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Dobbs of Fox Business tops Kudlow of CNBC for an entire week

Alex Weprin of TVNewser.com reports that for the first time, Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” topped CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report” head to head in total viewers at 7 p.m. for a whole week last week.

Weprin writes, “In the key adults 25-54 demo Kudlow was still on top, but it was close, only leading by FBN by 4,000 viewers.

“Lou Dobbs Tonight: 139,000 total viewers, 28,000 A25-54

“The Kudlow Report: 122,000 total viewers, 32,000 A25-54

“In April, Dobbs topped CNBC in the 7 PM hour, but it was split between Kudlow and a documentary. CNBC still has a distant lead over FBN ratings-wise in most hours 9it is also in nearly twice as many homes), but 7 PM is a big one for the channels, as it bridges the gap between the dayside business programming and the more casual primetime shows.

“The challenge now for FBN is to try and pick up ratings momentum in its other dayparts.”

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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.