Fox Ratings 1.85 million viewers

[cachukis]

Source: Huffington Post

Fox News continued its domination of cable news ratings in July. The network averaged 1.85 million viewers in primetime for the month--more than CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined. Fox News also drew 461,000 viewers in the coveted A25-54 demo.

While far behind Fox News, MSNBC still beat CNN in primetime for the sixth straight month. MSNBC averaged 679,000 total viewers and 229,000 in the A25-54 demo.

CNN averaged 530,000 total viewers and 146,000 in the A25-54 demo, while sister network HLN 452,000 total viewers and 145,000 in the A25-54 demo.

How did individual programs do? Below see the top 30 programs in cable news for July 2010.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/28/cable-news-ratings-july-2_n_661286.html

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Am I missing something. There are 300 million Americans and Fox has 1.85 of them wrapped. What is wrong with this picture.

[myrna minx]

1. Well, one thing is that FOX is on most basic cable tier packages.

MSNBC is not - in many markets, MSNBC is considered a 'premium' channel. Considering the cards are stacked against them, I think MSNBC's ratings look pretty decent in comparison. :shrug:

[louis-t]

2. Whenever some idiot brings up the numbers, I tell them

"well, fox isn't a real news channel. That's why their ratings are so high. They're an entertainment channel."

[Maru Kitteh]

24. The same could be said of GEM$NBC - both are commentary and opinion channels, not news.

[roguevalley]

33. tell them that there are 310 million people who don't give a damn.

1.8 is a drop in the bucket.

[wordpix]

3. who conducted this survey? Huff Po? I didn't see a source like Quinnipiac poll or other...

:crazy: just a guessing there's a lie in there since this is makes Faux look more popular than they could ever be

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. If you're in a group of 166 people and none of them are Fox viewers...it's YOU!

[Ian David]

7. That would mean you're more likely to have Autism than to watch Fox "News."

I'm only using that as an example because of the TV commercial that says 1 in 100 people have Autism.

But you're probably more likely to be an Albino than to watch Keith Olbermann?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. What's more likely: Lupus or Meet the Press?

:shrug:

[Richardo]

28. !

:rofl:

[Ian David]

5. A useful number would be a percentage based on number of cable viewers who have access to it.

Fox "News" is usually in the lowest pricing tier in the cable line-up, while MSNBC usually isn't.

[Tx4obama]

6. OP Title should have said: Fox Ratings 1.85 million viewers out of 300 million ;) n/t

[HawkerHurricane]

8. Fine, they dominate cable news.

How do they do against the big three (ABC, NBC, CBS)? I seem to remember that they don't do well when compared to 'real' news programs.

[Bozita]

9. If they could be tested, the most common factor among them would be "incurious"

imho, of course.

[Ian David]

12. The colors are bright and vivid and there's lots of stuff moving all over the screen.

I think they're cats.

[Bozita]

16. Have you ever seen the Faux News Business Channel in HD?

Looks like Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.

It makes Faux News look like C-SPAN.

[Turbineguy]

11. So.....

at any given moment, as much as 1.85 million TeeVee viewers are unable to find their remote so they can change the channel?

[Cirque du So-What]

13. We need to remember

that Faux is often the 'default' channel in public places ranging from McDonalds to doctors' offices to auto dealerships to nursing homes. When RW hosebags rise to positions of authority that enable them to choose the default channel on TV, they love to inflict their festival du merde upon the rest of us. That's why RWers are so dangerous when they achieve anything resembling *real* power!

[DLnyc]

25. "Forced viewers" might be another way to express it.

I refuse to fly through the "Bush" airport in Houston, for instance, because they force everyone in the airport to watch this bullshit propaganda channel. You can't sit down without their garbage blaring in your face. Certainly not a 'news' channel; not really an 'entertainment' channel; more of a 'forced psychological rape' channel, if you ask me.

[suston96]

14. How's that? 1.85 million for Fox? Out of how many........?

Here is another source: http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/cable-news

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 26, 2010
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,150,000 viewers
CNN – 371,000 viewers
MSNBC – 373,000 viewers
CNBC – 220,000 viewers
HLN – 278,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,221,000 viewers
CNN – 458,000 viewers
MSNBC –778,000 viewers
CNBC – 299,000 viewers
HLN – 525,000 viewers

Go below and lots more details....

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/27/cable-news-ratings-for-monday-july-26-2010/58360#more-58360

Here is my point: Right wingers have only one place to go. 1.85 million? Maybe so. But the rest of the viewers go to CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, HLN - all moderate to left leaners. How many? Do the math. Do both Total Day and Prime Time.

If you are really inclined go to the second link and do some averages.

Sorry, but I do not buy into the ratings eminence of Fox cable news. But it does tell us where the mini-minds of America hang out for their uh - news.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. Wait...CNN is moderate now?

Have you watched CNN?

[itsrobert]

32. tvbythenumbers is moderated by right leaning

administrators. They post press releases verbatim and treat it like a news story even thou the facts are distorted.

[DFW]

15. I don't know if this is counted in the statistics, but:

In Dallas, the Fox viewers I know are usually single, angry, lonely people, and the ones that watch MSNBC are
usually family people with 4 or more people watching when Keith or Rachel come on. At least, in the microcosm
of people I know, that makes for 4 times as many people actually watching a TV with MSNBC as there are watching
a TV with Fox on it.

That's nothing like a reliable statistic you can go to the bank with, I know, but it begs the question of how
meaningful any of the other statistics are?

[cstanleytech]

17. Well when you factor in

that most conservatives rely almost solely on fox news for all their information and choose to ignore most other sources plus the number of democrats that tune in for varies reasons its not really a surprise that they won.

[Renew Deal]

18. 1.85 million in a country of 300 Million isn't that many

:shrug:

[shawn703]

19. And in other news...

There are approximately 1.85 million psychopaths in the United States. Coincidence?

[classysassy]

20. Fox viewership

I am retired military and everytime I go on a military post every TV is tuned to Fox.The military members including family members are pro war and Fox talking heads are warmongers.Most of the military retired are conservative brain washed dittoheads,if they survey the military they always will get high numbers and I am sure Fox is aware of their loyal watchers in dittoland.

[political_Dem]

21. The idiocracy has arisen.

The problem now is how to conquer the idiocracy enough that we can save our country. The sad thing about FOX is that their racism, politics, and animus toward all types of change has poisoned this country for two generations. And thanks to their style of news every other news channel and department has copied their style and branded it as the new way viewers must absorb the news.

Murdoch has planted an anathema not only in our country, but across the world. He should be so proud. :sarcasm:

[sandyd921]

22. Average age of FAUX News viewers

is 65. Not much of a future there, I'd say.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2009/05/05/average-age-of-fox-news-viewer-is-65/

On the other hand MSNBC reaches more viewers 25-54 than FAUX.

http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/july-numbers-msnbc-2/

[metapunditedgy]

23. FOX is the "go-to" source for right-wingers. Everybody else gets distributed

around the remaining channels. 1.85M is a pretty small fraction of right-wingers, I'd say.

[KharmaTrain]

26. It's Always Been Wrong...

Let's dig into those numbers even further. First of all, 1.85 is almost half of what they had a year ago. As you see, out of a nation of 100 voters, that's still less than 2%...and who says all of those are rushpublicans? That number isn't even 5% of the vote Gramps McCain got in '08.

These numbres have also been conflated as they're only compared to the other "news" networks...there are far more people watching ESPN or Nickelodeon...it's not even as many who watch the 11:00 news in New York or LA on a nightly basis. But its trumpeted, primarily by faux and echoed by the corporate media as being something more than what it is. Problem is when they echo the faux talking points that it reaches far more people. It's time for the other networks to fact check first and propagate last.

[lunatica]

27. A lot of those are businesses who leave their televisions running all day

[lib2DaBone]

29. You want to hear how stupid and hypocritical Americans are...?

..just listen to Republican callers on C-SPAN any morning... bone chilling stupid and racist.

The Foxification of Tea Party Brains is complete. It can only end in Civil War.

[EstimatedProphet]

30. Remember, Rupert Murdoch also claims to have an 18.5" penis

so the numbers may be suspect.

[Kurovski]

34. That's a lot of comedians, watchdogs and writers watching FOX. (nt)