It’s program ranker time. FNC had 9 of the top 10 shows on cable news in November, with Bill O’Reilly averaging an impressive 2,552,000 viewers. H&C was #2, Greta was #3, Shep was #4 and Hume was #5.
CNN’s Larry King was #7. He averaged 1,012,000 viewers in November. Notably, NewsNight with Aaron Brown averaged 795,000 viewers in November before it was yanked off the air; Anderson Cooper 360 averaged 632,000.
The #1 show on MSNBC was Countdown with Keith Olbermann. It averaged a strong 462,000 viewers for the month, beating HLN’s top program, Nancy Grace. Hardball was MSNBC’s #2 show, and Rita was #3.
Analyze the data yourself:
> Nov. 2005 program ranker (PDF)
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