Cable News Ratings for December 21, 2006

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 904,000 viewers
CNN – 576,000 viewers
MSNBC – 309,000 viewers
CNBC – 206,000 viewers
HLN – 230,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 1,730,000 viewers
CNN – 1,047,000 viewers
MSNBC – 515,000 viewers
CNBC – 197,000 viewers
HLN – 369,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC – 248,000 viewers
CNN – 190,000 viewers
MSNBC –125,000 viewers
CNBC – 87,000 viewers
HLN – 95,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 406,000 viewers
CNN – 298,000 viewers
MSNBC – 177,000 viewers
CNBC – 120,000 viewers
HLN –121,000 viewers

Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 872,000 viewers (396,000)
American Morning – 317,000 viewers (144,000)
Imus in The Morning- 229,000 viewers (124,000)
Robin & Co. – 188,000 viewers (101,000)
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On The Record with Greta Van Susteren will now be airing live tonight at 10pm ET to cover the latest in the Duke Rape case…

The cable nets are all over the story that some of the charges have been dropped in the Duke rape case. I’m getting reports that FNC was first with the news. Can anyone confirm?

UPDATE: Break in times…(courtesy of Johnny Dollar checking his DirectTV NewsMix)

FNC - 12:22
CNN - 12:26
MSNBC - 12:27

UPDATE 2: One would likely expect to see MSNBC GM and former Duke alum Dan Abrams on the air today for this story as he has been a vocal critc of how the DA has handled this case. However if one did think that one would be wrong since Abrams is probably already in South Africa for Christmas. Maybe he’ll phone in…

UPDATE 3: Yup, Abrams phoned in..

CNN has got the travel graphics up again. The last time was for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend…

6 am - The Purpose of Christmas with Rick Warren
7 am - Fox and Friends (Dean, McCuddy, Wright)
10 am - The Purpose of Christmas with Rick Warren
11 am - The birth of Jesus with Jon Scott
Noon - Fox News Live with Jamie Colby and Steve Centanni
2 pm - The Purpose of Christmas with Rick Warren
3 pm - One Nation Under God
4 pm - Your World with Neil Cavuto
5 pm - The Big Story (Colby)
6 pm - Special Report (Angle)
7 pm - Fox Report (Jarrett)
8 pm - O’Reilly Factor Marathon
2 am - Fox Report (replay)
3 am - O’Reilly Factor Marathon

The Boston Globe’s Don Aucoin interviews Daryn Kagan as part of a larger story on “good news”…

After many years in the TV news business, whose unofficial motto is ‘‘If it bleeds, it leads,’’ Kagan knows she is bucking the media tide. Her website has already drawn ridicule, and she says she has been told that good news doesn’t sell. She doesn’t buy it. ‘‘If those people don’t want to come and feel good, that’s fine,’’ she says. ‘‘If you want to feel bad about the world, there are plenty of media sources out there. But there’s not a lot of sources out there for people who want to feel good.’’