http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/foxnewsratings/ en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 07:58:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097851/posts Mike Huckabee’s debut as a television talk show host last weekend drew more viewers than three other cable news networks combined. The series premiere of “Huckabee” on the Fox News Channel brought in about 2.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen Co. ratings. That’s more than the viewership of CNN, CNBC and MSNBC put together for the 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday time slot. According to Nielsen, Huckabee beat out Roland Martin on CNN, a showing of “Apprentice UK” on CNBC and an MSNBC special. nwaonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097851/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 07:58:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096596/posts In the very preliminary ratings returns, Thursday's debate between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden is looking like a strong draw. The four broadcast networks airing last night's debate totaled a 28.1 overnight meter-market household rating. That's 33% higher than last week's morning-after returns for Friday's presidential debate, which scored a collective 21.4 rating among the major networks.(SNIP) THR Feed via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096596/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096693/posts For one afternoon this week, it was possible to obtain a reliable estimate for how many people were watching the Fox Business Network, at least at home. That figure was 81,000, and it represented the average number of people watching for any given hour from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, according to Nielsen Media Research. The figure is a milestone for the nearly year-old channel, which had never drawn an audience large enough to be considered statistically reliable by Nielsen for an extended time period. New York Timse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096693/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096773/posts UPDATED: Thursday's debate between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden proved prognosticators correct and scored extremely high viewership. Last night's debate totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among the broadcast and cable networks. It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush. The ratings will likely decrease... The Live Feed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096773/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:26:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096829/posts UPDATED: Thursday's highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden may be the most-watched debate in 16 years. Last night's event totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between top-of-the-ticket contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among broadcast and cable networks. It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the early figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George... http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/vp-debate-ratin.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096829/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097011/posts UPDATED: Thursday's highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden was the most-watched vp debate of all time. Last night's event was seen by 69.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's the most-viewed debate -- presidential or vp -- since the second round between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush in 1992 (which also drew an audience of 69.9 million). Thursday's event was 33% higher than Friday's top-of-the-ticket debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. It's 61% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. And it ranks 23%... The Live Feed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097011/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096864/posts UPDATED: Thursday's debate between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden proved prognosticators correct and scored extremely high viewership. Last night's debate totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among the broadcast and cable networks. It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush (which received a 46.3 rating). wtmj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096864/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095752/posts Fox News Capitalizes on Election in Ratings Race By Michele Greppi The wild rides of the campaign for president and the economic turmoil boosted Fox News Channel’s prime-time block to fourth among all cable channels for the third quarter, extending its streak as the highest-rated cable news network to 27 consecutive quarters. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, FNC averaged 2.2 million total viewers in the 8-11 p.m. daypart for the just-concluded quarter. CNN ranked ninth among all cable channels for the quarter with an average 1.3 million viewers, its biggest quarter since the Iraq war began in early... TV Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095752/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:34:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086723/posts Has anyone seen or know how to find the TV ratings for the Hannity TV show with the Sarah interviews? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086723/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:27:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085527/posts After jump starting ratings for “ABC World News” last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made the rounds to Fox News’ “Hannity and Colmes” on Wednesday, pushing the talk show to its second-highest total viewership in 2008. Part one of Sean Hannity’s interview with Gov. Palin brought in 4.9 million viewers, second only to the show’s coverage of Gov. Palin’s speech during the Republican National Convention earlier in the month, according to Nielsen Media Research. The show also did well in its key demographic, adults 25-54, with 1.4 million viewers, its third-highest number in the demo in 2008. “Hannity and Colmes”... TV Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085527/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:01:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078597/posts In a week of records surrounding the Republican National Convention, Fox News Channel earned another one with its weekend documentary on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "Sarah Palin: American Woman" averaged 2.7 million viewers in its debut at 8 p.m. ET Saturday night, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday afternoon. That included 673,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 cable news demo. Nielsen said it was the highest-rated primetime documentary ever in the 12-year history of the channel, surpassing high-rated ones recently about Barack Obama and Palin's running mate, John McCain. "Barack Obama: Character & Conduct" averaged 2.3 million viewers for its... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078597/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:05:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075505/posts LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported. Obama had an average 38.4 million viewers watching his speech accepting the nomination for his party last week. McCain's tally also was higher than the 37.2 million Americans who tuned in to hear Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech on Wednesday. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075505/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075337/posts <p>Across all broadcast networks Thursday, Sen. McCain’s speech ended the night with a 4.8 rating/7 share, compared to Sen. Obama’s 4.3/7 average, according to overnight numbers from metered households in 55 U.S. markets measured by Nielsen. These ratings are preliminary, however, and are subject to change.</p> TVWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075337/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074553/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech during Wednesday night’s Republican National Convention bested Democratic speeches from Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and, in some cases, Barack Obama in preliminary ratings. Speaking last night, along with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Gov. Palin took in a 5.4 rating/8 share on NBC, according to preliminary overnight household data from Nielsen Media Research, measuring 55 markets across the United States. In terms of this year’s conventions, the preliminary rating for NBC’s coverage last night is higher than any other night of the convention on the broadcast networks, including Sen. Obama’s nomination acceptance speech... TVWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074553/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:11:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067395/posts Political-themed programming last week worked wonders for the already high Fox News Channel ratings. Special Character & Conduct profiles of the two presidential candidates scored high in the ratings taking the place of the vacationing Bill O'Reilly. On Monday, the Barack Obama documentary averaged 2.3 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said. That compared with 1.1 million for MSNBC's Countdown and 687,000 for CNN's Election Center. It also beat The O'Reilly Factor average July ratings, which are 2.2 million. Tuesday's documentary on John McCain averaged 2.6 million viewers, compared with 1.3 million for MSNBC's Countdown and 499,000 for CNN's Election Center.... The Akron Beacon Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067395/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:15:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041171/posts ...It has been rumored that in one year [CNN] spent about 27 million dollars in advertising of Anderson Cooper...the President of CNN told me that Anderson Cooper has a staff of nearly 60. We beat them with our staff…of about 12. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041171/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037718/posts When prime-time cable news ratings for the second quarter of 2008 are officially released next week, they will show that Fox News reclaimed the top spot among viewers in their mid-20s through mid-50s, those of greatest interest to news advertisers, according to estimates from Nielsen Media Research. During the first three months of the year, by contrast, CNN drew so many viewers on big Democratic primary nights and for several presidential debates that it vaulted over Fox News for the first time in six years. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037718/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035249/posts The liberal press crowed loudly when cable TV’s Keith Olbermann beat out Bill O’Reilly in a key demographic during a recent week, but Olbermann’s ratings success has been isolated and press reports about it have been much overblown, Newsmax has learned. MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” did average 477,000 viewers in the age 25 to 54 demographic during the first week of June, narrowly edging out Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” which averaged 472,000 in that demo, according to Nielsen Media Research. “This marks the first time that MSNBC has beaten Fox News in O’Reilly’s 8 p.m. time slot,” the... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035249/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022839/posts For the 77th consecutive month, FNC finished first in total day and prime time ratings during May. FNC was the sixth highest rated cable network on all of basic cable during prime time for the month (CNN and MSNBC finished 19th and 26th) and the seventh rated network in total day (CNN and MSNBC were 19th and 27th). FNC also had 11 out of the top 13 programs in cable during the month in Total Viewers. The O'Reilly Factor was the #1 program in cable news for the 90th consecutive month, and saw gains in Total Viewers year-to-year (26%). Amercia's... mediabristo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022839/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 06:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1988160/posts Sean Penn unleashes on FOXNEWS: 'We know their end is near'... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABLE NEWS RACE MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 VIEWERS FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,040,000 FNC HANNITY/COLMES 2,337,000 FNC GRETA 1,862,000 FNC SHEP 1,583,000 FNC HUME 1,508,000 CNN DOBBS 1,227,000 CNN KING 983,000 CNN COOPER 976,000 MSNBC OLBERMANN 962,000 CNN BLITZER 839,000 CNNHN GRACE 663,000 MSNBC HARDBALL 604,000 Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1988160/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:09:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1985813/posts For the eighth week out of the last nine, Fox News Channel ranked in the top five channels on cable in prime time last week. FNC was the fourth most watched channel — CNN ranked 14th and MSNBC came in 27th. mediabistro.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1985813/posts#comment Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966191/posts CABLE NEWS RACE SUPER TUES. 6 PM-1 AM ET CNN 3,054,000 FOXNEWS 2,644,000 MSNBC 1,722,000 Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966191/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948460/posts Fox News Channel once again ended the year as cable’s top news network, followed by CNN, with few radical ratings dips or surges for either network. But among the channels with smaller audience totals -- MSNBC, CNBC and CNN Headline News -- 2007 was a year of growth. For the year in primetime, Fox News was the No. 6-ranked cable channel behind USA Network, TNT, ESPN, TBS and Lifetime Television. That’s two notches higher than its ranking last year. CNN, its closest news competitor, was No. 26, down one"........[snip]" ....MSNBC continued to grow in total day in viewers (17%) and... Broadcasting Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948460/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932405/posts Despite scoring the highest-rated presidential primary debate in cable news history this month, CNN's overall ratings fell in November, while Fox News Channel and MSNBC showed increases in primetime. CNN showed some improvement so far in this month's move of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" to 7 p.m., but it has seen a sharp decline with its "American Morning." Meanwhile, MSNBC beat CNN in November for second place in what the business calls "sales prime," between 7 p.m.-2 a.m. ET -- primetime on both coasts. To be fair, November 2006 was a good month for CNN because of its election coverage. The... Hollywood Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932405/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915548/posts 6PM - P2+ (25-54) Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,398,000 viewers (290,000) Lou Dobbs- 949,000 viewers (205,000) Tucker Carlson- 265,000 viewers (118,000) Mad Money - 246,000 viewers (57,000) Prime News- 210,000 viewers (97,000) 7PM - P2+ (25-54) FOX Report with Shepard Smith – 1,495,000 viewers (331,000) Situation Room – 719,000 viewers (235,000) Hardball– 484,000 viewers (168,000) Kudlow & Company- 198,000 viewers (63,000) Glenn Beck – 355,000 viewers (121,000) 8PM - P2+ (25-54) O’Reilly Factor- 2,487,000 viewers (437,000) LSD: 2,494,000 viewers (441,000) Out in the Open – 771,000 viewers (309,000) LSD: 782,000 viewers (317,000) Countdown w/ Olbermann- 749,000 viewers (288,000)... Inside Cable News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915548/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:39:25 GMT