Fox News Dominated Cable News Ratings As Market Crashed

Cable news ratings, May 6, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• As the news broke about the stock market crash, and then rebound, on Thursday, Fox News dominated the ratings. From 2:30-4pmET, FNC averaged 1,065,000 total viewers – more than CNN and MSNBC combined. During that time, CNBC averaged more viewers than CNN or MSNBC as well. FNC more than doubled 2nd place CNN in total day as well.

• The top non-FNC show was Keith Olbermann‘s on MSNBC at 8pmET in both categories.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 444	Blitzer 136	Matthews 140	Showbiz 96
6 pm	Baier 411	Blitzer 153	Ed Show 150	Prime 129
7 pm	Shep 369	King, USA 153	Matthews 143	Issues 202
8 pm	O’Reilly 632	Brown 162	Olbermann 273	Grace 247
9 pm	Hannity 501	King 156	Maddow 258	Behar 216
10 pm	Greta 484	Cooper 217	Olbermann 219	Grace 220
11 pm	O’Reilly 511	Cooper 234	Maddow 218	Showbiz 164
TOTAL DAY	303	154	117	151
PRIME TIME	539	178	250	224
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1942	Blitzer 586	Matthews 515	Showbiz 261
6 pm	Baier 1927	Blitzer 495	Ed Show 635	Prime 257
7 pm	Shep 1548	King, USA 411	Matthews 679	Issues 459
8 pm	O’Reilly 3001	Brown 516	Olbermann 1163	Grace 740
9 pm	Hannity 2002	King 628	Maddow 976	Behar 619
10 pm	Greta 1893	Cooper 743	Olbermann 604	Grace 498
11 pm	O’Reilly 1283	Cooper 554	Maddow 414	Showbiz 425
TOTAL DAY	1178	449	419	326
PRIME TIME	2299	629	914	610
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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