Posts Tagged ‘ Ratings ’

• Chris Matthews' repeat on MSNBC finished way ahead of John King's 7pmET show Wednesday, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Matthews nearly doubled King in the demo.
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Once again, Fox News is finishing the month with the top 10 programs on cable news - in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic.FNC also was 3rd on all of cable in prime time (total viewers), with MSNBC 28th, CNN 32nd and HLN 35th. Here are more details from July 2010:
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• Rick Sanchez's new CNN prime time show has no shot of competing with FNC's ratings powerhouse Bill O'Reilly at 8pmET, but so far he is getting beat by CNN and HLN too. In the A25-54 demographic, Sanchez had just 99,000 viewers in the demo, compared to 245,000 for MSNBC and 175,000...
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• Rachel Maddow further cemented her place as a ratings player at MSNBC, especially in Keith Olbermann's absence, with a strong performance Thursday night. Her 9pmET show nearly doubled Larry King in the A25-54 demographic and was the only non-FNC program to have more than one million total viewers.
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• Wednesday night marked Campbell Brown's last night at 8pmET for CNN, and Larry King is leaving his 9pmET show soon. But it was Anderson Cooper's 10pmET show which won in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic.
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Rachel Maddow had the top show on MSNBC Tuesday night, amassing huge ratings in total viewers with the Shirley Sherrod coverage. Her 9pmET show had more than 1,100,000 total viewers while Lawrence O'Donnell, in on Countdown at 8pmET had less than 900,000.
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Fox News returned to their usual spot as a top three cable network last week after a one-week hiatus during the July 4 vacation.Meanwhile the cable news competition was stuck 28th and lower.
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• Lawrence O'Donnell began his two week run as Countdown guest host Monday night, with the top show in the A25-54 demographic among non-FNC programs. Rachel Maddow, the hour after, had the top non-FNC show in total viewers.
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• Bill O'Reilly's 11pmET repeat for FNC had more total viewers than any program on CNN, MSNBC or HLN. In the hours before, during prime time, FNC more than tripled 2nd place HLN in the A25-54 demographic and almost tripled 2nd place MSNBC in total viewers.
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• Anderson Cooper saw his ratings improve Tuesday night in the A25-54 demographic on his 2nd night in Haiti this week. The hour was CNN's best in prime time and 2nd only behind FNC at 10pmET (in the demo). In total viewers however it declined from Monday's show.
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