With Boost From Nancy Grace, HLN’s Dr. Drew Becomes A Ratings Force At 9 P.M.
Cable news ratings, June 8, 2011:
•With HLN’s Nancy Grace getting fantastic ratings with her coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial, lots of viewers seem to be sticking around to try the network’s newest show, Dr. Drew. On Wednesday night, Dr. Drew had an average audience of 337,000 viewers 25-54, beating MSNBC star Rachel Maddow (307,000) and CNN’s heavily promoted Piers Morgan (184,000). Fox’s Sean Hannity won the hour with 528,000 viewers in the demo. Overall, Dr. Drew was HLN’s second highest rated show Wednesday, after Grace, who hit 436,000 viewers 25-54.
•At CNN, Wolf Blitzer‘s Situation Room (5 p.m.) was the only hour to climb into second place, with 220,000 viewers 25-54, finishing ahead of HLN’s special coverage of the Anthony trial (214,000) and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews (195,000). Outgoing Fox News host Glenn Beck won the hour, with 456,000 viewers in the demo.
Here’s the full scoreboard:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
456 |
Blitzer
220 |
Matthews
195 |
Special
214 |
| 6 pm | Baier
405 |
Blitzer
125 |
Live
158 |
Prime
228 |
| 7 pm | Shep
347 |
King, USA
117 |
Matthews
214 |
Issues
265 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
551 |
InTheArena
119 |
O’Donnell
280 |
Grace
436 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
528 |
Morgan
184 |
Maddow
307 |
DrDrew
337 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
416 |
Cooper
212 |
Schultz
282 |
Behar
231 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
394 |
Cooper
185 |
O’Donnell
159 |
Showbiz
103 |
| TOTAL DAY | 312 | 159 | 165 | 192 |
| PRIME TIME | 498 | 170 | 289 | 329 |
| 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
1769 |
Blitzer
706 |
Matthews
642 |
Special
999 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1901 |
Blitzer
580 |
Live
528 |
Prime
853 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1571 |
King, USA
469 |
Matthews
747 |
Issues
860 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2893 |
InTheArena
550 |
O’Donnell
930 |
Grace
1356 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2182 |
Morgan
692 |
Maddow
1000 |
DrDrew
1110 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
2008 |
Cooper
686 |
Schultz
902 |
Behar
741 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1477 |
Cooper
533 |
O’Donnell
505 |
Showbiz
342 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1301 | 482 | 514 | 661 |
| PRIME TIME | 2364 | 639 | 944 | 1049 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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