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.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Ratings for the Week of October 31 to November 4th
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.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
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.
Friday, November 4, 2011
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.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Soledad O’Brien Returns to Mornings with New Show, New Direction
Soledad O’Brien Returns to Mornings with New Show, New DirectionAshleigh 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.
Ali Velshi Takes New Roles Across CNN Worldwide
Ali Velshi Takes New Roles Across CNN WorldwideVelshi 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.”
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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
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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