Dr. Drew Leads All HLN Shows, Trails Rachel Maddow By 19,000 Viewers (25-54)

Cable news ratings, July 20, 2011:

•Dr. Drew Pinsky had the highest ratings of the night for HLN Wednesday, with an average audience of 245,000 viewers 25-54–pulling ahead of Nancy Grace, who had 237,000. In Dr. Drew‘s timeslot of 9 p.m., the HLN show was in third place overall, well behind Hannity on Fox News, but just 19,000 viewers behind MSNBC’s top ratings performer, Rachel Maddow, who averaged 264,000 viewers in the demo Wednesday.

•At Fox, Bill O’Reilly was far and away the top rated show in cable news, with 569,000 viewers 25-54–and 2.7 million overall.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5 286	Blitzer 142	Matthews 207	Special 168
6 pm	Baier 367	Blitzer 115	Live 166	Prime 185
7 pm	Shep 380	King, USA 97	Matthews 216	Issues 198
8 pm	O’Reilly 569	Arena 108	O’Donnell 191	Grace 237
9 pm	Hannity 392	Morgan 218	Maddow 264	DrDrew 245
10 pm	Van Susteren 370	Cooper 218	Schultz 254	Behar 172
11 pm	O’Reilly 370	Cooper 142	O’Donnell 189	Showbiz 184
TOTAL DAY	265	120	158	144
PRIME TIME	444	179	237	213
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5 1285	Blitzer 651	Matthews 718	Special 464
6 pm	Baier 1760	Blitzer 506	Live 606	Prime 565
7 pm	Shep 1532	King, USA 372	Matthews 731	Issues 706
8 pm	O’Reilly 2712	Arena 377	O’Donnell 867	Grace 979
9 pm	Hannity 1756	Morgan 607	Maddow 970	DrDrew 962
10 pm	Van Susteren 1477	Cooper 686	Schultz 923	Behar 676
11 pm	O’Reilly 1228	Cooper 375	O’Donnell 556	Showbiz 447
TOTAL DAY	1068	392	472	434
PRIME TIME	1983	550	923	857
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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