This Is CNN: Woeful Ratings, Just Not as Woeful as Last Year

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    My my Fox dominates again proving giving both sides of the issue so the viewer can decide will score you the largest audience.

    This Is CNN: Woeful Ratings, Just Not as Woeful as Last Year


    On the heels of 2010's primetime numbers, the worst for CNN in at least 15 years, CNN was up in 2011 with both advertiser targeted adults 25-54 and total viewers. But even with a 17% gain in total viewers and a 29% gain with adults 25-54 in primetime, 2011 was still CNN's second-worst rated year over the last 15.

    PRIMETIME 25-54
    08:00P -11:00P MTWTFSS


    P 25-54
    Network Period Dates

    (000s)
    CNN 2008 12/31/07-12/28/08 453
    CNN 2003 12/30/02-12/28/03 373
    CNN 2001 01/01/01-12/30/01 353
    CNN 2005 12/27/04-12/25/05 271
    CNN 2009 12/29/08-12/27/09 263
    CNN 2002 12/31/01-12/29/02 261
    CNN 1998 12/29/97-12/27/98 257
    CNN 2004 12/29/03-12/26/04 251
    CNN 2007 01/01/07-12/30/07 243
    CNN 2000 12/27/99-12/31/00 242
    CNN 1999 12/28/98-12/26/99 231
    CNN 1997 03/31/97-12/28/97 229
    CNN 2006 12/26/05-12/31/06 225
    CNN 2011 12/27/10-12/25/11 222
    CNN 2010 12/28/09-12/26/10 172

    PRIMETIME P2+
    08:00P -11:00P MTWTFSS


    P 2+
    Network Period Dates

    (000s)
    CNN 2008 12/31/07-12/28/08 1292
    CNN 2003 12/30/02-12/28/03 1095
    CNN 2001 01/01/01-12/30/01 1009
    CNN 1998 12/29/97-12/27/98 957
    CNN 2009 12/29/08-12/27/09 901
    CNN 2002 12/31/01-12/29/02 898
    CNN 2004 12/29/03-12/26/04 855
    CNN 2005 12/27/04-12/25/05 853
    CNN 1997 03/31/97-12/28/97 787
    CNN 1999 12/28/98-12/26/99 781
    CNN 2007 01/01/07-12/30/07 764
    CNN 2000 12/27/99-12/31/00 753
    CNN 2006 12/26/05-12/31/06 753
    CNN 2011 12/27/10-12/25/11 689
    CNN 2010 12/28/09-12/26/10 590

    On a percentage basis, year/year might look better for CNN than its rivals MSNBC (which was up 2% with total viewers year/year and down 3% with adults 25-54 in primetime) and Fox News (down 8% in total viewers and down 14% with adults 25-54 in primetime) but CNN still was in third place behind MSNBC. Fox News was better than the combined CNN & MSNBC in primetime with total viewers and only ~37,000 viewers short of a combined CNN/MSNBC with adults 25-54.

    2011 Primetime

    FNC: 1,868,000 viewers (427,000 in 25-54)
    CNN: 689,000 viewers (222,000 in 25-54)
    MSNBC: 775,000 viewers (242,000 in 25-54)
    2010 : 12/28/2009 - 12/26/2010
    2011 : 12/27/2010 - 12/25/2011

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    Is this for TV, or overall audenice?
     
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    Are they even a news outlet?

    Is 24hour coverage of the Republican primary news?

    The same goes for MSNBC.

    Fox is different. They seem to be the official outlet for radical rightwing propaganda.

    Does anyone know of a real source for real news of what's really going on in this nation?
     

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