FNC Tops Competitors Combined In Every Category Thursday

Cable news ratings, March 11, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was the top-rated cable news network in all categories Thursday, as usual. Although it usually beats CNN, HLN and MSNBC combined in total viewers (total day and prime time) it also beat the three competitors combined in the A25-54 demographic (total day and prime time).

• Interestingly the top show for CNN in the demo was the Anderson Cooper repeat at 11pmET.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 740	Blitzer 84	Matthews 78	Prime 80
6 pm	Baier 545	Blitzer 105	Ed Show 108	Prime 93
7 pm	Shep 576	Blitzer 112	Matthews 141	Issues 158
8 pm	O’Reilly 831	Brown 116	Olbermann 226	Grace 141
9 pm	Hannity 566	King 184	Maddow 263	Behar 111
10 pm	Greta 533	Cooper 175	Olbermann 182	Grace 144
11 pm	O’Reilly 472	Cooper 194	Matthews 116	Showbiz 157
TOTAL DAY	413	117	109	131
PRIME TIME	643	158	224	129
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2550	Blitzer 451	Matthews 390	Prime 220
6 pm	Baier 2276	Blitzer 422	Ed Show 468	Prime 188
7 pm	Shep 2081	Blitzer 429	Matthews 531	Issues 416
8 pm	O’Reilly 3479	Brown 575	Olbermann 991	Grace 669
9 pm	Hannity 2427	King 817	Maddow 955	Behar 607
10 pm	Greta 2116	Cooper 820	Olbermann 515	Grace 351
11 pm	O’Reilly 1427	Cooper 557	Matthews 334	Showbiz 382
TOTAL DAY	1574	441	391	317
PRIME TIME	2676	737	820	531
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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