‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ ratings are very good

This article, published by Media Life magazine, shows some concrete numbers for The Daily Show, and the author is very surprised by the findings:

Yes, America does turn to Jon Stewart
Call it fake news but the numbers are very real

By Toni Fitzgerald
Nov 8, 2006

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Last Wednesday, Nov. 1, Stewart scored his second-best adults 18-49 rating of the year, a 1.3, and third-best in series history. The show drew 2.0 million total viewers for the night, which was day three in “Daily’s” weeklong “Battlefield Ohio: ‘The Daily Show’s’ Midwest Midterm Midtacular” series.

Among total viewers, it actually bettered all but one show that day on the Big Three real news networks, Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC, according to Nielsen data analyzed by Disney networks. “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News averaged 2.4 million total viewers Wednesday night at 8 p.m. “Daily” averaged the same number of viewers as the No. 2 cable news program in all of primetime, “Hannity and Colmes” on FNC, despite airing two hours later, at 11 p.m.

In fact, “O’Reilly” was the only show during the week ended Nov. 5 to outdraw “Daily” among total viewers, bettering 2.2 million each night. The best showing for “Larry King Live,” CNN’s No. 1 program in primetime, was 1.2 million viewers on Tuesday.

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Show on the rise: Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” Wednesday, 11:30 p.m. Thanks to a big “Daily Show” lead-in, “Colbert” tied a series best among adults 18-49, averaging a 1.0 rating and finishing No. 10 for the night among all cable shows in that demo. It also drew 1.5 million total viewers.

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