Fox News’ Shepard Smith Beats All Competitors Combined

Cable news ratings, February 8, 2011:

•Fox News’ Shepard Smith powered to a strong finish at 7 p.m. Tuesday, finishing with 552,000 viewers 25-54, more than the ratings for CNN’s John King, USA, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and HLN’s Issues combined. Smith also fared well against his fellow Fox News colleagues, drawing the network’s third-best ratings of the night, after Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity.

•CNN’s Piers Morgan again failed to get out of third place at 9 p.m., attracting 298,000 viewers 25-54, close to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (314,000) but nowhere near Fox’s Sean Hannity (629,000).

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 453	Blitzer 183	Matthews 145	Showbiz 84
6 pm	Baier 431	Blitzer 186	Live 142	Prime 48
7 pm	Shep 552	King, USA 154	Matthews 173	Issues 110
8 pm	O’Reilly 964	ParkerSpitzer 153	O’Donnell 260	Grace 168
9 pm	Hannity 629	Morgan 298	Maddow 314	Missing 145
10 pm	Van Susteren 373	Cooper 270	Schultz 226	Behar 118
11 pm	O’Reilly 449	Cooper 189	O’Donnell 150	Showbiz 121
TOTAL DAY	344	145	119	138
PRIME TIME	655	240	267	144
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1893	Blitzer 664	Matthews 704	Showbiz 173
6 pm	Baier 2166	Blitzer 553	Live 577	Prime 146
7 pm	Shep 2064	King, USA 455	Matthews 712	Issues 333
8 pm	O’Reilly 3361	ParkerSpitzer 537	O’Donnell 1173	Grace 632
9 pm	Hannity 2173	Morgan 797	Maddow 1176	Missing 460
10 pm	Van Susteren 1506	Cooper 714	Schultz 724	Behar 380
11 pm	O’Reilly 1226	Cooper 526	O’Donnell 508	Showbiz 245
TOTAL DAY	1353	454	493	296
PRIME TIME	2353	683	1024	487
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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