--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > > > Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? > > > > I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I double- > > checked elsewhere, and apparently it is accurate. This > > is from the magazine/Web site Broadcasting and Cable: > > > > "...Fox News will finish 2009 as the top-rated cable news > > network, a perch it has enjoyed for eight years running. > > But 2009--the first year of the Obama administration-- > > also marks FNC's highest rated year in the channel's 13 > > -year-history. > > > > "FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 > > million total viewers, 340,000 viewers in news' target > > demographic of 25-54-year-olds [referred to as "the > > demo"--JS]); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in > > the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in > > the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of > > 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime > > (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen. > > > > "FNC saw double-digit gains for all of its programs. > > Year-to-year, Glenn Beck is up 96% among total viewers > > (2.3 million) and 148% in the demo (612,000). Special > > Report with Bret Baier posted gains of 25% among total > > viewers (2 million) and 33% in the demo (454,000). The > > O'Reilly Factor is up 13% among total viewers (3.3 > > million) and 27% (801,000) in the demo, marking its > > tenth consecutive year as the No. 1 cable news program.">> > > How do they kmow how many people are watching it?
See above, end of the second paragraph, "according to Nielsen"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_ratings
