Greta Van Susteren, Sean Hannity Split #2 Thursday Night

Cable news ratings, May 27, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated cable news show by far Thursday night, but #2 was a split between his prime time colleagues – Sean Hannity was #2 in the A25-54 demographic and Greta Van Susteren #2 in total viewers.

• The top-rated non-FNC show was Nancy Grace‘s on HLN at 8pmET in the demo, while Keith Olbermann‘s on MSNBC at 8pmET was top rated in total viewers.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 503	Blitzer 283	Matthews 142	Showbiz 48
6 pm	Baier 343	Blitzer 280	Ed Show 131	Prime 50
7 pm	Shep 428	King, USA 221	Matthews 163	Issues 164
8 pm	O’Reilly 873	Brown 237	Olbermann 296	Grace 341
9 pm	Hannity 629	King 222	Maddow 217	Behar 127
10 pm	Greta 596	Cooper 280	Olbermann 203	Grace 226
11 pm	O’Reilly 531	Cooper 246	Maddow 185	Showbiz 152
TOTAL DAY	352	195	128	134
PRIME TIME	699	246	239	225
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2050	Blitzer 853	Matthews 599	Showbiz 113
6 pm	Baier 1901	Blitzer 701	Ed Show 569	Prime 146
7 pm	Shep 1828	King, USA 603	Matthews 594	Issues 185
8 pm	O’Reilly 3323	Brown 711	Olbermann 1107	Grace 795
9 pm	Hannity 2157	King 832	Maddow 841	Behar 456
10 pm	Greta 2291	Cooper 843	Olbermann 562	Grace 492
11 pm	O’Reilly 1579	Cooper 492	Maddow 495	Showbiz 312
TOTAL DAY	1288	550	445	388
PRIME TIME	2597	795	837	564
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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