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Jake Tapper Boosts CNN’s 4pm Hour

Chris Ariens — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:20:10 +0000

After a slow start, Jake Tapper‘s new CNN show “The Lead” is giving a lift to CNN’s 4pm hour. After a month on the air — including an extraordinarily busy news week last week which gave CNN some of its best numbers in a decade — the show is averaging 689,000 total viewers and 209,000 in the demo, through Monday’s show.

“The Lead” is up +28% in total viewers and up +62% in the demo compared to the same period last year on CNN. The show is in second place among cable networks ahead of MSNBC but trailing Fox News’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” which has led the timeslot for 11 years.

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The Ticker: Cooper, Al Jazeera, Cavuto

Merrill Knox — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:17:57 +0000

Anderson Cooper will anchor “AC360″ from the site of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas tonight.

Al Jazeera America continues to staff up ahead of its late Summer launch. The network has hired Andrea Stone and Tony Karon as senior EPs for Al Jazeera’s digital team.

Neil Cavuto will anchor “Cost of Freedom” live Saturday beginning at 10amET. The two-hour special will focus on why the markets matter in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Boston Bombings: Tuesday Coverage Notes

Merrill Knox — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:46:04 +0000

Brian Williams will anchor “NBC Nightly News” from Boston tonight.
“ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” will be expanded to an hour tonight. Terry Moran will anchor “Nightline” from Boston.
Scott Pelley will anchor “CBS Evening News” from Boston.
Shepard Smith will anchor his two Fox News Channel programs, “Studio B” and “The Fox Report,” from Boston tonight. He will be joined by Bill Hemmer, who arrived in Boston last night and anchored “America’s Newsroom” from the crime scene this morning. Rick Leventhal will also report from Boston during the network’s normal primetime programming. Molly Line and Mike Tobin are also in Boston for the network.
On CNN, Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer will host their afternoon shows from Boston. Anderson Cooper is also there and will anchor “AC360″ live at 8pmET and 10pmET. In place of re-airs, Erin Burnett will be live at 11pmET and Piers Morgan live at 12amET, both from New York. Chris Cuomo, John Berman, Sanjay Gupta, Don Lemon, Brooke Baldwin, Poppy Harlow, Brian Todd, Jason Carroll, Peter Hamby, Zain Asher, Gary Tuchman, Drew Griffin, Pamela Brown and Maria Santana are also in Boston for CNN.
Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto will host his 8pmET show live for the rest of the week.

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Explosions at Finish Line of the Boston Marathon

Merrill Knox — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:23:28 +0000

The cable news networks pivoted to breaking news in Massachusetts shortly after 3pmET Monday afternoon as two explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Fox News was the first cable news network to report the news at 3:06:18 p.m., followed just seconds later by CNN at 3:06:53 p.m. MSNBC reported the news at 3:08:45 p.m. All three cable news networks were several minutes minutes behind the first reports of the explosions on Twitter.

Fox News and CNN are relying on live pictures from Boston local stations. MSNBC has video from New England Cable News, which is owned and operated by NBC Universal.

> More: The broadcast networks also broke in with news of the explosions. CBS News was first at 3:10pmET, followed by ABC News and NBC News at 3:13 p.m. Scott Pelley is anchoring on CBS, Brian Williams on NBC and Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos on ABC.

> More: Matt Frucci, the incoming executive producer of CNN’s new morning show, is doing eyewitness reports from the scene for the network. Wolf Blitzer is anchoring. And on Fox News, Shepard Smith is talking with WGBH’s Emily Rooney, former network executive and daughter of Andy Rooney.

> More: Anderson Cooper is on his way to Boston and will anchor at 8pmET and 10pmET.

> More: Here’s affiliate video of one of the explosions, as seen on CNN:

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Q1 2013 Ratings: Fox News #1 For 45 Quarters

Merrill Knox — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:59:58 +0000

Fox News continued its dominant hold of the leaderboard in the first quarter of 2013, marking 45 consecutive quarters as the highest-rated cable news network. But like CNN and MSNBC, Fox News is down for the quarter.

The ratings for Q1 2013 (Nielsen Live + Same Day data):

Primetime (Mon-Sun): 1,731,000 Total Viewers / 279,000 A25-54

Total Day (Mon-Sun): 1,065,000 Total Viewers / 214,000 A25-54

Compared to the same quarter last year, Fox News is flat in Total Viewers and down -18% in the A25-54 demographic in Total Day. In primetime, the network is down -9% in Total Viewers and -34% in the demo. It should be noted that the first quarter of 2012, ratings for the cable news networks got a boost from debates and political primaries during the Presidential election cycle.

“The Fox Report with Shepard Smith” celebrates a major milestone this month, ranking first in Total Viewers for 50 consecutive quarters. “Fox & Friends,” “Your World with Neil Cavuto” and “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” have been number one in their respective time slots for 45 consecutive quarters.

Like the competition, the network has lost viewers in primetime compared to the year-ago quarter. “The O’Reilly Factor” is flat in Total Viewers and down -26% in the demo. (Note: percentages are based on a blend of Live +7 and Live +3 data.) “Hannity” is down -5% and -28%, while “On the Record” is down -13% and -35%, respectively.

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The Scoreboard: Wednesday, March 27

Merrill Knox — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:02:17 +0000

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

Total day: FNC: 252 | MSNBC: 131 | CNN: 96 | HLN: 150

Primetime: FNC: 263 | MSNBC: 226 | CNN: 130 | HLN: 178

	4p:	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	Cavuto: 199	TheFive: 309	Baier: 300	Shep: 326	O’Reilly: 361	Hannity: 204	Greta: 224	O’Reilly: 283	Hannity: 159
MSNBC	Bashir: 124	Matthews: 128	Sharpton: 151	Matthews: 203	Wagner: 148	Maddow: 312	O’Donnell: 216	Wagner: 145	Maddow: 138
CNN	Tapper: 61	Blitzer: 136	Blitzer: 122	Burnett: 89	Cooper: 131	Morgan: 113	Cooper: 146	Burnett: 72	Morgan: 122
HLN	America: 141	Express: 99	Express: 119	Jane: 175	Grace: 204	DrDrew: 185	AfterDark: 144	Showbiz: 94	DrDrew: 90

4p:

5p:

6p:

7p:

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9p:

10p:

11p:

12a:

FNC

Cavuto:

199

TheFive:

309

Baier:

300

Shep:

326

O’Reilly:

361

Hannity:

204

Greta:

224

O’Reilly:

283

Hannity:

159

MSNBC

Bashir:

124

Matthews:

128

Sharpton:

151

Matthews:

203

Wagner:

148

Maddow:

312

O’Donnell:

216

Wagner:

145

Maddow:

138

CNN

Tapper:

Blitzer:

136

Blitzer:

122

Burnett:

Cooper:

131

Morgan:

113

Cooper:

146

Burnett:

Morgan:

122

HLN

America:

141

Express:

119

Jane:

175

Grace:

204

DrDrew:

185

AfterDark:

144

Showbiz:

DrDrew:

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Cable Networks Turn Attention to Christopher Dorner Shootout in Los Angeles

Merrill Knox — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:37:26 +0000

About midway through the 4pmET hour, all three cable news networks pivoted to Los Angeles, where murder suspect Christopher Dorner engaged in a gunfight with police.

During “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” Fox News had Trace Gallagher reporting on the phone from Los Angeles. Gallagher is currently anchoring from FNC’s L.A. bureau, preempting “The Five.”

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Chris Cuomo are anchoring CNN’s coverage, with reporters Casey Wian and Chris Welch. CNN is using aerial footage from its affiliates on a delay.

Chris Matthews is anchoring for MSNBC, with John Yang contributing from Los Angeles.

ABC News and NBC News also aired special reports around 5pmET. Bill Weir anchored on ABC, with Pierre Thomas and Cecilia Vega contributing; Brian Williams anchored on NBC, with Yang contributing from LA.

On the local front, Carter Evans, the husband of former Fox News Channel reporter Courtney Friel, was covering the shootout for KCBS in Los Angeles. TVSpy has the video.

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Jake Tapper’s New Show is Called ‘The Lead’

Chris Ariens — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:39:22 +0000

He’s got an executive producer now Jake Tapper‘s new 4pm show has a name: “The Lead.” “The Lead” launches next month on CNN and will go head-to-head with “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News and Martin Bashir‘s show on MSNBC. Tapper joined CNN last month after 9 years at ABC News.

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State of the Union Coverage: Biz Networks

Merrill Knox — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:38:16 +0000

All three business networks will provide live coverage of tonight’s State of the Union speech and Republican response.

On Fox Business, Neil Cavuto will anchor beginning at 9pmET. Cavuto will be joined by Peter Barnes and Rich Edson from Washington, DC. John Stossel will host a special edition of “Stossel,” featuring a live studio audience, at 11pmET.

CNBC will have two hours of live coverage beginning at 9pmET. Carl Quintanilla will anchor, with chief Washington correspondent John Harwood reporting from DC.

Bloomberg TV’s coverage also kicks of at 9pmET. Trish Regan will anchor, joined by chief Washington correspondent Peter Cook and White House correspondent Hans Nichols.

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A Tale of Three Business Networks on Inauguration Day

Merrill Knox — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:29:41 +0000

With the stock markets closed today, the business networks have taken three different approaches to covering the events of President Obama’s second Inauguration.

Fox Business is the only network to be live all day today. The network had normal morning programming, and Neil Cavuto anchored coverage of the swearing-in ceremony beginning at 11amET. FBN’s Melissa Francis and Lori Rothman took over once Cavuto wrapped up at 1pmET, and the network will continue with regular weekday programming throughout the afternoon and evening.

CNBC was live for the swearing-in and some post-ceremony analysis, but returned to taped programming at 1pmET. Bloomberg TV has no live coverage planned for today.

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Inauguration 2013: Business Networks Coverage Plans

Merrill Knox — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:31:57 +0000

CNBC and Fox Business will both cover President Obama’s second inauguration ceremony Monday. Here’s what they have planned:

Neil Cavuto will anchor on Fox Business beginning at 11amET. Cavuto will be joined by Washington correspondents Peter Barnes and Rich Edson, who will be reporting live from D.C.

On CNBC, Tyler Mathisen and chief White House correspondent John Harwood will anchor beginning at 11amET. They will be joined by the network’s Washington correspondent, Hampton Pearson, who will be reporting live from DC.

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Inauguration 2013: Fox News Coverage Plans

Alex Weprin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:50:16 +0000

Fox News Channel’s 2013 Presidential Inauguration coverage will begin Sunday morning and continue through Monday night, with Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly behind the anchor desk.

Baier and Kelly will anchor during the private ceremony Sunday at 11 AM, as well as the network’s coverage of the public ceremony Monday from 11AM-3 PM and from 8:40-10PM.

Contributors to the special programming will include Brit Hume, Chris Wallace and “The Five” co-hosts Bob Beckel, Juan Williams and Dana Perino. Karl Rove, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer and Kirsten Powers will also contribute.

On Monday, Bill Hemmer, Martha MacCallum, Shepard Smith and Neil Cavuto will anchor their programs live from Lafayette Park. In primetime, Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren will host their shows live.

As has become de rigueur, FNC will also be streaming the event on its website.

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The Morning Ticker: Cavuto, Gasparino, Oprah

Alex Weprin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:30:40 +0000

Nowadays Neil Cavuto is successful anchor on Fox news and Fox Business Network, but did you know his first job was as a fish fryer at an Arthur Treacher’s fast food joint? It’s true, and he relates the story to the Danbury News-Times.

Speaking of Fox Business, correspondent Charlie Gasparino talks to the Bronx Times about growing up–sort of–in the Bronx.

Oprah Winfrey appeared on “CBS This Morning” to promote her interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong Winfrey said that the interview was so good, it will be split over two nights. Watch her appearance after the jump.

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In Holiday Cards, Fox Roasts More Than Chestnuts

Chris Ariens — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:20:39 +0000

Once again the Fox News and Fox Business media relations folks have served up some holiday cheer but taking jabs at their competitors in holiday cards. Yes, the war on ~~Christmas~~ the competition is alive and well at Fox. In the Fox Biz card, below, FBN anchors make the nice list, while a few CNBC anchors make the “naughty” list

Meanwhile, Fox News conjures up an image of the network ratings horse race in their card, showing Fox News ahead of the broadcast competition, while one network stumbles and two others remain in the “Grooming Center.” See it after the jump.

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Fox News Talks To Buzz Aldrin, Other Astronauts For 40th Anniversary Moon Special

Alex Weprin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:31:03 +0000

Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto is hosting a special at 9 PM on Sunday night commemorating the 40th anniversary of the last time man walked on the moon. The special is comprised heavily of interviews with astronauts who accomplished the feat, including Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

It has been 40 years since men walked on the morning, and with the end of the Space Shuttle program America’s space program is a shadow of its former self, as Cavuto writes in a preview.

And hear their frustration with a country that’s all but given up on a program that defined the essence of American greatness itself … Now reduced to hitching rides with the Russians to get back to space.

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