Sorry, Fox Business! CNBC Has Best Week In Five Years

CNBC has the last laugh on Fox Business. Just yesterday, Fox Business bought ad space in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal slamming CNBC star Jim Cramer for his "Bear Stearns is fine" comment a week before the investment bank's collapse. The ad claimed that those would be Cramer's — and CNBC'S — "Famous Last Words."

But on the heels of an economy nearing recession and a major investment bank's collapse, CNBC has just had its best week in five years. According to TVNewser, the network saw its best week since March 17, 2003 in total viewers, averaging 289,000. The week also set the record for the highest take for CNBC since July 22, 2002.

If "turbulent times call for a credible network," as the Fox Business advertisement claimed, then viewers seem to have found their channel.

Comments

[theblueAmerican]

I love Jim Cramer but not in that way (I am sure he appreciates that). I learn a lot from him. Don't always follow his stock tips but he does provide a great education. The first he always tells you is do your homework. CNBC is the best. Erin Burnett is no bimbo, why would you say that and based on what facts? The only thing that is good out of Fox is the FX channel. I love Rescue Me, that's a great show. And Fox News, lame, lame and maybe Geraldo is now finally getting a clue as to whom he has sold his soul to for a paycheck. Get out of there Geraldo.

[naturallight]

You are defending Geraldo?

Surely you jest??

[DougMontreal]

Do business people seriously watch FOX??? My guess: they are now broke.

[Erdgeist]

HuffPost's Pick

Fox will always have a place in the hearts and mind of America's rustics, including its white trash, kunkle-dragging white supremacists, hillbillies, and fundamentalist Christians, especially those who handle rattlesnakes and drink lye water.

[BigBagel]

Signed: Elitist Elliott.

[halyscomet]

Erin Burnett, Becky Quick, Rebecca Jarvis are intelligent, talented, and attractive.

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is grumpy like Joe Kiernan.

Carl Q. is sharp.

[NewRiver]

I tried Fox Business, but I just couldn't do it. However, if Erin Burnett and Rebecca Jarvis went over to that network, I'd follow them in a heartbeat.­..they are a couple of hotties.

[realpolitic]

How about Maria Bartiromo? Sexy and urbane, witty with just the right amount of attitude.

[ResidentChimp]

What a joke. On their best week, CNBC still trails Fox by a landslide.

[rchwel]

Hey with a moron in the oval office , another Nam war being loss, a Hoover economy, the cost of living at an all time high, 4000 soldiers dead because of lies and oil, people losing their homes, , the dollar in a freefall, unemployment rising every month, more people without health insurance some people need the Faux comedy network to laugh .

[timothe]

"using his best Mr. Rogers voice"

Can you say "gross-ly o-ver-ex-a­g-ger-ate-­ed"?

I knew you could.

[Boboday555]

FOX-NEWS is to TV journalism what Britney Spears is to parenting!

[couch2000]

Your wrong, Fox is the best and most honest and fair news out there if they wasnt fair and honest the left wing nuts wouldnt hate them so much, thats a fact, if they would not report on Obama and just slam Mcain and dig up some lies like New York times did last month and like CBS did on bush, if they would do that the left would love Fox, get real we are not all stupid here my god.

[contrariandy]

Okay, couch2000, we won't conclude that everyone there with you is stupid, but anyone who says "Fox is the best and most honest and fair news out there" simply isn't well-informed, which is so typical of the Far Unbalanced viewers. In some cases, the ignorance of Fox viewers seems to be desperately deliberate; clearly Faux News is the choice of those who "can't handle the truth - our poor, frightened, Chicken Conservatives. It's where the Chicken Conservatives have come home to roost. As far as "honest and fair" journalism, the name Fox says it all, the Sly Me News Network.

[brobike42]

Yes, you are stupid.

[MACS]

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SARCASM indicator OFF the scale.
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[11Bravo]

If you are not actually stupid, then you are certainly a wonderful mimic of idiocy. The sporadic capitalization and hit or miss punctuation are not ordinarily signs of an intellectual giant at work.

[azhiker]

"get real we are not all stupid here my god." hehehehe You are right about that, except you are STUPID. Why are you not "serving" in Iraq??????? Typical republicon, all show, no go. Go back and lay on your couch, Fox is about to entertain you with lies, half truths and republicon talking points.

[Boboday555]

FOX calling themselves credible is like George W AWOL and Dick 'War Deferments' Cheney calling themselves men.

[Irons]

When is Erin gonna show cleavage? Sheesh. I feel ripped off.

[verlaine]

Erin Burnett is a clueless, vapid bimbo

[swift goat pet for truth]

Becky Quick needs to be on more.

[jdmccl]

She has got the look, no doubt. She has also stuck her foot in her mouth on occasion. Fox business will not be on any cable until Rupert gets the same kind of leverage he used to get his news network on the closed cable networks. it took him years and he expects it will also take years to get the same crowd to cave to the pressure needed for any other channel. Keep holding up Bloomberg; throw in some Asian speaking soap operas, what better lineup could you ask for? Fox BN will probably be streamed online and the whole TV thing out the door about the same time they get any break. They do have a smart crowd and one lady from CNBC so I guess she is a traitor. Since CNBC is pro big business how can they be called anything but evil? Anarchists unite.

[fishsandwichesr2good]

Not surprisingly, there was no comment on what kind of week FBC had? Could it be that in a week with such economic ups & downs, viewership was up across the board? Sometimes ya gotta look at what's NOT being reported.

[realpolitic]

Keep reminding us about what is not being reported and can you include Iraq in that list, please?

[fishsandwichesr2good]

You're absolutely right. When improvement happens in Iraq, the silence is deafening. Thanks for backing me up on that one.

[sparkey]

Maybe shorter skirts and deeper necklines will help fox with the ratings.

[Snowspot]

I wonder if the people at Fox realize that their news division will eventually ruin their brand name.

[Texas4Obama]

News division at Fox ? I didn't know Fox had any news over there. Fox can't get a NEWS certification in Canada because it is considered an ENTERTAINMENT show up there!

[Dustee]

Eventually?