Glenn Beck’s Communism Special Is Top Cable News Show In Demo Friday

Cable news ratings, January 22, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Glenn Beck‘s communism special at 5pmET on Friday was the #1 cable news show in the A25-54 demographic. It had a huge number – 1,127,000 viewers. The program was #2 in total viewers, with Bill O’Reilly taking the top spot at 8pmET.

• Fox News didn’t air the “Hope For Haiti” special, but CNN and MSNBC did. They added to the huge broadcast numbers with an addition 1.5 million total viewers combined. But FNC doubled the ratings of CNN and MSNBC combined in both the demo and total viewers during the two-hour block.

• But the top non-FNC program was actually CNN’s show after the special – Anderson Cooper‘s 10pmET hour.

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 1127	Blitzer 202	Matthews 85	Prime 108
6 pm	Baier 658	Blitzer 194	Ed Show 130	Prime 113
7 pm	Shep 542	Tonight 240	Matthews 88	Issues 115
8 pm	O’Reilly 1038	Hope for Haiti 393	Hope for Haiti 130	Grace 263
9 pm	Hannity 839	Hope for Haiti 393	Hope for Haiti 130	Behar 197
10 pm	Greta 561	Cooper 494	Olbermann 228	Grace 136
11 pm	O’Reilly 555	Cooper 302	Maddow 183	Showbiz 123
TOTAL DAY	521	222	107	145
PRIME TIME	814	428	163	194
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 3992	Blitzer 893	Matthews 555	Prime 254
6 pm	Baier 3004	Blitzer 720	Ed Show 572	Prime 259
7 pm	Shep 2376	Tonight 821	Matthews 512	Issues 365
8 pm	O’Reilly 4239	Hope for Haiti 1187	Hope for Haiti 468	Grace 888
9 pm	Hannity 3375	Hope for Haiti 1187	Hope for Haiti 468	Behar 697
10 pm	Greta 2318	Cooper 1387	Olbermann 768	Grace 425
11 pm	O’Reilly 1899	Cooper 729	Maddow 616	Showbiz 387
TOTAL DAY	1972	776	416	341
PRIME TIME	3317	1255	568	656
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.