Fox News Set for Best Year Yet (CNN, MSNBC dip in ratings)

[240 is Back]

Sorry mods - please move to politics

Just as MSNBC did well during the 2008 Obama rally, FOX is kicking ass during the anti-Obama rally of 09.  Dems won, and are back to watching "dancing with the stars"


Fox News set for best year yet
Viewership solid as rivals take post-election hits

By James Hibberd

Fox News is on track to have its most-watched year ever, showing significant ratings growth despite having just come off a highflying election year.

With the second quarter coming to a close, Fox News averaged about the same number of viewers as the top three other cable news networks combined. And while rivals including CNN (-22%) and MSNBC (-18%) took hits following last quarter's inauguration-fueled boost, Fox News (-3%) remained nearly steady.

Compared with last year, the Fox News (averaging 2.1 million viewers, 509,000 adults 25-54 quarter-to-date) is up 35% over last year in primetime viewers and 48% in the demo. CNN (805,000 viewers, 210,000 in demo) fell 16% in viewers and 29% in the demo. MSNBC (787,000 viewers, 259,000 in demo) climbed 15% in viewers and about on par, -3%, in the demo. And CNN Headline News (553,000, 201,000) showed very strong growth, up 39% and 37%, respectively, and is on track for its best second quarter.

The new standings are strong enough to rank Fox News third behind USA and TNT among all ad-supported cable networks for the quarter among primetime total viewers. In its core demo, Fox News had eight of the top 10 cable news shows. It had similarly sunny increases for total day, while CNN and MSNBC were roughly on par with last year.

Earning double-digit growth after an election year is quite a feat for a news network. With Fox News best known for such right-leaning personalities as Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, one might assume having a Democrat in the White House somehow helps boost viewership.

A dominant political party indeed can fuel the popularity of opposing voices -- Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" and liberal online news hubs Huffington Post and Daily Kos came to prominence during George W. Bush's tenure, just as talk radio conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and news sites like Drudge Report rose during the Clinton years.

[The Showstoppa]

Why does anybody watch ANY televised "news?"

[tonymctones]

link please....

[headhuntersix]

They were kicking their asses before the election, now its a massacre.

[the_steevo_uk]

They were kicking their asses before the election, now its a massacre.

The only thing that matters is ballot papers...until then people can say whatever they want about TV ratings, but it doesnt mean a thing unless it translates into votes. Come 2010 we'll see if Fox has made a difference or not.

[240 is Back]

The only thing that matters is ballot papers...until then people can say whatever they want about TV ratings, but it doesnt mean a thing unless it translates into votes. Come 2010 we'll see if Fox has made a difference or not.

true.

they can win in the ratings dept, but if dems have the white house, congress, senate... we have to wonder if FOX is helping or hurting more...

[MB_722]

Why does anybody watch ANY televised "news?"

??

[headhuntersix]

The only thing that matters is ballot papers...until then people can say whatever they want about TV ratings, but it doesnt mean a thing unless it translates into votes. Come 2010 we'll see if Fox has made a difference or not.

Sure.....but, as the MSM continues to cheerlead for Barry, people look to other sources. When Barry falls below 53% approval, then he begins to loose votes. That matters in 2012, but Congress is even lower.

[tonymctones]

LINK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[240 is Back]

LINK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE55O0LX20090625