Ebbs And Flows – Campbell Brown Has Top CNN Prime Time Show Friday

Cable news ratings, April 23, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Just three days after her show had its worst ratings in its 18-month history, Campbell Brown nearly doubled her total viewers from that day and gave CNN its best prime time ratings Friday in both categories. The show was still #4 in both categories at 8pmET.

• The O’Reilly Factor guest hosted by Laura Ingraham, was the top cable news show Friday, while Glenn Beck‘s 5pmET show was #2 in both categories.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 543	Blitzer 189	Matthews 88	Showbiz 91
6 pm	Baier 408	Blitzer 171	Ed Show 147	Prime 98
7 pm	Shep 381	King, USA 134	Matthews 172	Issues 178
8 pm	O’Reilly 589	Brown 171	Olbermann 226	Grace 271
9 pm	Hannity 488	King 151	Maddow 227	Behar 179
10 pm	Greta 443	Cooper 137	Maddow 135	Grace 204
11 pm	O’Reilly 324	Cooper 146	Maddow 216	Showbiz 159
TOTAL DAY	318	122	119	141
PRIME TIME	507	153	196	213
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2081	Blitzer 688	Matthews 500	Showbiz 202
6 pm	Baier 1917	Blitzer 586	Ed Show 577	Prime 233
7 pm	Shep 1402	King, USA 463	Matthews 623	Issues 376
8 pm	O’Reilly 2224	Brown 608	Olbermann 1007	Grace 779
9 pm	Hannity 1852	King 604	Maddow 920	Behar 572
10 pm	Greta 1651	Cooper 586	Maddow 350	Grace 429
11 pm	O’Reilly 1185	Cooper 433	Maddow 416	Showbiz 429
TOTAL DAY	1161	414	392	305
PRIME TIME	1909	599	759	578
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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