Olbermann Has Third Different MSNBC Program To Be #1 On Network In Prime Time This Week

Cable news ratings, September 29, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• On Monday it was Lawrence O’Donnell. On Tuesday it was Rachel Maddow. On Wednesday night, it was Keith Olbermann who had the #1 show on MSNBC, CNN or HLN in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Will this be the new MSNBC – alternating which host wins the night on the network? We’ll see.

• On Day 3 of The Last Word, O’Donnell beat CNN in total viewers at 10pmET but Anderson Cooper had more viewers in the demo.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 625	Blitzer 97	Matthews 134	Showbiz 45
6 pm	Baier 368	Blitzer 95	Ed Show 192	Prime 44
7 pm	Shep 326	King, USA 127	Matthews 195	Issues 95
8 pm	O’Reilly 766	Sanchez 230	Olbermann 323	Grace 217
9 pm	Hannity 572	King 186	Maddow 259	Behar 98
10 pm	Greta 530	Cooper 278	O’Donnell 234	Grace 137
11 pm	O’Reilly 508	Cooper 160	Olbermann 230	Showbiz 116
TOTAL DAY	361	138	145	116
PRIME TIME	623	231	272	147
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2258	Blitzer 504	Matthews 542	Showbiz 122
6 pm	Baier 2004	Blitzer 486	Ed Show 717	Prime 161
7 pm	Shep 1773	King, USA 439	Matthews 610	Issues 323
8 pm	O’Reilly 3370	Sanchez 570	Olbermann 1215	Grace 628
9 pm	Hannity 2349	King 912	Maddow 969	Behar 324
10 pm	Greta 2025	Cooper 842	O’Donnell 953	Grace 338
11 pm	O’Reilly 1555	Cooper 391	Olbermann 641	Showbiz 273
TOTAL DAY	1444	393	482	263
PRIME TIME	2583	464	1046	420
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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