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Title: Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show Ratings Soar, Fox News Slumps In May Numbers
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/ ... oar-fox-slumps-in-may-numbers/
Published: Jun 5, 2011
Author: By David Ferguson
Post Date: 2011-06-05 15:03:31 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 7707
Comments: 15
Comedy Central and "The Daily Show" both surged in the May Nielsen ratings, posting their best numbers yet. "The Daily Show" dominated its time slot across all of television, cable and broadcast, and boasted a very impressive 19 percent increase in viewership in May alone. Meanwhile, according to Mediabistro's TV Newser, Fox News suffered an overall decline in viewers in the highly sought-after 25-to-54-year old demographic for May, with total ratings down 10 percent. Bill O'Reilly's viewership dropped 9 percent, Sean Hannity's 6 percent, with Greta Van Susteren and Glenn Beck suffering the steepest losses with Van Susteren's "On the Record" losing 12 percent of its audience and Glenn Beck sliding a whopping 17 percent. Some of the fall-off in Beck's numbers may be attributable to the fact that his show is going off the air, but it has been a consistent loser in the ratings for several months. The drop in public interest is echoed in ratings for radio shows hosted by Beck and Rush Limbaugh, which have each lost a third of their listenership in the last year, according to the radio polling group Arbitron. The new Nielsen numbers show that "The Daily Show" averaged 2.3 million viewers, beating every program on Fox except Bill O'Reilly's average of 2.8 million. "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" beat all other cable and broadcast programming in a number of categories, including having the most affluent viewers and the most active web-sties.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
I'll bet that O'Reilly's ratings are down because Judge Napolitono is competing in his time slot on Fox Business. I watch Fox Business much more than I watch Fox. Much more. How is MSNBC doing? In the crapper as usual.
How is MSNBC doing? In the crapper as usual. Congrats. Looks like you're the one keeping them in business. If MSNBC is in the crapper, FBN is already at the sewage treatment plant.
Fox Business is very new compared to the other cable outlets on the list. I didn't ask about their ratings, I asked about Napolitano versus O'Reilly. My assertion was that O'Reilly's slight dip might because of Napolitano, who is in the same time slot.
Looking at the pathetic numbers for FBN I'd say your assertion is false.
The numbers you posted don't show that at all. Do you understand numbers? Most people don't, I'm just curious. You posted station ratings, I'm asking about a specific time slot, which the numbers you posted don't depict at all.
If I can find specific time slot data I'll post it. But the point is that FBN's ratings are so low that I doubt very much that that even if the entire viewer base of FBN came from O'Reilly it would have little impact on his ratings.
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#2. To: jwpegler (#1)
I watch Fox Business much more than I watch Fox. Much more.
#3. To: Skip Intro (#2)
#4. To: jwpegler (#3)
My assertion was that O'Reilly's slight dip might because of Napolitano, who is in the same time slot.
#7. To: Skip Intro (#4)
Looking at the pathetic numbers for FBN I'd say your assertion is false
#9. To: jwpegler (#7)
You posted station ratings, I'm asking about a specific time slot, which the numbers you posted don't depict at all.
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