Cable viewers love them some Fox
posted at 12:40 pm on July 1, 2011 by Tina Korbe
As usual, the Fox News Network dominated cable ratings for the second quarter. That’s the 38th straight quarter of Fox dominance, going back to the first quarter of 2002.
Of the top 30 cable programs, the top 12 air on Fox — and the No. 15 slot is filled with a Fox show, as well. “The O’Reilly Factor” once again captured the top slot — and the 11 p.m. repeat of the show ranks eighth. “Hannity” and “Special Report with Bret Baier” round out the top three.
“Fox and Friends” was up 8 percent year over year in adults 25 to 54, beating MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and CNN’s “American Morning” combined.
Some top talkers like Chris Matthews and Joy Behar — infamous for making news as often as reporting it — draw in a surprisingly small number of viewers. Matthews, whose program ranked 20th, has just 698,000 viewers, while “The Joy Behar Show,” which ranked 30th, attracts a thin 488,000. Compare that to O’Reilly’s 2.824 million viewers (add another 1.246 million for his repeat) or Hannity’s 2.043 million.
Of left-leaning cable news programs, Rachel Maddow’s fares best. The Rachel Maddow Show was unlucky No. 13. The queen of sarc reaches 1.022 million viewers.
Also of note: MSNBC exhibited steady ratings in the wake of Keith Olbermann’s exit and HLN’s non-stop coverage of the Casey Anthony trial boosted its ratings considerably.
These rankings obviously don’t include network news, which still carry an arguably undue amount of weight. But the list of popular cable news programs and Fox’ ongoing popular appeal hint at just how hungry the public has been and continues to be for reporting and commentary that tells both sides of the story and grants the conservative perspective at least as much credence as the liberal worldview.
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Every Administration official with Obama can only say “I don’t know—I don’t know— I can’t remember.
How much does the American taxpayers pay these brilliant Ivy League Whiz Kids?
Herb on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 AM
It’s not just how much we are paying for all this incompetence, but what is it that they do all day. I mean, how much time do they spend standing around the water cooler talking about their golf game? Maybe all of these higher up jobs are nothing but no show type employment. That guy Miller gave the committee nothing but the middle finger instead of answers.
Kissmygrits on May 18, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Congressman Levin stuck to the talking points that were handed to him
J_Crater on May 18, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Too d*mn much!
avagreen on May 18, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Is this a “blind squirrel” moment?
Another Drew on May 18, 2013 at 12:17 PM
For Chris Matthews to have flipped speaks to the fact that this scandal, and the rest of them, are not going away! Something different is happening within the power structure!
tomshup on May 18, 2013 at 12:25 PM
that old adage about stopped clocks-need i say more.
gerrym51 on May 18, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Was there outside influence? Do you mean other than the numerous letters sent by Democrat Congressmen (who provide oversight for the IRS) asking them to target conservative groups?
munseym on May 18, 2013 at 4:20 PM
This is 1000* worse than Watergate.
If only the media and congress would do their jobs, this whole administration would be perp walked out of D.C. and into the prison where G Gordon Liddy did his time.
esnap on May 19, 2013 at 1:01 PM
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