How Did The Friday Guest Hosts Do On FNC, CNN And MSNBC?

Cable news ratings, April 2, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Rich Lowry was in for Sean Hannity Friday on FNC, and the 9pmET hour finished 4th in total viewers and the A25-54 demo. Jessica Yellin was in for Campbell Brown for CNN at 8pmET – the program was the lowest rated hour in both categories on CNN from 5-11pmET. And Lawrence O’Donnell was in for Ed Schultz for MSNBC at 6pmET – the show beat the Chris Matthews hours before and and after in both categories.

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 573	Blitzer 106	Matthews 110	Prime 60
6 pm	Baier 402	Blitzer 151	Ed Show 114	Prime 104
7 pm	Shep 325	King, USA 107	Matthews 98	Issues 110
8 pm	O’Reilly 652	Brown 100	Olbermann 182	Grace 165
9 pm	Hannity 457	King 149	Maddow 191	Behar 117
10 pm	Greta 357	Cooper 148	Special 124	Grace 104
11 pm	O’Reilly 504	Cooper 148	Special 167	Showbiz 185
TOTAL DAY	336	133	106	131
PRIME TIME	490	133	166	128
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2028	Blitzer 457	Matthews 494	Prime 179
6 pm	Baier 1889	Blitzer 429	Ed Show 541	Prime 173
7 pm	Shep 1440	King, USA 414	Matthews 500	Issues 266
8 pm	O’Reilly 2800	Brown 412	Olbermann 875	Grace 577
9 pm	Hannity 1761	King 593	Maddow 828	Behar 493
10 pm	Greta 1514	Cooper 503	Special 338	Grace 250
11 pm	O’Reilly 1486	Cooper 384	Special 352	Showbiz 342
TOTAL DAY	1264	430	394	290
PRIME TIME	2032	503	680	434
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!