Bill O’Reilly Rises Far Above Cable News Competition Wednesday

Cable news ratings, June 2, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had 990,000 more total viewers than the 2nd place cable news show Wednesday (Glenn Beck). That difference was more than all but two total viewer averages for the rest of cable news (CNN, MSNBC, HLN).

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta‘s CNN special, Toxic Towns, performed well for the network – topping Keith Olbermann in the demo (but with less than HLN’s Nancy Grace). The repeat at 11pmET was the #2 cable news show in the timeslot (behind FNC) in both categories.

• Keith Olbermann had the top non-FNC cable news show in total viewers.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 744	Blitzer 248	Matthews 109	Showbiz 89
6 pm	Baier 494	Blitzer 212	Ed Show 124	Prime 72
7 pm	Shep 445	King, USA 265	Matthews 155	Issues 130
8 pm	O’Reilly 855	Toxic Towns 287	Olbermann 260	Grace 351
9 pm	Hannity 640	King 256	Maddow 308	Behar 110
10 pm	Greta 549	Cooper 317	Olbermann 290	Grace 186
11 pm	O’Reilly 521	Toxic Towns 257	Maddow 189	Showbiz 128
TOTAL DAY	366	186	127	126
PRIME TIME	681	287	286	210
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2349	Blitzer 683	Matthews 518	Showbiz 211
6 pm	Baier 2041	Blitzer 523	Ed Show 657	Prime 222
7 pm	Shep 1610	King, USA 548	Matthews 606	Issues 500
8 pm	O’Reilly 3339	Toxic Towns 663	Olbermann 1074	Grace 953
9 pm	Hannity 2442	King 838	Maddow 1069	Behar 593
10 pm	Greta 2039	Cooper 913	Olbermann 702	Grace 554
11 pm	O’Reilly 1509	Toxic Towns 584	Maddow 455	Showbiz 320
TOTAL DAY	1289	502	450	316
PRIME TIME	2607	804	948	688
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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