monday) - Spike
31. Larry King Live (Tuesday) - CNN
32. Special Coverage (Friday) - FNC
33. Real World XVI (Tuesday) - MTV
34. Special Coverage (Friday) - FNC
35. The FOX Report (Thursday) - FNC
36. The FOX Report (Friday) - FNC
37. The O’Reilly Factor (Tuesday) - FNC
38. Your World (Friday) - FNC
39. FOX News Live (Friday) - FNC
40. Hannity & Colmes (Tuesday) - FNC
MSNBC, where America gets it’s news! Oh, wait…
Comment by Charles — September 7, 2005 @ 5:42 pm
lol…I shouldn’t laugh because I think there are some terribly underappreciated and underrated people working for MSNBC….but that was funny….
Comment by Spud — September 7, 2005 @ 5:56 pm
No, it’s not funny. It’s just sad.
Comment by Anon — September 7, 2005 @ 6:42 pm
Holy crap! It is sad.
Comment by Yardley — September 7, 2005 @ 9:25 pm
What’s sad is that CNN has more viewers than Fox - fox viewers just watch longer
Comment by blank — September 7, 2005 @ 11:31 pm
That CNN spin about having more viewers is no longer true. It was a couple years ago. Now it’s an untruth told by “the most trusted name in news.”
Comment by John — September 8, 2005 @ 8:41 am
Fox rules! Get over it! Ah, now Bill Hemmer is once again in a dark suit, and back in his anchor chair. All is well in TV land.
Comment by Cara — September 8, 2005 @ 1:41 pm