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)
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)
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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