Q1 ’06: The Program Ranker

Fox News had the top six programs on cable news in Q1 2006. Bill O’Reilly was #1, H&C was #2, Shep was #3, Brit was #4, Greta was #5, and Gibson was #6. CNN’s Larry King was #7 with 997,000 viewers for the month. The rest of FNC’s lineup followed.

Anderson Cooper 360 was CNN’s number two show and #13 on cable news. He averaged 683,000 viewers. Lou Dobbs Tonight was close behind with 663,000, followed by Zahn and Blitzer.

Keith Olbermann was MSNBC’s number one show, with 404,000 viewers. Rita Cosby was second with 347,000. Check out all the data:

> 1st quarter 2006 program ranker (PDF)

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