Broadcast Evening News Ratings for 11/6/2006 to 11/10/2006 November 14, 2006 3:41 pm
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All three network news program shows increased their audiences in the week during election 2006.
Election 2006 Ratings Results November 10, 2006 5:43 pm
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Here are the prime time ratings results for the broadcast networks, followed by the ratings for the cable networks.
ABC finished in first place from 9:30 to 11:00 PM with 9.670M viewers and was first in adults 25-54, the key demographic for news programs. NBC followed in second place with its coverage from 10:00 to 11:00 PM with 7.00M viewers tuning in. Which leaves CBS for last place with its 10:00 to 11:00 PM coverage which attracted 6.30M viewers.
Among the cable networks from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM (prime time), FNC was first with 3.06M viewers while CNN followed in second place with a very close 2.97M viewers and MSNBC was last with 1.95M viewers.
Among adults 25-54, CNN was first with 1.33M viewers to 1.25M for FNC and .89M for MSNBC.
Tallying that all up comes to about 31M viewers tuning in to election night coverage across all major broadcast and cable nets, up from about 26M in 2002.
Comedy Central showed up very well with their special “Midterm Midtacular” from 11:00 PM to 12:00 AM which attracted about 1.8M viewers.
Broadcast Evening News Ratings for 10/30/2006 to 11/3/2006 November 5, 2006 8:00 am
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NBC takes the top spot yet again, with ABC and CBS following. NBC was the only network to improve its total viewers average over the week, and it also posted gains in households and adults 25-54.
It’s also worth noting that CBS isn’t doing all that much better than Bob Schieffer’s last week back in August of this year (7.242M with Scheiffer to 7.294M with Couric).
Broadcast Evening News Ratings for 10/9 to 10/13 October 23, 2006 7:00 am
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All three programs improved their audience from the week prior, but placements remain the same with NBC finishing in first, followed by ABC and then CBS.
The Katie Couric experiment seems to have failed, as viewers from the same frame last season when Bob Schieffer was the host are virtually identical to the current audience (7.338 million for Schieffer vs. 7.332 million for Couric).
Broadcast Evening News Ratings for 10/2 to 10/6 October 9, 2006 9:38 pm
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NBC finishes in first, followed by ABC and then CBS. Both NBC and ABC increased from last week in total viewers and the key A25-54 demo, while CBS decreased in both categories.
CBS is still up nearly 20% from its average last season, while NBC and ABC are down in the single digits.
Broadcast Evening News Ratings for 9/25 to 9/29 October 3, 2006 4:59 pm
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CBS continues to slide, while NBC and ABC remain even week-to-week.
CBS is now in third place in the Evening News Ratings.
Here are the average ratings for the week of September 25th to the 29th:
NBC – Nightly News with Brian Williams
- 8,175,000 Viewers
- 5.7/12 HH Rating
- 2.1/9 A25-54 Rating
ABC – World News with Charles Gibson
- 7,562,000 Viewers
- 5.3/11 HH Rating
- 2.0/9 A25-54 Rating
CBS – Evening News with Katie Couric
- 7,492,000 Viewers
- 5.3/11 HH Rating
- 2.1/9 A25-54 Rating
CBS No Longer On Top In Weekly Broadcast News September 25, 2006 5:36 pm
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Much was made of Katie Couric coming to CBS for the evening news, and most assumed the move would put CBS on top of the evening news ratings hunt.
The first broadcast of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric averaged 13.59M viewers, but ever since then ratings have been dropping (the 2nd broadcast lost 22%) and NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams has now passed her for first place in weekly ratings.
Here are the ratings for the week of September 18th to the 22nd:
NBC – Nightly News with Brian Williams
- 5.7/12 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 8,182,000 Viewers
CBS – Evening News with Katie Couric
- 5.5/11 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 7,690,000 Viewers
ABC – World News with Charles Gibson
- 5.4/11 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 7,580,000 Viewers
Source: NBC Universal Press Release
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