As Glenn Beck’s Future Is Announced, Overnight Ratings Reveal He Can Still Draw A Crowd
Cable news ratings, April 5, 2011:
•Glenn Beck may be “transitioning” out of his show on the Fox News Channel, but ratings show his audience has not deserted him. On Tuesday night, Beck attracted 551,000 viewers 25-54, easily dominating the 5 p.m. hour, and finishing behind only Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. Beck’s ratings are significant among a strong bench at Fox, but far ahead of anything that CNN or MSNBC can match. On Tuesday night, CNN’s top performer was Anderson Cooper at 10 p.m., with 237,000 viewers 25-54, and on MSNBC, the night’s top number came from Rachel Maddow with 306,000.
Of course, the attention being given to Beck’s future may have something to do with the solid numbers his show has been delivering after a notable drop.
•In its second outing, HLN’s Dr. Drew saw a significant drop in audience, dropping from the network’s top-rated show Monday to one of its least-watched shows Tuesday, finishing with 84,000 viewers 25-54, behind Showbiz Tonight at 11 (85,000), Joy Behar (115,000), Jane Velez-Mitchell (119,000) and Nancy Grace (173,000).
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
551 |
Blitzer
195 |
Matthews
163 |
Showbiz
78 |
| 6 pm | Baier
443 |
Blitzer
233 |
Live
151 |
Prime
54 |
| 7 pm | Shep
368 |
King, USA
148 |
Matthews
154 |
Issues
119 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
704 |
InTheArena
159 |
O’Donnell
272 |
Grace
173 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
592 |
Morgan
189 |
Maddow
306 |
DrDrew
84 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
416 |
Cooper
237 |
Schultz
258 |
Behar
115 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
361 |
Cooper
183 |
O’Donnell
132 |
Showbiz
85 |
| TOTAL DAY | 341 | 173 | 136 | 103 |
| PRIME TIME | 571 | 195 | 279 | 122 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
1911 |
Blitzer
649 |
Matthews
648 |
Showbiz
144 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2154 |
Blitzer
595 |
Live
574 |
Prime
125 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1851 |
King, USA
436 |
Matthews
600 |
Issues
238 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3005 |
InTheArena
513 |
O’Donnell
929 |
Grace
482 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2103 |
Morgan
552 |
Maddow
1065 |
DrDrew
201 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1572 |
Cooper
674 |
Schultz
861 |
Behar
268 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1158 |
Cooper
513 |
O’Donnell
448 |
Showbiz
24 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1398 | 492 | 482 | 225 |
| PRIME TIME | 2227 | 580 | 952 | 308 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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