I’ve had a couple of e-mailer requests for detailed ratings for Hurricane Rita’s landfall, so I’ve tallied up the hourlies. I’m missing 1 and 2am, so if someone could fill in the blanks, that would be helpful. The hourlies, from 7pm Friday to 7pm Saturday, are after the jump…
Hour / FNC / CNN / MSNBC
7pm: 3,426,000 / 2,292,000 / 676,000
8pm: 4,145,000 / 2,478,000 / 919,000
9pm: 3,607,000 / 2,924,000 / 1,063,000
10pm: 3,725,000 / 3,036,000 / 1,126,000
11pm: 3,691,000 / 3,051,000 / 897,000
12am: 3,623,000 / 2,697,000 / 782,000
[I don’t have the 1 or 2am #’s]
3am: 1,829,000 / 1,978,000 / 465,000
4am: 1,612,000 / 1,738,000 / 524,000
5am: 1,677,000 / 1,939,000 / 526,000
6am: 2,396,000 / 2,372,000 / 576,000
7am: 3,449,000 / 2,465,000 / 751,000
8am: 3,772,000 / 2,857,000 / 909,000
9am: 4,474,000 / 3,008,000 / 1,036,000
10am: 3,988,000 / 2,784,000 / 1,310,000
11am: 3,088,000 / 2,512,000 / 1,305,000
12pm: 2,778,000 / 2,880,000 / 1,121,000
1pm: 2,428,000 / 2,442,000 / 839,000
2pm: 2,377,000 / 2,321,000 / 736,000
3pm: 2,350,000 / 1,985,000 / 767,000
4pm: 1,981,000 / 1,637,000 / 603,000
5pm: 2,161,000 / 1,882,000 / 579,000
6pm: 2,223,000 / 1,749,000 / 813,000
7pm: 1,932,000 / 1,707,000 / 530,000