Tuesday’s Numbers…
Not much to write about last night’s ratings. FNC won the day and the night but its primetime lineup didn’t show much excitement in the ratings except for O’Reilly’s 3,000,000 viewers. CNN’s Cooper and Zahn’s shows seem to have stabilized at 1,000,000 viewers for the time being (a big increase over their normal levels) while Newsnight seems to be slipping a bit. MSNBC was back to pre-Katrina levels…and maybe a wee bit worse than that because no show broke 400,000.
Total Day P2
FNC - 1,097,000
CNN - 650,000
MSNBC - 238,000
HLN - 196,000
CNBC - 132,000
Total Day P25-54
FNC 336,000
CNN 190,000
HLN 84,000
MSNBC 82,000
CNBC 32,000
Prime Time P2
FNC 2,269,000
CNN 1,135,000
HLN 370,000
MSNBC 335,000
CNBC 131,000
Prime Time P25-54
FNC 556,000
CNN 293,000
MSNBC 130,000
HLN 101,000
CNBC 68,000
7pm
Fox Report 1,870,000
Anderson Cooper 1,087,000
Hardball 365,000
Showbiz Tonight 123,000
8pm
O’Reilly 3,118,000
Paula Zahn 1,036,000
Nancy Grace 578,000
Countdown 331,000
9pm
Hannity & Colmes 2,048,000
Larry King 1,384,000
Rita Cosby 323,000
Prime News 238,000
10pm
On the Record 1,642,000
NewsNight 986,000
Scarborough 352,000
Nancy Grace (r) 294,000
11pm
O’Reilly Factor (r) 1,281,000
Newsnight 856,000
The Situation 203,000
Showbiz Tonight (r) 105,000
It looks like Keith’s numbers are back to normal! Does he still do his stop smoking segment?
Comment by Terance — September 28, 2005 @ 7:49 pm
Grace’s numbers have been a little weak as of late…I guess the novelty of her show/persona has worn off.
Comment by Anonymous — September 28, 2005 @ 7:52 pm
Yea..the only way Nancy Grace could possibly save her show, if there is another “Scott Peterson” case on the horizon for her. The Natalee Holloway case, sure didn’t help her ratings…..
Does anyone know what type of contract CNN signed her for? 2 yrs? I don’t think they will renew it. Her antics are fine for tabloid journalism they now call CTV,which is watched by a younger crowd durning late afternoon……….for hard hitting prime time news, where there is more mature adults are watching, she doesn’t cut the mustard. IMO.
Comment by An Observer — September 28, 2005 @ 8:02 pm
“I don’t think they will renew it”
LOL are you crazy?
Comment by Anonymous — September 28, 2005 @ 8:20 pm
“Anonymous”, you beat me to it! I was just looking up ratings to respond to “An Observer”. Nancy Grace’s program is the highest rated on Headline News, and regularly beats MSNBC’s programming. Further, thanks to Nancy, HN’s Prime Time numbers are far ahead of what they were before her program came to the network.
She’s the best thing that’s happened to them!
Comment by Missy — September 28, 2005 @ 8:23 pm
I agree with Missy. Whether you love or hate NG. The ratings are still up over 100% vs. last year. What else could HLN ask for? I feel the same about Rita Cosby. The Q3 ranker has her show as averaging 700K. I remember a while back we were discussing how Imus had the highest ratings at 300K…. I don’t really watch much of either show unless the topic interests me.
Comment by Terance — September 28, 2005 @ 10:16 pm
W
Comment by Anonymous — September 29, 2005 @ 3:14 am
We are going to talk about how Paula shouldn’t have her contract renewed in a couple of months once she gets back down to pre-katrina #s.
Comment by Anonymous — September 29, 2005 @ 3:16 am
Didn’t everyone see Grace’s numbers falling as an inevitability? She’s a flash in the pan, especially given the lack of celebrity or even high-profile law suits at the moment. She needs to eat more crow pie to bring in those viewers.
Comment by Thebiz — September 29, 2005 @ 8:57 am
I like the way Spud says that Fox’s prime time lineup didn’t show much excitment EXCEPT for O’Reilly’s 3 million. What a way to start a sentence. Well, it was over 3.1 million people, and I think that any other news network on cable would give a hell of a lot to have any show do that well, or even bring in half of that.
Comment by Dobber — September 29, 2005 @ 11:11 am
CNN and their yapdog Cooper can go back to the gutter with MSNBC.
Comment by ravi — September 29, 2005 @ 12:37 pm
Without the tabloid-journalism that NG does…she is NOT a hard hitter news anchor, eventually she will fall off into oblivion in ratings (ala Rita Crosby at MSNBC)…….people are going to eventually tune into another prime time news program, WHO actually WANT news, and a show that doesn’t show “soap opera” crap every night.. NG’s numbers have slipped from her “premiere” and the few weeks after… Her numbers were up in the 800,000 mark, now are down to between 3 -5 on any given night. I am only speaking about HER ratings since her premiere..not from a year ago. She wasn’t on a year ago, and I don’t care who was before her. Check her ratings during the Katrina/Rita Hurricanes. Do you think people want to WATCH her nasal flaring,bugged eyed, screeching voice antics doing reports on a catastrophe? Her antics are better fit for the age mentality she serves up on her show on Court TV. To Nancy…………..don’t give up your day job. Just look to Greta Van Susterns, ratings starting to plunge..to give you an inclining. Many people are tired of the (Twitty type) soap opera, tabloid journalism Greta and Nancy are becoming famous for. When her ratings reach the ear mark of O’Reilly’s than we can talk.
Comment by An Observer — September 29, 2005 @ 3:25 pm
Just put someone else in Greta’s place, please Fox. And I don’t mind debate between hannity and colmes but can he have a little less yelling - that’s my only beef there.
Comment by ravi — September 29, 2005 @ 3:41 pm
I’d like to get some numbers on the show Dayside from FNC i think its a rising star within thier lineup.
Comment by Wake — September 29, 2005 @ 4:08 pm