HLN’s Nancy Grace Has 1.3 Million Viewers For Coverage Of Casey Anthony Trial
Cable news ratings, June 1, 2011:
•HLN’s Nancy Grace had the highest rated non-Fox show on cable news Wednesday, with 1,345,000 total viewers–more than any other show on HLN, MSNBC or CNN. Among viewers 25-54, Grace had 441,000 viewers, which was the fourth-highest rated show on cable news overall, behind Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity.
Coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial has brought huge numbers of viewers to Grace and other HLN shows, with the network edging ahead of MSNBC and CNN into second place at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
•With Ed Schultz finishing up his five day suspension for remarks made on his radio show, The Ed Show has hardly lost steam in the ratings. Wednesday, with substitute host had an average audience of 252,000 viewers (25-54), well ahead of CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who had 191,000. The Ed Show was just 20,000 viewers behind first place finisher Greta Van Susteren on Fox News.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
 |
 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
465 |
Blitzer
160 |
Matthews
162 |
Special
377 |
| 6 pm | Baier
418 |
Blitzer
154 |
Live
191 |
Prime
296 |
| 7 pm | Shep
321 |
King, USA
165 |
Matthews
198 |
Issues
291 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
593 |
InTheArena
158 |
O’Donnell
245 |
Grace
441 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
444 |
Morgan
138 |
Maddow
293 |
DrDrew
263 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
272 |
Cooper
191 |
Schultz
252 |
Behar
182 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
308 |
Cooper
141 |
O’Donnell
172 |
Showbiz
122 |
| TOTAL DAY | 312 | 149 | 154 | 231 |
| PRIME TIME | 436 | 162 | 263 | 290 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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|
|
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| 5 pm | Beck
1598 |
Blitzer
594 |
Matthews
640 |
Special
1051 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1711 |
Blitzer
451 |
Live
549 |
Prime
753 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1475 |
King, USA
394 |
Matthews
708 |
Issues
812 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2661 |
InTheArena
483 |
O’Donnell
928 |
Grace
1345 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1678 |
Morgan
485 |
Maddow
1022 |
DrDrew
953 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1444 |
Cooper
593 |
Schultz
775 |
Behar
671 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1117 |
Cooper
389 |
O’Donnell
484 |
Showbiz
352 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1149 | 420 | 487 | 689 |
| PRIME TIME | 1929 | 518 | 912 | 975 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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