Super Tuesday: Fast Nationals…
With the big Democratic turnout last night and the near 50-50 split between Obama and Clinton in the results as the night progressed, viewership was high for Super Tuesday. CNN had the most viewers from 6pm-1am ET, FNC was second, and MSNBC third.
6pm–1am (Live)
FNC – 2,644,000
CNN – 3,054,000
MSNBC – 1,722,000
25-54 Demo (Live)
FNC — 861,000
CNN – 1,304,000
MSNBC – 801,000
FNC received a lashing in the DEMO! Oh and they even “took one for the team” in P2+. Ah, I’m sure somebody has a logical explanation for this. How about it, Ira?
Comment by Terance — February 6, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
Rare victory = Big head. That’s too bad.
Comment by Christian — February 6, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
CNN: I think CNN usually does election coverage best. Each time around they are pretty innovative with new technology and seem to find the right balance between injecting energy, excitement and serious analysis into their coverage. I thought last night was a little bit of a drag in parts. One big thing that was a nuisance (and I know CNN wasn’t the only one) was the way the shoulder camera wasn’t very steady. I don’t know if they use it because it seems to add the effect that everything is urgent or something, I think it looks amateurish. Overall, I thought CNN was very good. They could probably do with a couple of tweaks here and there.
FNC: In the past, I’ve found FNC’s election coverage a little bland and boring – lacking the usual, um, “flair” and style of FNC. From what I saw last night (switching between CNN and FNC) it had a little more energy than CNN and was indeed exciting. I think the addition of Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer was the PERFECT choice. FNC’s coverage had the experience and authority of Hume and Wallace and the energy and excitement of Kelly and Hemmer. The FNC set was awesome. It’s a shame it’s taken this long to be unveiled! It will be a shame if we only get to see it again during the election later this year! Is there anyway it can be moved into FNC HQ and used for the daytime shows? It has something like 4 or 5 different presentation spots – A bit like the Sky News Center in London.
Comment by F101 — February 6, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
You hit the nail right on the head F101, FNC graphics, and to a much lesser degree, their commentary pails in comparison to CNN’s. If FNC could bolster their graphics more people would turn to them for election coverage in the future.
Comment by Lt. Dan — February 6, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
I laugh at keith olbermann’s bashing Bill O’Reilly. The former can’t get ratings & tries to hurt his competition with endless ridicule which just helps O’Reilly’s ratings.
Cable news was supposed to be another outlet for news, not kids bickering on the playground.
Comment by StevenG. — October 3, 2008 @ 2:40 pm