Greta Van Susteren Takes Top Spot In Demo Tuesday Night

Cable news ratings, March 23, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Greta Van Susteren and her 10pmET FNC show enjoyed a rare victory Tuesday as she had the top cable news show in the A25-54 demographic. Bill O’Reilly was #2 – just 3,000 behind – and was #1 in total viewers.

• The top non-FNC show was Rachel Maddow‘s 9pmET hour (by far) in both categories.

• John King, USA remained in 3rd place in both categories at 7pmET.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 662	Blitzer 171	Matthews 131	Prime 95
6 pm	Baier 589	Blitzer 185	Ed Show 181	Prime 132
7 pm	Shep 463	King, USA 188	Matthews 237	Issues 162
8 pm	O’Reilly 845	Brown 183	Olbermann 381	Grace 194
9 pm	Hannity 744	King 232	Maddow 429	Behar 180
10 pm	Greta 848	Cooper 264	Olbermann 277	Grace 179
11 pm	O’Reilly 731	Cooper 213	Maddow 196	Showbiz 168
TOTAL DAY	459	180	167	141
PRIME TIME	813	226	362	184
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2547	Blitzer 546	Matthews 729	Prime 220
6 pm	Baier 2445	Blitzer 577	Ed Show 840	Prime 228
7 pm	Shep 1831	King, USA 661	Matthews 839	Issues 427
8 pm	O’Reilly 3185	Brown 559	Olbermann 1270	Grace 645
9 pm	Hannity 2724	King 692	Maddow 1457	Behar 615
10 pm	Greta 2613	Cooper 884	Olbermann 897	Grace 503
11 pm	O’Reilly 2010	Cooper 571	Maddow 564	Showbiz 334
TOTAL DAY	1613	593	638	305
PRIME TIME	2843	712	1208	581
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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