Cable news ratings, June 29, 2011:
•On Wednesday night, with the defense case winding down in the Casey Anthony murder trial, HLN’s 5 p.m. Special Report with Vinnie Politan had the network’s biggest ratings of the night: 2,687,000 total viewers (and 728,000 viewers 25-54), almost exactly a million more viewers than Fox News’ Glenn Beck, who had a total audience of 1,691,000 (and 377,000 in the demo). HLN’s shows won every hour Wednesday night, save one (and it wasn’t Bill O’Reilly, the usual king of cable news whose show fell to second among viewers 25-54 behind Nancy Grace). At 9 p.m., Sean Hannity narrowly beat HLN’s Dr. Drew.
•At 7 p.m., a close contest between CNN’s John King and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, with Matthews prevailing by just 3,000 viewers 25-54. HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell won the hour.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
377 |
Blitzer
119 |
Matthews
144 |
Special
728 |
| 6 pm | Baier
282 |
Blitzer
160 |
Live
121 |
Prime
547 |
| 7 pm | Shep
318 |
King, USA
124 |
Matthews
127 |
Issues
490 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
532 |
InTheArena
106 |
O’Donnell
146 |
Grace
676 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
557 |
Morgan
125 |
Maddow
233 |
DrDrew
546 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
364 |
Cooper
226 |
Schultz
182 |
Grace
432 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
279 |
Cooper
157 |
O’Donnell
182 |
Showbiz
314 |
| TOTAL DAY | 251 | 116 | 134 | 357 |
| PRIME TIME | 485 | 153 | 187 | 544 |
| 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
1691 |
Blitzer
535 |
Matthews
554 |
Special
2687 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1697 |
Blitzer
399 |
Live
450 |
Prime
1793 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1536 |
King, USA
311 |
Matthews
616 |
Issues
1638 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2330 |
InTheArena
272 |
O’Donnell
705 |
Grace
2242 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1967 |
Morgan
405 |
Maddow
900 |
DrDrew
1667 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1535 |
Cooper
632 |
Schultz
630 |
Grace
1328 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
984 |
Cooper
440 |
O’Donnell
424 |
Showbiz
899 |
| TOTAL DAY | 978 | 340 | 434 | 1139 |
| PRIME TIME | 1945 | 437 | 745 | 1716 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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