Hannity Baier Tops Fox News Prime Time Hosts With Post-Address Analysis Tuesday

Cable news ratings, August 31, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Sean Hannity Bret Baier had more total viewers than the rest of FNC’s prime time (and all programs) on Tuesday after the speech. As a whole, Fox News had more total viewers and viewers in the A25-54 demographic than CNN and MSNBC combined.

• In the pre-debate ratings battle, Cenk Uygur, filling in for Ed Schultz, had better ratings in both categories than either Chris Matthews hour on MSNBC.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 510	Blitzer 118	Matthews 142	Showbiz 101
6 pm	Baier 373	Blitzer 96	Ed Show 173	Prime 52
7 pm	Shep 317	King, USA 122	Matthews 158	Issues 132
8 pm	Speech/O’Reilly 777	Speech 287	Speech/Olbermann 363	Grace 234
9 pm	Hannity 619	King 154	Maddow 329	Behar 98
10 pm	Greta 536	Cooper 142	Olbermann 209	Grace 154
11 pm	O’Reilly 410	Cooper 155	Maddow 135	Showbiz 140
TOTAL DAY	364	123	133	129
PRIME TIME	649	196	296	159
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2415	Blitzer 625	Matthews 454	Showbiz 251
6 pm	Baier 2010	Blitzer 441	Ed Show 599	Prime 160
7 pm	Shep 1639	King, USA 461	Matthews 580	Issues 416
8 pm	Speech/O’Reilly 2175	Speech 995	Speech/Olbermann 1350	Grace 645
9 pm	Hannity 2478	King 628	Maddow 1199	Behar 316
10 pm	Greta 2026	Cooper 569	Olbermann 718	Grace 348
11 pm	O’Reilly 1141	Cooper 355	Maddow 460	Showbiz 266
TOTAL DAY	1439	432	287	287
PRIME TIME	2631	731	428	428
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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