Fox News Gains, Other News Networks Fall

The Hollywood Repoter via Yahoo! News ^ | September 4, 2003 | Andrew Grossman

[RayChuang88]

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox News Channel was the only cable news service in August to grow in viewership from a year ago, gaining 20% in primetime and 29% across the entire day, according to Nielsen Media Research.

By comparison, CNN fell by 9% in primetime and total day, while MSNBC lost 21% in primetime and 11% for the day. Headline News and CNBC also suffered losses greater than 20% compared with August 2002. It marked the 28th consecutive month that Fox led the news channel pack.

For the month, Fox averaged 1.3 million viewers in primetime, compared with 787,000 for CNN and 274,000 for MSNBC. Headline News edged out CNBC -- 250,000 vs. 224,000 viewers. Among adults 25-54, Fox grew by 10% in primetime to average 411,000 viewers, while CNN fell by 14% to 224,000. MSNBC plummeted by 29% to 102,000, followed by Headline News (down 35%) and CNBC (off by 15%).

[RayChuang88]

And you wonder why the Left-leaning mainstream media has been taking a beating lately. =)

Note that the enormous success of Fox News Channel is one big reason why News Corporation reported a US$370 million profit lately. I think if FNC had the same level of cable channel clearance as CNN they would have ratings more akin to what you get on over air broadcasts! :-)

[RoughDobermann]

Is Fox going to have a FOX NEWS ALERT about this...?

[The South Texan]

Daschile is deeply saddened, deeply.

[dirtboy]

CNN continues to auger towards the ground, all while pretending it's on purpose and part of the airshow.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Lookee - more people watch Fox punditry than actual news!

[DanTheAdmin]

Where do you get your actual news?

[Constitution Day]

No fair! I was just getting ready to ping YOU!

I still don't watch CNN, though.
Aaron Brown's soporific monotone is the TV equivalent of NyQuil.

[Paul Atreides]

I wonder what Rita Cosby's sources have told her.

[RoughDobermann]

I wonder what Rita Cosby's sources have told her

Argh! Great, thanks! Now I'm going to hear her saying that in my head all day long...

[bert]

The change is really getting to the leftists.

In the yesterday comic strip Non Sequiter, the bitterly cynical Yankee Danae was quoted "Hey, he'll believe anything. He watches Fox News."

The leftist media bias is only going to intensify. The bias is going to become more blatant as the election cycle unwinds.

Are there FReepers here who want to resume the fight against leftist bias?

[skeeter]

I know alot of people out here in the Bay Area who sneer at FNC . To a person they listen to NPR.

Now there's some REAL news.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Pretty much anyplace else other than than Fox. The internet, MSNBC, even CNN at times. From Fox, I get a lot of commentary about how I should feel about the news......

[Hans]

Why! Why is this happening!
Can it be explained?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

He really needs to do sleep tapes.

[Helms]

R.I.P.:

Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" show averaged 230,000 viewers, 39% fewer than "Donahue,"

[DanTheAdmin]

Yea, at least you don't get that at MSNBC or CNN.

[Pikamax]

Keith Olbermann is one of the few personalities I have ever seen that ticks people off on either side, sport fans HATE him.

[dogbyte12]

Why are these numbers so low? Fox is doing much better than everybody else, but the viewers for each of the evening news shows on the big 3 probably all beat all the cable networks combined, and most of the people in this country have cable.

1.3 million for FOX means that 1 in 215 americans watch FOX news on a given night. 787,000 for CNN means that 1 in 355 americans are watching CNN. MSNBC's numbers are a further joke. I just did the numbers in my head roughly. FOX, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and Headline news average together 1 out of every 100 americans watching them on a given night. No wonder most democrats can't name their candidates, or Americans the name of the speaker of the house.

I don't know if it is because we are so wealthy as a nation that we don't have to care, but the thought that the 24 hour news stations can't generate more than 1 in 100 people a night combined disturbs me.

[Interesting Times]

[DanTheAdmin]

HMMM - Guess not, seems Fox is too Right-Wing for FR, wow, I'm kinda suprised.