Anderson Cooper Beats Lawrence O’Donnell In Tight Fight For Second Place

Cable news ratings, December 14, 2010:

•Tuesday night’s 10 p.m. ratings race was a fight for second, with Fox’s Greta Van Susteren easily winning the time period with 347,000 viewers 25-54. But CNN’s Anderson Cooper had a strong finish in second with 262,000 viewers, enough to beat MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, who had 238,000. The strong numbers for AC360 were the best in primetime for all CNN shows.

•At 8 p.m., Bill O’Reilly dominated cable news Tuesday night, with his 759,000 viewers 25-54 more than the total for Parker Spitzer, Keith Olbermann and Nancy Grace combined.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 404	Blitzer 119	Matthews 206	Showbiz 88
6 pm	Baier 402	Blitzer 109	Ed Show 227	Prime 97
7 pm	Shep 416	King, USA 103	Matthews 199	Issues 136
8 pm	O’Reilly 759	ParkerSpitzer 121	Olbermann 335	Grace 256
9 pm	Hannity 524	King 153	Maddow 302	Behar 179
10 pm	Van Susteren 347	Cooper 262	O’Donnell 238	Grace 150
11 pm	O’Reilly 321	Cooper 166	Olbermann 173	Showbiz 102
TOTAL DAY	312	116	146	119
PRIME TIME	543	178	291	192
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 1878	Blitzer 563	Matthews 750	Showbiz 192
6 pm	Baier 1863	Blitzer 429	Ed Show 844	Prime 178
7 pm	Shep 1636	King, USA 312	Matthews 729	Issues 382
8 pm	O’Reilly 3148	ParkerSpitzer 335	Olbermann 1198	Grace 763
9 pm	Hannity 2270	King 587	Maddow 1096	Behar 603
10 pm	Van Susteren 1705	Cooper 705	O’Donnell 839	Grace 374
11 pm	O’Reilly 1188	Cooper 420	Olbermann 494	Showbiz 256
TOTAL DAY	1328	379	531	300
PRIME TIME	2376	543	1050	572
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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