Rachel Maddow’s McVeigh Special Wins 10pm Hour In Demo

Cable news ratings, April 19, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• MSNBC’s much-promoted two-hour special on Timothy McVeigh, hosted by Rachel Maddow, performed well Monday night. The program grew from 9pmET to 10pmET, and the second hour was the top-rated cable news show at 10pm in the A25-54 demographic. It was, by far, the top-rated non-FNC cable news show in total viewers as well. • John King‘s 7pmET CNN show had a bit of a comeback last night – topping the show after his, Campbell Brown‘s, in both categories.

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 589	Blitzer 173	Matthews 139	Showbiz 77
6 pm	Baier 409	Blitzer 154	Ed Show 162	Prime 77
7 pm	Shep 409	King, USA 143	Matthews 140	Issues 181
8 pm	O’Reilly 813	Brown 127	Olbermann 242	Grace 292
9 pm	Hannity 528	King 184	McVeigh 390	Behar 150
10 pm	Greta 467	Cooper 223	Cont. 480	Grace 255
11 pm	O’Reilly 479	Cooper 144	Olbermann 209	Showbiz 124
TOTAL DAY	300	129	149	129
PRIME TIME	603	178	371	232
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2032	Blitzer 737	Matthews 609	Showbiz 174
6 pm	Baier 1892	Blitzer 591	Ed Show 773	Prime 238
7 pm	Shep 1720	King, USA 456	Matthews 699	Issues 462
8 pm	O’Reilly 3139	Brown 408	Olbermann 1076	Grace 771
9 pm	Hannity 2012	King 775	McVeigh 1130	Behar 519
10 pm	Greta 1723	Cooper 724	Cont. 1235	Grace 651
11 pm	O’Reilly 1570	Cooper 369	Olbermann 654	Showbiz 317
TOTAL DAY	1122	449	480	304
PRIME TIME	2291	635	1150	643
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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