O’Reilly And Beck Far In First And Second Tuesday

Cable news ratings, March 2, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated cable news program Tuesday night, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic, with his colleague Glenn Beck as the clear #2. Nancy Grace and Lawrence O’Donnell (on Countdown) had the top non-FNC show in the demo and total 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 799	Blitzer 111	Matthews 110	Prime 103
6 pm	Baier 553	Blitzer 129	Ed Show 139	Prime 110
7 pm	Shep 535	Blitzer 184	Matthews 134	Issues 204
8 pm	O’Reilly 904	Brown 178	Olbermann 195	Grace 246
9 pm	Hannity 628	King 139	Maddow 224	Behar 187
10 pm	Greta 433	Cooper 189	Olbermann 139	Grace 229
11 pm	O’Reilly 433	Cooper 148	Maddow 156	Showbiz 209
TOTAL DAY	390	134	104	162
PRIME TIME	656	168	186	219
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2851	Blitzer 578	Matthews 659	Prime 265
6 pm	Baier 2326	Blitzer 540	Ed Show 613	Prime 319
7 pm	Shep 2219	Blitzer 582	Matthews 606	Issues 522
8 pm	O’Reilly 3375	Brown 541	Olbermann 862	Grace 827
9 pm	Hannity 2567	King 535	Maddow 850	Behar 624
10 pm	Greta 2147	Cooper 594	Olbermann 544	Grace 506
11 pm	O’Reilly 1514	Cooper 443	Maddow 439	Showbiz 392
TOTAL DAY	1605	479	423	371
PRIME TIME	2698	557	752	637
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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