MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Beats Anderson Cooper, Closes On Greta Van Susteren

Cable news ratings, February 9, 2011:

•After days of strong ratings fueled by Egypt coverage, CNN’s Anderson Cooper fell behind MSNBC’s Ed Schultz on Wednesday. The Ed Show attracted 262,000 viewers 25-54, ahead of Cooper’s 225,000 and only 43,000 off the pace of timeslot winner Greta Van Susteren at Fox News.

•On Wednesday night, CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight unveiled a live studio audience and guest Donald Trump, but the show remained in third place with viewers 25-54, behind Fox’s Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. In terms of total viewers, Piers Morgan did better, edging Rachel Maddow and taking second place overall.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 557	Blitzer 155	Matthews 113	Showbiz 100
6 pm	Baier 470	Blitzer 138	Live 137	Prime 115
7 pm	Shep 505	King, USA 103	Matthews 177	Issues 128
8 pm	O’Reilly 802	ParkerSpitzer 102	O’Donnell 290	Grace 179
9 pm	Hannity 518	Morgan 246	Maddow 282	Missing 143
10 pm	Van Susteren 305	Cooper 225	Schultz 262	Behar 122
11 pm	O’Reilly 377	Cooper 216	O’Donnell 153	Showbiz 75
TOTAL DAY	348	132	137	116
PRIME TIME	543	191	278	145
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2111	Blitzer 551	Matthews 690	Showbiz 206
6 pm	Baier 2191	Blitzer 496	Live 631	Prime 251
7 pm	Shep 2050	King, USA 424	Matthews 801	Issues 381
8 pm	O’Reilly 3174	ParkerSpitzer 408	O’Donnell 1106	Grace 583
9 pm	Hannity 2054	Morgan 1084	Maddow 1076	Missing 438
10 pm	Van Susteren 1612	Cooper 854	Schultz 871	Behar 260
11 pm	O’Reilly 1242	Cooper 507	O’Donnell 531	Showbiz 201
TOTAL DAY	1408	441	509	281
PRIME TIME	2283	783	1027	415
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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