Friday Ratings: MSNBC’s Lockup Beats Greta Van Susteren At 10 P.M. (In Demo)

Last Friday night, MSNBC’s prison documentary series Lockup and CNN’s Anderson Cooper both beat Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren in the demo. Van Susteren was airing a special episode titled “Open For Business.” Despite racking up only 90k in the demo, the program did, however, beat both CNN and MSNBC in total viewers.

It should be noted that Friday evening was the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and so all of cable news experienced a decrease in viewership.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  266	Blitzer  114	Matthews  123	Express  24
6 pm	Baier  290	Blitzer  150	Sharpton  154	Express  47
7 pm	Smith  216	Burnett  104	Matthews  115	Velez-Mitchell  111
8 pm	O’Reilly  251	Cooper  149	Schultz  154	Grace  77
9 pm	Stossel  204	Morgan  112	Maddow  172	Velez-Mitchell  73
10 pm	Van Susteren   90	Cooper  107	Lockup:  120	Grace  66
11 pm	O’Reilly  121	Burnett  79	Lockup:  146	Showbiz  59
TOTAL DAY	237	101	116	73
PRIME TIME	182	123	149	72
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.450	Blitzer  653	Matthews  875	Express  104
6 pm	Baier  1.621	Blitzer  446	Sharpton  903	Express  120
7 pm	Smith  1.334	Burnett  289	Matthews  784	Velez-Mitchell  336
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.675	Cooper  318	Schultz  649	Grace  293
9 pm	Stossel  1.198	Morgan  291	Maddow  595	Velez-Mitchell  192
10 pm	Van Susteren   794	Cooper  251	Lockup   261	Grace  160
11 pm	O’Reilly  596	Burnett  196	Lockup  273	Showbiz  93
TOTAL DAY	1.118	361	470	208
PRIME TIME	1.225	287	502	215
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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