The ratings from Wednesday 9/29
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010...tember-29-2010/66014quote:
5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,258,000 viewers (625,000) (1,042,000)
Situation Room—504,000 viewers (97,000) (133,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews – 542,000 viewers (134,000) (235,000)
Fast Money– 249,000 viewers (69,000) (114,000)
Showbiz Tonight — a scratch w/ 122,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 45,000) (69,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,370,000 viewers (766,000) (1,57,000)
Rick’s List –570,000 viewers (230,000) (224,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,215,000 viewers (323,000) (591,000)
Marijuana Inc. – 189,000 viewers (85,000) (106,000)
Nancy Grace – 628,000 viewers (217,000) (294,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity–2,349,000 viewers (572,000) (1,155,000)
Larry King Live —912,000 viewers (16,000) (206,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —969,000 viewers (259,000) (485,000)
Trash Inc. Garbage – 435,000 viewers (169,000) (241,000)
Joy Behar – 324,000 viewers (98,000) (164,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/ Greta—2,025,000 viewers (530,000) (953,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 842,000 viewers (278,000) (362,000)
Last Word w/ L.O’Donnell – 953,000 viewers (234,000) (422,000)
Trash Inc. Garbage – 385,000 viewers (141,000) (262,000)
Nancy Grace –338,000 viewers (137,000) (197,000)
And these nightly numbers are typical for well over a year. Glenn Beck's numbers are higher than everybodys...even in primetime...with the exception of his Fox colleagues.
I don't care about Beck...I don't care to debate his sanity, etc...but these beternU silly obessions are starting to border on the down right stupid.
You don't have to be a media insider to understand what numbers like that will do for your career security.
And you don't have to have a marketing degree to know that advertisers want an audience...that is their concern...Yes there are certain businesses that don't want to be associated with certain programming...Howard Stern is an example.
But with those numbers...as Stern has shown...no matter how controversial the show may be...if it has that kind of audience...there will be willing advertisers.
BeternU...your political partisanship cannnot change economic reality...