Dissecting CNN’s Ratings: Exploring Total Viewers Wednesday

Cable news ratings, February 10, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• CNN has a new line-up from 1pm-8pm, while prime time has remained the same for a couple years. Here are a few notes about CNN’s total viewers Wednesday: The top show was Campbell Brown‘s at 8pmET, although Larry King and Anderson Cooper sometimes take the top CNN spot. Wednesday, Wolf Blitzer‘s new first hour at 5pmET had more viewers than Cooper in prime time, as did Ali Velshi‘s first hour at 1pmET.

• The top cable news show was Bill O’Reilly‘s in total viewers and the demo, and #2 was Sean Hannity‘s in both categories.

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   777	Blitzer   140	Matthews   70	Prime   89
6 pm	Baier   590	Blitzer   132	Ed Show   111	Prime   97
7 pm	Shep   636	Blitzer   158	Matthews   153	Issues   182
8 pm	O’Reilly   1055	Brown   217	Olbermann   299	Grace   346
9 pm	Hannity   790	King   174	Maddow   242	Behar   222
10 pm	Greta   628	Cooper   194	Olbermann   183	Grace   218
11 pm	O’Reilly   553	Cooper   183	Maddow   132	Showbiz   187
TOTAL DAY	470	162	115	176
PRIME TIME	829	195	241	247
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2969	Blitzer   718	Matthews   591	Prime   189
6 pm	Baier   2791	Blitzer   644	Ed Show   574	Prime   228
7 pm	Shep   2452	Blitzer   633	Matthews   641	Issues   439
8 pm	O’Reilly   4177	Brown   769	Olbermann   1123	Grace   1028
9 pm	Hannity   2811	King   756	Maddow   884	Behar   694
10 pm	Greta   2377	Cooper   664	Olbermann   566	Grace   453
11 pm	O’Reilly   1766	Cooper   472	Maddow   435	Showbiz   361
TOTAL DAY	1798	579	439	376
PRIME TIME	3130	730	863	708
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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