Bret Baier And Shepard Smith’s Demo Viewers Top Competition’s Total Viewers

Cable news ratings, February 11, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly sometimes have A25-54 demographic averages that beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN in total viewers during their respective hours. But Thursday night, Bret Baier and Shepard Smith, at 6 and 7pmET respectively, achieved the same thing. It was a rare occurrence for those two hard news hours.

• The top non-FNC cable news show was Nancy Grace‘s HLN show at 8pmET in the demo and Keith Olbermann‘s 8pmET MSNBC show in total viewers.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Breaking/Beck 573/692	Blitzer 160	Matthews 118	Prime 132
6 pm	Baier 574	Blitzer 129	Ed Show 73	Prime 118
7 pm	Shep 617	Blitzer 141	Matthews 102	Issues 151
8 pm	O’Reilly 1128	Brown 154	Olbermann 246	Grace 274
9 pm	Hannity 721	King 199	Maddow 175	Behar 131
10 pm	Greta 467	Cooper 157	Olbermann 178	Grace 154
11 pm	O’Reilly 500	Cooper 110	Maddow 116	Showbiz 106
TOTAL DAY	495	130	113	162
PRIME TIME	773	170	200	183
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Breaking/Beck 2296/2623	Blitzer 604	Matthews 542	Prime 246
6 pm	Baier 2254	Blitzer 563	Ed Show 448	Prime 206
7 pm	Shep 2151	Blitzer 500	Matthews 525	Issues 410
8 pm	O’Reilly 4132	Brown 790	Olbermann 1052	Grace 878
9 pm	Hannity 2852	King 931	Maddow 783	Behar 614
10 pm	Greta 1887	Cooper 583	Olbermann 549	Grace 421
11 pm	O’Reilly 1713	Cooper 375	Maddow 323	Showbiz 258
TOTAL DAY	1770	483	401	351
PRIME TIME	2960	768	794	628
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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