CableTV News Rankings For October

October 2012 was a big one for cable news, thanks in large part to the Presidential debates, and the final leg of the campaign.

According to Alex Weprin at TVNewser, the debates helped boost programs, generating a “halo effect” that had an impact on the top cable news programs. Fox News Channel led the way as usual, scoring the top nine programs in total viewers, and the top three in the demo. MSNBC’s strong performance help propel a few of its programs toward the top of the ranker for the month.

“The O’Reilly Factor” was the number one program on Fox News and cable news overall in total viewers. In the demo however, it was “Hannity” that claimed the top spot, with “O’Reilly placing third behind “On the Record.” “O’Reilly” averaged 3.92 million total viewers, while “Hannity” drew 856,000 demo viewers for the month.

Oct '12 Cable News Program Ranker A25-54

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