Anderson Cooper’s News/Talk/Game Show Off To Slow Start

Cable news ratings, May 14, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Anderson Cooper‘s new studio audience news/talk/game show (side note: AC game show flashback) debuted Friday night, and while the ratings were the best during CNN’s prime time, they were low compared to Cooper’s normal nights. It was the 7th lowest AC 360 in the A25-54 demographic in 2010. Overall, Friday night was CNN’s 2nd lowest night of 2010 in the demo.

• The top non-FNC show was Rachel Maddow‘s in the demo and Keith Olbermann‘s in total viewers.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 411	Blitzer 136	Matthews 113	Showbiz 70
6 pm	Baier 269	Blitzer 84	Ed Show 152	Prime 87
7 pm	Shep 233	King, USA 66	Matthews 159	Issues 114
8 pm	O’Reilly 517	Brown 66	Olbermann 277	Grace 202
9 pm	Hannity 419	King 76	Maddow 282	Behar 95
10 pm	Greta 367	Cooper 126	Olbermann 136	Grace 157
11 pm	O’Reilly 373	Cooper 166	Maddow 254	Showbiz 165
TOTAL DAY	293	116	131	119
PRIME TIME	434	89	231	150
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1776	Blitzer 481	Matthews 528	Showbiz 182
6 pm	Baier 1611	Blitzer 404	Ed Show 616	Prime 202
7 pm	Shep 1340	King, USA 372	Matthews 608	Issues 408
8 pm	O’Reilly 2407	Brown 314	Olbermann 1045	Grace 437
9 pm	Hannity 1754	King 421	Maddow 942	Behar 502
10 pm	Greta 1619	Cooper 521	Olbermann 341	Grace 589
11 pm	O’Reilly 1279	Cooper 396	Maddow 464	Showbiz 338
TOTAL DAY	1065	383	398	285
PRIME TIME	1927	419	776	501
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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