25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 187 | MSNBC: 113 | CNN: 163 | HLN: 147

• Primetime: FNC: 177 | MSNBC: 177 | CNN: 148 | HLN: 166

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25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 239 | MSNBC: 168 | CNN: 101 | HLN: 76

• Primetime: FNC: 321 | MSNBC: 240 | CNN: 189 | HLN: 116

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A split decision for the Sunday shows on September 23: CBS’ “Face the Nation” wins in Total Viewers and NBC’s “Meet the Press” wins in the A25-54 demographic.

ABC’s “This Week” was third, “Fox News Sunday” was fourth and Univision’s “Al Punto” was fifth.

The shows are up across the board compared to the same week last year, with ABC’s “This Week” up the most: +25% in Total Viewers and +28% in A25-54 viewers.

Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,985,000 Total Viewers and 384,000 A25-54 viewers.

“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour airs in just 47% of the country.

The numbers for September 23:

Sunday could have been a tough night in the ratings for CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Despite interviews with President Obama and Mitt Romney, as well as a huge NFL lead-in, the newsmagazine was up against a big NFL game on NBC, and the Emmys on ABC.

Despite the tough competition (and likely thanks to the NFL lead-in and the big interviews), “60 Minutes” did just fine, drawing 12.6 million total viewers, enough to make it the number six primetime program for the week. For comparison, the Emmys drew 13.3 million viewers, while “Sunday Night Football” drew 21.3 million.

A big win for “This Week” on September 2. The ABC political affairs show takes the top spot in both ratings measurements for the first time since August 2009, beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” by just +2,000 Total Viewers and +65,000 A25-54 viewers.

CBS’ “Face the Nation,” which was shortened to 30 minutes from its usual hour, placed third. The program was preempted in 2% of national ratings markets, and aired at unusual times in other markets, due to the network’s coverage of the U.S. Open.

Compared to the same week last year, “This Week” was the only show to post gains in both ratings measurements: +23% in Total Viewers, +3% in the demographic. “Meet the Press” was up in Total Viewers but down in the demo. “Face the Nation,” “Fox News Sunday” and “Al Punto” were down across the board.

Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 2,972,000 Total Viewers and 580,000 A25-54 viewers.

The numbers for September 2:

NBC wins the final night of the Democratic National Convention drawing more than 7 million viewers for its two-hour primetime special last night. On cable, CNN won its first convention night in both primetime, and the crucial 10pm hour. After MSNBC took night one, and they split night two, on night three, CNN won in both Total Viewers and A25-54 demo viewers.

• Cable News Primetime (8-11pm). Night three of the DNC, Sept. 6, 2012

CNN: 4,105,216 total viewers (1,557,165 in 25-54)
MSNBC: 3,610,875 total viewers (1,289,781 in 25-54)
FNC: 2,659,051 total viewers (672,749 in 25-54)

While NBC led the way, cable networks CNN and MSNBC were watched by more viewers than ABC and CBS.

• Sept. 6, 2012. Night three of the DNC:

NBC (9-11:11pm): 7.377 viewers (3.088M in A25-54)
CNN (10-11pm): 5.562 viewers (2.201M in A25-54)
MSNBC (10-11pm): 4.547 viewers (1,776M in A25-54)
ABC (10-11:11pm): 3.995 viewers (1.524M in A25-54)
CBS (10-11:12pm): 3.294 viewers (1.383M in A25-54)
FNC (10-11pm): 2.855 viewers (808K in 25-54)

Today at MSNBC HQ, cupcakes for all. The occasion? MSNBC’s win Tuesday in primetime, beating CNN and Fox News for the first time ever when all three networks were in head-to-head programming. In the 10pm hour, MSNBC also beat ABC and CBS. Wednesday numbers should be out in a few hours. And because NBC did not air a 10pm special due to the Giants-Cowboys game, MSNBC might have an even better night.

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 319 | MSNBC: 181 | CNN: 119 | HLN: 77

• Primetime: FNC: 506 | MSNBC: 335 | CNN: 178 | HLN: 102

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	TheFive:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	469	452	505	621	526	370	318	251
MSNBC	Matthews:	Sharpton:	Matthews:	EdShow:	Maddow:	O’Donnell:	EdShow:	Maddow:
	222	285	208	285	392	329	173	191
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Burnett:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	Burnett:	Morgan:
	124	137	160	186	175	174	156	130
HLN	Express:	Express:	VelezMitchell:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Grace:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	28	38	78	124	92	91	55	58

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25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 327 | MSNBC: 172 | CNN: 101 | HLN: 80

• Primetime: FNC: 444 | MSNBC: 339 | CNN: 138 | HLN: 87

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	TheFive:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	415	349	407	521	446	365	443	305
MSNBC	Matthews:	Sharpton:	Matthews:	EdShow:	Maddow:	O’Donnell:	EdShow:	Maddow:
	171	216	202	250	442	324	182	170
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Burnett:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	Burnett:	Morgan:
	134	121	100	115	164	133	63	73
HLN	Express:	Express:	VelezMitchell:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Grace:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	35	48	79	70	81	109	96	73

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25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 286 | MSNBC: *NA | CNN: 110 | HLN: 121

• Primetime: FNC: 187 | MSNBC: 182 | CNN: 89 | HLN: 177

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
Fox News	TheFive:	Baier:	Shep:	Huckabee:	Hannity:	Greta:	Huckabee:	Hannity:
	266	264	253	172	174	214	142	141
MSNBC	Olympics:	Matthews:	Matthews:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:
	NA*	60	66	101	168	276	234	206
CNN	Newsroom:	Blitzer:	Newsroom:	Presents:	Morgan:	Newsroom:	Presents:	Morgan:
	83	88	98	90	74	105	84	83
HLN	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:
	99	125	194	149	196	187	153	184

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