Fox News Beats USA Network For Top Cable Network On Night After Election

Cable news ratings, November 3, 2010:

• Fox News was the top cable network during prime time on Wednesday night, the day after the midterm election, ahead of USA Network’s highly-rated NCIS re-runs. Bill O’Reilly had the most-watched show on all of cable, while Sean Hannity was #2. Overall, Fox News had five of the top 10 programs on cable Wednesday.

• Rachel Maddow had the top MSNBC show in the demo, while Keith Olbermann won in total viewers.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 679	Blitzer 249	Matthews 196	Showbiz 78
6 pm	Baier 721	Blitzer 260	Ed Show 248	Prime 58
7 pm	Shep 828	King, USA 308	Matthews 267	Issues 125
8 pm	O’Reilly 1202	ParkerSpitzer 254	Olbermann 395	Grace 223
9 pm	Hannity 1065	King 335	Maddow 404	Behar 127
10 pm	Van Susteren 829	Cooper 362	O’Donnell 378	Grace 179
11 pm	O’Reilly 752	Cooper 228	Olbermann 285	Showbiz 170
TOTAL DAY	609	220	208	134
PRIME TIME	1034	317	382	171
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2816	Blitzer 801	Matthews 707	Showbiz 173
6 pm	Baier 3109	Blitzer 651	Ed Show 810	Prime 167
7 pm	Shep 2918	King, USA 714	Matthews 859	Issues 368
8 pm	O’Reilly 4802	ParkerSpitzer 721	Olbermann 1390	Grace 725
9 pm	Hannity 3548	King 911	Maddow 1326	Behar 504
10 pm	Van Susteren 2950	Cooper 966	O’Donnell 1221	Grace 456
11 pm	O’Reilly 2059	Cooper 515	Olbermann 678	Showbiz 404
TOTAL DAY	2274	651	658	307
PRIME TIME	3773	866	1314	551
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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