Wolf Blitzer Grabs Second Place (Viewers 25-54) With Obama Interview

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by Mark Joyella | 6:30 pm, August 17th, 2011

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Cable news ratings, August 17, 2011:

•Wolf Blitzer‘s interview with President Obama landed CNN’s Situation Room into second place among viewers 25-54 at both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, beating MSNBC’s Chris Matthews at 5 and Rev. Al Sharpton at 6. Fox News took first place both hours, with The Five and Bret Baier.

•Overall, while every cable news show Tuesday night broke 300,000 viewers 25-54, only two shows outside FNC–and both on MSNBC–managed to break 200,000: Rachel Maddow (290,000) and Ed Schultz (226,000).

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)

5 pm

The5

331

Blitzer

145

Matthews

124

Special

6 pm

Baier

403

Blitzer

163

Live

160

Prime

7 pm

Shep

434

King, USA

137

Matthews

192

Issues

133

8 pm

O’Reilly

719

Cooper

168

O’Donnell

187

Grace

165

9 pm

Hannity

541

Morgan

144

Maddow

290

DrDrew

180

10 pm

Van Susteren

419

Cooper

182

Schultz

226

Behar

165

11 pm

O’Reilly

362

Cooper

148

O’Donnell

111

Showbiz

114

TOTAL DAY

322

141

132

105

PRIME TIME

563

163

234

167

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

The5

1619

Blitzer

645

Matthews

665

Special

295

6 pm

Baier

2042

Blitzer

636

Live

541

Prime

368

7 pm

Shep

1874

King, USA

459

Matthews

723

Issues

506

8 pm

O’Reilly

2789

Cooper

599

O’Donnell

904

Grace

723

9 pm

Hannity

2133

Morgan

589

Maddow

984

DrDrew

611

10 pm

Van Susteren

1827

Cooper

542

Schultz

810

Behar

480

11 pm

O’Reilly

1199

Cooper

453

O’Donnell

358

Showbiz

373

TOTAL DAY

1221

411

445

299

PRIME TIME

2255

573

899

594

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

cable news ratings, CNN, fnc, fox news, HLN, msnbc

Moderate

An interview with Obama and you get second place. The Mighty has fallen a long way.
Anonymous

Al Sharpton is at 6pm???? wow that is news to me… I thought the reverend aired at 3am or so… seriously…
Anonymous

No way. He would get his ass handed to him by Gutfeld over at Red Eye. Which probably beat Wolf Blitzer’s Obama interview, come to think of it.
Anonymous

The only time I check anything xxNBC is if it makes it to either Breitbart or Mediaite… Oh, Oh… I do check Rick Santelli over at CNBC.com but that’s it… why would I open a sewage pipe into my living room… in my home? SharpNOT is a shame for all blacks… If I were black, I’d sue MSNBC for defaming the black community and stereotyping blacks as illogical, ignorant, hypocrites and in the tank for Obama.
Anonymous

Is Cooper the new CNN “star”? If so, he’s a fading star as he’s tanking.