Fox News Wins Cable News Obama Oval Office Speech Ratings; CNN #2

Cable news ratings, June 15, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was the clear winner Tuesday night in coverage of Pres. Obama’s Oval Office speech. For the 18-minute address, FNC averaged 694,000 in the A25-54 demographic and 2,971,000 total viewers. CNN was the clear #2 in demo with 469,000, and had 1,298,000 total viewers. MSNBC was 3rd in demo 397,000, but slightly ahead in total viewers with 1,308,000. In prime time the breakdown was similar – FNC, CNN, MSNBC in first, second, third in all categories.

• The biggest ratings on all of cable news came post-speech, for Bill O’Reilly‘s shortened live show. Top non-FNC show in both categories was CNN’s post-speech analysis.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 516	Blitzer 142	Matthews 73	Showbiz 85
6 pm	Baier 391	Blitzer 143	Ed Show 145	Prime 114
7 pm	Shep 407	King, USA 169	Matthews 168	Issues 189
8 pm	Speech/O’R. 694/874	Speech/Post 469/531	Speech/Olb. 387/305	Grace 324
9 pm	Hannity 575	King 323	Maddow 228	Behar 175
10 pm	Greta 417	Cooper 259	Speech/Olb. 227/190	Grace 185
11 pm	Speech/O’R. 415/359	Cooper 233	Maddow 144	Showbiz 128
TOTAL DAY	314	161	115	140
PRIME TIME	606	365	252	223
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1808	Blitzer 572	Matthews 436	Showbiz 231
6 pm	Baier 1826	Blitzer 507	Ed Show 620	Prime 285
7 pm	Shep 1596	King, USA 592	Matthews 537	Issues 534
8 pm	Speech/O’R. 2971/3669	Speech/Post 1298/1570	Speech/Olb. 1308/1081	Grace 973
9 pm	Hannity 2499	King 965	Maddow 865	Behar 632
10 pm	Greta 2005	Cooper 790	Speech/Olb. 670/530	Grace 615
11 pm	Speech/O’R. 1222/1092	Cooper 457	Maddow 364	Showbiz 335
TOTAL DAY	1187	475	386	333
PRIME TIME	2650	1057	860	727
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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