In his triumphant return to MSNBC after a four-day indefinite suspension, Keith Olbermann had great ratings. But Rachel Maddow, the next hour, had even more.

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Maddow had 439,000 in the A25-54 demographic, compared to 426,000 for Olbermann. In total viewers, Olbermann won, 1,499,000 to 1,321,000.

Meanwhile, the numbers didn’t come close to even half of Fox News’ ratings. Bill O’Reilly had 898,000 and 3,795,000 and Sean Hannity had 887,000 and 3,253,000.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 681	Blitzer 148	Matthews 155	Showbiz 47
6 pm	Baier 502	Blitzer 179	Ed Show 174	Prime 60
7 pm	Shep 639	King, USA 196	Matthews 205	Issues 174
8 pm	O’Reilly 898	ParkerSpitzer 132	Olbermann 426	Grace 168
9 pm	Hannity 887	King 168	Maddow 439	Behar 162
10 pm	Van Susteren 557	Cooper 164	O’Donnell 337	Grace 205
11 pm	O’Reilly 446	Cooper 125	Olbermann 229	Showbiz 183
TOTAL DAY	415	119	163	112
PRIME TIME	781	155	405	173
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2811	Blitzer 613	Matthews 644	Showbiz 148
6 pm	Baier 2506	Blitzer 532	Ed Show 708	Prime 192
7 pm	Shep 2426	King, USA 477	Matthews 745	Issues 391
8 pm	O’Reilly 3795	ParkerSpitzer 472	Olbermann 1499	Grace 577
9 pm	Hannity 3253	King 496	Maddow 1321	Behar 511
10 pm	Van Susteren 2119	Cooper 604	O’Donnell 993	Grace 379
11 pm	O’Reilly 1500	Cooper 359	Olbermann 613	Showbiz 431
TOTAL DAY	1691	410	538	271
PRIME TIME	3067	524	1275	477
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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