(Ratings) Fox’s Greta Van Susteren Breaks Away At 10 P.M.

Cable news ratings, April 14, 2011:

•What had been shaping up as a tight race at 10 p.m. looked on Thursday a lot more like a blowout, with Fox’s Greta Van Susteren more than 160,000 viewers 25-54 ahead of MSNBC’s Ed Schultz and more than 200,000 viewers ahead of CNN’s Anderson Cooper. In terms of total audience, the numbers are even more lopsided, with Van Susteren hitting 1,846,000 compared to Schultz (1,041,000) and Cooper (705,000).

•At HLN, the recently launched Dr. Drew has yet to find its footing in the overnight ratings, with Thursday night’s show attracting 82,000 viewers 25-54, not in the running compared to the competition at 9 p.m., and behind most other HLN prime shows, including Nancy Grace, Joy Behar, Showbiz Tonight, and Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 378	Blitzer 128	Matthews 192	Showbiz 54
6 pm	Baier 365	Blitzer 178	Live 163	Prime 75
7 pm	Shep 327	King, USA 158	Matthews 225	Issues 105
8 pm	O’Reilly 523	InTheArena 144	O’Donnell 292	Grace 147
9 pm	Hannity 555	Morgan 227	Maddow 324	DrDrew 82
10 pm	Van Susteren 443	Cooper 213	Schultz 281	Behar 101
11 pm	O’Reilly 378	Cooper 200	O’Donnell 158	Showbiz 107
TOTAL DAY	299	163	149	95
PRIME TIME	508	195	299	108
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1510	Blitzer 501	Matthews 669	Showbiz 135
6 pm	Baier 1828	Blitzer 550	Live 557	Prime 189
7 pm	Shep 1477	King, USA 492	Matthews 654	Issues 306
8 pm	O’Reilly 2210	InTheArena 457	O’Donnell 1039	Grace 543
9 pm	Hannity 2245	Morgan 711	Maddow 1172	DrDrew 355
10 pm	Van Susteren 1846	Cooper 705	Schultz 1041	Behar 419
11 pm	O’Reilly 1088	Cooper 526	O’Donnell 608	Showbiz 295
TOTAL DAY	1229	458	532	245
PRIME TIME	2101	625	1085	430
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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