Maddow’s CPAC Visit Gets Her Top Non-FNC Show Thursday

Cable news ratings, February 18, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Rachel Maddow visited CPAC Thursday, and her 9pmET MSNBC program, which was based largely around her experience, was the top non-FNC show in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. The top show overall was, again, Bill O’Reilly‘s.

• Will CNN go the entire week as the fifth ranked cable news network in the demo during prime time, behind even CNBC? It was night #4 Thursday night – and in total viewers as well. For the first time all week, Larry King‘s show, featuring a Floyd Landis exclusive, was the lowest in the demo.

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 608	Blitzer 189	Matthews 85	Prime 65
6 pm	Baier 544	Blitzer 181	OLYMPICS *	Prime 100
7 pm	Shep 532	Blitzer 173	OLYMPICS *	Issues 162
8 pm	O’Reilly 732	Brown 126	Olbermann 266	Grace 228
9 pm	Hannity 566	King 120	Maddow 277	Behar 140
10 pm	Greta 399	Cooper 154	Olbermann 155	Grace 217
11 pm	O’Reilly 268	Cooper 132	Maddow 75	Showbiz 140
TOTAL DAY	383	151	127	165
PRIME TIME	565	133	233	192
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2524	Blitzer 766	Matthews 436	Prime 265
6 pm	Baier 2342	Blitzer 679	OLYMPICS *	Prime 283
7 pm	Shep 2176	Blitzer 680	OLYMPICS *	Issues 408
8 pm	O’Reilly 3074	Brown 560	Olbermann 901	Grace 778
9 pm	Hannity 2168	King 592	Maddow 916	Behar 570
10 pm	Greta 1564	Cooper 576	Olbermann 503	Grace 472
11 pm	O’Reilly 1033	Cooper 329	Maddow 267	Showbiz 307
TOTAL DAY	1550	545	425	349
PRIME TIME	2269	576	773	594
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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