FLASH: FOXNEWS O'REILLY TOPS MSNBC GOP DEBATE FOR NIGHT... O'REILLY PULLS 2,314,000 VIEWERS... DEBATE SCORES 1,762,000... [DEM DEBATE WEEK BEFORE HIT 2,261,000]... FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES AT 1,548,000... MORE
ACTUAL DEBATE COVERAGE: 8-9:30PM:
FNC 2,023,000
MSNBC 1,762,000
CNN 599,000
Ratings for the earlier Dem debate:
More than 2.2 million people watch the first 2008 presidential candidate debate on MSNBC Thursday evening.
The Democratic debate attracted an average of 2,261,000 viewers, including 806,000 in the 25-54 demo, between 7 and 8:30pm.
The pre-show from 6 to 7pm had 284,000 viewers with 112,000 in the demo. The post-debate coverage from 8:30 to 9pm delivered 1,816,000 viewers with 636,000 in the demo...
Hmmm. If I were a crack cable news programmer I'm sure I'd learn something from all of this.