Cable news ratings, June 17, 2011:
•Friday night saw two sister networks on opposite ends of the ratings spectrum, with HLN–dominated by coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial–grabbing the night’s highest-rated cable news show (among viewers 25-54) with Nancy Grace (524,000 viewers in the demo–beating Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor with substitute host Laura Ingraham, which had 453,000), as CNN’s Eliot Spitzer-led In the Arena hit the lowest average rating of any show in prime time, with just 61,000 viewers.
HLN was the top-rated network among viewers 25-54 in prime, beating Fox, with CNN in fourth place. Among total viewers, Fox was in first, followed by HLN.
•In other interesting matchups, HLN’s Dr. Drew took first place at 9 p.m. in the demo (422,000), beating Fox’s Hannity (351,000) and Fox’s Greta Van Susteren held on to first place at 10 p.m. by just 1,000 viewers 25-54, beating HLN’s Joy Behar.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
293 |
Blitzer
128 |
Matthews
134 |
Special
404 |
| 6 pm | Baier
265 |
Blitzer
73 |
Live
165 |
Prime
392 |
| 7 pm | Shep
297 |
King, USA
69 |
Matthews
173 |
Issues
362 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
453 |
InTheArena
61 |
O’Donnell
177 |
Grace
524 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
351 |
Morgan
108 |
Maddow
311 |
DrDrew
422 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
284 |
Cooper
195 |
Lockup
158 |
Behar
283 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
322 |
Cooper
240 |
Lockup
224 |
Showbiz
184 |
| TOTAL DAY | 274 | 125 | 155 | 264 |
| PRIME TIME | 364 | 121 | 215 | 404 |
| 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
1393 |
Blitzer
449 |
Matthews
545 |
Special
1322 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1565 |
Blitzer
293 |
Live
622 |
Prime
1138 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1413 |
King, USA
298 |
Matthews
603 |
Issues
1167 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2106 |
InTheArena
341 |
O’Donnell
614 |
Grace
1579 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1554 |
Morgan
435 |
Maddow
860 |
DrDrew
1290 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1291 |
Cooper
629 |
Lockup
383 |
Behar
980 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
968 |
Cooper
597 |
Lockup
542 |
Showbiz
547 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1081 | 389 | 452 | 835 |
| PRIME TIME | 1661 | 469 | 618 | 1267 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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