Rick Sanchez Tops Larry King And Rest Of CNN Prime Time Thursday

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

• Rick Sanchez had more viewers in the A25-54 demographic Thursday night than the rest of CNN’s prime time (John Roberts was in for Anderson Cooper). Sanchez topped HLN Nancy Grace at 8pmET but finished 3rd behind FNC and MSNBC.

• Sean Hannity topped Glenn Beck for the #2 show on cable Thursday, in both categories.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 556	Blitzer 186	Matthews 124	Showbiz 73
6 pm	Baier 445	Blitzer 126	Ed Show 192	Prime 76
7 pm	Shep 381	King, USA 132	Matthews 175	Issues 143
8 pm	O’Reilly 716	Sanchez 186	Olbermann 266	Grace 178
9 pm	Hannity 577	King 165	Maddow 193	Behar 124
10 pm	Greta 436	Cooper 168	Olbermann 190	Grace 137
11 pm	O’Reilly 443	Cooper 104	Maddow 115	Showbiz 116
TOTAL DAY	314	107	109	121
PRIME TIME	576	173	216	143
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2124	Blitzer 690	Matthews 426	Showbiz 175
6 pm	Baier 1886	Blitzer 540	Ed Show 657	Prime 169
7 pm	Shep 1410	King, USA 382	Matthews 553	Issues 379
8 pm	O’Reilly 3043	Sanchez 546	Olbermann 924	Grace 603
9 pm	Hannity 2310	King 656	Maddow 670	Behar 424
10 pm	Greta 1923	Cooper 629	Olbermann 528	Grace 328
11 pm	O’Reilly 1408	Cooper 355	Maddow 276	Showbiz 252
TOTAL DAY	1140	397	340	270
PRIME TIME	2425	610	707	439
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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