Posted by
Rosario T. Calabria on January 21, 2009 at 6:18 pm
UPDATED ON 1/22/2009
Nielsen reports that from 10am to 5pm ET, an average 37,793,008 tuned into the ceremony, swearing in, speech and coverage of the Inauguration. That’s the second-most ever, slightly below the 41,800,260 who watched Reagan’s nomination in January 1981.
Keep in mind that the number does not include any online viewers or radio listeners and [...]
Posted by
Rosario T. Calabria on May 7, 2008 at 6:42 pm
CNN’s coverage of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries last night topped Fox News and MSNBC, drawing an average audience of 2.65 million viewers from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. ET, 19% stronger than its nearest competitor Fox News. Among the key news demo adults 25-54, the results were even better for CNN. The network drew 1.04 [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on February 23, 2008 at 8:29 pm
CNN got another terrific performance from their coverage of a Democratic debate. The February 20th debate between Senator’s Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drew 7.58 million viewers, with 2.99 million of those viewers within the coveted news demo of adults 25-54.
Posted by
Rosario T. Calabria on February 1, 2008 at 3:27 pm
CNN’s presentation of the California Democratic Debate between Senator’s Obama and Clinton drew a massive audience of 8.32 million viewers. Obliterating the prior cable news record for a debate (4.91 million, accomplished just last week, also by CNN).
Posted by
Rosario T. Calabria on January 23, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Monday night’s Democratic presidential debate on CNN between Senator’s Clinton and Obama and former Senator Edwards was the most-watched primary in cable TV history.
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Rosario T. Calabria on October 15, 2007 at 4:36 pm
CNN is making slight changes to their early evening lineup, moving Lou Dobbs Tonight to 7:00 p.m. (currently on at 6:00 p.m.) and stretching The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to three consecutive hours for the first time in the show’s two-year history.
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 20, 2007 at 9:30 am
According to Broadcasting & Cable, Anderson Cooper has re-upped with CNN, signing a new multiyear contract with the network. The contract is rumored to be in the neighborhood of $4 million a year, double his previous contract.
Posted by
Rosario T. Calabria on January 19, 2007 at 6:10 pm
CNN will be offering a free day of access to its CNN Pipeline service, which lets users view live news feeds as well as recorded content.
