Bill O’Reilly Returns To Monster Ratings On Monday

Cable news ratings, May 3, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly was off last week, and the ratings held strong in total viewers, but Glenn Beck surpassed him all week as the top cable news show in the A25-54 demographic. With O’Reilly back Monday, he was back to #1 – by more than 150,000 demo viewers.

• The top non-FNC show in the demo? A rare win for Wolf Blitzer‘s 5pmET hour on CNN. In total viewers, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann took that spot.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 630	Blitzer 246	Matthews 155	Showbiz 85
6 pm	Baier 423	Blitzer 235	Ed Show 191	Prime 94
7 pm	Shep 444	King, USA 179	Matthews 181	Issues 169
8 pm	O’Reilly 786	Brown 182	Olbermann 232	Grace 212
9 pm	Hannity 638	King 217	Maddow 237	Behar 158
10 pm	Greta 483	Cooper 226	Olbermann 206	Grace 147
11 pm	O’Reilly 405	Cooper 199	Maddow 149	Showbiz 181
TOTAL DAY	322	183	121	138
PRIME TIME	636	208	233	169
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2202	Blitzer 692	Matthews 529	Showbiz 222
6 pm	Baier 2019	Blitzer 610	Ed Show 623	Prime 212
7 pm	Shep 1831	King, USA 504	Matthews 683	Issues 431
8 pm	O’Reilly 3088	Brown 537	Olbermann 989	Grace 558
9 pm	Hannity 2010	King 744	Maddow 881	Behar 590
10 pm	Greta 1620	Cooper 818	Olbermann 654	Grace 428
11 pm	O’Reilly 1265	Cooper 577	Maddow 469	Showbiz 388
TOTAL DAY	1161	503	432	302
PRIME TIME	1666	699	830	516
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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