Categories: OLD Media Moves

Dobbs continues to beat Kudlow

Vikas Shukla of ValueWalk.com reports that Fox Business Network‘s Lou Dobbs show — even with guest hosts — continues to draw more viewers than CNBC‘s Larry Kudlow in the 7 p.m. time slot.

Shukla writes, “For the week of July 2 through 6th, FBN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight featured various guest hosts filling in for the veteran newsman. Yet it  still managed to beat CNBC’s The Kudlow Report by 15% in total viewers and an even more impressive 47% in the demo group.

“In addition, FBN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight is making a run for its first ever ratings win for a full month. July to date shows Dobbs to be leading in the demo with 42,000 viewers compared to Kudlow’s 33,000. Kudlow does have a 12,000 person lead in total viewers averaging 149,000 to Dobbs’ 137,000, but with three weeks to go in the month, it’s looking like a close race. FBN is in about half as many homes as CNBC.

“The 7 pm time slot is crucial for all channels, as it is the vital link between the business programs of the day and primetime shows later in the evening. The Nielsen data proves yet again that CNBC is slowly losing the market share despite being a dominant player in the financial media.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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