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So dominant was Fox that Megyn Kelly's brand new show finished the October sweeps number two of all prime time cable news shows, behind The O'Reilly Factor. Nice launch Megyn.
Is there any wonder which of the following news personalities had a higher rating than the other two combined?
Now I confess, that is not how Megyn looks on her new show. Neither is the fact that another "Fox" is on Fox. She was a jock and cheerleader in school. But she also was smart, had a law degree, was a ratings magnet and asked for the job. Here is the "on air" look.
As the following "ratings" articles show, the Fox prime time shows (7 to 11 PM) had 2.12 million average viewers, more than all their competitors (CNN, MSNBC and HLN) combined. Whew!
Okay,
no big surprise since Fox has been #1 in total daytime and prime time cable for
the past 141 straight months. That is #1
for the entire presidential career of Barack Obama and dating all the way back
to 2001, the year of the World
Trade Center
Here are articles describing the latest October sweeps.
Fox
Tops October Cable News Ratings With Revamped Primetime; ‘The Kelly File’ Ends
First Month In No. 2 Spot Behind O’Reilly
| Tuesday October 29,
2013 @ 12:00pm PDT
A month ago Megyn
Kelly didn’t have a primetime gig, but now The Kelly File
is the No. 2 show on cable news after The O’Reilly Factor.
Since its October 7 launch with Fox News’
primetime revamp, the new show has averaged 2.23 million total viewers and
383,000 viewers among adults 25-54 in its 9 PM slot. That’s behind its Bill O’Reilly
lead-in (2.84 million and 458,000) and in front of The Five (2.14 million and
369,000). No big surprise that after 141 months at No. 1 in total day and
primetime among the cable news networks, FNC won the October ratings battle.
Still, it did have nine of the top 10 shows on cable news, with only MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show
breaking the monolith at No. 9. FNC also came in at the No. 3 behind TBS and
ESPN in cable overall in primetime for the month. News rivals MSNBC, CNN and HLN were far behind
at No. 22, No. 33 and No. 45, respectively. Overall, with 2.12 million
watching, FNC had more viewers during its new 7-11 PM primetime than CNN
(627,000), MSNBC (991,000) and HLN (247,000) put together.
Looking at the ratings for 7 PM to 11 PM since its primetime
relaunch versus Q3 2013, FNC is up 22% in total viewers (2.15 million) and 20%
in the 25-54 demo (373,000). In primetime MSNBC saw a strong 59% viewership
rise (to 976,000) and a 38% demo rise (237,000). After
cratering earlier this year, the now-ratings-rebuilding NBCU-owned
network certainly was helped this month by a series of well-received specials
and docs plus the October 11 launch of the heavily promoted Up Late With
Alec Baldwin. CNN saw a small bop of 7% in viewership
(569,000) and 1% demo growth (171,000) when compared to Q3 2013. That’s in
contrast to last October when all of the cable news networks saw viewership and
demo surges with all-election-all-the-time coverage as the presidential race
entered the final stretch. FNC actually was No. 1 in all of primetime cable.
That once-every-four-years anomaly now has FNC, CNN and MSNBC and all down
double digits from last October.
By DOMINIC PATTEN
13 hours ago
CNN’s Relaunched ‘Crossfire’ Hits Viewer & Demo Low
Looks like troubles come in threes for CNN lately. First the cable news company had its worst single primetime in over a year on October 30, then it had its worst week since Jeff Zucker took over and now the relaunched Crossfire has hit new lows. Resuscitated on September 9 after eight years off the air, the political debate show pulled in just 233,00 viewers overall and a mere 59,000 among adults 25-54 between 6:30 PM and 7 PM on Monday. Full-hour time-slot rivals on Fox News Channel and MSNBC did a lot better — to put it mildly. FNC’s Special Report had 2.44 million viewers with 411,000 in the key news demo, while MSNBC’s Al Sharpton-hosted PoliticsNation had 707,000 total viewers and 170,000 among the 25-54s.
Related: CNN Falls To Lowest Daily Primetime In Over A Year
Monday’s results represent a significant drop from the October 3 high the Newt Gingrich, Stephanie Cutter, S.E. Cupp and Van Jones hosted show hit with 891,000 total viewers and 326,000 in the demo. Crossfire’s previous viewership low was on October 25 when it had 251,000 total viewers. The previous demo low was on September 20 when it drew just 66,000 viewers among adults 25-54. The September 9 debut of the show earlier this year had a modest 581,000 viewers and 171,000 in the demo.
