Fox News was tops among cable news networks in November for the 95th consecutive month, taking the top 13 programs in a month that saw every network d...
HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media
Increasingly, it's seeming as if there are two cable news networks inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza: a thriving, opinion-oriented evening channel that's so...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media
The October 2009 cable news ratings are in with a major milestone: CNN has fallen to last place in the primetime demographic, the category advertisers...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media
Giving an audience of millions to enraged extremists is too great a gift to qualify as "freedom of speech."
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media
These ratings suggest that popular support for the health care bill is waning.
Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
CNN had its best July ever this month, and reclaimed second place in the cable news ratings, topping MSNBC. CNN, which may have been aided by its in-...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media
MSNBC topped CNN in weekday primetime viewers (both total viewers and A25-54) for the first quarter ever in the second quarter of 2009. MSNBC average...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media
Nielsen's May 2009 ratings are in, with Fox News again leading the cable news race by wide margins. Fox News Wins Ratings Race (Again) Fox News re...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media
Perhaps every MSNBC viewer was in the audience for Tuesday's inauguration. That's probably the most favorable explanation for the cable network's d...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media
CNN may have won election night, but Fox News retained the most viewers, winning Election Week and taking the #1 spot in primetime among all cable net...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
In the final vote, cable news viewers favored Obama by 11%, he won by 6%. The previous week, we had him ahead by 6%, and would've been dead on, but last week's numbers jumped.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media
Over 71 million people watched the Election Night coverage, making it the most viewed event of the political season and the most watched television ev...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media
MSNBC beat CNN in prime time for the month of October, led by the breakout success of "The Rachel Maddow Show," which brought MSNBC its first-ever vic...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
After MSNBC's surprise win in the demo Tuesday night, cable news ratings underwent a return to normalcy Wednesday night, to some extent, with Fox News...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
Update: Wednesday ratings return to normalcy, Fox News wins total viewers and demo Tuesday night brought two ratings shockers, as reported by The Hol...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media
Update: The final numbers are in: 69.9 million viewers watched the Vice Presidential debate, making it the most watched debate since 1992 and the most...
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 10.11.2008 | Media
So much for home field advantage. Cable news outlets shouting from opposite ends of the political spectrum both aired sit-downs with Barack Obama on M...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" beat Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" in the key Adults 25-54 demographic for the first time ever last week. ...
Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
NEW YORK -- Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama aren't the only ones courting swing voters as the 2008 campaign shifts into its next phase. The ferocio...
AdAge | Andrew Hampp | Posted 04.01.2008 | Media
CNN and MSNBC are wrapping up record first quarters this week, and it's largely thanks to two people: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Record rating...
The State | Mark Silva | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The Ohio debate last night between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drew 7.8 million viewers, MSNBC reports -- a record for the network. The ca...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media