Amid Big Political News, Chris Matthews Beats Wolf Blitzer At 5 P.M., Gets Beaten By John King At 7 P.M.

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by Mark Joyella | 5:45 pm, July 29th, 2011

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Cable news ratings, July 28, 2011:

•As the nation moves toward an August 2d debt crisis deadline, there’s plenty of news for the Washington-based cable news shows, and a few of them battled it out Thursday for bragging rights. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews took second place behind Fox’s The Five with an average audience of 211,000 viewers 25-54–beating CNN’s Washington-based Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. But at 7 p.m., CNN’s DC-based John King beat Matthews and took the second place spot behind Fox’s New York news show hosted by Shepard Smith.

•At ten p.m., FNC’s On the Record was first, with 468,000 viewers 25-54, followed by another tight race for second, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper beating out MSNBC’s Ed Schultz.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)

5 pm

The5

362

Blitzer

181

Matthews

211

Special

6 pm

Baier

486

Blitzer

176

Live

190

Prime

7 pm

Shep

503

King, USA

207

Matthews

201

Issues

148

8 pm

O’Reilly

751

Arena

225

O’Donnell

292

Grace

216

9 pm

Hannity

727

Morgan

245

Maddow

317

DrDrew

215

10 pm

Van Susteren

468

Cooper

314

Schultz

307

Behar

133

11 pm

Van Susteren

372

Cooper

258

O’Donnell

176

Showbiz

151

TOTAL DAY

383

183

170

125

PRIME TIME

657

261

305

185

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

The5

1360

Blitzer

840

Matthews

841

Special

240

6 pm

Baier

2142

Blitzer

738

Live

781

Prime

359

7 pm

Shep

1817

King, USA

766

Matthews

863

Issues

492

8 pm

O’Reilly

2732

Arena

851

O’Donnell

1091

Grace

856

9 pm

Hannity

2292

Morgan

977

Maddow

1103

DrDrew

957

10 pm

Van Susteren

1910

Cooper

1056

Schultz

1061

Behar

587

11 pm

Van Susteren

1180

Cooper

688

O’Donnell

567

Showbiz

429

TOTAL DAY

1367

604

600

389

PRIME TIME

2321

962

1085

793

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

cable news ratings, CNN, fnc, fox news, HLN, msnbc

Rusty Shackleford

Isn’t it funny how 2 hours of Chris Matthews can’t beat one hour of Shep Smith?
Moderate

The5 has a production cost of almost nothing and can beat the best MSNBC has to offer at any time.
James

Is that the first time Tingles has ever beat ANYONE in viewers?
Also, look how the new FOX Show The Five, is kicking everones ass in both categories,
every hour.
I am only pointing that out because I was telling you all for a couple months that would happen, no matter the format or host FOX put out there at 5; PM.
FOX could routinely kick MSNBC’s ass with a Test Pattern.
OMG, it is so hard to be HUMBLE
NeverWrong

ROTFFLMFAO @ Chrissy ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews beating lowly ol’ Wolf Blitzer (my pet rocks could beat Wolf) and losing to John King…..nobody has ever lost to John King until now! ROTFFLMFAO…just too damn funny. All 3 of them should just retire and go to the old folks home for unpopular talking heads.
Anonymous

It’s nice to see Matthews beat someone, other than himself ( to an autographed photo of Barack Obama ), for a change.
Aug488

nothing will beat the 5…great fun and even some serious stuff…love it,love it!
Aug488

nothing will beat the 5…great fun and even some serious stuff…love it,love it!