CNN Ratings Surge as Ferguson Verdict and Unrest Drive Viewers to Cable News

[Captain Obvious]

For the forum dullards who question the coverage of such events.

And in other news, CNN is still covering that plane crash.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...erguson-752350

Audiences anxiously tuned in en masse. And while Fox News Channel maintained a total viewers advantage (albeit narrowly) over a surging CNN, it was the Turner-owned network that dominated in the adults 25-54 demographic and that saw the most substantial growth during the night. (MSNBC, which benefits little from breaking news coverage, remained firmly in third place with little improvement from a typical Monday.)

Ratings hit a natural peak during the 9 p.m. ET hour, when the verdict was announced from St. Louis. That's when CNN hit 3.15 million viewers in the news demo — with a total 6.25 million viewers. FNC, which averaged 2.18 million adults 25-54, had the night's peak audience with an average 7.25 million tuning in.

Nightly averages for all of primetime, 8-11 p.m. ET, easily blow past the gross returns that we saw just a few weeks ago on election night. FNC (5.56 million) and CNN (5.08 million) were a close No. 1 and No. 2 with total viewers, while MSNBC trailed with 1.62 million. In the demo, CNN surged to No. 1 with 2.63 million viewers. That's compared to 1.65 million adults 25-54 on Fox and just 544,000 on MSNBC.

[Calypso Jones]

Surge due to viewers wanting to see their relatives on television.

CNN reporterette gets banged in the head by rock chunkers.

[Bo-4]

That's interesting seeing as how DISH has taken CNN off the air due to contract dispute. So 14 million households no longer have access.

That's a buttload of potential viewers, most of whom were more likely to turn to MSNBC than Fox.

DISH even put MSNBC in CNN's old slot (channel 200) in addition to their original spot (209).

[Polecat]

I watched briefly Monday night but the stuttering was unbearable. Can't CNN find people that can hold a microphone and talk at the same time?

[Captain Obvious]

That's interesting seeing as how DISH has taken CNN off the air due to contract dispute. So 14 million households no longer have access.

That's a buttload of potential viewers, most of whom were more likely to turn to MSNBC than Fox.

DISH even put MSNBC in CNN's old slot (channel 200) in addition to their original spot (209).

CNN is dangling by a thread.

Their coverage decisions are at this point purely ratings based. Accuracy, materialism are irrelevant.

[Captain Obvious]

I watched briefly Monday night but the stuttering was unbearable. Can't CNN find people that can hold a microphone and talk at the same time?

They're bleached and on Faux.

[Cigar]

That's interesting seeing as how DISH has taken CNN off the air due to contract dispute. So 14 million households no longer have access.

That's a buttload of potential viewers, most of whom were more likely to turn to MSNBC than Fox.

DISH even put MSNBC in CNN's old slot (channel 200) in addition to their original spot (209).

Really, I have Dish and Wolf Biltzer is on channel 200 CNN now.

[Cigar]

For the forum dullards who question the coverage of such events.

And in other news, CNN is still covering that plane crash.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...erguson-752350

[Captain Obvious]

Tell that to CNN.

Wrong thread, turd burglar.

[Calypso Jones]

That's interesting seeing as how DISH has taken CNN off the air due to contract dispute. So 14 million households no longer have access.

That's a buttload of potential viewers, most of whom were more likely to turn to MSNBC than Fox.

DISH even put MSNBC in CNN's old slot (channel 200) in addition to their original spot (209).

Turner did that. Not Dish. Frankly I don't miss them.