Ron Paul gave Piers Morgan a HUGE ratings boost!

[LisaNY]

Take a look at Piers Morgan's numbers for the week. When Ron appeared on Thursday's show, Morgan's audience nearly tripled AND he took home the coveted 25-54 demographic for that time slot:


Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Monday, September 5, 2011



Net
9PM
P2+ (000s)
25-54 (000s)
35-64 (000s)


FNC
Hannity (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/hannity-ratings/) SPECIAL
1,547
274
642


CNN
Piers Morgan Tonight (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/piers-morgan-tonight-ratings)
566
144
191


MSNBC
MSNBC INVESTIGATES
343
191
202


CNBC
CNBC SPECIAL REPORT
91
43
38


HLN
Dr. Drew (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/dr-drew-ratings/)
337
82
123





Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Tuesday, September 6, 2011



Net
9PM
P2+ (000s)
25-54 (000s)
35-64 (000s)


FNC
Hannity (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/hannity-ratings/)
2,137
580
1,080


CNN
Piers Morgan Tonight (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/piers-morgan-tonight-ratings)
619
175
252


MSNBC
Rachel Maddow Show (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/rachel-maddow-show-ratings/)
1,065
341
590


CNBC
60 Minutes (http://tvbythenumbers.com/60-minutes-cbs) ON CNBC
324
140
147


HLN
Dr. Drew (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/dr-drew-ratings/)
543
199
278





Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Wednesday, September 7, 2011



Net
9PM
P2+ (000s)
25-54 (000s)
35-64 (000s)


FNC
Hannity (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/hannity-ratings/)
1,687
423
735


CNN
Piers Morgan Tonight (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/piers-morgan-tonight-ratings)
567
194

237


MSNBC
DEBATE
6,124
2,050
3,081


MSNBC
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE
4,505
1,437
2,143


CNBC
AMERICAN GREED
239
115
112


HLN
Dr. Drew (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/dr-drew-ratings/)
582
159
273






:) Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday, September 8, 2011 :)



Net
9PM
P2+ (000s)
25-54 (000s)
35-64 (000s)


FNC
Hannity (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/hannity-ratings/)
2,213
468
990


CNN
Piers Morgan Tonight (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/piers-morgan-tonight-ratings)
1,418
476
677


MSNBC
Rachel Maddow Show (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/rachel-maddow-show-ratings/)
979
313
478


CNBC
ENRON: SMARTEST GUYS
134
58
78


HLN
Dr. Drew (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/dr-drew-ratings/)
387
114
188







SOURCE: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/09/fox-news-leads-presidential-address-viewing-among-cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-september-8-2011/103155/

[bluesc]

Might have been due to the "increased terror threat".

[MJU1983]

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[Cleaner44]

Winning!

[Maximus]

That's really impressive, were there any other guests on that show that could also have accounted for that? Like a Kardashian or something?

[LisaNY]

Might have been due to the "increased terror threat".

The thought crossed my mind, but why would so many young people tune in because of the terrorist threat? Plus, that was on all the news channels, not just cnn.

[LisaNY]

That's really impressive, were there any other guests on that show that could also have accounted for that? Like a Kardashian or something?

You know who else was on? Valerie Jarrett LOL. Also, I see Morgan promoted Ron's appearance on his twitter feed and blog:

http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/08/after-the-jobs-speech-live-piers-morgan-tonight-with-ron-paul-valerie-jarrett-and-more/?hpt=pm_bn4

[bluesc]

The thought crossed my mind, but why would so many young people tune in because of the terrorist threat? Plus, that was on all the news channels, not just cnn.

The people that like Fox News go to Fox News. A lot of young people HATE Fox News. If I had a choice between the two, I would go to CNN. Then again there's MSNBC, so I could be wrong.

Then again, I just go to the drudge report, which is where I heard about it first.

I'm not trying to bring everyone down, a lot of that could be to do with Ron Paul, but I think it was the terror story.

[RKoho]

The people that like Fox News go to Fox News. A lot of young people HATE Fox News. If I had a choice between the two, I would go to CNN. Then again there's MSNBC, so I could be wrong.

Then again, I just go to the drudge report, which is where I heard about it first.

I'm not trying to bring everyone down, a lot of that could be to do with Ron Paul, but I think it was the terror story.


I guess the only way we can know is if we monitor Paul's other appearances. If those appearances show ratings boost then we'll know if it's Paul or not. Either way, Morgan is happy as hell and for all he knows it's because of Paul.

[D.A.S.]

Terror threat or not -- tripled ratings for that particular show give Ron Paul that much wider audience to speak to! :-D WIN EITHER WAY!

[LisaNY]

That's really impressive, were there any other guests on that show that could also have accounted for that? Like a Kardashian or something?

Your comment prompted me to go back and check on Morgan's ratings for the Kardashian episode:

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 1,875 533 956
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 498 164 216
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 983 227 444
CNBC SUPERMARKETS INC 504 234 315
HLN Nancy Grace-MISSING 387 139 210

Kardashian = 498,000
Ron Paul = 1,418,000

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/28/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-january-27-2011-piers-tumbles/80643/

[D.A.S.]

Holy crap... The Hannity show is that powerful??? That's pretty sad.

[Maximus]

Holy crap... The Hannity show is that powerful??? That's pretty sad.

His lead in is O'Reilly which is #1 on foxnews, I doubt he would do so well if it weren't for that. His show was much more interesting with Colmes.

[bluesc]

Holy crap... The Hannity show is that powerful??? That's pretty sad.

That's nothing compared to Limbaugh's radio show, or Hannity's radio show for that matter, or Levin's.

[Rudeman]

If it was because of the terrorist threat wouldn't all the networks get a bump? Instead we see both Hannity and Maddow at average viewership levels. So I don't see that explaining 3x the normal viewership for Morgan.

[LisaNY]

If it was because of the terrorist threat wouldn't all the networks get a bump? Instead we see both Hannity and Maddow at average viewership levels. So I don't see that explaining 3x the normal viewership for Morgan.

Especially amongst the younger demographic. In any case, I think this definitely warrants Morgan giving Ron a full hour episode like he did Mitt Romney back in January. Mitt gave him nearly a million viewers and I think Ron can beat it.

[ItsTime]

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Epic!

[sailingaway]

It is terrific! But it is more like double plus, look at Hannity's numbers. Both Hannity and Piers Morgan were lower on Wednesday due to the debate, and Piers' likely would have gone back up to Tuesday's numbers on Thursday in any event. Ron got it still more than DOUBLE Morgan's Tuesday show, though.

[sailingaway]

Your comment prompted me to go back and check on Morgan's ratings for the Kardashian episode:

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 1,875 533 956
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 498 164 216
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 983 227 444
CNBC SUPERMARKETS INC 504 234 315
HLN Nancy Grace-MISSING 387 139 210

Kardashian = 498,000
Ron Paul = 1,418,000

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/28/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-january-27-2011-piers-tumbles/80643/

Watch it, you might get some of us having hope for our fellow man, again....

[KramerDSP]

A better indicator would be the ratings for the show on Piers Morgan where Ron got the first 15 minutes and Mark Sanford got the other 45 minutes. It happened right after the Candy Crowley video following Ames went viral.

[LisaNY]

A better indicator would be the ratings for the show on Piers Morgan where Ron got the first 15 minutes and Mark Sanford got the other 45 minutes. It happened right after the Candy Crowley video following Ames went viral.

That was August 15th and Morgan's ratings were about average. I think it's important to note that was a last minute appearance, at least I didn't see it promoted anywhere like this last episode was, hell, I didn't even know he was on until after it happened.

[MRK]

Ron was on Piers 2-3 weeks back as well. Check the ratings then and see if the boost is consistent with this week's boost.