Sunday, May 25, 2008

Graduations & Ratings

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz interviewed Kim Dozier, the CBS correspondent that was seriously wounded in Iraq, about her recovery and her new book, Breathing The Fire.





She also appeared on American Morning earlier this month. The interview with John Roberts has been posted on CNN's website.





James Carville spoke at the Tulane University commencement ceremonies in New Orleans on Saturday, May 17, 2008. Mary Matalin, his wife, introduced him. WWLTV has posted a write up on the speech. To view the commencement ceremony, click here.





Bill Schneider spoke at the recent Brandeis University commencement ceremony. Schneider graduated from Brandeis in 1966. Max Pearlstein spoke to him about coming back to his alma mater.



Ratings for the week May 12 - May 16, 2008

8PM^
Adults 25-54
FOX488,600
CNN251,7501
MSNBC475,250 1

9PM^
Adults 25-54
FOX352,600
CNN270,250 1
MSNBC240,500 1

10PM^
Adults 25-54
FOX315,200
CNN335,400
MSNBC181,5001

FOX won the Adult Viewers 25 - 54 ratings for the 8PM and 9PM time slots. CNN took 10PM. CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 also had the highest number of viewers Adult 25 - 54 on Tuesday (5/13) with 530,000 (FOX (GRETA) followed behind with 325,000) and on Wednesday (5/14) with 380,000 (FOX (GRETA) followed behind with 321,000 and MSNBC(COUNTDOWN) with 155,000). Another interesting note on Tuesday's numbers, during the 10PM hour of AC360 the Adult 25 - 54 demographic represented 46% of their overall viewers. That percentage raised to 50% during the 11PM hour of AC360.


1 4 day average. Tuesday primary coverage excluded.
^ Courtesy Nielsen Media Research; Demographics where noted; Live + Same Day (LS) Fast Track Nationals.







For those of you in the United States, have a Happy Memorial Day!






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7 comments:

  1. BA,

    Thanks so much for posting the video's of Kimberly. I've read her book and it is amazing. I highly recommend it to all. It is difficult to read in places, but well worth it; truly insightfuland inspirational.

    She is such an incredible woman and a consummate professional. Thankfully she has made a full recovery. I wish her continued success for the future.

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  2. I can't help but feel that 360's ratings will change after the election in November.

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  3. Anderson's ratings will be fine after
    the election he has been doing well
    for quite some time now. My concern
    is Campbell Brown. I am starting to
    wonder if she is losing CNN's audience.

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  4. MSNBC is getting HLN's viewers. They really
    need to fix HLN and put some news on the
    network. Prime News is just awful these days.

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  5. Anon 10:09 AM Campbell Brown never had a CNN audience.

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  6. Someone has got to tell Geri Willis that when she speaks about foreclosures and debt, she should not be so perky. I find her absolutely annoying. If her finances were in the red, would she address it with a smile on her face?

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  7. I think Campbell Brown needs someone like
    TJ Holmes to anchor the news brief during
    the program. Let's face it the program needs
    some help. She needs some other CNN talent
    to help liven up the hour. Partisan panels are
    so yesterday's news.

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