Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck Start Week #1 & #2 In Cable News Ratings

Cable news ratings, May 10, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top show in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic on Monday, followed by Glenn Beck. The 5pmET show was very close in the demo (684,000 to 648,000) but farther behind in total viewers (2,986,000 to 2,354,000).

• The non-FNC cable news top show breakdown looked like this:

– In demo: Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Nancy Grace
– In total: Keith Olbermann, Maddow, Chris Matthews

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 648	Blitzer 172	Matthews 182	Showbiz 92
6 pm	Baier 432	Blitzer 194	Ed Show 228	Prime 87
7 pm	Shep 376	King, USA 190	Matthews 247	Issues 219
8 pm	O’Reilly 684	Brown 179	Olbermann 245	Grace 257
9 pm	Hannity 487	King 153	Maddow 272	Behar 86
10 pm	Greta 422	Cooper 261	Olbermann 182	Grace 144
11 pm	O’Reilly 440	Cooper 153	Maddow 112	Showbiz 161
TOTAL DAY	306	142	141	117
PRIME TIME	531	198	233	159
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2354	Blitzer 620	Matthews 677	Showbiz 230
6 pm	Baier 2183	Blitzer 526	Ed Show 833	Prime 222
7 pm	Shep 1666	King, USA 454	Matthews 837	Issues 424
8 pm	O’Reilly 2986	Brown 442	Olbermann 1158	Grace 536
9 pm	Hannity 1860	King 428	Maddow 901	Behar 402
10 pm	Greta 1648	Cooper 661	Olbermann 557	Grace 325
11 pm	O’Reilly 1346	Cooper 427	Maddow 350	Showbiz 396
TOTAL DAY	1123	418	451	270
PRIME TIME	2165	511	872	413
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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