Cable news ratings, June 15, 2011:
•Millions of people were watching cable news at 8 p.m. Wednesday, but most of them split between two shows, Bill O’Reilly‘s on Fox News, and Nancy Grace‘s on HLN. The two programs had a combined total audience of nearly five million viewers, compared to just over one million for the other two major shows in the timeslot, CNN’sIn the Arena and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.
O’Reilly, with 635,000 viewers 25-54, had the highest-rated hour in cable news on the night, followed by Grace, who had 530,000.
•Overall, HLN took second place (behind Fox News) among both total viewers and viewers 25-54 for the total day and in primetime. Sister network CNN fell to fourth, with John King, USA faring unusually poorly, with fewer than 100,000 viewers in the demo.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
368 |
Blitzer
170 |
Matthews
149 |
Special
259 |
| 6 pm | Baier
391 |
Blitzer
124 |
Live
155 |
Prime
289 |
| 7 pm | Shep
395 |
King, USA
98 |
Matthews
182 |
Issues
318 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
635 |
InTheArena
130 |
O’Donnell
189 |
Grace
530 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
467 |
Morgan
166 |
Maddow
292 |
DrDrew
393 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
397 |
Cooper
285 |
Schultz
230 |
Behar
327 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
379 |
Cooper
200 |
O’Donnell
163 |
Showbiz
209 |
| TOTAL DAY | 295 | 129 | 142 | 214 |
| PRIME TIME | 499 | 193 | 237 | 407 |
| 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
1524 |
Blitzer
638 |
Matthews
588 |
Special
837 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1886 |
Blitzer
481 |
Live
529 |
Prime
972 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1637 |
King, USA
366 |
Matthews
732 |
Issues
1047 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2983 |
InTheArena
393 |
O’Donnell
741 |
Grace
1687 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1996 |
Morgan
514 |
Maddow
967 |
DrDrew
1381 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1697 |
Cooper
666 |
Schultz
748 |
Behar
1049 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1219 |
Cooper
488 |
O’Donnell
519 |
Showbiz
599 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1108 | 383 | 446 | 659 |
| PRIME TIME | 2229 | 524 | 819 | 1343 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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