Cable news ratings, June 6, 2011:
•The saga of Rep. Anthony Weiner boosted ratings for Fox News, and sent CNN’s primetime shows into fourth place Monday. Between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., only CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was able to climb into third place. CNN’s highest rated show on the night, Anderson Cooper‘s AC 360, had 270,000 viewers 25-54 at 10 p.m., but was beaten by HLN’s Joy Behar (298,000), MSNBC’s Ed Schultz (326,000) and Fox’s Greta Van Susteren (475,000).
•HLN continued to draw large audiences for its prime shows amid coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial, with three–Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew and Joy Behar–drawing ratings higher than any program on sister network CNN. Grace took second place among viewers 25-54 at 8 p.m., but Dr. Drew and Behar both were beaten by competition on MSNBC.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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 |
 |
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| 5 pm | Beck
457 |
Blitzer
155 |
Matthews
133 |
Special
242 |
| 6 pm | Baier
533 |
Blitzer
192 |
Live
156 |
Prime
211 |
| 7 pm | Shep
557 |
King, USA
224 |
Matthews
231 |
Issues
249 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
799 |
InTheArena
216 |
O’Donnell
303 |
Grace
380 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
748 |
Morgan
187 |
Maddow
379 |
DrDrew
294 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
475 |
Cooper
270 |
Schultz
326 |
Behar
298 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
418 |
Cooper
250 |
O’Donnell
171 |
Showbiz
191 |
| TOTAL DAY | 366 | 167 | 157 | 223 |
| PRIME TIME | 674 | 223 | 336 | 316 |
| 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
1843 |
Blitzer
567 |
Matthews
709 |
Special
974 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2140 |
Blitzer
510 |
Live
548 |
Prime
811 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1705 |
King, USA
489 |
Matthews
856 |
Issues
889 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3188 |
InTheArena
544 |
O’Donnell
926 |
Grace
1311 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2518 |
Morgan
695 |
Maddow
1057 |
DrDrew
1093 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1818 |
Cooper
792 |
Schultz
921 |
Behar
893 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1392 |
Cooper
610 |
O’Donnell
522 |
Showbiz
501 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1337 | 472 | 528 | 702 |
| PRIME TIME | 2508 | 672 | 968 | 1076 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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