Thursday’s Numbers…
Cable News Daily Ratings for March 1, 2007
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 939,000 viewers
CNN – 556,000 viewers
MSNBC – 320,000 viewers
CNBC – 311,000 viewers
HLN – 280,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,001,000 viewers
CNN – 1,012,000 viewers
MSNBC – 479,000 viewers
CNBC – 430,000 viewers
HLN – 486,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 284,000 viewers
CNN – 212,000 viewers
MSNBC – 134,000 viewers
CNBC – 120,000 viewers
HLN – 111,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 525,000 viewers
CNN – 303,000 viewers
MSNBC – 177,000 viewers
CNBC – 154,000 viewers
HLN – 176,000 viewers
Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 761,000 viewers (266,000)
American Morning – 402,000 viewers (199,000)
Imus in the Morning– 340,000 viewers (145,000)
Robin & Co. – 213,000 viewers (78,000)
6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report w/ Brit Hume- 1,358,000 viewers (362,000)
Lou Dobbs- 819,000 viewers (273,000)
Tucker Carlson- 308,000 viewers (138,000)
Mad Money- 306,000 viewers (117,000)
Prime News- 326,000 viewers (133,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54)
FOX Report with Shepard Smith – 1,358,000 viewers (338,000)
Situation Room – 670,000 viewers (230,000)
MSNBC Special Coverage – 441,000 viewers (178,000)
On the Money – 177,000 viewers (56,000)
Glenn Beck – 253,000 viewers (68,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54)
O’Reilly Factor – 2,428,000 viewers (545,000)
Paula Zahn– 595,000 viewers (218,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann – 703,000 viewers (206,000)
Fast Money – 161,000 viewers (59,000)
Nancy Grace – 699,000 viewers (191,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes– 1,860,000 viewers (555,000)
Larry King Live – 1,463,000 viewers (350,000)
Scarborough Country- 430,000 viewers (121,000)
Deal or No Deal– 708,000 viewers (247,000)
Glenn Beck – 307,000 viewers (81,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren- 1,714,000 viewers (475,000)
Anderson Cooper- 980,000 viewers (342,000)
MSNBC Special- 303,000 viewers (202,000)
Donny Deutsch – 421,000 viewers (155,000)
Nancy Grace – 452,000 viewers (256,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54)
The O’Reilly Factor– 1,187,000 viewers (426,000)
Anderson Cooper- 564,000 viewers (254,000)
MSNBC Special- 321,000 viewers (189,000)
Mad Money– a scratch with 108,000 viewers (57,000)
Showbiz Tonight – 414,000 viewers (231,000)
Blabberman gets beat by PZ…yikes.
Comment by Anonymous — March 2, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
You do realize he has beaten her everyday this week, as well as nancy grace. But that one day he loses in the demo, thats enough for you. BTW, i bet he beats her with the dvr numbers as well.
Comment by Randy — March 2, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
Who gives a rat’s ass about DVR numbers? No one who uses Tivo watches commercials. DVR numbers mean squat.
Comment by ChrisM — March 2, 2007 @ 9:06 pm
Anonymous, not only did he win overall by a mere 4,000 viewers, but he lost in the coveted, all important “key” demo. Not much to brag about. He’s still getting hammered by O’Reilly. I wonder what would happen if they moved Deal or no Deal back to 8pm. Looks like it’s beating Olbermann at 9 on CNBC of all places….hmmm
Comment by Edward Schatz — March 2, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
hey spud,
where do you get your ratings? i get nielsen data and it is different from yours. I know nielsen only sends out one set of ratings, so where do you get your info?
Comment by john — March 2, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Unfortunately there’s more than one set of ratings. There’s Live, which I use, and Live+ Same Day (DVR data included), which TVNewser uses, and other sets which I can’t recall the nomenclature of.
Comment by Spud — March 2, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
#1-#4 are the usual spat, ending with someone trying to prove s/he is right with the CNBC #s (which prove nothing). Conclusion: O’Reilly won (as usual) and there was a three way tie for 2nd place (as usual).
Deja Vu all over again…
Comment by erljr — March 3, 2007 @ 12:18 am
#1-#4 are the usual spat, ending with someone trying to prove s/he is right with the CNBC #s (which prove nothing). Conclusion: O’Reilly won (as usual) and there was a three way tie for 2nd place (as usual).
Deja Vu all over again…
Comment by erljr — March 3, 2007 @ 12:18 am
Jeez, thank you so much erljr for clearing everything up for us. Now that you have weighed in, we might as well all call it a night huh? Once again, thank you so much for blessing us with your infinite wisdom. Please, do tell us how we should think about Friday’s ratings.
Signed,
One who is waiting with bated breath.
Comment by Shaun — March 3, 2007 @ 12:46 am
How does 595, 699, and 703 equal a three way tie? I think KO came in second in overall #s four days in a row, so i dont know how you can say its a three way tie as usual.
Comment by Sam — March 3, 2007 @ 12:58 am
Despite your most desirable fantasies Sam, KO is not blowing away the competition as much as much as he should by appealing to the far left. He’s barely beating Nancy Grace overall and barely beating Zahn for the beloved, all important, “key” demo. But it’s hard for Olbyloons to realize this; any number their prophet brings in is pure gold. Go figure,
Comment by Edward Schatz — March 3, 2007 @ 4:21 am
I’m so sick of reading these sycophantic articles on Olbermann that tout his supposed hugh ratings. Then, you look at the stats and he’s pretty much neck-and-neck with Zahn and Grace and O’Reilly still blows them all away.
Friggin liberal media.
Comment by Greg — March 3, 2007 @ 8:30 am
I am waiting for Bill O’Reilly to hit 3,000,000 viewers or more. Bill is on fire and has been for years. There is no stopping that man.
Comment by Noelle — March 3, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Noelle — You are so correct! I stopped watching Bill O’Reilly for awhile — but now I can not wait to see his next show — Bill is “BRINGING IT ON” and others that try to copy him are falling flat.
Comment by Aunt Mary — March 3, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
Noelle - O’Reilly has hit 3 million this year. I think twice!
““Jeez, thank you so much erljr for clearing everything up for us. Now that you have weighed in, we might as well all call it a night huh? Once again, thank you so much for blessing us with your infinite wisdom. Please, do tell us how we should think about Friday’s ratings.
Signed,
One who is waiting with bated breath.””
Comment by Shaun
““How does 595, 699, and 703 equal a three way tie? I think KO came in second in overall #s four days in a row, so i dont know how you can say its a three way tie as usual.””
Comment by Sam
Sam - I believe the Keith Olbermann playbook says you need to use 218,000; 206,000; and 191,000. Oh, and if CNBC’s # is lower than Countdown’s, you can use the 59,000 too.
Game. Set. Match.
Comment by erljr — March 3, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
huh? eljr your making no sense- even using the demo #s, it is still not a tie. I dont know what your definition of a tie is, but to me it is a situation in which contenders recieve the exact same figures/ scores and as of such share the same position/ ranking. i have seen no ties at all in the 8:00pm figures any at all this week, so i would appreciate you explaining how you have arrived at that conclusion.
P.S. there’s a difference between a close finish and a tie.
Comment by Sam — March 3, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
The numbers show a virtual tie in total and demo for the last three months, as has been discussed here on numerous occasions over the past three months. And every time there is a person like you who drops in every now and then and claims to have and know the be-all and end-all: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/be-all%20and%20end-all
Sorry Sammy. The only people you can spin are the already spun.
Comment by erljr — March 4, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
I couldn’t find monthly numbers for Dec but for the last 5 months (Feb, Jan, and Q4 06) Countdown averages 668 and 246. Zahn averages 601 and 198, and Grace averages 501 and 194. The difference between second and third is 10% and 25% overall and in the demo respectively. That’s not a virtual tie.
Comment by Steve — March 4, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
I still say the nubmers show no one has a solid
hold on second. I more interested were things are
for the first 6 months of 2007. 2006 is history.
Comment by futrue tv mogul — March 4, 2007 @ 8:46 pm
eljr, i’m really beginning to question your logics, i dont know what the monthly figures for december are but for january and Febuary KO had higher figures than both Nancy Grace and Paula Zahn, in fact he curently ranks higher than them on the last monthly rankings published, it is not possible for him to have a higher ranking than them if they were indeed all in a “virtual tie”.
Now i would suggest you actual point out to me evidence for your virtual tie take, but i doubt you can find evidence to back it up.
Comment by Sam — March 4, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
This was all discussed less than a month ago Sam. If fact, your’s was the last comment in that thread.
http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/02/16/nancy-grace-vs-countdown-ratings-not-all-about-anna-nicole/#comments
If you take any of the three’s total # as a fraction of O’Reilly’s total # in February, you get a range of 5 percentage points. Do the same with the demo, and you get a larger range - about 13%.
I stick by what I said in that earlier thread: Things are getting closer between the three vying for 2nd place; and I believe, at the end of 2007, we will see a virtual tie for 2nd.
Comment by erljr — March 5, 2007 @ 11:56 am
nice spin, probably you should read your own link as you’ll see in that link that spud mentions the fact that:”Since the start of 2007 Nancy Grace has beaten Countdown 10 times in the Demo and 9 times in Total Viewers. Four of those times were before the Anna Nicole saga broke. Of course that also means that 38 times Countdown beat Grace in The Demo and 37 times in Total viewers.”
Now comapring this to what you said above, its is unknown to me how you can see KO, PZ and NG in a virualtie- how is it that that you can see somone beating someone 37 times out of 47 days and come to the conclusion that said persons are caught in a virtual tie- i would advise you to check the averages since the beginning of 2007; calculate it for yourself manually (if you dont trust spud or TVNewser)and then tell me if you still think its a virtual tie between the three.
P.S. you can say its close, but it sure aint a virtual tie.
Comment by Sam — March 6, 2007 @ 12:50 am