CNN/Anderson #1 @10 PM

In Demo, CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wins At 10 P.M., Dropping Fox’s On The Record To Third

by Mark Joyella | 5:47 pm, May 26th, 2011

Cable news ratings, May 25, 2011:

•A tight race at 10 p.m. on Tuesday saw an upset on Wednesday, with Greta Van Susteren’s visit to the border with Texas Governor Rick Perry on Fox falling to third place among viewers 25-54. CNN’s Anderson Cooper won the hour with 392,000 viewers, followed by MSNBC’s Ed Schultz (who made a high profile apology to Laura Ingraham on the show) in second place with 308,000. In terms of total viewers, On the Record was first, followed by AC 360.

•Fueled by high interest of the Casey Anthony murder trial, HLN’s Nancy Grace again had a strong night, with more than one million total viewers, and 290,000 viewers 25-54. In the demo, Grace was in third place overall, just behind MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell (307,000) but comfortably ahead of CNN’s In the Arena (164,000).