Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Draws Lowest Primetime Viewership in Nearly 7 Years

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

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Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Draws Lowest Primetime Viewership in Nearly 7 Years
The Wrap
By Jordan Chariton 1 hour ago

MSNBC president Phil Griffin recently said the cable news network needs to evolve. The October ratings agree with him.

Monday-Sunday ratings for October 2014 delivered MSNBC's lowest primetime total viewers since December 2007 and its lowest primetime demographic rating since June 2005. MSNBC primetime drew 502,000 total viewers and 122,000 in its key demo 25-54 viewers. Compared to the same month last year, primetime was down 37 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo.

MSNBC ranked second in primetime total viewers, ahead of CNN and behind first-place Fox News. The network ranked third behind Fox News and CNN in the primetime demo and total day viewers. In the total day demo, MSNBC ranked fourth behind Fox News, CNN, and HLN.

Compared to October 2013, CNN primetime was down 18 percent in viewers and 3 percent in the demo. In total day, the network was down 5 percent in viewers and flat in the demo. CNN primetime drew 475,000 viewers and 184,000 demo viewers; for total day, CNN garnered 418,000 viewers and 134,000 demo viewers.

As usual, Fox News ranked first in all measurements. Compared to the same month last year, Fox News primetime was down 8 percent in both total viewers and demo. In total day, FNC was down 7 percent in both viewers and the demo. In primetime, Fox News delivered 1,714,000 viewers and 296,000 demo viewers. For total day, Fox drew 1,056,000 viewers and 226,000 demo viewers. On an individual show basis, Fox had the top 14 cable news programs in total viewers and the top nine programs in the 25-54 demo.

Looking at measurements strictly on a Monday-Friday basis, MSNBC ranked second in primetime viewers, with 583,000 viewers vs. CNN's 509,000 viewers. The results were flipped for the demo, as CNN beat MSNBC, 192,000 vs. 114,000. CNN also beat MSNBC in the total day demo, 134k vs. MSNBC's 85k. That's four months in a row CNN has edged MSNBC in these demo measurements–its longest streak since 2008.

For total viewers among shows, “Hardball” beat “OutFront” in total viewers (726,000 vs. 590,000). “The Rachel Maddow Show” beat CNN's 9 p.m. ET (“Anderson Cooper 360” and original series) 725,000 vs. 516,000. ”The Last Word” with Lawrence O'Donnell beat “CNN Tonight” (544,000 vs. CNN's 479,000).

Again, the numbers are in CNN's favor when looking at the 25-54 demo. “Outfront” beat “Hardball” (196,000 vs. 124,000), the 9 p.m. hour beat “The Rachel Maddow Show” (208,000 vs. 134,000), and “CNN Tonight” beat “The Last Word” (168,000 vs. 109,000). At 8 p.m., Anderson Cooper's program defeated MSNBC's “All In” with Chris Hayes in both measurements: 565,000 viewers vs. MSNBC's 544,000 viewers; 195,000 demo viewers vs. 106,000 demo viewers.

In the morning, “New Day” defeated “Morning Joe” in both total viewers and the demo: 346,000 viewers vs. 342,000 viewers; 108,000 demo viewers vs. 86,000 demo viewers.

 

[Will E Worm]

People are finally tired of their liberal agenda.

 

[MustBeGood]

That is why Kieth Olbermann went back to ESPN.

Plus MSNBC is the oppisite of Fox News. Not real journalism, pick a side and report disinformation.+

Ever since our cable provider added Al Jazeera America I have been watching that for national and foreign news.

 

[mikexmoran]

I watch Morning Joe. I like it. I don't watch it for the rest of the day, so I don't have an opinion.

 

[BusterLoads]

FOX and MSNBC can both rot.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Schadenfreudelicious

 

[Rey C.]

FOX and MSNBC can both rot.

Yes. And the sooner the better.

I don't watch either channel because I already know what their muppets are going to say (pro or con) BEFORE I watch, especially when these topics are covered:

Homosexuality, feminism, gun control, Obama, Israel, etc.


Tell me which channel (Faux Nooz or PMSNBC) we're discussing. Tell me which topic they're discussing. And I'll tell you what they're going to say with 90%+/- accuracy before they say it. Is it because I'm so good? No! It's because they both follow a tired, politically correct script and they're both entirely predictable.

P.S. CNN is pretty much just the light version of MSNBC these days, IMO. I'm looking forward to getting my Roku box to see if I can find some legitimate, yet obscure, news channels not just meant for the least common denominators among us.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Tell me which channel (Faux Nooz or PMSNBC) we're discussing. Tell me which topic they're discussing. And I'll tell you what they're going to say with 90%+/- accuracy before they say it. Is it because I'm so good? No! It's because they both follow a tired, politically correct script and they're both entirely predictable.

Predictable is right. If one of those talking heads nodded off we could probably push him/her aside, sit in the chair, and finish his/her act.

I do miss John Sununu hypnotizing me with his coke-bottle glasses.