MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, Back On Air, Comes Close To Top-Rated Greta Van Susteren On Fox
Cable news ratings, June 7, 2011:
•Fresh off his five night suspension without pay, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz is performing strongly in the nightly ratings, with an average audience Tuesday of 261,000 viewers 25-54, not far from the 10 p.m. hour’s winner, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who finished with 297,000. CNN’s Anderson Cooper finished in third place (one of only two CNN shows Tuesday night to escape a fourth-place finish–the other was John King, USA). Van Susteren’s On the Record was the only Fox News show on Tuesday night to finish with fewer than 300,000 viewers in the demo. Bill O’Reilly finished first among Fox shows, with 633,000 viewers 25-54.
•HLN’s Nancy Grace had cable news’s second-highest-rated hour Tuesday night, finishing with an average audience of 515,000 viewers 25-54, second only to O’Reilly, and just ahead of Fox’s Sean Hannity.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
 |
 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
494 |
Blitzer
177 |
Matthews
182 |
Special
227 |
| 6 pm | Baier
324 |
Blitzer
139 |
Live
173 |
Prime
226 |
| 7 pm | Shep
342 |
King, USA
178 |
Matthews
152 |
Issues
251 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
633 |
InTheArena
162 |
O’Donnell
295 |
Grace
515 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
500 |
Morgan
171 |
Maddow
284 |
DrDrew
344 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
297 |
Cooper
209 |
Schultz
261 |
Behar
184 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
370 |
Cooper
213 |
O’Donnell
161 |
Showbiz
105 |
| TOTAL DAY | 317 | 158 | 143 | 191 |
| PRIME TIME | 477 | 177 | 280 | 339 |
| 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
1775 |
Blitzer
615 |
Matthews
689 |
Special
821 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1910 |
Blitzer
418 |
Live
591 |
Prime
690 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1566 |
King, USA
466 |
Matthews
679 |
Issues
715 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2796 |
InTheArena
485 |
O’Donnell
914 |
Grace
1392 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2151 |
Morgan
572 |
Maddow
872 |
DrDrew
954 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1550 |
Cooper
708 |
Schultz
660 |
Behar
667 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1303 |
Cooper
517 |
O’Donnell
390 |
Showbiz
333 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1269 | 453 | 470 | 610 |
| PRIME TIME | 2174 | 588 | 823 | 987 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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