In Demo, CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wins At 10 P.M., Dropping Fox’s On The Record To Third

Cable news ratings, May 25, 2011:

•A tight race at 10 p.m. on Tuesday saw an upset on Wednesday, with Greta Van Susteren‘s visit to the border with Texas Governor Rick Perry on Fox falling to third place among viewers 25-54. CNN’s Anderson Cooper won the hour with 392,000 viewers, followed by MSNBC’s Ed Schultz (who made a high profile apology to Laura Ingraham on the show) in second place with 308,000. In terms of total viewers, On the Record was first, followed by AC 360.

•Fueled by high interest of the Casey Anthony murder trial, HLN’s Nancy Grace again had a strong night, with more than one million total viewers, and 290,000 viewers 25-54. In the demo, Grace was in third place overall, just behind MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell (307,000) but comfortably ahead of CNN’s In the Arena (164,000).

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 411	Blitzer 156	Matthews 211	Special 169
6 pm	Baier 349	Blitzer 161	Live 158	Prime 126
7 pm	Shep 342	King, USA 194	Matthews 228	Issues 131
8 pm	O’Reilly 594	InTheArena 164	O’Donnell 307	Grace 290
9 pm	Hannity 406	Morgan 158	Maddow 316	DrDrew 104
10 pm	Van Susteren 262	Cooper 392	Schultz 308	Behar 128
11 pm	O’Reilly 289	Cooper 337	O’Donnell 169	Showbiz 84
TOTAL DAY	291	191	171	140
PRIME TIME	421	237	310	170
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1647	Blitzer 695	Matthews 745	Special 754
6 pm	Baier 1835	Blitzer 573	Live 634	Prime 649
7 pm	Shep 1633	King, USA 535	Matthews 795	Issues 586
8 pm	O’Reilly 2764	InTheArena 650	O’Donnell 1091	Grace 1004
9 pm	Hannity 1847	Morgan 658	Maddow 1043	DrDrew 266
10 pm	Van Susteren 1489	Cooper 938	Schultz 832	Behar 443
11 pm	O’Reilly 1161	Cooper 770	O’Donnell 498	Showbiz 187
TOTAL DAY	1249	604	539	456
PRIME TIME	2035	742	991	555
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data