Laura Ingraham Guest Hosted Factor Finishes First Friday

Cable news ratings, March 19, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Laura Ingraham guest hosted The O’Reilly Factor Friday night, and had the top-rated cable news show, with Sean Hannity #2 in the A25-54 demographic and Glenn Beck #2 in total viewers.

• Rachel Maddow had the top-rated non-FNC show in both categories for MSNBC at 9pmET.

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 593	Blitzer 95	Matthews 116	Prime 78
6 pm	Baier 565	Blitzer 80	Ed Show 153	Prime 68
7 pm	Shep 452	Blitzer 114	Matthews 107	Issues 96
8 pm	O’Reilly 686	Brown 105	Olbermann 205	Grace 177
9 pm	Hannity 661	King 113	Maddow 212	Behar 144
10 pm	Greta 503	Cooper 165	Investigates 149	Grace 197
11 pm	O’Reilly 393	Cooper 150	Investigates 281	Showbiz 164
TOTAL DAY	398	110	138	128
PRIME TIME	2388	546	795	548
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2432	Blitzer 477	Matthews 520	Prime 221
6 pm	Baier 2310	Blitzer 460	Ed Show 560	Prime 278
7 pm	Shep 1676	Blitzer 459	Matthews 534	Issues 345
8 pm	O’Reilly 2772	Brown 471	Olbermann 1023	Grace 671
9 pm	Hannity 2416	King 514	Maddow 1029	Behar 544
10 pm	Greta 1962	Cooper 652	Investigates 333	Grace 464
11 pm	O’Reilly 1373	Cooper 517	Investigates 467	Showbiz 415
TOTAL DAY	1487	464	446	316
PRIME TIME	2388	546	795	548
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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