Obama Interview Brings Big Ratings For Baier

Cable news ratings, March 17, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bret Baier‘s exclusive interview with Pres. Obama Wednesday made Special Report the 2nd highest rated show on cable news in total viewers, finishing 3rd in the A25-54 demographic. The program was up 22% increase in total viewers and 23% bump in the demo from its March averages. It also topped the cable news competition (CNN, HLN, MSNBC) combined at 6pmET.

• The #1 show on cable news was Bill O’Reilly‘s again, while Glenn Beck finished #2 in the demo.

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 679	Blitzer 67	Matthews 104	Prime 96
6 pm	Baier 635	Blitzer 105	Ed Show 82	Prime 53
7 pm	Shep 557	Blitzer 128	Matthews 163	Issues 94
8 pm	O’Reilly 932	Brown 150	Olbermann 219	Grace 179
9 pm	Hannity 699	King 147	Maddow 221	Behar 100
10 pm	Greta 565	Cooper 184	Olbermann 182	Grace 160
11 pm	O’Reilly 532	Cooper 117	Maddow 105	Showbiz 120
TOTAL DAY	426	114	103	123
PRIME TIME	735	161	208	144
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2465	Blitzer 454	Matthews 486	Prime 222
6 pm	Baier 2907	Blitzer 420	Ed Show 537	Prime 224
7 pm	Shep 2177	Blitzer 465	Matthews 655	Issues 325
8 pm	O’Reilly 3650	Brown 477	Olbermann 1022	Grace 765
9 pm	Hannity 2565	King 755	Maddow 960	Behar 535
10 pm	Greta 2329	Cooper 727	Olbermann 625	Grace 502
11 pm	O’Reilly 1663	Cooper 411	Maddow 449	Showbiz 341
TOTAL DAY	1639	455	415	307
PRIME TIME	2851	653	869	590
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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