Neilsen number for cable news channels

Posted By on November 4, 2008

I found this interesting while I was scanning the cable news channels and eyeballing the exit polls. I knew FoxNews has a strong lineup of shows, but didn’t realize just how much they were leading the other cable affiliates — FNC was almost twice that of CNN and MSNBC during primetime.

Tuesday, Nov 04 — Scoreboard at Mediabistro


Total Viewers: (Live and Same Day)

Total day: FNC: 1688 | CNN: 1075 | MSNBC: 898 | HLN: 331

Prime: FNC: 3759 | CNN: 1849 | MSNBC: 1940 | HLN: 664

5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC ElectionHQ: Hume: Shep: O’Reilly: H&C: Greta: O’Reilly:
2176 2821 2849 4647 3758 2855 1815
CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Dobbs: Brown: King: Cooper: Cooper:
1587 1786 1494 1441 1873 2231 1798
MSNBC Hardball: Gregory: Hardball: Countdown: Maddow: Countdown: Maddow:
1400 1337 2134 2653 2012 1155 975
HLN Prime: Prime: VMitchell: Grace: Dobbs: Grace: Showbiz:
296 343 417 1082 495 453 361

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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