Cable TV News July 2006 Ratings

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[MNJohnnie]

FINAL Weekday Competitive Program Ranker

June 2006: 5/27/2006 - 6/23/2006

Ranked On:

HH HH P2+ A25-54

NETWORK PROGRAM NAME DAYS TIME COV AA% AA (000) AA (000) AA (000)

FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.8 1,643 2,141 402

FOXN HANNITY & COLMES MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.3 1,180 1,490 321

FOXN ON THE RECORD W/GRETA MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.1 1,008 1,241 289

FOXN THE FOX REPORT W/S.SMITH MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.1 957 1,181 274

FOXN SPECIAL REPORTW/BRIT HUME MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.1 951 1,178 251

CNN LARRY KING LIVE MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 1.0 901 1,059 236

FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR (RPT) MTWTF.. 11:00P -12:00A 0.9 757 942 282

FOXN THE BIG STORY W/J GIBSON MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.8 741 891 193

FOXN STUDIO B W/S.SMITH MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.9 767 890 216

FOXN FOX AND FRIENDS MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.9 781 878 315

FOXN YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.8 702 816 200

FOXN FOX NEWS LIVE MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.8 713 814 222

CNN LOU DOBBS TONIGHT MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.7 641 732 176

FOXN DAYSIDE MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.7 630 709 209

CNN ANDERSON COOPER 360 MTWTF.. 10:00P -12:00A 0.6 540 630 224

CNN PAULA ZAHN NOW MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.6 520 606 167

FOXN FOX & FRIENDS FIRST MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.6 492 519 206

CNN SITUATION ROOM MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.5 457 516 144

CNN AMERICAN MORNING MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.4 372 411 176

CNN CNN LIVE MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.4 368 408 144

CNN LIVE FROM ... MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.4 352 388 110

MSNB MSNBC INVESTIGATES ....F.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.4 321 371 172

CNN CNNI YOUR WORLD TODAY MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 313 336 106

MSNB SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY MTWT... 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 270 316 104

MSNB HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 260 299 100

MSNB IMUS IN THE MORNING MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 270 291 117

MSNB COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 243 286 106

MSNB RITA COSBY LIVE & DIRECT MTWT... 06:00A -11:00P 0.2 197 233 93

MSNB THE ABRAMS REPORT MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.2 190 213 77

MSNB THE SITUATION W/T CARLSON MTWT... 11:00P -12:00A 0.2 190 210 90

Source: Nielsen Media Research, all regularly scheduled programs airing M-F 6am-12am excluding breaking news & specials.

Program Name Averages. Only scheduled programs with 3+ telecasts included.

[MNJohnnie]

So despite all the squawking, MSNBC fades even more

[soccer_maniac]

FoxNews really dominated cable news ratings.

Lou Dobbs should get higher ratings as he's the only one covering the illegal immigration crisis.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I wonder how Glenn Beck's show is doing on CNN Headline News.

[pissant]

And Tucker is right where he belongs. In the bottom of the pile sniffing Olbermans and Chrissy's feet.

[tobyhill]

Imus and Olbermann have been knocking O'Reilly pretty hard but who's watching since they can't even get a 1 rating between the two of them? Ba-Bye Liberal POS MSNBC!!!

[kingu]

MSNBC's highest rated show: MSNBC Investigates... .4 share, 371,000 viewers.

CNBC's highest rated show: Repeats of Deal or No Deal .3 share, 367,000 viewers.

CNN's highest rated show: Larry King Live 1.0 share, 1,059,000 viewers.

FOX's highest rated show: The OReilly Factor 1.8 share, 2,141,000 viewers.

But, gosh, didn't the NY Times just tell me that this is a liberal nation?

[Txsleuth]

WEll..Dan Abrams may not be as stupid as we thought...the MSNBC Investigates DOES get better ratings than their night time shows..LOL

[COEXERJ145]

Lou Dobbs should get higher ratings as he's the only one covering the illegal immigration crisis.

He's a one hit wonder and they do not get high rating no matter what they're covering. Besides, Dobbs is nothing but a far left wing hack who only cares about immigration because he thinks it is a tool he can use to destroy the GOP and President Bush.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I was wondering the same thing. But whats great is that Brit's show which comes on at 6pm eastern when most people are just getting home for work is still beating Larry King who is on in prime time.

[Patrick1]

Olbermann obviously isn't showcasing John Dean nearly enough.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Did you really think that Democrat, liberal moron, Dan Abrams was going to do anything with MSNBC? MSNBC will go nowhere until GE/NBC fires the whole lot of losers they have in the program makeup!!! Abrams is not the problem, it's the GE/NBC management. They are living in the Liberal, Left-Wing, Democrat "Traitor/Treason" Party, MSM "Bubble"!!! Poor Abrams does not have a clue!!! The whole network is a joke, and....not a good one at that!!!

[mrsmith]

Desite all the shilling NBC News does for them Imus and Matthews are at .3!

Amazing. NBC News should use their advertizing for something people might actually care to watch.

[Patrick1]

And Olbermann says he is beating O'Reilly in the coveted 25-54 age group but these numbers show O'Reilly with four times the numbers in that group. Another liberal lie.

[tobyhill]

I heard that crap recently and couldn't believe they were trying to pimp that BS.

[pollyannaish]

Lou Dobbs should get higher ratings as he's the only one covering the illegal immigration crisis.

Or perhaps most people are looking for an overall perspective and balance on many issues, not just that one. As significant a problem as illegal immigration is, the concern of the average American has been vastly overstated by those who can think of nothing else.

[Patrick1]

MSNBC should hire me to fix their network, I would start with Limbaugh and go from there.

[tobyhill]

Matthew's will try to increase his ratings by talking more about the "leak" of Super-Duper Secret Agent Valarie Plame.

[finnman69]

Someone put MSNBC out of their misery and pull the plug.

[Mikey_1962]

MSNBC could show M*A*S*H re-runs and pull better numbers..

[pollyannaish]

LOL.

You know, I am a huge Rush fan. But imo, he is great where he is.

I think when it comes to news, we need more guys like Brit Hume.

[Burr5]

I love Glenn Beck (I watch the CNN show all the time, though I have to admit to choosing Laura Ingraham on the radio about 85% of the time over Glenn).

I have heard on tsome of the Lib Blogs that the CNN show is a ratings disaster. Something like 78,000 to 100,000 viewers a night. I hope that's not true, but the fact that it doesn't show up on this list isn't encouaging. How can the third largest talk radio audience in America be ignoring their boy?

[Patrick1]

He is on the list but way down in Olbermann land.

[MNJohnnie]

HLN GLENN BECK MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.2 136 163 76

I cut the HLN and CNBC ratings out cause they all fall down on the bottom. He is about as watchs as any MSNBC program so not bad.

[devane617]

Lou is up against Mad Money with Cramer...I think Cramer is a short-timer though...

[NYC Republican]

Lou Dobbs should get higher ratings as he's the only one covering the illegal immigration crisis.

Maybe, just maybe, the public-at-large isn't so whipped up into a hysterical frenzy about illegal immigration, the way so many FReepers are.

[Iowegian]

You have to compare his show to what was on the channel at that time before and whether the audience is growing. Beck is doing well on both counts from what I have heard. It's a good show and will take some time to get a big following.

[demkicker]

I wonder how Glenn Beck's show is doing on CNN Headline News

I've just watched snippets of his show, but I've yet to see him discuss politics.

[austinaero]

Well, they should be, IMHO. It's really a big problem. How does one address a big problem in a way that isn't labeled a 'frenzy?'

Just a question.

[NYC Republican]

Or perhaps most people are looking for an overall perspective and balance on many issues, not just that one. As significant a problem as illegal immigration is, the concern of the average American has been vastly overstated by those who can think of nothing else.

I posted essentially the same thing, in post #25, before seeing yours. Yours, however, is a more articulate statement.

[NYC Republican]

I'm not stating that the problem is trivial... I'm just tired of FReepers injecting the debate into nearly every single thread, as if it's the SOLE important topic out there.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Gee, Olberman is only a notch above Cosby's, now cancelled show.

[edzo4]

hey matthews and olberman suck

MSNB HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 260 299 100

MSNB COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.3 243 286 106

plus everytime I see that 0.3 rating that means that less than 1% of the TVs turned on at that time were tuned into MSNBC, I just wish one time Bush would point that out to them when the keep talking about Bushes low poll numbers, just once i would like to hear Bush say something like "well chris my poll numbers might be at 40% but that is way higher than 0.3%"

[Arizona Carolyn]

Maybe not in NYC, don't speak for Arizona.

[mrsmith]

"well chris my poll numbers might be at 40% but that is way higher than 0.3%"

Ouch!

(Though maybe it'd be more 'presidential' to let Tony Snow deliver that slap... )

[MNJohnnie]

It's really a big problem..

By grasping the reality that it is NOT a "Crisis" or "Really big prolem". It is merely one issue amoung dozens. It this Chicken Little Hysteria about it that pisses most Freeper off. This hysteria is part of the reason MOST Freepers simply tune out the Anti Illegal rantings. Threads on this topic are far to hysteric and emotional and pretty complete lack any calm serious thoughtful comentary.

[edzo4]

true, I am not much for tact, I am more a go for the throat slam them over the head with the facts type

[Toidylop]

"Gee, Olberman is only a notch above Cosby's, now cancelled show.

Then why Olberman is still ON!!! We can't take PMSNBC seriesly, can we?

[Arizona Carolyn]

I certainly don't, especially Olberman or Matthews. When I do spin past his program Olberman spends more time laughing at Fox news or O'Reilly than he does with real news.

[MNJohnnie]

The other thing that pisses a lot of us off is the way the Antis are willing to booth any supposedly "Conservative" principals they have to the curb as long as someone panders to their emotions on the Illegals.

Lou Dobbs is a case in point. He is a wack Leftist spewing utterly ridiculous neo Marxist class warfare tripe as "News". He is intellectually vacuous on economics and politics. BUT because he panders to the Antis on their one issue, he has become their god.

Dobbs is pure Big Govt Socialists. That he 10% of the time says what you WANT to hear should in NO way excuse the utter rot they spews from his mouth on the other 90%.

He is also a big liar. When he was called to account for his hyper partisanship, he claimed to "Be a Republican who wants to save his party" Utter and complete nonsense.

His every comment and rant shows him to be an utter big Goveremnt Socialists type

[Cindy_Cin]

I try to tune in to Beck, but its conservatism lite.
I'm guessing he has restrictions from the Liberal CNN
head honchos.
I also ADORE Laura Ingram ..
She is better than Hannity IMHO

[Cindy_Cin]

Am I understanding what you are saying?
"grasping the reality, that this is NOT a crisis?"
Are you saying illegals and boarder security are just one of many issues? No more important than minimum wage?
If so, perhaps you might check out Tom Tancredos Book
"Mortal Danger"
I think Illegals & border security are the NO 1 issue.

[cornfedcowboy]

I wondered the same thing about Glenn Beck. I like his CNN show but it takes some getting used to. His show is fairly different but his creative staff might just make it fly.
Kudos to Glenn.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

HLN GLENN BECK MTWTF.. 06:00A -11:00P 0.2 136,000 163,000 76

It ranks just below Headline News' "Robin & Company" and just above their Headline News show.

[bray]

Inus is actually beating Chrissy. Does anybody watch Mathews anymore and are guests going to realize there is no point in going on his "show"?

PRay for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[Jhensy]

Wes Mantooth would be perfect for MSNBC.

"You know those rating systems are flawed. They don't take in account houses that have... uh... more than two television sets... and other things of that nature."