Fox News Sweeps The Republican National Convention Ratings Race

While CNN was the undisputed winner of the Democratic National Convention, Fox News swept the Republican National Convention ratings race in impressive fashion, beating the broadcast networks each night in the 10 p.m. hour and setting several records in the process.

Bill O'Reilly's Thursday evening broadcast, which featured Barack Obama, was the second highest rated "O'Reilly Factor" in the show's history, topped only by a March 2003 show at the beginning of the Iraq War.

John McCain's speech Thursday night and Sarah Palin's speech Wednesday night — which both came in at 9.2 million viewers — were the highest rated convention telecasts in cable news history, and they tied for the third-largest telecast in Fox News history, behind only George Bush's address on the eve of the Iraq invasion (March 19, 2003, 9.7 million viewers) and a 2004 presidential debate between George Bush and John Kerry (September 30, 2004, 9.5 million viewers).

Ratings info below:

Thursday (McCain speech)
10 - 11:15 pm - total viewers

FOX NEWS - 9.2 million
NBC - 8.7 million
ABC: 6.0 million
CBS: 5.3 million
CNN - 4.8 million
MSNBC -- 2.5 million

Wednesday (Palin speech)
10-11:15pm - total viewers:

FOX NEWS - 9.2 million
NBC - 7.7 million
CNN - 6.2 million
ABC - 5.9 million
CBS - 4.6 million
MSNBC - 3.4 million

Tuesday
10 pm hour - total viewers

FOX NEWS - 6.2 million
NBC - 4.5 million
CNN - 3.2 million
ABC - 3.1 million
CBS - 2.9 million
MSNBC - 1.6 million

Comments

[frappe]

So, it's official -- Fox News swept the RNC ratings. So where's the surprise?

[frappe]

So, it's official -- Fox News swept the RNC ratings. So where's the surprise? After all, Fox News is nothing more than a propaganda arm of the Republican party, so it stands to reason that Republicans would watch the network that feeds it what it wants to hear.

[clearthinker2008]

Why is this even up here, geez come on. Who didn't think that would be the case?

[TNT2008]

Shocker!

[AlphaDoc]

Well, duh.

[grumpygranny66]

Why the surprise! That's the only station the rethugs watch. I noticed PBS &
C-SPAN is not on the list and those are the two stations I watch during Election season.

[UnbiasView]

From Drudge . . .

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing­...

[kadene]

Tabloid News: The shallow calling unto its own...

[gretchenart]

Why wouldn't the GOP mouthpiece win the "ratings war", as they like to call it?

[Senzasord]

Since Fox is a Republican propaganda organ like Pravda was to the Reds in the Soviet Union, and since Right wing ideologues are drawn to such places like flies to _____, then it follows that the biggest audinece a Republican convention would have would naturally tune in to the Republican propaganda network. God forbid they would hear any competing information. That just won't do.

Besides ratings are irrelevant when considering true news programs. Only Fox seems to go about trumpeting its ratings on one thing or another. Therefore they admit that they are entertainment and not news.

[devanate]

just another sigh of how stupid republicans really are

[BEHM777]

And?

BEHusseinM777

[Taajq]

Duh,

FOX News, Republican Party, The Angry White Party, Racism, Sexism, other isms, ignorance, bigotry, ...

I don't get it, what's the news or surprise here

[polaris12]

Gosh, what a shocking surprise - that the Repubs would flock to the propaganda arm of the Repub party for its latest infusion of self-adulation.

[VictorLaszlo]

"Fox News Sweeps The Republican National Convention Ratings Race"

In what category? You'd think they'd only include news channels. I wonder how FOX got included? Must be some kind of error.