Fox’s Bill O’Reilly Wins Big: 1 Million Viewers On 1/11/11

Cable news ratings, January 11, 2011:

•There’s no disputing the numbers: Bill O’Reilly was the king of cable news on January 11, with 1,000,000 viewers 25-54, destroying the competition in the 8 o’clock timeslot (Keith Olbermann was second with 376,000 viewers) and posting his best performance in this key demographic since 11/3/10–one day after the mid-term elections.

•The new live-format Parker Spitzer on CNN is showing signs of life, with 176,000 viewers 25-54–still just a fourth-place showing, but more than double the ratings the show has done in recent weeks, and within striking distance of HLN’s Nancy Grace, who had 192,000.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 518	Blitzer 159	Matthews 190	Showbiz 67
6 pm	Baier 503	Blitzer 186	Ed Show 198	Prime 69
7 pm	Shep 655	King, USA 175	Matthews 265	Issues 152
8 pm	O’Reilly 1,000	ParkerSpitzer 176	Olbermann 376	Grace 192
9 pm	Hannity 503	Cooper 241	Maddow 389	Behar 92
10 pm	Van Susteren 349	Cooper 230	O’Donnell 297	Grace 85
11 pm	O’Reilly 451	ParkerSpitzer 135	Olbermann 246	Showbiz 138
TOTAL DAY	359	151	181	124
PRIME TIME	618	216	354	122
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2110	Blitzer 519	Matthews 780	Showbiz 165
6 pm	Baier 2277	Blitzer 607	Ed Show 878	Prime 251
7 pm	Shep 2225	King, USA 520	Matthews 942	Issues 520
8 pm	O’Reilly 3653	ParkerSpitzer 554	Olbermann 1352	Grace 671
9 pm	Hannity 2234	Cooper 787	Maddow 1208	Behar 375
10 pm	Van Susteren 1607	Cooper 762	O’Donnell 868	Grace 281
11 pm	O’Reilly 1355	ParkerSpitzer 380	Olbermann 596	Showbiz 272
TOTAL DAY	1452	492	608	299
PRIME TIME	2500	701	1143	433
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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