Who's the King of Cable News?
Well, TDI predicted that Hannity & Colmes would be on track to rival, if not overtake Bill O'Reilly in terms of ratings. (though O'Reilly still has terrific ratings... H&C just keeps adding on to it's own numbers) BUT... Thanks to her in-depth investigations, reports, and countless interviews while in Aruba, last night's On the Record w/Greta van Susteran BEAT O'Reilly!
Here are the total viewers, hour by hour, listed hourly by winner-to-loser. Numbers from TVNewser.
Second set of numbers are the 25-54 demo numbers.
5 pm hour
FNC's Gibson: 1,118,000/236,000
CNN's Blitzer: 370,000/56,000
CNBC's Kudlow: 229,000/59,000
CNNHL: 147,000/64,000
MSNBC's Connected: 73,000/32,000
6 pm hour
FNC's Hume: 1,286,000/353,000
CNNs' Dobbs: 415,000/128,000
CNBC's Mad Money: 237,000/58,000
MSNBC's Abrams: 210,000/70,000
CNNHL: 195,000/69,000
7 pm hour
FNC's Shep: 1,483,000/416,000
CNN's Cooper: 416,000/106,000
MSNBC's Hardball: 219,000/78,000
CNNHL's Showbiz: 182,000/77,000
CNBC's Conan: 144,000/80,000
8 pm hour
FNC's O'Reilly: 2,555,000/561,000
CNNHL's Grace: 542,000/134,000
CNN's Zahn: 4,16,000/138,000
MSNBC's Countdown: 247,000/88,000
CNBC's Contender: 147,000/31,000
9 pm hour
FNC's H&C: 2,097,000/475,000
CNN's King: 829,000/189,000
CBC's Contender: 337,000/82,000
CNNHL's Prime News: 209,000/71,000
MSNBC's Situation: 148,000/39,000
10 pm hour
FNC's Greta: 2,574,00/770,000
CNN's NewsNight: 612,000/132,000
CNNHL's Grace (repeat): 381,000/173,000
MSNBC's Scarborough: 170,000/73,000
CNBC's Deutsch: 117,000/59,000
Note that the only times MSNBC is at the bottom between 5 and 11 pm is with their two most recent additions, Connected Coast to Coast w/Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley, and The Situation w/Tucker Carlson. And note that they were some of their most hyped shows, especially Tucker Carlson's show. And yet, it gets pounded on by EVERYONE.
Congratulations to Greta for edging out ahead of O'Reilly. Will the Aruba ratings hold, making her the Queen of Cable News? Dunno, really. My crystal ball is broken. :(
1 comment:
Charles - about Greta's Aruba coverage: do you think she would have traveled to say, Finland, in the dead of winter to cover a missing person story? I think it is rather interesting how many Fox reporters are scrambling down to Aruba - sad story, but there are worse places to have to work! - Mum
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