CNN: Most Trusted Name In The Coming Apocalypse (But Fox News Still #1)

Cable news ratings, May 7, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Ok, ok, that headline’s mostly a joke. But in looking at the ratings from last week (below are Friday’s numbers), CNN had one of their best week’s recently (Fox News still dominated, but CNN was #2 in most other categories). Why? Well last week we had an apocalyptic week of breaking news – from the oil spill to the terror plot to the stock market.

• Bill O’Reilly was #1 in both categories – Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity tied for #2 in the demo.

• On Friday, there was a drop-off for CNN from the rest of the week. They were 3rd in prime time total viewers and 4th in the demo.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 482	Blitzer 136	Matthews 119	Showbiz 111
6 pm	Baier 406	Blitzer 198	Ed Show 124	Prime 110
7 pm	Shep 327	King, USA 157	Matthews 91	Issues 125
8 pm	O’Reilly 659	Brown 136	Olbermann 202	Grace 161
9 pm	Hannity 482	King 128	Maddow 172	Behar 150
10 pm	Greta 384	Cooper 210	Who Do You 151	Grace 125
11 pm	O’Reilly 487	Cooper 214	Investigates 144	Showbiz 119
TOTAL DAY	303	155	100	127
PRIME TIME	508	138	175	143
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1900	Blitzer 497	Matthews 518	Showbiz 183
6 pm	Baier 1819	Blitzer 489	Ed Show 500	Prime 226
7 pm	Shep 1302	King, USA 409	Matthews 499	Issues 342
8 pm	O’Reilly 2554	Brown 492	Olbermann 883	Grace 589
9 pm	Hannity 1720	King 530	Maddow 831	Behar 382
10 pm	Greta 1716	Cooper 611	Who Do You 411	Grace 295
11 pm	O’Reilly 1511	Cooper 532	Investigates 268	Showbiz 272
TOTAL DAY	1119	434	361	287
PRIME TIME	1996	545	708	477
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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