Glenn Beck Starts The New Year Strong

Cable news ratings, January 4, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Looks like Glenn Beck’s viewers weren’t put off by Monday’s show, which focused on fact-checking past shows instead of talking about the news events of the Christmas holidays. Beck lead everyone except O’Reilly in total viewers, and was just edged out of second by Shep Smith’s 7 o’clock hour in the 25-54 demo.

• CNN pulled up the rear in the 25-54 demo for the networks, but managed to squeeze out HLN in overall viewers.

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   676	Blitzer   134	Matthews   107	Prime   73
6 pm	Baier   613	Blitzer   124	Ed Show 97	Prime   99
7 pm	Shep   679	Tonight   163	Matthews   176	Issues   139
8 pm	O’Reilly   1008	Brown   162	Olbermann   269	Grace   209
9 pm	Hannity   660	King   158	Maddow   227	Behar   198
10 pm	Greta   468	Cooper   170	Olbermann   240	Grace   186
11 pm	O’Reilly   352	Cooper   100	Maddow   189	Showbiz   157
TOTAL DAY	447	137	118	122
PRIME TIME	716	164	245	196
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2656	Blitzer   658	Matthews   497	Prime   226
6 pm	Baier   2514	Blitzer   524	Ed Show   548	Prime   260
7 pm	Shep   2460	Tonight   547	Matthews   714	Issues   451
8 pm	O’Reilly 3836	Brown   530	Olbermann   1116	Grace   675
9 pm	Hannity   2309	King   652	Maddow   1056	Behar   751
10 pm	Greta   1898	Cooper   741	Olbermann   667	Grace   480
11 pm	O’Reilly 1286	Cooper   328	Maddow   404	Showbiz   343
TOTAL DAY	1601	511	428	320
PRIME TIME	2687	641	946	630
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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