Maddow, Matthews Finish 1st, 2nd On MSNBC Wednesday

Cable news ratings, May 26, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• There was a very rare top two programs on MSNBC Wednesday night. Rachel Maddow‘s 9pmET show was #1 in both categories, but in the A25-54 demographic, Chris Matthews‘ 7pmET re-broadcast was #2. Keith Olbermann‘s 8pmET show was #3 – and #2 in total viewers.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top show on cable news, by far, with nearly three million total viewers. #2 Sean Hannity was more than 800,000 behind.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 623	Blitzer 185	Matthews 129	Showbiz 61
6 pm	Baier 503	Blitzer 202	Ed Show 139	Prime 85
7 pm	Shep 481	King, USA 229	Matthews 235	Issues 142
8 pm	O’Reilly 814	Brown 198	Olbermann 230	Grace 177
9 pm	Hannity 576	King 193	Maddow 269	Behar 142
10 pm	Greta 545	Cooper 242	Olbermann 192	Grace 157
11 pm	O’Reilly 542	Cooper 218	Maddow 143	Showbiz 108
TOTAL DAY	346	164	124	127
PRIME TIME	645	211	230	156
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2145	Blitzer 618	Matthews 589	Showbiz 167
6 pm	Baier 1919	Blitzer 641	Ed Show 552	Prime 227
7 pm	Shep 1572	King, USA 537	Matthews 747	Issues 389
8 pm	O’Reilly 2982	Brown 536	Olbermann 1015	Grace 570
9 pm	Hannity 2156	King 583	Maddow 1041	Behar 469
10 pm	Greta 2102	Cooper 693	Olbermann 691	Grace 454
11 pm	O’Reilly 1701	Cooper 516	Maddow 508	Showbiz 311
TOTAL DAY	1191	465	446	300
PRIME TIME	2413	604	916	494
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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