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[excel99]

AC360 top performing show in cable news Thursday in the demo
http://www.mediaite....p-show-at-10pm/
Situation Room very close to Special Report on Fox as well

[Bubbles]

"CNN’s Sudden Ratings Boost Likely Has Fox News And MSNBC A Little Concerned" http://www.mediaite....ttle-concerned/

[excel99]

Some excellent Saturday primetime demo ratings. Comprehensively beat non-news programming on MSNBC and Fox's news/opinion programmes. Bin Laden doc seems largely responsible but Piers Morgan Tonight repeat kept most of it's lead in for what must be one its best 'non-breaking news' demo ratings ever at 328k
http://www.mediabist...y-may-14_b66911

[Solar System]

Congrats CNN


http://cnnpressroom....-vs-a-year-ago/


CNN reached a cumulative audience of 117 million viewers in May, FNC lagged behind with 94 million and MSNBC averaged 92 million. This represents CNN’s best cumulative audience since January 2010 (Haiti earthquake).


Still think an hour of daily international news is needed.

[excel99]

Unusually poor weekend for CNN
http://www.mediabist...y-june-4_b70182
http://www.mediabist...y-june-5_b70184

And some interesting Monday ratings. Mediaite notes that CNN was 4th in the demo 7-11pmET
http://www.mediaite....o-fourth-place/
But in terms of raw numbers, JK USA (224k) and In The Arena (216k) did very well, and AC360 all right (270k at 10pm, 250k at 11pm). The weak link again was Piers Morgan Tonight which got 187k at 9pm, a bit better than normal but nothing like the increase JK USA/Arena saw. The midnight repeat also rated poorly
http://www.mediabist...y-june-6_b70262

[Nuggle]

CNN Back In 4th Place; Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, June 15, 2011 http://tvbythenumber...-15-2011/95779/

[Riceo]

The monthly ratings releases are out!

In the M-F Primetime daypart, CNN increased more than FNC or MSNBC versus year-ago, building by +15% in total viewers (662k) and +40% among 25-54 viewers (215k). This compares to gains of +12% in total viewers and +14% among 25-54 for MSNBC and declines of -6% in total viewers and -11% among 25-54 for FNC.

CNN also continued to surpass MSNBC in July during the M-F 9a-5p daytime daypart among both total viewers (504k) and the demo (144k), holding an advantage of 33% and 27%, respectively.

http://cnnobservatio...an-fnc-and.html

[Shinta]

Not a good start for AC's outing in the 8pm hour.

Monday 8pm: third in demo and total viewers; 10pm: second in demo and third in total viewers http://www.mediabist...gust-8-2_b79916

Tuesday 8pm: third in demo and total viewers; 10pm: third in demo and total viewers http://www.mediabist...0061#more-80061

Sadly, I think those numbers are more to do with the show focusing on Somalia. Once it gets back to a "normal" format, then would be the time to start looking at the numbers.

Piers Morgan Tonight was CNN's best outing (in prime time) Monday and Tuesday in total viewers, but if you want to include the 5pm hour, The Situation Room outrates any of CNN's prime time shows.

One other note, I wouldn't be surprise to see CNN combine the 8pm and 10pm hours of AC360 when doing their ratings reports. There's nothing technically wrong with that, but it's a sneaky way of fudging the numbers as there will be no way to gauge how many of those watching the 10pm replay are unique viewers.

[Nelly]

Sunday CNN managed a small win in the demo over FNC: http://cnnobservatio...a-coverage.html
Monday numbers are less than spectacular with the 10pm AC360 (which was also live) losing total viewers to the 8pm airing: http://www.mediabist...1874#more-81874

[Leeroy]

Wow, I can't believe those Monday figures. I would have expected a bit more of a bump to CNN because of their Libya coverage on Monday night.

[Nuggle]

Finally CNN sees a bit of a prime time bump for Libya coverage. Just over a million for 8pm Anderson Cooper. http://www.mediabist...ugust-23_b82119

[newser]

Think it was quake coverage that gave it a boost as well, especially in late afternoon.

[Frankie]

CNN won the demo in primetime Friday night and had very strong figures in total viewers as well. http://www.mediabist...ust-26-2_b83084

[Bubbles]

August 2011 Ratings: CNN Posts Double-Digit Gains Across the Board

http://www.mediabist...he-board_b83390

[Xabat]

Some good ratings for CNN's debate on Monday: http://cnnobservatio...bate-was-1.html

[Xabat]

I didn't know where else to put this. CNN is the top cable channel in the US, in terms of reach for the most viewers in affluent households. http://www.broadcast...ent_Viewers.php

[Lazlo]

CNN M-F primetime grows +46% (demo) and +34% (total viewers) compared to a year ago.

At 8 pm, Anderson Cooper 360 tops MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (demo); grows +36% while MSNBC drops -35%.

At 9 pm, Piers Morgan Tonight grows +18% (demo) while MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show is down -15% (demo).

At 10 pm, AC 360 tops MSNBC’s The Ed Show (demo and total viewers).

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (6pm) tops MSNBC’s Politics Nation with Al Sharpton (demo); CNN grows while MSNBC loses viewers vs. year ago.

CNN tops MSNBC in total day (6a-6a) and dayside (9a-5p).

Full September numbers: http://cnnpressroom....0-at-8p-and10p/

Quarter 3, 2011: http://cnnpressroom....d-quarter-2011/

[Hamil]

CNN Republican Debate Is #1 Last Night; Drawing 5.5 Million Viewers and 1.7 in the Key Demo 25-54

http://cnnpressroom....key-demo-25-54/

[kk_kev]

Erin Burnett Remains Cable's Biggest Enigma

89,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demo at 7 p.m... re-air at 11 p.m. pulled in 181,000 demo viewers, beating JKUSA and Piers Morgan first-runs

Article: Mediaite

[alexcs]

Erin Burnett Remains Cable's Biggest Enigma

89,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demo at 7 p.m... re-air at 11 p.m. pulled in 181,000 demo viewers, beating JKUSA and Piers Morgan first-runs

Article: Mediaite

How is she doing compared to JKUSA in that slot?