Wolf Blitzer Beats MSNBC’s Matthews and Schultz On Thursday

Cable news ratings, October 7, 2010:

• Wolf Blitzer had more total viewers and viewers in the A25-54 demographic on Thursday. Blitzer also beat CNN’s prime time programs in one, or both, categories. Parker Spitzer had its best night in the demo Thursday.

• Rachel Maddow had the top show on MSNBC in prime time Thursday, in both categories. Lawrence O’Donnell was #2 in the demo, Keith Olbermann was #2 in total viewers.

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 596	Blitzer 156	Matthews 123	Showbiz 97
6 pm	Baier 461	Blitzer 159	Ed Show 136	Prime 105
7 pm	Shep 393	King, USA 164	Matthews 152	Issues 139
8 pm	O’Reilly 702	ParkerSpitzer 146	Olbermann 227	Grace 208
9 pm	Hannity 526	King 145	Maddow 277	Behar 147
10 pm	Greta 437	Cooper 172	O’Donnell 244	Grace 147
11 pm	O’Reilly 454	Cooper 107	Olbermann 130	Showbiz 159
TOTAL DAY	372	124	120	132
PRIME TIME	555	154	249	164
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2127	Blitzer 504	Matthews 494	Showbiz 210
6 pm	Baier 1927	Blitzer 560	Ed Show 529	Prime 228
7 pm	Shep 1809	King, USA 483	Matthews 578	Issues 357
8 pm	O’Reilly 3042	ParkerSpitzer 458	Olbermann 1057	Grace 685
9 pm	Hannity 2455	King 611	Maddow 1181	Behar 424
10 pm	Greta 2113	Cooper 515	O’Donnell 920	Grace 309
11 pm	O’Reilly 1609	Cooper 285	Olbermann 455	Showbiz 285
TOTAL DAY	1468	404	471	269
PRIME TIME	2538	531	1053	462
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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