Tuesday’s Numbers…
Cable News Ratings for May 15, 2007
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 857,000 viewers
CNN – 453,000 viewers
MSNBC – 235,000 viewers
CNBC – 202,000 viewers
HLN – 234,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,025,000 viewers
CNN – 686,000 viewers
MSNBC – 416,000 viewers
CNBC – 252,000 viewers
HLN – 399,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC – 234,000 viewers
CNN – 157,000 viewers
MSNBC – 90,000 viewers
CNBC – 74,000 viewers
HLN – 87,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 509,000 viewers
CNN – 211,000 viewers
MSNBC – 141,000 viewers
CNBC – 82,000 viewers
HLN – 117,000 viewers
Morning programs P2+ (25-54)
FOX & Friends – 780,000 viewers (321,000)
American Morning – 387,000 viewers (129,000)
MSNBC Live (7-9 AM) – 184,000 viewers (66,000)
Robin & Co. – 158,000 viewers (60,000)
6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,176,000 viewers (186,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight – 830,000 viewers (218,000)
Tucker Carlson- 196,000 viewers (73,000)
Mad Money – 180,000 viewers (53,000)
Prime News – 124,000 viewers (a scratch with 22,000)
7PM - P2+ (25-54)
FOX Report with Shepard Smith – 1,316,000 viewers (248,000)
Situation Room – 584,000 viewers (194,000)
Hardball– 363,000 viewers (117,000)
On the Money – 142,000 viewers (a scratch with 23,000)
Glenn Beck – 355,000 viewers (95,000)
8PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes (Debate Special 8-9 PM)– 1,429,000 viewers (276,000)
Paula Zahn- 399,000 viewers (123,000)
Countdown w/ Olbermann – 637,000 viewers (177,000)
Fast Money- 138,000 viewers (a scratch with 30,000)
Nancy Grace – 496,000 viewers (105,000)
9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
South Carolina Debate (9-10:30 PM) – 2,445,000 viewers (664,000)
Larry King Live – 890,000 viewers (250,000)
Scarborough Country – 320,000 viewers (108,000)
Deal or No Deal – 402,000 viewers (131,000)
Glenn Beck – 361,000 viewers (108,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes (Debate Special 10:30-11 PM) – 1,921,000 viewers (504,000)
Anderson Cooper – 770,000 viewers (259,000)
MSNBC Reports– 291,000 viewers (139,000)
Donny Deutsch- 217,000 viewers (84,000)
Nancy Grace – 340,000 viewers (136,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes (Debate Special) – 1,195,000 viewers (317,000)
Anderson Cooper- 456,000 viewers (200,000)
MSNBC Special - 358,000 viewers (174,000)
Mad Money– a scratch with 79,000 viewers (a scratch with 39,000)
Showbiz Tonight –288,000 viewers (170,000)
Os ot just me, or are FNC’s debate numbers a tad bit underwhelming? Granted they swiped the competition right off the map, but I was expecting quite a bit higher considering MSNBC was able to pull in relatively the same figures as well…
Comment by Anonymous — May 16, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
Paula Zahn’s numbers, woah…
Comment by Marty — May 16, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
I think underwhelming is accurate Anon.
It is a reflection of the predictability of the message and the disgust for those giving it.
Comment by elmonica — May 16, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
Yeah I was expecting a lot more too.
Comment by lightswitch — May 16, 2007 @ 8:46 pm
I figured FNC’s numbers would of been much higher.
Comment by Terance — May 16, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
Again elmonique makes no freakin sense. All the Dems could muster up was 2.2 million viewers. It is a reflection of the predictability of the message and the disgust for those giving it.
Comment by Lurker — May 16, 2007 @ 9:07 pm
I think it has to do with the fact that we have 1 1/2 till the election. People are not going to be this interested this early and have it last that long. Whats left to say come the fall of the election.
Comment by Alix — May 16, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
I think the numbers show that most Republican viewers (i.e. viewers who would be directly interested in and/or affected by this debate) are *already* tuned into Fox News. Can’t imagine why ;o)
Comment by Jay — May 16, 2007 @ 9:55 pm
Jay, there are more Dems and independents that watch FOX than the other 2 networks.
Comment by bigred — May 16, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
I think it just goes to show that people aren’t really all that interested in the debates now. We don’t even have all the candidates yet! Why bother?!
I know the news nets thought this would be a great idea… but I think it’s proving to be a big waste of time.
Comment by ImNotBlue — May 16, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Independents? Maybe. Dems? I don’t think so. Atleast not anymore. It’s possible that they used to, back in Fox’s heyday of 2002-2005. One way to tell will be if the Dem party allows a debate on Fox, and the numbers drop. Although I don’t blame them if they don’t, but that’s another post altogether ;o)
Comment by Jay — May 16, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
3>12
Comment by Keith — May 17, 2007 @ 12:14 am
Number 1,
Where are you getting your numbers -”relatively the same numbers”???? The debate on MSNBC had just a little over a million viewers. FNC doubled that amount.
Comment by Cella — May 17, 2007 @ 5:41 am
Not quite Cella. Msnbc got 1.7 million total viewers and 561,000 in the demo for their Republican debate. Fox beat them but I think everyone was expecting huge numbers. These numbers, while good, are pretty surprising at least to me.
Comment by Steve — May 17, 2007 @ 7:00 am
MSNBC is tanking w/out Imus. They keep putting people in his chair expecting us to watch but if anything, it makes us miss him more. Olberman lost a lot of fans with his behavior last month too so expect his ratings to slide.
Comment by Mel — May 17, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Time to say bye-bye to Paula…my goodness…Olbermann seems to have leveled off in ratings, he’s consistently in the 500-600 range…pretty good from years’ past. At least he isn’t losing numbers like Paula. I think the football & nightly news stuff will only help the slow and steady ratings rise for Mr. Olbermann.
Comment by Obama in 08! — May 17, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
Cella, if you are going to be dead wrong, next time, don’t do it in a place where we can easily check the facts in a matter of minutes. Oh, and btw, the Democratic debate for MSNBC did 2.2 million viewers and 736,000 in the demo.
Comment by Randy — May 17, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
Jack Valenti praises Imus in his new book
http://imustruth.typepad.com/index/2007/05/valenti_praises.html#comments
Comment by Imustruth — May 17, 2007 @ 5:10 pm