Ratings: Wolf Blitzer’s Steve Jobs Coverage Helps CNN Beat MSNBC On Big News Night

Last night was a big night for news and, perhaps not surprisingly, many more television sets were tuned into CNN as a result. Steve Jobs‘ death, Sarah Palin’s “non-presidential” announcement and the ongoing story of Occupy Wall Street protests combined to give the self-described “Most Trusted Name In News” a ratings victory over MSNBC. Of course, this victory means that the can proudly proclaim that they were the second most watch cable news channel, far behind the still behind first place Fox News.

Here are the complete cable news ratings for Tuesday night:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  275	Blitzer  98	Matthews  107	Special  176
6 pm	Baier  280	King, USA  99	Sharpton  137	Prime  177
7 pm	Shep  436	Burnett  143	Matthews  126	Issues  157
8 pm	O’Reilly  643	Cooper  284	O’Donnell  166	Grace  182
9 pm	Hannity  502	Morgan  365	Maddow  174	DrDrew  111
10 pm	Van Susteren  405	Cooper  387	Schultz  176	Behar  137
11 pm	O’Reilly  416	Cooper  569	O’Donnell  102	Showbiz  107
TOTAL DAY	279	151	97	128
PRIME TIME	518	346	172	143
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1,458	Blitzer  632	Matthews  557	Special  589
6 pm	Baier  1,744	King, USA  484	Sharpton  594	Prime  543
7 pm	Shep  1,887	Burnett  510	Matthews  664	Issues  491
8 pm	O’Reilly  3,504	Cooper  821	O’Donnell  686	Grace  730
9 pm	Hannity  2,280	Morgan  992	Maddow  672	DrDrew  462
10 pm	Greta  1,739	Cooper  854	Ed Show  712	Behar  441
11 pm	O’Reilly  1,225	Cooper  569	O’Donnell  307	Showbiz  417
TOTAL DAY	1,221	438	369	361
PRIME TIME	2,510	889	690	537
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data