Some Numbers & Rankings From CNN

CNN ONLY CABLE NEWS NETWORK TO POST DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH, UP +30% IN 2011

CNN GAINS VIEWERS IN NOVEMBER; MSNBC DOWN -23% AND FNC DECLINES -32% IN PRIMETIME

ANDERSON COOPER 360 UP +49%; ONLY SHOW TO GROW AT 8p; FNC DOWN -23%, MSNBC -36%

Highlights:
• CNN grows in primetime in Nov. while MSNBC and FNC experience double-digit declines, -23% and -32%, respectively.
• AC 360 (8p) up +49%; FNC declines -23%, MSNBC down -36%.
• CNN tops MSNBC in daytime (9a-5p).
• In 2011, CNN up +30% in primetime while FNC looses -16% of its audience and MSNBC holds only 3%; beating MSNBC in total day.
• Erin Burnett OutFront at 7p up vs. CNN programming a year ago.

In M-F prime (8-11p), CNN increased +4% (211k vs. 203k) among P25-54 vs. Nov 10; MSNBC and FNC posted significant double-digit declines, down -23% (229k vs. 298k) and -32% (461k vs. 680k), respectively. In addition, Nov marks CNN’s 5th straight month of year-over-year growth in prime among the key demo.

YTD (through Nov 27), CNN is up +30% in M-F prime among P25-54 vs. same time period a year ago; MSNBC virtually flat (+3%) and FNC down -16%. In addition, CNN is outperforming MSNBC in total day (6a-6a) among P2+ (488k vs. 437k) and P25-54 (165k vs. 150k) 2011 to-date.

CNN tops MSNBC in daytime (9a-5p) in Nov, averaging 134k in P25-54 vs. MSNBC’s 95k.

Show Highlights (Nov 11 vs. Nov 10):

• 7p, ET: Erin Burnett OutFront continues to post increases vs. CNN programming a year ago, up +3% in the key demo (140k vs. 136k) and +16% in total viewers (510k vs. 440k).

• 8p, ET: Anderson Cooper 360 is the only program at 8p to post growth vs. a year ago–increasing a substantial +49% (192k vs. 129k) in the key demo; MSNBC down a staggering -36% and FNC declined -23%.

• 10p, ET: Anderson Cooper 360 grew +20% (221k vs. 184k) in the key demo, MSNBC down -11% and FNC declined -18%.

• 4p, ET: The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer topped MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan handily in both total viewers (691k vs. 480k) and P25-54 (173k vs. 103k). Sit Room also grew vs. a year ago, increasing +30% in the key demo.

Reach:

CNN reached a cumulative audience of 85.7 million viewers in Nov, MSNBC followed with 74.6 million, while FNC was third with 71.7 million.


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Ratings For The Week of November 21st - 25th

1 - Special programming aired on one night during the week.

2 - Special programming aired on two nights during the week.

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.

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This Weekend's Programming 11/26/11

SATURDAY, November 26, 2011

DR SANJAY GUPTA REPORTS: THE LAST HEART ATTACK – Airs Saturday 2:00AM – 3:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates whether diet and modern medicine are enough to prevent every heart attack -- and if living a healthier lifestyle could save more than 100,000 lives every year in the U.S. alone. Dr. Gupta interviews former President Bill Clinton, who credits his vegan diet with his improved heart disease, and doctors researching the latest treatments. Dr. Gupta also puts his own heart under the microscope as to offer practical advice and hard science to show how healthy living could reduce heart disease. Includes interviews with Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Arthur Agatston (author of The South Beach Diet), for insights on how diet impacts heart disease – and how heart disease may be reversible with better nutrition.

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates whether diet and modern medicine are enough to prevent every heart attack -- and if living a healthier lifestyle could save more than 100,000 lives every year in the U.S. alone. Dr. Gupta interviews former President Bill Clinton, who credits his vegan diet with his improved heart disease, and doctors researching the latest treatments. Dr. Gupta also puts his own heart under the microscope as to offer practical advice and hard science to show how healthy living could reduce heart disease. Includes interviews with Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Arthur Agatston (author of The South Beach Diet), for insights on how diet impacts heart disease – and how heart disease may be reversible with better nutrition.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
The best of The Situation Room from the week of Nov. 21.
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

GERRY-RIGGED: WHY YOUR VOTE FOR CONGRESS MIGHT NOT MATTER – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM, 11:00PM and Sunday 2:00AM
In the last decade, almost 4 out of every 5 seats in Congress remained in the same party’s hands. The consequence is gridlock with little reason for compromise on either side as long as voters have no realistic say on who stays in office. CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin describes how political parties engage in “gerrymandering,” drawing odd-shaped districts – with voters from one party or the other, essentially designed to retain incumbents. Redistricting happens once a decade—this is the year. Will the system change? Probably not. Who loses? Voters.

SUNDAY, November 27, 2011

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates whether diet and modern medicine are enough to prevent every heart attack -- and if living a healthier lifestyle could save more than 100,000 lives every year in the U.S. alone. Dr. Gupta interviews former President Bill Clinton, who credits his vegan diet with his improved heart disease, and doctors researching the latest treatments. Dr. Gupta also puts his own heart under the microscope as to offer practical advice and hard science to show how healthy living could reduce heart disease. Includes interviews with Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Arthur Agatston (author of The South Beach Diet), for insights on how diet impacts heart disease – and how heart disease may be reversible with better nutrition.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topic: 2012 Election; Immigration; Race for the White House
EXCLUSIVE GUEST: Herman Cain, presidential candidate
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy; 2012; Her Book
Guest: Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State
Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Steve Jobs, also what can we learn from the California of Steve Jobs’ youth in the 1950s to inspire innovation, invention, better education, and jobs?
Guest: Walter Issacson, president and CEO, Aspen Institute
Topics: What is innovation? How did Dyson invent his revolutionary vacuum? What can we learn from that? What can we do to help encourage and incubate innovation?
Guest: Sir James Dyson, industrial inventor and designer, founder and managing director of Dyson, Inc.
Topics: Prospects for the US and the global economy; What is Prof. Spence’s prescription for economic growth in the short and long term?
Guest: Michael Spence, PhD, professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, author of The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World (2011)
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON
Topics: Coverage of Newt Gingrich; Super Committee Deadline
Guest: Jackie Kucinich, USA Today
Guest: Danielle Crittenden, The Huffington Post
Guest: Eleanor Clift, Newsweek/The Daily Beast
Topics: Criticism of GOP Candidates
Guest: Andrew Sullivan, conservative blogger
Host: Howard Kurtz

COMMON DREAMS – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
Actor and Grammy-winning artist Common travels to Haiti to see the hardened forced child labor practice rooted deep within the culture. He learns of the noble premise on which the “restavek” system began and comes to understand how a devastating earthquake and decades of despotic rule have eroded the restavek ideal. Common meets the children, their ‘guardians’ and a team of dedicated people determined to change cultural perceptions and provide them with a better life. In the process, his team helps convince a family to give a little girl what she so desperately wants: the chance to go to school and dream of a better future.

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CNN's GOP Debate was #1 Last Night

CNN’S GOP NATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE WAS #1 LAST NIGHT

DRAWS 3.6 MILLION VIEWERS AND ONE MILLION IN KEY DEMO 25-54

AC 360 Top-Rated at 10 pm

According to Nielsen Fast National data, CNN’s GOP National Security Debate (8:00-10:00pm*), moderated by Wolf Blitzer, delivered 3.599 million total viewers and 1.041 million in the key demo 25-54 last night, Tuesday, November 22. This debate topped CNBC’s 11/09 debate (993k), CNN’s 6/13 debate (918k) and FNC’s 5/5 debate (854k) in the key demo 25-54. CNN was, by far, #1 during the 8-10pm time period last night among cable news networks.

From 8-10pm, CNN topped FNC by +93% among total viewers (3.599 million vs. 1.862 million) and +152% among 25-54 (1.041 million vs. 413k). CNN also topped MSNBC by +343% among total viewers (3.599 million vs. 812k) and by +413% among 25-54 (1.041 million vs. 203k).

Following the debate, CNN’s AC 360 ranked first in cable news at 10pm in total viewers averaging 1.427 million, FNC followed with 1.298m and MSNBC posted 723k. In the key demographic 25-54 CNN delivered 405k at 10pm, while FNC trailed with 365k and MSNBC averaged 209k.


*Fast National Data is representative of 8:00p-10:00p. Final Data will reflect actual debate time of 8:00p-9:59p.

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COMMON DREAMS: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary

COMMON Partners with the CNN Freedom Project for the Global Broadcast of COMMON DREAMS: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary

Grammy Award-winning artist and actor COMMON (@common) has partnered with the CNN Freedom Project to make a journey of discovery deep into the dangerous slums of Haiti where 300,000 children are forced to work in conditions the United Nations calls a ‘form of modern-day slavery.’ COMMON DREAMS: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary will broadcast globally on CNN on Sunday, November 27, at 8 p.m. (ET).
Haiti is a nation with a dramatic beginning and a disturbing secret. The world’s first black republic was created by slaves who rebelled against their masters in order to create a better future for themselves and their descendants. But 200 years later, that promise of freedom still eludes many Haitian children, who are today living in a form of abuse and exploitation known as ‘restavek.’ A French word meaning ‘to stay with,’ restavek began with the intention to educate children from rural villages. Unfortunately, many restavek children today are forced to work long hours in other people’s homes, cooking, cleaning dishes, doing laundry and fetching water. Worse yet, many of these children are not even allowed to go to school.
COMMON travels to Haiti to see this hardened practice rooted deep within the culture. He learns of the premise on which the system began and comes to understand how a devastating earthquake and decades of despotic rule have eroded the restavek concept. COMMON meets the children, their ‘guardians’ and a team of dedicated people determined to change cultural perceptions and provide them with a better life. In the process, his team helps convince a family to give a little girl what she so desperately wants: the chance to go to school and dream of a better future.
Earlier this year, CNN announced it was marshaling its global resources to take on human trafficking with the launch of ‘The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery.’ Through this multi-platform initiative, CNN’s reporting aims to expose the horrors of modern-day slavery, highlight the growing efforts to stop the trade and exploitation of human beings and amplify the voices of the victims.
The Freedom Project blog will be the online hub for special coverage of COMMON Dreams. Users will also be able to check for updates across social media on the Freedom Project Facebook page or @CNNFreedom.

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Ratings For The Week of November 14th-18th

1 - Special programming was aired on one night during the week.

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.

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CNN Hosts GOP Debate on National Security from Washington, DC

CNN Hosts GOP Debate on National Security from Washington, DC

CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will moderate a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (ET) live from the historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. The debate, in partnership with The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will focus on three of the most critical issues candidates will encounter during the Republican presidential nomination: national security, foreign policy and the economy. The debate falls on the eve of the deadline for the so-called congressional super committee to create a plan for at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction.

In addition to Blitzer, Foreign policy experts from AEI and The Heritage Foundation will pose questions to the candidates. The following eight presidential contenders will participate in the debate: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Live coverage from DAR Constitution Hall will begin the day before the debate, on Monday, Nov. 21, and continue through the post-debate programming on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 22 to include anchors Wolf Blitzer, John King and Erin Burnett. CNN political analysts and contributors Paul Begala, Gloria Borger, Donna Brazile, David Frum, David Gergen, Ari Fleischer, and Dana Loesch will participate in coverage from the nation’s capital.

CNN en Español's Washington, D.C. anchor Juan Carlos López will host live analysis on that network before the debate starting at 7:45 p.m. (ET). At 8 p.m., CNN en Español will take the debate live with simultaneous interpretation followed by more analysis with CNN en Español's team of political contributors. The debate will also be carried live on CNN International.

CNN.com:
Online, users can visit CNN’s Election Center and CNNPolitics.com for all things political before, during and after the debate. On debate night, CNNPolitics.com will live stream the event. CNN will solicit questions and comments submitted in real-time from CNN.com, the CNN Politics fan page on Facebook and by using the #CNNDebate hashtag on Twitter. The Political Ticker will live-blog the debate and incorporate live comments generated from social networks directly on the Ticker.
CNNPolitics.com will also showcase commentary and analysis from CNN’s political contributors, and feature a post-debate camera live from the Spin Room. CNN iReport, the network’s global participatory news community, will be asking for submissions of reactions to the debate, some of which will be shown across CNN.com and broadcast on CNN.
PROGRAMMING:
The following programs will originate live from DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.:
All times Eastern

Monday, November 21
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. John King, USA

Tuesday, November 22
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. John King, USA
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Erin Burnett OutFront
8 p.m. – 10 p.m. CNN NATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE
10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Anderson Cooper 360° (guest anchored by John King)
11 p.m. – 1 a.m. CNN NATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE (replay)


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Your Views on the News 11/19/11

Another weekend another chance to complain in 'Your Views on the News'. Any chance anyone has something positive to say about CNN?

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This Weekend's Programming 11/18/11

SATURDAY, November 19, 2011

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin preview the oral arguments expected during next spring’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the Constitutionality of the individual mandate for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as “national healthcare reform”). Dr. Gupta also interviews rapper Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena, about how he lost over 85 pounds without surgery or supplements – and kicks off the 2012 CNN Fit Nation Challenge with a look back at what the 2011 participants achieved, and explaining how viewers can submit applications to be on the 2012 team.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topic: Political/Debate Preview
Guest: Norm Ornstein, resident scholar, AEI
Guest: Danielle Pletka, vice president, foreign and defense policy, AEI
Guest: James Carafano, deputy director, The Heritage Foundation
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

BLACK IN AMERICA: THE NEW PROMISED LAND – SILICON VALLEY – Airs Saturday 8:00PM-9:00PM, 11:00PM, 2:00AM
While much of the country struggles to emerge from a recession, California’s Silicon Valley is booming, and technology companies like Facebook, Skype, and Apple are seeing their valuations soar. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien profiles a unique technology-focused “accelerator” – a collaborative of African-American start-up founders with Internet-based businesses developed to help diversify the technology sector. Eight participants – strangers – lived together for nine weeks in a modest, three-bedroom house in Mountain View, CA, were mentored, worked on their business proposals, and pitched for venture capital funding. Viewers see their journey, learn who secured funding to develop their Web-based companies – and who is still waiting.

SUNDAY, November 20, 2011

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin preview the oral arguments expected during next spring’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the Constitutionality of the individual mandate for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as “national healthcare reform”). Dr. Gupta also interviews rapper Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena, about how he lost over 85 pounds without surgery or supplements – and kicks off the 2012 CNN Fit Nation Challenge with a look back at what the 2011 participants achieved, and explaining how viewers can submit applications to be on the 2012 team.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topic: Super Committee Deadline
EXCLUSIVE GUEST: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy; 2012; Her Book
Guest: Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State
Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Will Israel attack Iran? Does Israel have the capability to take out Iran’s nuclear program? Was Israel involved in the attack on an Iranian base last weekend? Does Israel believe the Obama administration is supportive enough of that country? What will happen in Syria? What does the resignation of chief White House adviser on Middle East policy Dennis Ross mean for the Middle East peace process?
Guest: Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister, fmr. Prime Minister of Israel
Topics: The preeminent political prognosticator gives his take on the world-shaking events that have happened in 2011…and those that are likely to happen in coming years.
Guest: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, PhD, professor of politics at New York University, author of The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics (2011)
Topics: Will or should the euro survive this financial crisis? Will Germany write the check it needs to in order to fix the euro crisis? Is austerity the right approach in Britain to turn its economy around? What lessons (if any) should the US take from Britain on austerity?
Guest: Bronwen Maddox, chief executive and editor of Prospect magazine
Guest: David Miliband, MP, British Parliament, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom (Labour Party).
Guest: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topics: Penn State Coverage; New Early Show; Chelsea Clinton to NBC News
Guest: Marisa Guthrie,The Hollywood Reporter
Guest: Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times
Guest: David Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun
Topics: Penn State Coverage
Guest: Sarah Ganim, Harrisburg Patriot-News
Topics: Cain’s Libya Gaffe; Gloria Cain Speaks Out; Gingrich’s Ties to Freddie Mac
Guest: Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post
Guest: Robert Costa, National Journal
Guest: David Shuster, Current TV
Host: Howard Kurtz

THE NEXT LIST – Airs Sunday 2:00PM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews Christopher Brosius, perfumer and founder of CB I Hate Perfume. Brosius offers his take on style, the influence of Chanel, the NYC club scene in the 1980s, individual expression – and, the inspiration for his famously unique and sometimes irreverently non-traditional perfume compositions such as “Burning Leaves,” “In the Summer Kitchen,” “Gathering Apples,” and his custom scents.

GERRY-RIGGED: WHY YOUR VOTE FOR CONGRESS MIGHT NOT MATTER – Airs Sunday 8:00PM-9:00PM, 11:00PM, 2:00AM
In the last decade, almost 4 out of every 5 seats in Congress remained in the same party’s hands. The consequence is gridlock with little reason for compromise on either side as long as voters have no realistic say on who stays in office. CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin describes how political parties engage in “gerrymandering,” drawing odd-shaped districts – with voters from one party or the other, essentially designed to retain incumbents. Redistricting happens once a decade—this is the year. Will the system change? Probably not. Who loses? Voters.

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Ratings For the Week of November 7th-11th

1 - Special programming was aired on one night during the week.

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.

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This Weekend's Programming 11/12/11

SATURDAY, November 12, 2011

24/7 PACQUIAO / MARQUEZ – Part 3 airs Saturday 12:00AM – 12:30AM, 3:00AM; Part 4 airs 12:30AM – 1:00AM, 3:30AM
In the lead-up to the electric HBO Pay-Per-View® telecast on November 12 in Las Vegas when worldwide boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and his formidable challenger Juan Manuel Marquez collide in a welterweight title showdown, CNN will present all four episodes of 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARQUEZ, the all-access, behind-the-scenes pass that allows viewers to step into the lives of the fighters before they step into the ring. Pacquiao is an iconic figure in his native Philippines where he serves as the lone congressional representative for the Sarangani province, while Marquez is a celebrated personality in his hometown of Mexico City.

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
In honor of Veterans Day, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta visits Los Angeles where there are more than 8,000 homeless veterans. Dr. Gupta talks with a veteran who shares disappointment with the vacant government land donated to veterans for home establishment. Kyle Maynard, a congenital quadruple amputee has his sights set on Tanzania, Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro sending a message to all veterans that all is possible. Dr. Gupta visits Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and interviews Dr. Charles Limp, Otolaryngologist, on brain activity when improvising by examining a freestyle rapper and jazz musician placed into a functional MRI. Also, advice on what your local food banks consider the best donations.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
The ‘best of’ The Situation Room from the week of November 7.
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

A FAREED ZAKARIA GPS SPECIAL: RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM – FIXING EDUCATION – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM, 11:00PM and Sunday 2:00AM
American primary and secondary education were once envied by much of the world, but over the last few decades U.S. students have fallen behind – while students in other countries have benefitted from improvements to their educational systems. CNN and TIME magazine’s Fareed Zakaria interviews innovative and creative leaders working on solutions to fix what ails American education. Zakaria guides viewers through tours of what is working in education in countries with high rankings – to South Korea where students have more classroom time; and Finland, where professionalization of the teacher workforce has improved educators – in order to mine ideas for what could put U.S. education back on the right track. Featured in the special are: Microsoft founder and education philanthropist Bill Gates, founder of the online Khan Academy Salman Khan, NYU Professor, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education, and author (The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, 2010) Diane Ravitch, and Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, who now leads StudentsFirst.

SUNDAY, November 13, 2011

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
In honor of Veterans Day, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta visits Los Angeles where there are more than 8,000 homeless veterans. Dr. Gupta talks with a veteran who shares disappointment with the vacant government land donated to veterans for home establishment. Kyle Maynard, a congenital quadruple amputee has his sights set on Tanzania, Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro sending a message to all veterans that all is possible. Dr. Gupta visits Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and interviews Dr. Charles Limp, Otolaryngologist, on brain activity when improvising by examining a freestyle rapper and jazz musician placed into a functional MRI. Also, advice on what your local food banks consider the best donations.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topic: Super Committee’s Approaching Deadline
Guest: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), co-chair, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Topic: The Search for Compromise for the Super Committee
Guest: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), "Gang of Six" member
Guest: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Oklahoma, "Gang of Six" member
Topic: GOP Presidential Field
Guest: Reince Priebus, chairman, Republican National Committee
Topic: Bringing Jobs Back to Los Angeles
Guest: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, (D) Los Angeles
Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Iran: To bomb, or not to bomb? Does the U.S. need to disable Iran’s nuclear facilities by military force – or, should the U.S. support Israel if Israel chooses to do it?
Guest: Bret Stephens, Global View columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Guest: Karim Sadjadpour, associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic: The Economy: Just how bad is the Euro situation? Is it too late to fix it? What are the possible fixes?
Guest: Mohamed El-Erian, CEO & Co-CIO, PIMCO Investments, LLC.
Topics: Where did all the American jobs go? And how can we keep the ones that are still here?
Guest: Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan (D)
Topics: Why did the interim Prime Minister leave his post? How delicate is the situation in Libya? Will Islamists/Sharia fill the vacuum left by Gadhafi? Should Gadhafi have been killed?
Guest: Mahmoud Jabril, former Interim Prime Minister, Libya
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topics: Cain Sexual Harassment Allegations
Guest: Lauren Ashburn, Newsweek/Daily Beast
Guest: Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Guest: Matt Lewis, The Daily Caller
Topics: Penn State Rape Scandal
Guest: Christine Brennan, USA Today
Guest: Buzz Bissinger, Newsweek/Daily Beast
Topics: Reporting on Sandusky
Guest: Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated
Host: Howard Kurtz

BLACK IN AMERICA: THE NEW PROMISED LAND – SILICON VALLEY – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
While much of the country struggles to emerge from a recession, California’s Silicon Valley is booming, and technology companies like Facebook, Skype, and Apple are seeing their valuations soar. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien profiles a unique technology-focused “accelerator” – a collaborative of African-American start-up founders with Internet-based businesses developed to help diversify the technology sector. Eight participants – strangers – lived together for nine weeks in a modest, three-bedroom house in Mountain View, CA, were mentored, worked on their business proposals, and pitched for venture capital funding. Viewers see their journey, learn who secured funding to develop their Web-based companies – and who is still waiting.

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The Next List with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

New CNN Show The Next List with Dr. Sanjay Gupta Premieres November 13

Weekend Program to Spotlight Top Innovators Will Air Sundays at 2:00pm ET & PT on CNN/U.S.

CNN will launch a new weekly program The Next List with anchor and chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Sundays at 2:00-2:30p ET & PT beginning November 13. The program will feature profiles of exceptional individuals, who as agents of change are leading innovation, setting trends and making strides within various industries around the world. Each week, leading up to Sunday, vignettes from the program will air on CNN/U.S.

Dr. Gupta will introduce viewers to innovators from around the world who are on the cutting edge of change in their fields. We will hear from them, in their own words, about the challenges they faced and the innovative approaches they’ve developed to overcome obstacles. From science and education to sports and engineering, CNN will tell these thoughtful stories of unique game-changers across CNN platforms. The Next List will feature commentary on CNN.com/TheNextList from those profiled on the show, as well as the very latest on innovation and innovators from around the world.

Said Dr. Gupta, “All over the world, there are innovators who have worked in relative obscurity, quietly changing the world in unimaginable ways. As a global reporter, I have had the chance to see them at work, and I can’t wait to introduce them to viewers on The Next List.”

Dr. Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news for American Morning, Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN documentaries, and anchors the weekend medical affairs program Sanjay Gupta, MD. Gupta also contributes to CNN.com and CNNHealth.com. His medical training and public health policy experience distinguish his reporting on a range of medical and scientific topics including brain injury, disaster recovery, health care reform, fitness, military medicine, HIV/AIDS, and other areas.

Award winning producer CNN’s Jim McGinnis will executive produce of The Next List. Most recently he was the executive producer of American Morning and was the executive producer of Lou Dobbs Tonight from July 2004 until November 2009. Prior to that, he was a supervising producer with the show for three years. McGinnis began his career at CNN in January 1989.


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Salute to Troops: Stories of Courage

“SALUTE TO TROOPS: STORIES OF COURAGE” ANCHORED BY ROBIN MEADE, PREMIERES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @7PM, ET ON HLN
MEADE EXPLORES SACRIFICES AND TRIUMPHS OF AMERICA’S
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WAR VETERANS

As the U.S. looks to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, HLN pays special tribute to those who served by reporting their stories of strength and sacrifice, in SALUTE TO TROOPS: STORIES OF COURAGE,” an HLN Veterans Day special anchored by Robin Meade, and premiering Fri, Nov 11, 7:00-8:00 p.m., ET.
Meade, host of HLN’s “Morning Express with Robin Meade” travels across the U.S. to locations that include Jacksonville FL, West Point, NY, Warner Robins, GA. and Norfolk, VA., to meet with veterans and their families whose triumphs over adversity can prove inspirational to all Americans.
Following its premiere on Veterans Day, the special will repeat on Sat, Nov 12 at 7 p.m., ET and Sun, Nov13 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., ET on HLN.

Featured subjects include:
• Captain Scotty Smiley: Meade reports from West Point, NY and interviews this renowned soldier who was blinded and partially paralyzed after an IED attack while serving in Iraq. She talks to Captain Smiley about returning to the military and how he found the strength to create a new life for himself and his young family.
• Blue Star Moms: Meade interviews members of this organization that was formed by mothers whose sons and daughters were already serving in the military when the US was attacked on Sep 11, 2001. The group provides servicemen and servicewomen with a little slice of home through care packages.
• Wounded Warriors: Meade meets with Dan Nevins and Bryan Wagner who share their stories of the battlefield, rehab and achievements since joining the Wounded Warrior Project, which empowers and encourages wounded heroes as they re-adjust to civilian life.
• Ride 2 Recovery: Meade rides along with returning soldiers, their families and friends on this bike ride designed to benefit injured veterans.
• Inside a Navy Destroyer: Meade travels to Jacksonville, Florida to offer an insider’s look into life at sea on the Navy Destroyer USS Farragut and interviews its commander.
• Family Reunion: Meade surprises two new mothers with an unexpected studio visit from their husbands who are just back from Afghanistan. One month later, Robin revisits the families in their homes to see how they are faring.
• Mr. Moms: Meade meets two active duty sailors who each have to fill in as “mom” while their wives are deployed overseas.
• USS Sullivans- Meade sees firsthand the heartbreak as families say goodbye to their loved ones. She talks to a mom and her three children as they watch their dad’s ship depart. She also speaks to a new bride as her husband ships out.


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CNN Announces Foreign Policy-Focused GOP Debate

CNN Announces First National Security, Foreign Policy-Focused GOP Debate

CNN, in partnership with The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, will host a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, November 15 at 8 p.m. ET. Candidates will have an opportunity to weigh in on two of the most critical subjects they will face during their bid for the Republican presidential nomination: national security and foreign policy.
The national security debate, which will take place in Washington, D.C., will air nationally on CNN, CNN en Español, and worldwide on CNN International, CNN Radio and CNN.com.

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Sherling Joins CNN as Director of Washington Programming

Sherling Joins CNN as Director of Washington Programming

Eric Sherling has been named director of Washington programming, it was announced today by Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. Sherling rejoins CNN after serving as executive broadcast producer of Good Morning America at ABC News.

In this role, he will oversee Washington political programming to include, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, John King, USA, State of the Union with Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources. Sherling also will play a lead role in CNN’s special campaign coverage to include debates, primary nights, and Election night programming.

“We are delighted to welcome Eric back to Washington and to the CNN family,” said Feist. “His experience speaks for itself. He’ll be an invaluable asset as the network heads into the 2012 election cycle.”

Sherling first joined CNN in 2000 as a producer in the network’s Atlanta headquarters and rose to become executive producer of Wolf Blitzer Reports in Washington. He served as supervising producer of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer when it launched in August 2005, later becoming executive producer of that program. Sherling began his career in television news as a producer at WTVQ in Lexington, Ky. and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. Sherling earned his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Ithaca College and graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.


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Ratings for the Week of October 31 to November 4th

1 - Special programming was aired on one night during the week.

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.

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Special Programming CNN at 11 PM Tonight

Michael Jackson: The Final Days

CNN brings you a special investigation into the final days and hours of the legendary singer's life and death, plus heart-wrenching testimony from the last people to see him alive, as well as compelling moments from the trial. Michael Jackson: The Final Days airing on CNN tonight 11 p.m. ET/PT.
***Please note this is a one hour program.

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Your Views on the News 11/5/11

Some changes to CNN's morning line up were announced this week. While we don't have all the details yet reaction seems to be positive. Fill us in on how you would tweak programming or anything else on your mind.

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This Weekend's Programming 11/5/11

SATURDAY, November 5, 2011

24/7 PACQUIAO / MARQUEZ – Part 2 Airs Saturday 12:00AM – 12:30AM, 3:00AM; Part 3 Airs Saturday 12:30AM, 3:30AM
In the lead-up to the electric HBO Pay-Per-View® telecast on November 12 in Las Vegas when worldwide boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and his formidable challenger Juan Manuel Marquez collide in a welterweight title showdown, CNN will present all four episodes of 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARQUEZ, the all-access, behind-the-scenes pass that allows viewers to step into the lives of the fighters before they step into the ring. Pacquiao is an iconic figure in his native Philippines where he serves as the lone congressional representative for the Sarangani province, while Marquez is a celebrated personality in his hometown of Mexico City.

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews an ovarian cancer patient who goes without needed medicine due to the nationwide drug shortage. Following the Supreme Court hearing on the reliability of eyewitness identification, Dr. Gupta interviews an expert in the accuracy of memory and perception. Also, author Dr. Andrew Weil, reveals his struggles with clinical depression described in his forthcoming book, Spontaneous Happiness (2011). Also, Amit Gupta, 31-year old web-entrepreneur, was recently diagnosed with acute leukemia and has launched a drive for bone marrow donations that has received immense response, and college student, Ashley Smith, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, gives back by sharing how to handle individuals with her condition with low-income families through her non-profit, Embracing My Mind.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topics: Foreign Policy
Guest: Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

CNN PRESENTS – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM (and Sunday 2:00AM)
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Dr. Sanjay Gupta host a news magazine that includes reports from Kaj Larsen on how shark hunts are depleting the global population – and the impact of the crash of the species on the larger food chain; Amber Lyon reports on the pollution caused by the use of plastic bags and one man’s fight against the industry to reduce their use; and Dr. Gupta reports on the challenges faced by returning veterans seeking healthcare.

SUNDAY, November 6, 2011

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews an ovarian cancer patient who goes without needed medicine due to the nationwide drug shortage. Following the Supreme Court hearing on the reliability of eyewitness identification, Dr. Gupta interviews an expert in the accuracy of memory and perception. Also, author Dr. Andrew Weil, reveals his struggles with clinical depression described in his forthcoming book, Spontaneous Happiness (2011). Also, Amit Gupta, 31-year old web-entrepreneur, was recently diagnosed with acute leukemia and has launched a drive for bone marrow donations that has received immense response, and college student, Ashley Smith, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, gives back by sharing how to handle individuals with her condition with low-income families through her non-profit, Embracing My Mind.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topics: Obama’s State Strategy for 2012; Democratic Support; Economy
Guest: Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), chair, Democratic Governors Association
Topics: Lobbyists Pressuring the Supercommittee
Guest: Marty Durbin, American Petroleum Institute
Guest: Sean Kennedy, Air Transport Association
Guest: David Certner, AARP
Topics: Herman Cain’s Campaign Controversy; Primary Strategy
Guest: Tom Davis, former U.S. Congressman
Guest: Anita Dunn, former White House Communications Director
Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topics: Are nuclear stockpiles being hidden from the world by Pakistan? Is Pakistan moving nuclear weapons around the country in unsecured vans? Are terrorists in Pakistan trying to get access to the nations’ nuclear stockpile?
Guest: Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent, The Atlantic; columnist, Bloomberg View
Topics: Are nuclear stockpiles being hidden from the world by Pakistan? Is Pakistan moving nuclear weapons around the country in unsecured vans? Are terrorists in Pakistan trying to get access to the nations’ nuclear stockpile? What will happen to the region once the U.S. draws down from Afghanistan?
Guest: Gen. Pervez Musharraf (Ret.), former President of Pakistan
Topics: What lessons has the world’s biggest education benefactor learned about reforming education? What works and what doesn’t?
Guest: Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation; co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Topics: How bad is America’s educational system compared to the rest of the world? What’s the problem? How can it be fixed?
Guest: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON
Topics: Herman Cain Scandal Coverage
Guest: Jonathan Martin, POLITICO
Guest: Kathleen Parker, columnist, The Washington Post
Guest: Keli Goff, Loop21.com
Topics: Debut of NBC’s Rock Center
Guest: Adam Buckman, television columnist and weekend editor, TVHowl.com
Guest: Gail Shister, columnist, TVNewser.com; professor, University of Pennsylvania
Topics: New Book: “My Long Trip Home”
Guest: Mark Whitaker, executive vice president and managing editor of CNN Worldwide
Host: Howard Kurtz

A FAREED ZAKARIA GPS SPECIAL: RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM – FIXING EDUCATION – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
American primary and secondary education were once envied by much of the world, but over the last few decades U.S. students have fallen behind – while students in other countries have benefitted from improvements to their educational systems. CNN and TIME magazine’s Fareed Zakaria interviews innovative and creative leaders working on solutions to fix what ails American education. Zakaria guides viewers through tours of what is working in education in countries with high rankings – to South Korea where students have more classroom time; and Finland, where professionalization of the teacher workforce has improved educators – in order to mine ideas for what could put U.S. education back on the right track. Featured in the special are: Microsoft founder and education philanthropist Bill Gates, founder of the online Khan Academy Salman Khan, NYU Professor, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education, and author (The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, 2010) Diane Ravitch, and Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, who now leads StudentsFirst.

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Soledad O’Brien Returns to Mornings with New Show, New Direction

Soledad O’Brien Returns to Mornings with New Show, New Direction

Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin Co-Anchor 5-7am; Soledad O’Brien Anchors 7-9am

CNN will launch a new format of news and conversation in the morning, including a 7-9am ET show anchored by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien in 2012.
O’Brien will anchor a new conversational ensemble program that explores top issues of the day while opening the conversation to people from all walks of life. O’Brien will continue to be a special correspondent for long-form documentaries at CNN.
“I couldn’t be more eager to return to daily news, to bring conversation and context to CNN viewers in the morning. I welcome the opportunity to give voice to people who aren’t often heard, and stories that are sometimes overlooked,” says O’Brien. “I love telling people’s stories, and I’m looking forward to bringing the perspective, heart and storytelling that have worked well in our documentaries to a morning audience”
“CNN has the opportunity in the morning to cover a wider range of stories from broader perspectives,” says Executive Vice President of CNN Ken Jautz. “We are planning to offer something original in the four-hour morning block to complement our direction in primetime.”
"This is an exciting time to be relaunching our morning show, with the morning television audience more up for grabs than it has been in years," says Executive Vice President and Managing Editor of CNN Mark Whitaker, who will oversee development of the new program. "With CNN's global reach and this unique cast of superb journalists as anchors, we have the opportunity to do something truly fresh and different."
Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin will anchor from 5-7am ET, kicking off the new CNN morning block with a new program covering a broad spectrum of the day’s news from two highly personable and passionate journalists.

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Ali Velshi Takes New Roles Across CNN Worldwide

Ali Velshi Takes New Roles Across CNN Worldwide

Velshi to Launch Signature Segments on CNN/U.S. and Anchor CNN International's ‘World Business Today’

CNN Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi is adding new roles across CNN Worldwide. Beginning next month, Velshi will provide business reporting and analysis for CNN’s domestic channel, launching signature segments that will interpret and explain a top story of the day. In addition, in 2012, he becomes an anchor of CNN International’s World Business Today, a daily global business news program. Velshi also continues as host of Your Money on weekends on CNN/U.S.
In Velshi's new role for CNN/U.S., he will take a look at one of the top economic, global or political stories of the day and deconstruct and translate it for viewers. Drawing upon Ali’s global business news experience, this segment is geared towards breaking down for audiences some of the most complex issues of our time.
Velshi is anchoring one-hour of CNN International’s World Business Today, which is broadcast live to over 200 countries across the world.
“Ali’s global business expertise is an asset that we want to showcase more broadly across a range of CNN programs," said Ken Jautz, Executive Vice President, CNN/U.S. "He will help viewers understand and decode some of the most complex and important stories of the day, particularly economic and global issues.”
CNN International Executive Vice President and Managing Director Tony Maddox added, “With new economic superpowers emerging across different continents, Ali brings the right mix of curiosity and business news experience to play a prominent role in reporting these crucial stories to CNN Worldwide’s global audience.”

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CNN's October Numbers

Our ratings blogger is out of commission because of last weekend's snow storm. We hope they'll be back with ATC's weekly ratings post next week. Here's the latest press release from CNN on October's numbers:

WHILE CNN GROWS; MSNBC IS DOWN -25% AND FNC IS OFF -28% IN PRIMETIME

CNN OUTPERFORMS MSNBC AT 8 AND 10 PM

October Highlights:
• While CNN grows in primetime vs. a year ago, MSNBC and FNC primetime programming have double-digit losses.
• At 8p and 10p, AC 360 tops MSNBC in the key demo 25-54 and grows vs. a year ago; while MSNBC and FNC experience double-digit declines.
• Piers Morgan Tonight is the only 9pm program to grow among 25-54, while MSNBC and FNC are down double-digits.
• Erin Burnett OutFront at 7p grows from CNN programming a year ago.

Despite the cable news network’s significant ratings bump due to heightened viewership from the rescue of the Chilean miners last October, CNN showed growth in key day parts and primetime programming while MSNBC and FNC declined vs. a year ago.

In M-F prime (8-11p), CNN topped MSNBC in the key demo (233k vs. 197k) and was up +25% vs. a year ago. MSNBC was down -25% and FNC was off -28% among 25-54. (Omitting CNN’s Republican debate on October 18, CNN averaged 197k in the key demo, tying MSNBC. Without the Republican debate, CNN also still grew vs. a year ago – increasing +5% among 25-54.)

CNN outperformed MSNBC in total day (6a-6a) among total viewers (409k vs. 402k) during October. In addition, CNN grew +5% in the key demo (128k vs. 122k), MSNBC was down -10% (129k vs. 143k) and FNC lost -15% of its audience (253k vs. 299k) compared to a year ago.

CNN also topped MSNBC during dayside programming (M-F 9a-5p) in total viewers (519k vs. 344k) and in the demo 25-54 (139k vs. 85k). Compared to a year ago, CNN increased +5% in the key demo 25-54; MSNBC was up +5% and FNC was down -16%.

Show Highlights:
• 8p, ET: Anderson Cooper 360 topped MSNBC in the demo (178k vs. 175k) for the third consecutive month. The CNN program was the only program at 8 pm to show growth vs. a year ago– increasing +21% (178k vs. 147k), while MSNBC was down a staggering -36% (175k vs. 272k) and FNC dropped -28%.

• 9p, ET: Piers Morgan Tonight is also the only show at 9 pm to gain demo viewers compared to last year – increasing +4% (176k vs. 170k) , while MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show is down -21% (217k vs. 276k) and FNC declined -24% (457k vs. 598k).

• 10p, ET: Anderson Cooper 360 continued to top MSNBC in the demo (234k vs. 188k). October represents the 6th straight month that AC 360 topped MSNBC at 10p in the key demo 25-54. Despite heightened viewership a year ago, AC 360 grew +2% (234k vs. 229k), MSNBC is down -22% (188k v. 241k) and FNC lost one quarter of its audience, declining -25% (376k vs. 503k).

• 7p, ET: Launch-to-date (October 3-28) Erin Burnett OutFront has also seen growth compared to CNN programming a year ago, increasing +8% in the key demo (146k vs. 135k) and growing +7% in total viewers (490k vs. 458k). MSNBC is down -3% among 25-54 vs. a year ago (177k vs. 183k) and FNC is off -16% (379k vs. 449k).

• 4p, ET: Launch-to-date (October 3-28) The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (new time slot) topped MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan in both total viewers (674k vs. 401k) and among 25-54 (175k vs. 92k). The Sit Room also grew compared to programming a year ago, increasing +26% in the key demo (175k vs. 139k) while MSNBC is down -5% (92k vs. 97k) and FNC is off -15% (235k vs. 278k).

Reach:

CNN reached a cumulative audience of 95.2 million viewers in October, FNC followed with 78.5 million, while MSNBC was third with 77.7 million.


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