Register

    MSNBC’s Ratings Rise; Nielsen Week In Review

    By SHOOTUpdated:No Comments3750 Views
    This image released by NBC shows Rachel Maddow, host of "The Rachel Maddow Show," on MSNBC. (MSNBC via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    With President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey the week’s big story, MSNBC had one of its best ratings weeks in memory – perhaps an ominous sign for troubled Fox News Channel.

    MSNBC topped Fox among the 25-to-54-year-old age demographic for the first time since the week of Dec. 29, 2008, just after Barack Obama’s first election, the Nielsen company said. Although the majority of cable news viewers are older than that, the demographic takes on outsize importance because advertisers pay a premium for the younger viewers.

    Fox won the week when everyone is counted, with 2.6 million viewers on the weekdays. But MSNBC has crept much closer, finishing with 2.39 million viewers with the help of a primetime lineup led by Rachel Maddow. CNN had 1.32 million viewers last week, Nielsen said.

    It’s a time of opportunity for rivals of Fox News, long the dominant cable news network, because of last month’s firing of Bill O’Reilly, Fox’s most popular personality, who lost his job after it was revealed the network was paying millions of dollars in settlements to women who charged him with harassment. O’Reilly has denied the charges, saying he was the victim of a determined liberal campaign. Tucker Carlson leads Fox’s new prime-time lineup.

    Between 2008 and 2016, Fox News beat MSNBC by an average of 1.42 million viewers each week – and last week the margin sunk to just over 200,000.

    With the exception of two weeks won by MSNBC during the Democratic conventions in 2016 and 2012 – when Fox’s predominantly conservative audience found reasons to be away from the TV – the closest MSNBC had been to Fox in total viewers was losing by a margin of 178,000 viewers in April 2001, Nielsen said. CNN has beaten Fox in total viewers six times over the past two years.

    In the big picture, below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 8-14. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.39 million.

    2. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.99 million.

    3. “Bull,” CBS, 11.04 million.

    4. “The Big Bang Theory” (special), CBS, 10.16 million.

    5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.961 million.

    6. “Dancing with the Stars” (Monday), ABC, 9.955 million.

    7. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 9.40 million.

    8. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.34 million.

    9. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 9.01 million.

    10. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 8.69 million.

    11. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.30 million.

    12. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 8.22 million.

    13. “Mom,” CBS, 8.12 million.

    14. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 8.11 million.

    15. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 7.83 million.

    16. “Scorpion,” CBS, 7.52 million.

    17. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 7.34 million.

    18. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.02 million.

    19. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 7.01 million.

    20. “Empire,” Fox, 6.31 million

    Category:News
    Tags:Fox News ChannelMSNBCNielsen



    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

    MySHOOT Profiles


    Add A Comment