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Fox News Beat Even ESPN In Ratings Last Week

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The State of the Union and Super Bowl week proved fruitful to Fox News. 

For the first time since the week of the Boston Marathon bombings last April, the network finished No. 1 in all of cable among primetime viewers, according to Nielsen data released Tuesday. That includes powerhouse networks like USA Network and ESPN, which typically grab the top two spots. 

In the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2, Fox News averaged 2.265 million viewers in primetime. According to Deadline, except for certain election-week top-spot finishes, it’s only the second time since 2005 that Fox News has sat atop all of cable news.

Cable-news competitors MSNBC and CNN ranked 21st and 29th in primetime, respectively. 

The network also scored a ratings victory with “The O’Reilly Factor” on Monday, on the strength of the airing of a pre-taped, pre-Super Bowl interview with President Barack Obama. Monday night’s airing was also the highest-rated “O’Reilly Factor” since the week of the Boston Marathon bombings, and its 4.2 million viewers more than tripled the combined audience of MSNBC and CNN in the 8 p.m. hour.

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Brady v. Manning Gets Highest Nov. Primetime Ratings for NFL Game in 17 Years

Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning on Sunday night delivered another classic game–and monster ratings.

Brady’s Patriots beat Manning’s Broncos in windy Foxborough on Sunday night on Sunday Night Football 34-31 in overtime after trailing 24-0 at halftime. The game ended when New England’s Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 31-yard field goal with 1:56 left in overtime. The Patriots got the ball back when Denver’s Tony Carter didn’t hear Wes Welker calling players off and let a punt hit him two plays before. The ball then became live, and the Patriots recovered. 

The game was thrilling, and fans, who normally tune in to live sports like the NFL, were captivated and stayed with the game until the end. This was the 14th time Brady and Manning have met, and Brady has a 10-4 record against Manning. 

According to Deadline:

Tom Brady’s heroics last night delivered big ratings for what already had been billed as a marquee “Manning-Brady XIV” matchup. The fourteenth faceoff between the NFL superstars, which featured an epic comeback for the Brady-led Patriots over Peyton Manning’s Broncos from 0-24 after the first half to a thrilling win in overtime, drew a 17.0 overnight household rating from 8:30 PM-12:30 AM. That was the highest primetime overnight for a November game in 17 years, the second highest rated SNF game this season behind the 17.3 for Manning’s return to Indianapolis on Oct. 20, and the fifth highest rated overall in SNF’s eight-year history.

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Portuguese yields fall after Moody"s raises ratings outlook

Portuguese yields fall after Moody"s raises ratings outlook
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:22pm EST

* Moody’s changes Portuguese rating outlook to stable

* Portuguese debt outperforms broader euro zone debt rebound

* Bunds rise after biggest one-day loss since September

By Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Ana Nicolaci da Costa

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Portuguese bond yields fell near five-month lows on Monday, outperforming other euro zone debt after Moody’s raised its outlook on the country’s ratings to stable from negative.

The agency’s move after European markets closed on Friday was the latest in a series of news that has helped improve the market’s view on Lisbon since a government crisis sent 10-year yields back above an unsustainable 8 percent in July.

Portuguese 10-year government bond yields fell as much as 14 basis points to 5.86 percent, near troughs seen in early June. The yield gap between 10-year and two-year Portuguese bonds is near its widest since July – reflecting reduced concerns about the possibility of a debt restructuring.

“The Moody’s move on Friday evening does build on a fair degree of other positive moves that the Portuguese market has enjoyed over recent weeks … and the other thing helping has been positive newsflow on growth,” said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec.

Other lower-rated debt also rose, with Spanish and Italian 10-year yields falling 2 basis points to 4.11 percent and 4.13 percent respectively.

Portugal has started to recover from its worst recession since the 1970s and the International Monetary Fund said on Friday it was on track with its bailout and gave the indebted euro zone country another 1.9 billion euros.

“We live in a world where there’s a lot of hunger for yield and consequently against the backdrop of falling volatility and quiet newsflow it’s no surprise to us to see Portuguese bond spreads moving tighter,” said Mark Dowding, co-head of investment grade team at Bluebay Asset Management.

“That’s clearly been benefiting our investment performance where we have adopted an overweight stance,” said Dowding, whose team has $ 24.5 of assets under management and is overweight Portugal in its government bond portfolio. Bluebay is also overweight on Italy and Spain.

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Euro zone bonds mostly rallied after a sell-off on Friday when higher-than-expected U.S. jobs numbers brought forward bets of a cut in U.S. monetary stimulus.

Last week’s shock move by the European Central Bank to cut interest rates – and the stronger commitment to stimulate the economy that implies – is still supporting European debt markets. Most traders expect the ECB to pump more cheap long-term money into markets, according to a Reuters poll on Monday.

But investors are also returning to bets on the Federal Reserve scaling back its programme of bond-buying before March, after U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in October. A Reuters poll after Friday’s numbers showed more primary dealers were leaning toward an earlier cut in stimulus.

That is broadly bad news for top-rated government bonds. German Bund futures settled 1 tick lower on Monday at 141.01, having seen their biggest one-day loss since September on Friday. German 10-year yields were steady at 1.76 percent .

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VIDEO: Bethenny Frankel"s "Cold" Demeanor Scaring Away Viewers And Staff

Bethenny Frankel’s tanking ratings really aren’t because of a feud with producer Ellen DeGeneres or the constant yakking about her divorce. No, from what we’re hearing these days, Bethenny’s attitude might be to blame for her talk show’s drowning ratings. New reports are surfacing that the former Real Housewife is acting icy toward not only her staff, but her studio audience as well. But others say the rumors are not true and that there’s not a single solitary aspect of the show that Bethenny is not involved in.

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CNN"s Big, High-Profile New Morning Show Premiered To Dreadful Ratings

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Despite the hype surrounding its launch, CNN’s new high-profile morning program, “New Day,” delivered lackluster ratings during its first day on air Monday. 

According to Nielsen Media Research, “New Day” drew only 247,000 total viewers in the 6-9 a.m. period, as well as 95,000 adults in the 25-54 age demographic.

Those numbers put the show — which is hosted by Chris Cuomo, Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira — well behind competitors “Fox & Friends,” which garnered 1.06 million viewers and 256,000 in the 25-54 demo in Sarah Palin’s return to Fox News. “Fox & Friends,” incidentally, saw more viewers in the key age demographic than “New Day” did overall.

“New Day” also finished well behind MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” which averaged 355,000 total viewers and 132,000 in the 25-54 demo. It also trailed sister network HLN in the key demo, but did beat it in total viewers.

Overall, CNN’s ratings in the 6-9 a.m. timeslot were down 18 percent among the 25-54 demo from the same day last year. 

“New Day” is perhaps new CNN President Jeff Zucker’s most high-profile attempt at reshaping the network thus far. He replaced anchor Soledad O’Brien’s morning program by hiring Cuomo, formerly of ABC, and moving Bolduan and Pereira to the morning show. Zucker said in May that his new morning show cast reminded him of his time producing “Today” in the 1990s.

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