TV Newser has reported the latest Cable News Ratings for Halloween night, and it seems that everybody's favourite right wing ghoul, Bill O'Reilly had a real treat that night. Over 2.9 million viewers tuned into his show in total at 8pm ET. That is an incredibly strong number, one of O'Reilly's best ever ratings.
Hannity and Colmes managed to hold onto just over 2 million of those viewers at 9pm, which again is incredibly good. Overall in Prime Time, Fox News Channel managed to register an impressive 2.125 million viewers, which again is very impressive.
Fox News Channel will never be my first choice for news and information, but unlike some on the left, I will never completely dismiss it out of hand either. Like any news source, especially newspapers, you have to learn what is fact and what is spin and propoganda. Fox News is very much the newspaper of the airwaves, with a distinct agenda and bias, one which can also be found in the New York Post or the Sun in the UK and Ireland. Learn to "read" and "decipher" that agenda, and you can understand what is truly important news and what is just editorialising.
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Thursday, 1 November 2007
Friday, 28 September 2007
US Cable News Ratings: Live vs Live + SD: The Debate will continue...
It is noted by Inside Cable News that the Drudge Report has noted that according to the live ratings, the Debate on MSNBC hosted by Tim Russert was beaten by FNC's Hannity and Colmes.
This is true, although the margin was small, just 4,000 viewers(1,453,000 for FNC, 1,449,000 for MSNBC). However, that victory was on the Total Viewers ranking, and it was Live numbers only. On Live + SD, it was the other way around, as reported by TV Newser. 1,472,000 watch the debate on MSNBC, whilst 1,465,000 watched Hannity & Colmes, a victory to MSNBC of 7,000 viewers.
In the 'money demo', whether you use Live or Live + SD, the result is the same, a victory to MSNBC. Live: MSNBC 539,000 vs FNC 426,000; Live + SD: MSNBC 559,000 vs FNC 437,000.
So, on the balance of the numbers, I think it's safe to call that an MSNBC victory overall.
I think it's fair to say that the whole debate on Live vs Live + SD viewing figures is not going to go away anytime soon.
This is true, although the margin was small, just 4,000 viewers(1,453,000 for FNC, 1,449,000 for MSNBC). However, that victory was on the Total Viewers ranking, and it was Live numbers only. On Live + SD, it was the other way around, as reported by TV Newser. 1,472,000 watch the debate on MSNBC, whilst 1,465,000 watched Hannity & Colmes, a victory to MSNBC of 7,000 viewers.
In the 'money demo', whether you use Live or Live + SD, the result is the same, a victory to MSNBC. Live: MSNBC 539,000 vs FNC 426,000; Live + SD: MSNBC 559,000 vs FNC 437,000.
So, on the balance of the numbers, I think it's safe to call that an MSNBC victory overall.
I think it's fair to say that the whole debate on Live vs Live + SD viewing figures is not going to go away anytime soon.
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