Wolf Blitzer Grabs Second Place (Viewers 25-54) With Obama Interview

Cable news ratings, August 17, 2011:

•Wolf Blitzer‘s interview with President Obama landed CNN’s Situation Room into second place among viewers 25-54 at both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, beating MSNBC’s Chris Matthews at 5 and Rev. Al Sharpton at 6. Fox News took first place both hours, with The Five and Bret Baier.

•Overall, while every cable news show Tuesday night broke 300,000 viewers 25-54, only two shows outside FNC–and both on MSNBC–managed to break 200,000: Rachel Maddow (290,000) and Ed Schultz (226,000).

Here’s the full scoreboard:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5 331	Blitzer 145	Matthews 124	Special 97
6 pm	Baier 403	Blitzer 163	Live 160	Prime 78
7 pm	Shep 434	King, USA 137	Matthews 192	Issues 133
8 pm	O’Reilly 719	Cooper 168	O’Donnell 187	Grace 165
9 pm	Hannity 541	Morgan 144	Maddow 290	DrDrew 180
10 pm	Van Susteren 419	Cooper 182	Schultz 226	Behar 165
11 pm	O’Reilly 362	Cooper 148	O’Donnell 111	Showbiz 114
TOTAL DAY	322	141	132	105
PRIME TIME	563	163	234	167
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5 1619	Blitzer 645	Matthews 665	Special 295
6 pm	Baier 2042	Blitzer 636	Live 541	Prime 368
7 pm	Shep 1874	King, USA 459	Matthews 723	Issues 506
8 pm	O’Reilly 2789	Cooper 599	O’Donnell 904	Grace 723
9 pm	Hannity 2133	Morgan 589	Maddow 984	DrDrew 611
10 pm	Van Susteren 1827	Cooper 542	Schultz 810	Behar 480
11 pm	O’Reilly 1199	Cooper 453	O’Donnell 358	Showbiz 373
TOTAL DAY	1221	411	445	299
PRIME TIME	2255	573	899	594
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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