Q3 Numbers: CNN…
CNN is noting its Q3 ratings…
CNN’s The Situation Room dominated at 4p for the second time this year ranking first among all cable news nets for the month of September in the P25-54 demo. The Situation Room beat the long-running Your World with Neil Cavuto on FNC and continues to out rank MSNBC in both demos.
CNN’s The Situation Room - 661,000 viewers (206,000)
FNC’s Your World w/Cavuto - 870,000 viewers (189,000)
CNBC’s Closing Bell - 325,000 viewers (101,000)
MSNBC Live - 281,000 viewers (101,000)
Headline News - 226,000 viewers (77,000)In Q3 CNN Ratings Highlights
CNN’s July 23rd YouTube Democratic Primary Debate pulled in more than 2.6 Million total viewers, 890,000 P25-54 viewers and a record-breaking 407,000 P18-34 viewers–the largest in cable news history for a primary debate.The unprecedented global broadcast of CNN’s Documentary program God’s Warriors hosted by Christiane Amanpour averaged more than 2 Million viewers across its three-day premiere.
Headline News is Currently Posting its Best Year Ever in Total Viewers (Total Day and Prime) and Continues to Rise in Q3 with Double-Digit Ratings Growth.
Headline News posts 10 hours of weekday double-digit growth in P2+ for the quarter
Showbiz Tonight posts the most growth in P2+ while Nancy Grace posts the highest P25-54 growth on the network.
For the second consecutive quarter, Robin & Co. (6-10a) tops MSNBC Morning Joe (6-9a) in the demo (100k vs. 67k)CNN continues to dominate the cable news competition in reach while Headline News tops FNC for the 6th time this year in the demo.
P2+
CNN 68,989,000
FNC 57,530,000
MSNBC 57,192,000
HLN 56,885,000P25-54
CNN 32,261,000
MSNBC 28,363,000
HLN 27,264,000
FNC 25,564,000
Cavuto needs more flashy women to boost the demo. But seriously, it was not really a crushing defeat for FNC. The political season is upon us, so expect slightly higher ratings for CNN. Still, CNN was CRUSHED in total viewers.
Comment by jmkaib — October 2, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
Blitzer wins the demo by only 17,000 viewers yet Cavuto has more than 200,000 overall.
Doesn’t sound like “domination” to me!
Comment by Ira — October 2, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
No biggie, Cavuto’s show is business oriented, more people would rather watch what Blitzer is reporting on but Cavuto still kills him in total viewers and the demo #’s are comparable.
Comment by Lurker — October 2, 2007 @ 8:20 pm
I know a lot here probably won’t agree with this, but TSR is a pure political news program focusing on the news out of Washington and some breaking news when warranted. With that in mind, that program does that overwhelmingly well and down the center, I hope the majority of us can agree on that. Anyway, Cavuto’s program honestly plays itself as a “business program,” but largely delves into political issues, sometimes with far fetched themes to make them even remotely business related. Honestly, I’d rather watch Wolfe any day vs. the Cavuto/Big Story tabloid hours, then watch Hume/Smith afterwards.
Comment by Chris (clind) — October 2, 2007 @ 8:35 pm
“the program does that overwhelmingly well and down the center”? 1) Wolf Blitzer isn’t exactly the guy to keep an audience awake, 2) It’s difficult to think of TSR as down the center, unless one’s center of gravity leans to the left. The show that so clumsily attempted sabotage of the Vice President can hardly be called unbiased, no matter how you lean politically.
Comment by Haile Welde — October 2, 2007 @ 10:02 pm
cavuto still beats blitzer overall, I mean really, the total viewership is what counts, sorry cnn, still can’t beat FOX NEWS, reality check of??
Comment by sandra — October 3, 2007 @ 12:12 am