Nielsen Ratings week of January 22 including Trump Inaugural Activities

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This week’s cable ratings

January 25, 2017

In cable ratings for the week ended Jan. 22:

Top five networks in primetime (18-49s): TBS, USA, TNT, Fox News Channel, Discovery Channel.

Top five networks in primetime (total viewers): Fox News Channel, CNN, HGTV, USA, Discovery Channel.

Top five total-day networks (total viewers): Fox News Channel, Nickelodeon, CNN, Disney Channel, HGTV.

Top cable news networks in primetime (total viewers): Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, HLN, CNBC, FBN.

Top cable news programs (total viewers): 1. Fox News Channel’s “AEHQ: Inauguration 2017” (Friday 12 p.m.); 2. Fox News Channel’s “AEHQ: Inauguration 2017” (Friday 11 a.m.); 3. Fox News Channel’s “AEHQ: Inauguration 2017” (Friday 4 p.m.); 4. Fox News Channel’s “AEHQ: Inauguration 2017” (Friday 1 p.m.); 5. Fox News Channel’s “The Five” (Friday, 5 p.m.)

Top movie (total viewers): Nickelodeon’s “Rufus 2,” (Monday, 7 p.m.) 2.88 million.

Top sporting event (total viewers): TNT’s “NBA Basketball: Cleveland/Golden State” (Monday, 8 p.m.) 4.53 million.

Show on the rise: Discovery Channel’s “Alaskan Bush People,” Wednesday, 9 p.m. The reality show was one of very few programs to show week-to-week gains, rising 8 percent among total viewers to 3.22 million.

Show on the decline: FX’s “Taboo,” Tuesday, 10 p.m. The drama’s second episode averaged 1.84 million total viewers, down 39 percent from 1.12 million for the previous week’s premiere.

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Fox News beats out all Cable and Network news for Trump Inaugural - Crushes CNN by over 8 million viewers

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Fox Tops Broadcast and Cable News in Inauguration Ratings; CNN Posts Strong Primetime Numbers

by Justin Baragona | 10:37 am, January 23rd, 2017

Friday was Inauguration Day and therefore a huge day for broadcast and cable news coverage. And the undisputed winner of the ratings battle for the day was Fox News.

During the peak coverage block of 11 AM to 4 PM ET, Fox News averaged 8.77 million viewers and 2.19 million in the key 25-54 demographic. The cable news network pulled in nearly three million more than the runner-up NBC, who drew 5.90 million viewers and 2.02 million in the 25-54 demo. ABC and CBS finished third and fourth, with 4.90 million and 4.65 million viewers respectively.

As for the other cable news channels, CNN nabbed and audience 2.61 million and 942,000 in the demo in that time block. They nearly doubled up MSNBC who brought in 1.38 million and 309,000 in the demographic.

During the the Oath and Inaugural Address, Fox really dominated. The channel drew 11.77 million during that timeframe and 2.99 million in the demo. CNN, meanwhile, attracted 3.38 million viewers and 1.21 million in the 25-54 age range. MSNBC was at 1.49 million and 315,000 demo viewers.

In primetime coverage, which featured the inaugural balls, Fox News pulled in 6.96 million total viewers and 1.77 million in the 25-54 demographic. CNN enticed 4.53 million total people to watch and 1.39 million in the demo. MSNBC drew a total audience of 1.62 million and 395,000 in the key demographic.

As for the business channels, Fox Business topped CNBC in the 11 AM – 4 PM block. FBN pulled in a total of 536,000 viewers and 104,000 in the 25-54 age group compared to CNBC’s 314,000 total viewers and 91,000 in the demo.

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What is in a Photo? The Media Obsession with Trump Inaugural Crowd Photos

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Never was the obsession with the Establishment media of wanting to do anything and everything possible to undermine the Trump presidency more obvious than with the blizzard of stories about the estimate of crowd sizes at the Trump inaugural.

According to the television producers at NBC, ABC, CBS, cable also rans like CNN and MSNBC,  the pillars of liberal obsession The New York Times and The Washington Post, and all the other George Soros inspired or funded media like Politico, The Huffington Post, and, well, you know the like, nothing was more important in the news.

Michael Snyder / AP / Mario Anzuoni / Markku Ulander / Joshua Roberts / Tim Chong / Jim Urquhart / Jorge Dan Lopez / Mike Segar / Carlo Allegri / Reuters / The Atlantic

One might think the status of the Trump cabinet approval might be news since only 4 of the nearly two dozen positions subject to Senate approval are complete.  Democrats have made certain Trump is far behind previous elected presidents at this point in his new administration.  Perhaps a story about how the media said many of the Trump nominees were in trouble might be interesting since conventional wisdom says every single nominee is likely to be approved.

Of course there are the flurry of Trump Executive Orders to fulfill campaign promises and priorities including those relating to immigration, job development, the economy, trade deals, foreign relations and other areas but the news media seems to ignore them.

Trump's tremendous early outreach to friends and foes alike has also largely gone unnoticed whether it was the leaders of silicon valley, multi-national business tycoons, auto leaders, or union leaders.  While many positive things are happening they seem oblivious to the media.

So here is my update on the latest dumb obsession of the the Establishment Media, the crowd photos.

Here is what CNN used as the basis for a million dumb stories.

There was no mention of the fact the security screening at the Trump swearing in was the tightest in history, nor that it was raining before the event started, both resulting in delays in the activities.

Newspaper not from the liberal elite on the East Coast posted their own photos of the Trump inaugural when it happened, not well in advance like CNN, and this is what they looked like.

You decide where the truth might lie, in the CNN set up or the photos reported by news media outside the Washington, DC Beltway.

As for me, the only news in the news being reported by the Establishment Media was never news in the first place.  It is obvious why 94% of Americans do not trust the news media.
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