There’s no other way to spin this – Parker Spitzer did not perform well last night.

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The program finished #4 at 8pmET, behind Fox News and MSNBC (unsurprisingly) but also behind HLN. Here are more details.

Parker Spitzer finished 4th in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. It also lost viewers from the lead-in at 7pmET, John King USA, in total viewers.

We have more on this coming, for now, here’s what 8pmET looked like on Parker Spitzer night 1:

FNC: 3,112,000 (722,000 in 25-54)MSNBC: 1,115,000 (329,000 in 25-54)HLN: 468,000 (149,000 in 25-54)CNN: 454,000 (118,000 in 25-54)

> Update: Parker Spitzer did improve on the lead-in in the demo, and was up week-to-week in demo as well. A CNN spokesperson tells Mediaite: “We are pleased with the quality of the show and over time we think viewers will be drawn to the more thoughtful discussion and lively debate that Kathleen and Eliot have to offer.”

When I

asked Spitzer about ratings last week, he said, “It takes time for most successful shows to build an audience. There will be interest from the beginning, and we hope to entice some of those people to stick around. We also know these things do not happen overnight.” Well…

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm Beck

585

 Blitzer

100

 Matthews

160

 Showbiz

48
6 pm Baier

420

 Blitzer

125

 Ed Show

205

 Prime

77
7 pm Shep

517

 King, USA

101

 Matthews

235

 Issues

118
8 pm O’Reilly

722

 ParkerSpitzer

118

 Olbermann

329

 Grace

149
9 pm Hannity

549

 King

187

 Maddow

279

 Behar

93
10 pm Greta

486

 Cooper

176

 O’Donnell

260

 Grace

108
11 pm O’Reilly

527

 Cooper

130

 Olbermann

194

 Showbiz

125
TOTAL DAY 331 99 147 108
PRIME TIME 586 160 289 113
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm Beck

2269

 Blitzer

432

 Matthews

625

 Showbiz

136
6 pm Baier

2049

 Blitzer

463

 Ed Show

845

 Prime

219
7 pm Shep

2026

 King, USA

471

 Matthews

773

 Issues

338
8 pm O’Reilly

3112

 ParkerSpitzer

454

 Olbermann

1115

 Grace

468
9 pm Hannity

2086

 King

543

 Maddow

854

 Behar

286
10 pm Greta

1791

 Cooper

512

 O’Donnell

887

 Grace

255
11 pm O’Reilly

1518

 Cooper

366

 Olbermann

542

 Showbiz

293
TOTAL DAY 1241 361 451 242
PRIME TIME 2334 503 952 325
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data
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