Wednesday, January 03, 2007
CNN Gains Momentum in 2006, Surges in December and Q4
Q4
CNN up double digits nearly every hour in P25-54 in Q4 while FNC posts declines
CNN up 30% in P25-54 in Total Day and up 17% in P25-54 in Prime, FNC is flat.
American Morning up 17% (Fox and Friends down -8%)
CNN Newsroom at 3p up 31% (Studio B down -8%)
The Situation Room at 4p up 30% (Your World down -3%)
The Situation Room at 5p up 40% (Big Story flat)
Lou Dobbs Tonight up 57% Most Growth of any program on CNN or FNC
The Situation Room at 7p up 50% (Fox Report down -7%)
Larry King Live up 12% (Hannity & Colmes flat)
Anderson Cooper 360 at 10-12m up 24%
** Anderson Cooper 360 beat On the Record in P18-34 in Q4, 68k vs. 60k as well as the year, 66k vs. 59k
CNN has narrowed the P25-54 gap significantly with FNC, particularly with programs The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs Tonight and Anderson Cooper 360 in Q4.
CNN Q4 Ratings Highlights--Special Programming
> On Election Night 2006 CNN had the most viewers on cable news, winning every hour from 3a-3a in the P25-54 demo
On November 8, CNN was the #1 most-watched news network in total day P2+ and P25-54
> CNN unprecedented ‘Broken Government’ series averaged double digit gains in both P2+ and P25-54 versus prior year
> Paula Zahn Now special report on Racism, ‘Skin Deep: Racism in America ’ on Dec 12, posted gains of 31% in P2+ and up 69% in P25-54
> CNN’s continuing coverage of the Execution of Saddam Hussein yielded double digit advantages over FNC in all young demos and a triple digit advantage over MSNBC. Nearly 3 million P2+ and 1.4 million P25-54 viewers tuned in for the 10-12m block.
HLN
HLN’s Glenn Beck is the fastest growing show on cable in Q4
At 7p up 119% in P2+ and up 165% in P25-54
At 9p up 11% in P2+ and up 30% in P25-54
Headline News since its revamp in 2004 has grown 59% in P2+ in prime time.
CUME
Every month for 2006, more viewers watched CNN than any other network on cable news. December 2006 was CNN’s best monthly cume since September 2005. Headline News beat FNC in the P25-54 demo for the month. This is the second time HLN has beaten FNC in monthly cume.
P2+
CNN 71,797,000
FNC 61,591,000
HLN 57,185,000
MSNBC 53,785,000
P25-54
CNN 32,578,000
HLN 27,755,000
FNC 26,798,000
MSNBC 26,306,000
CNN.com
> For 2006 year-to-date (January through November), CNN.com ranked first with the highest Share of Online News among all Current Events and Global News sites, claiming 15% of all news usage. Second ranked Yahoo! News has a 13% share, and MSNBC holds third place with a 10% share. Source: Nielsen//NetRatings Home/Work Panel (January - November ‘06)
> CNN.com generated over 1 billion page views each month to-date in 2006 (January through November), and exceeded 1.5 billion page views every month from August to November. Source: Internal Log files - Webstats
For each month in 2006 data is currently available, January through November 2006, CNN ranked #1 among mobile news providers. Source: Telephia (January - November ’06).
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Wolf Blitzer to Anchor Special Edition of The Situation Room Thursday
Source: CNN Press Release As part of CNN’s coverage of the first 100 hours of the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, Wolf Blitzer will anchor “Power Shift: Democrats Take Control.” This special edition of The Situation Room begins Thursday, Jan. 4, at 11:45 a.m. (ET) and will include live footage of the swearing-in ceremony of new members of Congress and Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.The program will also provide in-depth discussion about the new congressional leadership, which has committed to achieving specific legislative goals in its first 100 hours. CNN’s special coverage will feature observations and analysis from top guests and the network’s correspondents and contributors who were instrumental in CNN’s leading Election Night coverage on Nov. 7, 2007.
Blitzer will be joined by CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, senior political correspondent Candy Crowley, senior political analyst Jeff Greenfield, chief national correspondent John King, senior political analyst Bill Schneider, congressional correspondents Dana Bash and Andrea Koppel, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, correspondent Tom Foreman, business correspondent Ali Velshi, commentator Jack Cafferty and contributors Paul Begala, former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts and Donna Brazile. Also on hand to provide unique insights during both the special coverage and regular edition of The Situation Room will be Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R-Md.), Sen.-elect Jim Webb (D-Va.), Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.), and former Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.).
The special will run through 2:30 p.m. and political coverage will continue on the regular edition of The Situation Room from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eric Sherling serves as executive producer. In addition to CNN’s live coverage, the most updated news on the ceremony and Congress can be found at CNN’s Political Ticker: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/index.html.
# posted by ATN @ 7:06 PM
More Americans Spend New Year's Eve with CNN than FNC
Numbers from 11pm - 1am ET New Year's Eve show CNN had more people watching than FNC during the same period. CNN had 1,122.000 total viewers to FNC's 1,024,000 total viewers. In the demos, CNN had 448,000 viewers in the 25-54. FNC had 365,000 in the 25-54 demo.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lance Armstrong Team Up for Cancer Town Hall
Source: CNN Press Release In a powerful hour of informative and inspirational conversation, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong join forces to discuss one disease that touches everyone in some way: cancer. “Saving Your Life” premieres on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and re-airs on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 2 a.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. All times Eastern.
Also joining the discussion are renowned cancer experts, Dr. Harold Freeman, associate director of the National Cancer Institute and medical director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, and Dr. Jim Hotz, a nationally known expert on rural health care and cancer whose story inspired the movie Doc Hollywood. The panel also featured people tackling cancer one community at a time.
“This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from some of the most distinguished members of the medical community about their advice on how to avoid and beat cancer,” Gupta said. “It’s also a testament to those survivors who can offer firsthand advice that can save lives.”
The special includes the following segments:
· A discussion with Armstrong, Freeman and cancer survivor and magazine editor Clifton Leaf in which they conclude that the lives of an additional hundreds of thousands cancer victims could be saved through the application of current knowledge about cancer;
· A profile of Baker and Terrell Counties in southwest Georgia , which hold some of the highest cancer rates and colon cancer death rates in the nation;
· A profile of a young African-American woman with breast cancer and of Freeman, who designed a “navigator” system to help Harlem women with breast cancer have a better chance of survival;
· A profile of a young Colorado boy with a rare bone cancer and a look at the issues of childhood cancers and orphan drugs;
· A profile of a man who thought he had beaten cancer only to learn months later the cancer had spread. Gupta, Armstrong and Leaf examine the relative lack of funding for metastatic cancer, the most deadly form of the disease; and
· An exclusive look at Armstrong’s MRI images revealing the two large tumors that almost killed the man now synonymous with cancer survival.
Also joining the discussion are renowned cancer experts, Dr. Harold Freeman, associate director of the National Cancer Institute and medical director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, and Dr. Jim Hotz, a nationally known expert on rural health care and cancer whose story inspired the movie Doc Hollywood. The panel also featured people tackling cancer one community at a time.
“This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from some of the most distinguished members of the medical community about their advice on how to avoid and beat cancer,” Gupta said. “It’s also a testament to those survivors who can offer firsthand advice that can save lives.”
The special includes the following segments:
· A discussion with Armstrong, Freeman and cancer survivor and magazine editor Clifton Leaf in which they conclude that the lives of an additional hundreds of thousands cancer victims could be saved through the application of current knowledge about cancer;
· A profile of Baker and Terrell Counties in southwest Georgia , which hold some of the highest cancer rates and colon cancer death rates in the nation;
· A profile of a young African-American woman with breast cancer and of Freeman, who designed a “navigator” system to help Harlem women with breast cancer have a better chance of survival;
· A profile of a young Colorado boy with a rare bone cancer and a look at the issues of childhood cancers and orphan drugs;
· A profile of a man who thought he had beaten cancer only to learn months later the cancer had spread. Gupta, Armstrong and Leaf examine the relative lack of funding for metastatic cancer, the most deadly form of the disease; and
· An exclusive look at Armstrong’s MRI images revealing the two large tumors that almost killed the man now synonymous with cancer survival.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
CNN Dominates in Ratings Following Saddam Execution
TV Newser reports that more people had their eyes glued to CNN than any other cable news channel following the execution of Saddam Hussein Friday night:
> "Anderson Cooper beat Greta Van Susteren from 10pm to midnight, when both (sorry TVN, Anderson is an ANCHOR NOT A HOST) hosts were in their chairs. CNN delivered 2,981,000 total viewers, with 1,421,000 in the 25-54 demo. FNC delivered 2,602,000 viewers, with 976,000 in the demo. (MSNBC had 704,000 viewers with 340,000 in the demo.)"
> "At 11pm, Greta dropped to 1,865,000 total viewers, while Cooper had 2,697,000. In the demo, Greta had 778,000 and Cooper had 1,393,000."
> "Midnight to 1am: CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 averaged 1,032,000 demo and 2,039,000 total viewers. FNC's execution coverage delivered 704,000 demo and 1,518,000 total viewers. MSNBC's Headliners & Legends special about Saddam had 330,000 demo and 714,000 total viewers."
> "1 to 2am: CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, from 1 to 1:15am, had 1,003,000 demo and 2,078,000 total viewers. The simulcast of CNNI from 1:15 to 2am had 687,000 demo and 1,363,000 total viewers. FNC's execution coverage delivered 536,000 demo and 1,083,000 total viewers. MSNBC's Headliners & Legends special about Saddam had 225,000 demo and 480,000 total viewers."
> "Anderson Cooper beat Greta Van Susteren from 10pm to midnight, when both (sorry TVN, Anderson is an ANCHOR NOT A HOST) hosts were in their chairs. CNN delivered 2,981,000 total viewers, with 1,421,000 in the 25-54 demo. FNC delivered 2,602,000 viewers, with 976,000 in the demo. (MSNBC had 704,000 viewers with 340,000 in the demo.)"
> "At 11pm, Greta dropped to 1,865,000 total viewers, while Cooper had 2,697,000. In the demo, Greta had 778,000 and Cooper had 1,393,000."
> "Midnight to 1am: CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 averaged 1,032,000 demo and 2,039,000 total viewers. FNC's execution coverage delivered 704,000 demo and 1,518,000 total viewers. MSNBC's Headliners & Legends special about Saddam had 330,000 demo and 714,000 total viewers."
> "1 to 2am: CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, from 1 to 1:15am, had 1,003,000 demo and 2,078,000 total viewers. The simulcast of CNNI from 1:15 to 2am had 687,000 demo and 1,363,000 total viewers. FNC's execution coverage delivered 536,000 demo and 1,083,000 total viewers. MSNBC's Headliners & Legends special about Saddam had 225,000 demo and 480,000 total viewers."
# posted by ATN @ 10:08 PM
Cam with AM's Miles O'brien
Have a question for American Morning's Miles O'Brien? CNN has launched a feature in which you can watch O'brien at work at his desk and he will answer your questions. The feature is available via CNN PipeLine and happens Thursday's at 10:30am ET.# posted by ATN @ 9:56 PM
American Morning Plans Five-Part Series on MLK Papers
Source: CNN Press Release Nearly 40 years after his voice was stilled by an assassin’s bullet, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to inspire a nation. CNN’s American Morning anchor Soledad O’Brien had an exclusive look at the “King Papers” – a never-before view of King’s private writings, notes and teachings – that launched his transformation from a preacher in Montgomery, Ala., to an international civil and human rights icon.This priceless archive will be featured in an exclusive, five-part series “Words That Changed a Nation” during CNN’s American Morning from Monday, Jan. 8, to Friday, Jan. 12.
The King family granted CNN exclusive access to rare documents, books, notes, sermons and other writings that represent the foundation of King’s life’s work as a preacher and human rights activist. From King’s private library, CNN reveals his personal philosophy and theology – and his doubts and fears – as he and those around him created a peaceful revolution that forever altered a nation.
O’Brien interviews King’s closest confidants, including former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and activist Dorothy Cotton, to discover a true insider’s view of historic events such as the arrest of Rosa Parks, King’s win of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and his time in a Birmingham jail. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) speaks movingly to CNN about his relationship with King and his own motivation to a life of civil and human rights activism. Lewis served as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966.
American Morning broadcasts weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. (ET) on CNN/U.S. Edward Litvak is the show’s executive producer. The executive producers for the five-part series on the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are Jeffery Reid and Jim Polk.
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