Dr. Drew Beats Maddow, Closes On Hannity Tuesday Night
Cable news ratings, June 20, 2011:
•Intensified interest in the murder trial of Casey Anthony has sent viewers swamping HLN, and the network’s newest show, Dr. Drew, has benefited greatly. After a slow start for the Drew Pinsky-hosted show, Dr. Drew finished in second place Tuesday among viewers 25-54, with 377,000. That pushed MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow into third place with 338,000 and CNN’s Piers Morgan into fourth place overall with 157,000. Fox’s Sean Hannity won the hour with 434,000 viewers in the demo.
•Huge ratings for HLN seems to be hurting sister network CNN, where three of its key evening shows, Situation Room (6 p.m.), John King, USA, and In the Arena each failed to attract 100,000 viewers 25-54. Those unusually low numbers were not helped by the absence of both 7 p.m. host John King and 8 p.m. host Eliot Spitzer, both off this week.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | Beck
445 |
Blitzer
104 |
Matthews
173 |
Special
443 |
6 pm | Baier
397 |
Blitzer
92 |
Live
154 |
Prime
398 |
7 pm | Shep
439 |
King, USA
73 |
Matthews
159 |
Issues
351 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
688 |
InTheArena
82 |
O’Donnell
198 |
Grace
480 |
9 pm | Hannity
434 |
Morgan
157 |
Maddow
338 |
DrDrew
377 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
351 |
Cooper
226 |
Schultz
256 |
Behar
232 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
318 |
Cooper
175 |
O’Donnell
144 |
Showbiz
115 |
TOTAL DAY | 273 | 116 | 134 | 210 |
PRIME TIME | 492 | 155 | 264 | 356 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | Beck
1654 |
Blitzer
527 |
Matthews
604 |
Special
1635 |
6 pm | Baier
1854 |
Blitzer
418 |
Live
636 |
Prime
1311 |
7 pm | Shep
1683 |
King, USA
362 |
Matthews
730 |
Issues
1255 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2927 |
InTheArena
304 |
O’Donnell
810 |
Grace
1588 |
9 pm | Hannity
1710 |
Morgan
408 |
Maddow
994 |
DrDrew
1501 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
1400 |
Cooper
589 |
Schultz
731 |
Behar
912 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
968 |
Cooper
473 |
O’Donnell
395 |
Showbiz
398 |
TOTAL DAY | 1039 | 338 | 449 | 729 |
PRIME TIME | 2013 | 433 | 845 | 1311 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |