Cenk Sinks Countdown Ratings: Maddow, O’Donnell Far Ahead Tuesday

Cable news ratings, October 19, 2010:

• Cenk Uygur got the coveted fill-in spot for Keith Olbermann Tuesday night on Countdown (which launched Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell to their own shows). It didn’t perform well – finishing last among MSNBC’s prime time, and had the lowest demo ratings since August 27 (besides Friday when two hours of doc block followed Olbermann).

• O’Donnell meanwhile had a huge night – 342,000 in the demo.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 546	Blitzer 112	Matthews 144	Showbiz 62
6 pm	Baier 449	Blitzer 123	Ed Show 118	Prime 50
7 pm	Shep 542	King, USA 136	Matthews 155	Issues 84
8 pm	O’Reilly 814	ParkerSpitzer 111	Olbermann 200	Grace 173
9 pm	Hannity 570	King 111	Maddow 294	Behar 124
10 pm	Van Susteren 476	Cooper 140	O’Donnell 342	Grace 126
11 pm	O’Reilly 430	Cooper 96	Olbermann 177	Showbiz 87
TOTAL DAY	390	102	132	111
PRIME TIME	620	121	279	138
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2086	Blitzer 431	Matthews 561	Showbiz 127
6 pm	Baier 2037	Blitzer 371	Ed Show 596	Prime 150
7 pm	Shep 2031	King, USA 440	Matthews 636	Issues 357
8 pm	O’Reilly 3350	ParkerSpitzer 431	Olbermann 921	Grace 667
9 pm	Hannity 2141	King 520	Maddow 1046	Behar 387
10 pm	Van Susteren 1756	Cooper 570	O’Donnell 979	Grace 340
11 pm	O’Reilly 1291	Cooper 335	Olbermann 458	Showbiz 245
TOTAL DAY	1450	360	472	264
PRIME TIME	2419	507	987	449
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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