Timline OF MSNBC Takeover

[Maple]

June 06,2008:

Countdown Beats O'Reilly Factor

"Countdown" Beats "O'Reilly Factor" In Ratings Demo For First Time Ever


May 3 2009:
Cable and Satellite Providers Take MSNBC Off Basic Plan


In the past few weeks, it has come to my personal attention that one cable or satellite company after another has been quietly moving MSNBC away from the news channel section of their lineup and into the premium section, or into the stratosphere of three and four digit channels.

As a result, when the ratings came out this week, it was no surprise to see how MSNBC is now a distant third behind CNN and FOX.

Kos Kids Complain About Not Being Able to Get Their MSNBC | NewsBusters.org

October 01,2009:

Comcast Seeks To Takeover MSNBC

Comcast Seeks an Empire in Bid for NBC Universal - NYTimes.com

November 05,2010:

Before Bush Donor Comcast Takeover Of MSNBC, Network Selectively Applies Rules To Suspend Olbermann
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2010/...comcast-msnbc/

January 18,2011

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal - USATODAY.com

January 21,2011
Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

Cable News Ratings for Thursday , August 25, 2011 - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

My stats say something entirely different, but keep trying and keep on drinking that MSNBC coolaid.

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday August 25, 2011
P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC 1,248 339 645
CNN 588 210 291
MSNBC 410 128 213
CNBC 214 73 124
FBN 65 16 32
HLN 284 105 147

Primetime P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC 2,267 570 1,030
CNN 1,014 313 468
MSNBC 750 228 386
CNBC 233 94 122
FBN 78 17 32
HLN 505 154 231

Net Morning programs (6-9 AM) P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FOX & Friends 1,078 372 704
CNN American Morning 289 137 155
MSNBC Morning Joe 366 119 195
CNBC Squawk Box 173 65 130
HLN Morning Express w/ Meade 295 152 204

Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FIVE, THE 1,452 370 688
CNN Situation Room 785 182 320
MSNBC Hardball WITH C. MATTHEWS 611 169 281
CNBC Fast Money 225 73 135
HLN HLN SPECIAL REPORT 227 44 82

Net 6PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC SPECIAL RPT W/Bret Baier 1,941 474 906
CNN Situation Room 655 209 345
MSNBC MSNBC LIVE 611 158 302
CNBC Mad Money 210 100 136
HLN Prime News 313 76 140

Net 7PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC The Fox Report W/S.SMITH 2,008 546 922
CNN John King USA 719 232 381
MSNBC Hardball WITH C. MATTHEWS 619 192 329
CNBC CNBC SPECIAL REPORT 202 49 97
HLN ISSUES 437 139 221

Net 8PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 3,211 779 1,459
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 1,010 304 492
MSNBC Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL 608 183 272
CNBC FACEBOOK OBSESSION, THE 282 101 146
HLN Nancy Grace 701 179 327

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 1,847 487 839
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 1,078 293 447
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 934 308 501
CNBC BIG MAC: INSIDE MCDONALDS 270 127 153
HLN DR. DREW 475 154 205

Net 10PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC On The Record W/GRETA 1,722 436 777
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 955 343 466
MSNBC Ed Show 709 192 384
CNBC CNBC TITANS: LEO BURNETT 148 54 68
HLN Joy Behar 366 131 172

Net 11PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 1,297 394 786
CNN CNNI/WORLD REPORT 513 218 289
MSNBC Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL 362 117 219
CNBC Mad Money 74 20 34
HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT 341 129 152

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For other days cable news ratings click here.

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

Scratch = when a show's audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.

Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of July, 2011)

CNN/HLN: 101.12 million HHs

CNBC: 98.62 million HHs

FNC: 99.15 million HHs

MSNBC: 95.72 million HHs

Fox Business: 58.15 million HHs

Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Tags: American Morning Ratings, Anderson Cooper 360 Ratings, CNBC

 

[Truthseeker420]

If Olbermann can get paid millions of dollars for a total of 6 viewers, rdean should be a billionair by now.

He was beating O'Reilly until neoconservitive comcast took MSNBC off the basic cable.

What is a neoconservative anyway? No one has ever been able to explain that to me. I just get gobbledygook run on sentences.

IMO it is someone who is a social conservative who believes in a liberal use of American military power and resources to interfere,control and enforce their views on other countries and people.

 

[Missourian]

If Olbermann can get paid millions of dollars for a total of 6 viewers, rdean should be a billionair by now.

Five viewers...the petunia died.

 

[Truthseeker420]

The only thing PMSnbc is going to TAKEOVER is another toilet. That is where they should flush most of their idiot talking heads.

can't watch a one of them...to much screeching and ugly

the Takeover of MSNBC.

 

[Missourian]

Just posted this in another thread.

A little over an hour ago:

In total viewers, The Weather Channel was second behind Fox News Channel with 925,000, a 292% jump over its QTD average of 236,000 total viewers. FNC had 1.4 million for the day, CNN followed with 643,000 total viewers and MSNBC had 458,000

Weather Channel Viewership Surges With Storm - 2011-08-27 03:07:40 | Multichannel News

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[Maple]

He was beating O'Reilly until neoconservitive comcast took MSNBC off the basic cable.

What is a neoconservative anyway? No one has ever been able to explain that to me. I just get gobbledygook run on sentences.

IMO it is someone who is a social conservative who believes in a liberal use of American military power and resources to interfere,control and enforce their views on other countries and people.

A social conservative is a person who is pro-life, pro marriage between a man and a woman. How would you define Obama who just got involved in Libya? Is he a social conservative that believes in a liberal use of American military power and resources to interfere, control and enforce his views on other countries and people?

 

[Maple]

Just posted this in another thread.

A little over an hour ago:

In total viewers, The Weather Channel was second behind Fox News Channel with 925,000, a 292% jump over its QTD average of 236,000 total viewers. FNC had 1.4 million for the day, CNN followed with 643,000 total viewers and MSNBC had 458,000

Weather Channel Viewership Surges With Storm - 2011-08-27 03:07:40 | Multichannel News

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I am sure that all the exec's at fox news are just shaking in their boots at the thought that MSNBC might take their viewership.

 

[Truthseeker420]

What is a neoconservative anyway? No one has ever been able to explain that to me. I just get gobbledygook run on sentences.

IMO it is someone who is a social conservative who believes in a liberal use of American military power and resources to interfere,control and enforce their views on other countries and people.

A social conservative is a person who is pro-life, pro marriage between a man and a woman. How would you define Obama who just got involved in Libya? Is he a social conservative that believes in a liberal use of American military power and resources to interfere, control and enforce his views on other countries and people?

People of Libya support Obama's actions and I wouldn't say he is trying to enfoce any views on the people of Libya.

 

[Salt Jones]

June 06,2008:

Countdown Beats O'Reilly Factor

"Countdown" Beats "O'Reilly Factor" In Ratings Demo For First Time Ever


May 3 2009:
Cable and Satellite Providers Take MSNBC Off Basic Plan


In the past few weeks, it has come to my personal attention that one cable or satellite company after another has been quietly moving MSNBC away from the news channel section of their lineup and into the premium section, or into the stratosphere of three and four digit channels.

As a result, when the ratings came out this week, it was no surprise to see how MSNBC is now a distant third behind CNN and FOX.

Kos Kids Complain About Not Being Able to Get Their MSNBC | NewsBusters.org

October 01,2009:

Comcast Seeks To Takeover MSNBC

Comcast Seeks an Empire in Bid for NBC Universal - NYTimes.com

November 05,2010:

Before Bush Donor Comcast Takeover Of MSNBC, Network Selectively Applies Rules To Suspend Olbermann
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2010/...comcast-msnbc/

January 18,2011

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal - USATODAY.com

January 21,2011
Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

MSNBC, FOX NEWS and CNN are all the same they don't ask hard questions or really dig because they want to keep booking guests. Everyone is to cozy. ex: Sean Hannity and Al Sharpton would fight back and forth and act like they hated each other, but they did speaking tours together. They share the same agent and Hannity helped Sharpton prep for his new MSNBC gig. It's all a scam.

 

[ABikerSailor]

If Olbermann can get paid millions of dollars for a total of 6 viewers, rdean should be a billionair by now.

He was beating O'Reilly until neoconservitive comcast took MSNBC off the basic cable.

What is a neoconservative anyway? No one has ever been able to explain that to me. I just get gobbledygook run on sentences.

Dictionary.com is your friend...........

ne·o·con·serv·a·tism   /ˌnioʊkənˈsɜrvəˌtɪzəm/ Show Spelled[nee-oh-kuhn-sur-vuh-tiz-uhm] Show IPA
noun
moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Origin:
1960–65; neo- + conservatism

So, in other words, it's a liberal who (according to conservatives) has seen the error of their ways and become moderately conservative.

Or.........in teabagger lingo, it's a liberal who became conservative, but they're only there to infiltrate and make the conservatives look bad.

 

[Truthseeker420]

June 06,2008:

Countdown Beats O'Reilly Factor

"Countdown" Beats "O'Reilly Factor" In Ratings Demo For First Time Ever


May 3 2009:
Cable and Satellite Providers Take MSNBC Off Basic Plan


In the past few weeks, it has come to my personal attention that one cable or satellite company after another has been quietly moving MSNBC away from the news channel section of their lineup and into the premium section, or into the stratosphere of three and four digit channels.

As a result, when the ratings came out this week, it was no surprise to see how MSNBC is now a distant third behind CNN and FOX.

Kos Kids Complain About Not Being Able to Get Their MSNBC | NewsBusters.org

October 01,2009:

Comcast Seeks To Takeover MSNBC

Comcast Seeks an Empire in Bid for NBC Universal - NYTimes.com

November 05,2010:

Before Bush Donor Comcast Takeover Of MSNBC, Network Selectively Applies Rules To Suspend Olbermann
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2010/...comcast-msnbc/

January 18,2011

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal

Comcast gets government OK to take over NBC Universal - USATODAY.com

January 21,2011
Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

MSNBC, FOX NEWS and CNN are all the same they don't ask hard questions or really dig because they want to keep booking guests. Everyone is to cozy. ex: Sean Hannity and Al Sharpton would fight back and forth and act like they hated each other, but they did speaking tours together. They share the same agent and Hannity helped Sharpton prep for his new MSNBC gig. It's all a scam.

It seems that way. Sharpton and Hannity?

 

[JoeB131]

The very fact that Sharpton is treated with any kind of legitimacy is a sad commentary on the left.

Did you all forget the Crown Heights riots he institigated, or the Tawana Brawley rape hoax?

 

[westwall]

The very fact that Sharpton is treated with any kind of legitimacy is a sad commentary on the left.

Did you all forget the Crown Heights riots he institigated, or the Tawana Brawley rape hoax?

No, they just don't care. He was fighting against "the man" and the fact that innocent people were harmed is OK with them so long as the fight was against "the man" whoever the hell that is.

 

[ABikerSailor]

The very fact that Sharpton is treated with any kind of legitimacy is a sad commentary on the left.

Did you all forget the Crown Heights riots he institigated, or the Tawana Brawley rape hoax?

Whenever that idiot shows up on my television?

I change the channel.

Stupid fucker has nothing I want to hear.

 

[Truthseeker420]

The very fact that Sharpton is treated with any kind of legitimacy is a sad commentary on the left.

Did you all forget the Crown Heights riots he institigated, or the Tawana Brawley rape hoax?

I would hardly call Comcast left, they gave big money to the Bush campaign. The whole game of this U.S. corporatocracy is to make Americans think they have a voice.

 

[blastoff]

If Olbermann can get paid millions of dollars for a total of 6 viewers, rdean should be a billionair by now.

He was beating O'Reilly until neoconservitive comcast took MSNBC off the basic cable.

Maybe in your dreams but not so in what's known as reality. Nice try though. Anyone as dim as you might buy it.

 

[Oldstyle]

So let me see if I've got this straight? Rdean thinks the reason MSNBC's ratings are in the toilet is because conservatives conspired to shut down Keith Olbermann? Did we do the same thing to Air America too? Too funny...

 

[Rozman]

So let me see if I've got this straight? Rdean thinks the reason MSNBC's ratings are in the toilet is because conservatives conspired to shut down Keith Olbermann? Did we do the same thing to Air America too? Too funny...

If the crybaby Libs are not playing the Race card
they are playing the victim card.It's always outside
forces conspiring against them unfairly.
It's never what they have or have not done.

Kinda sounds like the current President of the United States.
But to his credit I haven't heard him play the race card.
But he more then makes up for it playing the victim card.

 

[ABikerSailor]

If Olbermann can get paid millions of dollars for a total of 6 viewers, rdean should be a billionair by now.

He was beating O'Reilly until neoconservitive comcast took MSNBC off the basic cable.

Maybe in your dreams but not so in what's known as reality. Nice try though. Anyone as dim as you might buy it.

MSNBC is on channel 63 here in Amarillo,and yes, it IS part of the basic cable package.

Try again Truthseeker, because that statement ain't true.

 

[BoycottTheday]

"the man" whoever the hell that is.

I'll take the job if no one else wants it