Stossel Solid In Post-Beck Rotation Debut, As HLN Swarms Ratings Friday Night

Cable news ratings, July 1, 2011:

•Here’s a ratings fact you don’t see often–if ever: on Friday night, HLN’s Casey Anthony coverage easily won every hour of the night in terms of viewers in the key 25-54 demographic, with the lowest-rated hour, at 11 p.m., still outperforming every other cable news show, including all of the programs on Fox News. HLN’s ratings win was of course aided by the trial reaching its conclusion–and the rest of cable news being in slow summer Friday mode. HLN’s best hour, Special Report, had an average audience of 610,000 viewers 25-54. Nancy Grace had the second-highest-rated hour, with 589,000 viewers.

•On Friday, the post-Glenn Beck era had a solid start, with John Stossel averaging 256,000 viewers in the demo, outperforming both CNN and MSNBC, but well behind HLN.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Stossel 256	Blitzer 102	Matthews 106	Special 610
6 pm	Baier 299	Blitzer 155	Live 114	Prime 462
7 pm	Shep 319	King, USA 118	Matthews 115	Issues 416
8 pm	O’Reilly 317	InTheArena 85	O’Donnell 157	Grace 589
9 pm	Hannity 295	Morgan 91	Maddow 256	DrDrew 514
10 pm	Van Susteren 290	Special 155	Schultz 192	Grace 416
11 pm	O’Reilly 232	Special 153	O’Donnell 318	Issues 339
TOTAL DAY	244	110	147	406
PRIME TIME	301	111	202	502
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Stossel 1080	Blitzer 530	Matthews 491	Special 2254
6 pm	Baier 1553	Blitzer 437	Live 488	Prime 1541
7 pm	Shep 1365	King, USA 285	Matthews 535	Issues 1408
8 pm	O’Reilly 1447	InTheArena 360	O’Donnell 729	Grace 1935
9 pm	Hannity 1520	Morgan 499	Maddow 856	DrDrew 1504
10 pm	Van Susteren 1194	Special 486	Lockup 405	Grace 1338
11 pm	O’Reilly 858	Special 459	Lockup 558	Issues 1059
TOTAL DAY	1006	372	449	1361
PRIME TIME	1390	448	663	1572
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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