Subscribe to Broadcasting & Cable
RSS
Reprints/License
Print
Email

ABC, NBC Tie Atop News Ratings

CBS' Sarah Palin interview generates Internet buzz but not ratings.

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/30/2008 7:36:00 AM

CBS’ Sarah Palin interview certainly won the Internet-buzz prize last week for network evening-news stories, but in the key 25-54 demo, ABC and NBC were tied atop the news ratings for the first week of the season (Sept. 22-26), with ABC edging out NBC in total households.

Sarah Palin on CBS Evening News

ABC's World News with Charles Gibson averaged a 2.1 rating/9 share, but so did NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, with each averaging the exact same 2.57 million viewers. ABC edged NBC in total viewers 8.07 million-7.98 million, according to Nielsen Media research numbers.

CBS was a distant third with a 1.5/6 rating in the 25-54 demo and 5.99 million viewers despite Katie Couric's high-profile interview with Republican vice-presidential candidate Palin, which certainly had the buzz factor.

ABC has won the 25-54 ratings race for two of the past three weeks, according to the network.

RSS
Reprints/License
Print
Email
Advertisement
More Content
  • Blogs
  • Photos
  • Podcasts

Marisa Guthrie

BC Beat

Marisa Guthrie
December 18, 2009
Westin: “Way Too Early to Speculate” on Koppel and ‘This Week’
Now that George Stephanopoulos is ensconced on the Good Morning America couch,...
More

Alex Weprin

BC Beat

Alex Weprin
December 18, 2009
A Classic ‘Seinfeld’ Episode Comes To Life
One of the all time great episodes of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld was “The...
More

Free Streaming panel_Grossman_Graboff_Rosenblum_Tellem_Wells_vertical

Free Streaming: Killing or Saving the Television Business

Photos from the B&C/Multichannel News panel discussion and networking breakfast held Nov. 17, 2009, at the Academy Television Arts & Sciences. (Photos by credit: Craig T. Mathew/Mathew Imaging)
Bell Blue

The Schmooze: B&C Hall of Fame Class of 2009

Members of the 2009 B&C Hall of Fame class receive their honors at the Waldorf-Astoria, Oct. 20, 2009.
ZuckerComcast

The Schmooze: 2009 B&C Hall of Fame

Photos from the 19th annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame gala at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, Oct. 20, 2009.

Advertisement


About Us   |   Advertising Info   |   Submissions   |   Site Map   |   Contact Us   |   Affiliate Links   |   RSS
© 2010 NewBay Media, LLC. 810 Seventh Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10019 T (212) 378-0400 F (212) 378-0470
Use of this website is subject to its Terms of Use | Privacy Policy