Parker Spitzer Posts Worst Ratings Performance In A Month

Cable news ratings, December 21, 2010:

•Parker Spitzer had another very tough night in the Nielsen ratings Tuesday, turning in its worst performance in a month: just 86,000 viewers 25-54–the kind of number that can gets shows cancelled. Fortunately for Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker, it’s a holiday week and numbers overall are down.

•CNN’s sister network, HLN, had a bumpy night with three shows falling below 100,000 viewers 25-54: Showbiz Tonight (first airing only, the 11 p.m. version did well), Joy Behar, and Prime News, which posted an anemic 55,000.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 490	Blitzer 120	Matthews 188	Showbiz 77
6 pm	Baier 413	Blitzer 134	Ed Show 214	Prime 55
7 pm	Shep 384	King, USA 139	Matthews 186	Issues 153
8 pm	O’Reilly 738	ParkerSpitzer 86	Olbermann 202	Grace 134
9 pm	Hannity 499	King 160	Maddow 299	Behar 92
10 pm	Van Susteren 415	Cooper 202	O’Donnell 226	Grace 128
11 pm	O’Reilly 468	Cooper 174	Olbermann 160	Showbiz 134
TOTAL DAY	353	112	136	112
PRIME TIME	550	128	242	118
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2001	Blitzer 505	Matthews 711	Showbiz 168
6 pm	Baier 2214	Blitzer 429	Ed Show 808	Prime 162
7 pm	Shep 1776	King, USA 339	Matthews 731	Issues 424
8 pm	O’Reilly 3159	ParkerSpitzer 390	Olbermann 890	Grace 573
9 pm	Hannity 1872	King 550	Maddow 1089	Behar 517
10 pm	Van Susteren 1634	Cooper 535	O’Donnell 815	Grace 363
11 pm	O’Reilly 1339	Cooper 404	Olbermann 472	Showbiz 340
TOTAL DAY	1371	392	475	292
PRIME TIME	2222	492	931	484
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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