Monday’s Numbers…
Cable News Ratings for December 18, 2006
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 927,000 viewers
CNN – 572,000 viewers
MSNBC – 250,000 viewers
CNBC – 156,000 viewers
HLN – 251,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,522,000 viewers
CNN – 866,000 viewers
MSNBC – 440,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch with 112,000 viewers
HLN – 494,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 277,000 viewers
CNN – 194,000 viewers
MSNBC –93,000 viewers
CNBC – 55,000 viewers
HLN – 108,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 394,000 viewers
CNN – 301,000 viewers
MSNBC – 167,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch with 43,000 viewers
HLN –197,000 viewers
Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 822,000 viewers (300,000)
American Morning – 381,000 viewers (159,000)
Best of Imus in The Morning- 222,000 viewers (64,000)
Robin & Co. – 253,000 viewers (140,000)
6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,469,000 viewers (370,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight – 936,000 viewers (221,000)
Tucker– 249,000 viewers (71,000)
Mad Money – 135,000 viewers (a scratch with 50,000)
Prime News – 302,000 viewers (129,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54)
FOX Report with Shepard Smith – 1,529,000 viewers (443,000)
Situation Room – 825,000 viewers (302,000)
Hardball – 263,000 viewers (106,000)
On the Money – a scratch with 101,000 viewers (a scratch with 30,000)
Glenn Beck – 338,000 viewers (99,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54)
O’Reilly Factor – 2,338,000 viewers (545,000)
Paula Zahn Now – 718,000 viewers (218,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann – 518,000 viewers (174,000)
CNBC Prime- a scratch with 112,000 viewers (a scratch with 31,000)
Nancy Grace – 565,000 viewers (209,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,261,000 viewers (335,000)
Larry King Live – 994,000 viewers (369,000)
Scarborough Country – 399,000 viewers (152,000)
Mad Money– a scratch with 109,000 viewers (a scratch with 37,000)
Glenn Beck – 418,000 viewers (147,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren (sub host) – 966,000 viewers (303,000)
Anderson Cooper – 886,000 viewers (315,000)
MSNBC Investigates – 404,000 viewers (176,000)
Donny Deutsch- a scratch with 115,000 viewers (61,000)
Nancy Grace – 498,000 viewers (234,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54)
O’Reilly Factor – 946,000 viewers (302,000)
Anderson Cooper – 512,000 viewers (247,000)
Crime and Punishment – 407,000 viewers (175,000)
CNBC Prime– a scratch with 97,000 viewers (a scratch with 43,000)
Showbiz Tonight – 311,000 viewers (196,000)
I have to admit (as much as it pains me) that Herr Olbersturmfuhrer’s Special Comment episode managing 500,000 viewers is impressive. Must have been one of O’Reilly’s best nights on record
Comment by Edward Schatz — December 19, 2006 @ 6:51 pm
And all this talk about Lou Dobbs taking over Hume should end - forever.
Comment by Edward Schatz — December 19, 2006 @ 6:52 pm
Olbermann-4th place-ouch!
Comment by Noelle — December 19, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
“And all this talk about Lou Dobbs taking over Hume should end - forever.”
Yeah, on the basis of this one day, let’s award the crown for the 7 PM hour for all of eternity.
Comment by Arthur — December 19, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
Pssst Arthur, Hume/Dobbs are on at 6 PM…
Comment by OverHere — December 19, 2006 @ 7:55 pm
Whatever - point’s the same. Twenty years from now, will Hume still be beating Dobbs? I doubt it. One or both of them will be dead, and certainly they won’t both be on in the same time slot on cable news, if there even still is cable news.
Comment by Arthur — December 19, 2006 @ 8:17 pm
Oh jeez, they are two programs fighting for the same time slot taking two different formats, one a more talk/angled form, the other a more news-based Washington D.C. program.
People will choose what they want to watch depending on the news cycle, as we have seen in the last few weeks. So, who knows, maybe Dobbs will dominate or maybe Hume will, but we can all agree that Tucker is a long shot ;)!
Comment by Chris — December 19, 2006 @ 9:16 pm
Has any routinely fourth place (out of five) show in the history of television ever gotten as much fawning press coverage as Meltdown with Olbermoronn?
Comment by Tom — December 19, 2006 @ 10:09 pm
“Meltdown with Olbermoronn”
I’m a Keith fan, but this made me laugh.
Comment by Marty — December 19, 2006 @ 10:15 pm
Wasn’t Hardball doing college tour last night with Matt Daimon and Robert Deniro? Not too good.
Comment by elmonica — December 20, 2006 @ 12:42 am
By looking at the numbers for Hardball and Larry King,I guess the MSNBC commercial for Hardball didn’t work.
Comment by F101 — December 20, 2006 @ 8:32 am
Glenn Beck seems to be soundly trouncing Chris Matthews Hardball. How long has that been going on?
Comment by El Segundo — December 20, 2006 @ 4:47 pm