HLN’s Nancy Grace Edges MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann In Battle For Second Place

Cable news ratings, January 4, 2011:

•HLN’s Nancy Grace took one from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Tuesday night, edging Countdown among viewers 25-54 by a mere 1,000 viewers. Both shows were far adrift of timeslot leader Bill O’Reilly, who had 707,000 viewers, (more than MSNBC and HLN combined) and far ahead of last-placed Parker Spitzer on CNN, which had an anemic 92,000 viewers 25-54.

•On CNN, Anderson Cooper has added an hour’s work to his daily schedule, filling the 9 p.m. hour until the debut of Piers Morgan Tonight. Last night’s show, featuring a panel of comics, did better than the Larry King reruns that had been airing in the timeslot, but with 122,000 viewers 25-54, it wasn’t enough to avoid a third-place finish.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 452	Blitzer 130	Matthews 93	Showbiz 66
6 pm	Baier 426	Blitzer 109	Ed Show 159	Prime 108
7 pm	Shep 404	King, USA 152	Matthews 192	Issues 136
8 pm	O’Reilly 707	ParkerSpitzer 92	Olbermann 236	Grace 237
9 pm	Hannity 454	Cooper 122	Maddow 173	Behar 97
10 pm	Van Susteren 282	Cooper 146	O’Donnell 170	Grace 121
11 pm	O’Reilly 364	ParkerSpitzer 112	Olbermann 129	Showbiz 81
TOTAL DAY	308	108	111	114
PRIME TIME	481	120	193	152
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1920	Blitzer 490	Matthews 603	Showbiz 167
6 pm	Baier 2232	Blitzer 477	Ed Show 652	Prime 265
7 pm	Shep 1742	King, USA 430	Matthews 696	Issues 378
8 pm	O’Reilly 3075	ParkerSpitzer 366	Olbermann 1050	Grace 810
9 pm	Hannity 2061	Cooper 570	Maddow 799	Behar 346
10 pm	Van Susteren 1455	Cooper 497	O’Donnell 549	Grace 311
11 pm	O’Reilly 1145	ParkerSpitzer 254	Olbermann 343	Showbiz 205
TOTAL DAY	1345	374	455	273
PRIME TIME	2197	477	799	489
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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