Glenn Beck’s Future At Fox May Be In Question, But His Ratings Aren’t: They’re Way Up
Cable news ratings, March 22, 2011:
•Glenn Beck‘s been the subject of intense media speculation surrounding a potential separation from Fox News–a story fueled in part by Beck’s softer-than-usual showing in the overnight ratings. Well, all that speculation may have helped Beck jump right back to the top tier of cable news performers, finishing Tuesday night with 656,000 viewers 25-54, just 1,000 viewers behind Sean Hannity. Beck dominated the 5 p.m. hour, with ratings in the 25-54 demo that were higher than those of CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined.
•At 10 p.m., CNN’s Anderson Cooper has held his lead over Fox’s Greta Van Susteren for eight days, finishing Tuesday night in first place among viewers 25-54 with 530,000. Van Susteren trailed by 93,000 viewers, and MSNBC’s Ed Schultz was a distant third, with 248,000. In the competition among total viewers, Van Susteren took first place.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
656 |
Blitzer
278 |
Matthews
136 |
Showbiz
85 |
| 6 pm | Baier
471 |
Blitzer
292 |
Live
132 |
Prime
115 |
| 7 pm | Shep
482 |
King, USA
321 |
Matthews
211 |
Issues
193 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
771 |
InTheArena
330 |
O’Donnell
265 |
Grace
231 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
657 |
Morgan
368 |
Maddow
344 |
Missing
114 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
435 |
Cooper
530 |
Schultz
248 |
Behar
144 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
481 |
Cooper
411 |
O’Donnell
144 |
Showbiz
113 |
| TOTAL DAY | 408 | 272 | 134 | 106 |
| PRIME TIME | 622 | 409 | 286 | 158 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2318 |
Blitzer
849 |
Matthews
631 |
Showbiz
197 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2037 |
Blitzer
763 |
Live
576 |
Prime
293 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1977 |
King, USA
862 |
Matthews
718 |
Issues
418 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3191 |
InTheArena
850 |
O’Donnell
938 |
Grace
548 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2337 |
Morgan
981 |
Maddow
1101 |
Missing
304 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1750 |
Cooper
1218 |
Schultz
848 |
Behar
329 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1241 |
Cooper
912 |
O’Donnell
390 |
Showbiz
225 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1514 | 720 | 479 | 248 |
| PRIME TIME | 2428 | 1017 | 963 | 385 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
