Casey Anthony Trial Gives Big Boost To Ratings For Nancy Grace, HLN

Cable news ratings, May 24, 2011:

•The murder trial of Casey Anthony, the Florida woman accused of killing her daughter, gave a huge boost to ratings for HLN, and in particular the network’s Nancy Grace, who jumped into second place in the 8 p.m. hour among both viewers 25-54 and total viewers. Grace had 376,000 viewers in the demo, easily beating MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell (291,000) and CNN’s In the Arena (160,000). Fox’s Bill O’Reilly finished first, with 612,000 viewers.

•With news and politics–tornadoes in the midwest and a special election in New York–on the front burner, the ten o’clock hour was especially competitive, with Fox, CNN and MSNBC all finishing within 25,000 viewers 25-54. FNC’s Greta Van Susteren won the hour with 330,000 viewers, followed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper (306,000) and MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, who was just behind Cooper with 305,000.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 407	Blitzer 195	Matthews 185	Special 220
6 pm	Baier 428	Blitzer 305	Live 153	Prime 177
7 pm	Shep 487	King, USA 267	Matthews 240	Issues 230
8 pm	O’Reilly 612	InTheArena 160	O’Donnell 291	Grace 376
9 pm	Hannity 538	Morgan 185	Maddow 322	DrDrew 187
10 pm	Van Susteren 330	Cooper 306	Schultz 305	Behar 114
11 pm	O’Reilly 309	Cooper 335	O’Donnell 217	Showbiz 146
TOTAL DAY	317	200	175	189
PRIME TIME	494	217	306	220
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1632	Blitzer 629	Matthews 799	Special 867
6 pm	Baier 1776	Blitzer 812	Live 549	Prime 742
7 pm	Shep 1986	King, USA 763	Matthews 748	Issues 744
8 pm	O’Reilly 2674	InTheArena 618	O’Donnell 965	Grace 1165
9 pm	Hannity 2151	Morgan 637	Maddow 1102	DrDrew 498
10 pm	Van Susteren 1718	Cooper 881	Schultz 1026	Behar 387
11 pm	O’Reilly 1257	Cooper 780	O’Donnell 622	Showbiz 352
TOTAL DAY	1264	606	550	590
PRIME TIME	2186	711	1032	666
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data