Ratings

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	667	391	459	884	483	450	443
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	128	121	151	154	152	154	154
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	62	75	113	216	177	188	135
HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	63	59	136	200	121	166	171

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	842	639	731	1082	736	491	493
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	138	149	140	141	133	178	103
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	69	79	106	226	176	188	131
HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	116	77	167	324	169	216	151

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	722	547	504	1041	663	568	575
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	93	133	132	161	141	140	172
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	57	74	151	256	193	205	128
HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	75	123	188	323	143	203	165

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	729	517	463	895	610	570	445
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	101	132	204	173	183	187	80
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	83	93	120	261	219	133	146
HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	85	105	152	219	173	227	157

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	NewsHQ:	FNSunday:	Report:	Huckabee:	Hannity:	Geraldo:	Huckabee:
	363	319	355	299	311	313	255
CNN	Zakaria:	Newsroom:	Newsroom:	Special:	King:	Newsroom:	Special:
	51	85	120	94	78	68	74
MSNBC	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:
	220	233	236	232	274	220	282
HLN	HLN:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	80	78	50	85	70	107	140

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	NewsHQ:	NewsHQ:	Report:	Huckabee:	Beck:	Geraldo:	Jrnl/FNW:
	271	280	348	298	321	298	257
CNN	Newsroom:	SitRoom:	Newsroom:	Special:	King:	Newsroom:	Special:
	162	229	226	229	196	253	150
MSNBC	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:	Special:
	144	110	108	141	192	186	208
HLN	HLN:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	63	71	73	112	97	75	138

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In January, Fox News had the top 13 cable news programs in both total viewers and the demo starting with Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck in the three spots. It's the first time in 5 years they've had the top 13 in the A25-54 demo. Here are the rankings in the demo (total viewers here):

In basic cable, Fox News was #3 in primetime total viewers behind USA and ESPN in January. CNN was #24 and MSNBC was #29. For total day, FNC was #5, CNN was #23, and MSNBC was outside the top 30. You can see the basic cable rankings after the jump.

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	749	533	612	1062	682	487	432
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	91	156	168	146	172	154	106
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	109	126	143	286	249	213	147
HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	85	119	168	230	151	238	239

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Fox News was the number one cable news network in all categories in January, and posted big numbers during coverage of the Massachusetts Senate election, the State of the Union, and the earthquake in Haiti. This was the best January in the network's history and continued the channel's dominance over its competitors.

FNC was up double digits compared to January of '09, the only network to post any year-to-year gains. Here are the averages:

Total day (Mon-Sun): 1.325M total viewers / 367k A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 2.413M total viewers / 637k A25-54

Year-to-year, FNC's total day is up +16% in total viewers (+28% demo) and its primetime is up +22% in total viewers (51% demo).

For primetime, Fox was the #3 network in basic cable (behind USA and ESPN) and bested CNN, MSNBC, and HLN combined in both total viewers and the demo.

"The O'Reilly Factor" continues as the number one cable news program averaging 3.8 million total viewers and 983k in the demo, which are gains of 23% and 58% year-over-year. Sean Hannity had his best month since going solo on his show.

Some of FNC's highest-rated programs saw large growth, especially in the demo, compared to last January. "Hannity" is up +21% in total viewers (+50% demo), "On the Record" is up +40% (+74%) and "Glenn Beck" is up +90% (+121%) compared to last January. "The FOX Report" and "Special Report" marked 100 consecutive months as the top programs in their time slots. "Your World" had its best month since 2005.

FNC programs again filled the top 13 slots among cable news programs in total viewers, but they also swept the top 13 in the demo, the first time that's happened in five years.

Much of January was dominated by news from the earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath, a story CNN covered heavily in primetime. While CNN regained its footing in prime against MSNBC, the network could not compete with Fox News.

Total day (Mon-Sun): 576k total viewers / 177k A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 842k total viewers / 259k A25-54

CNN's primetime lineup finished in second and topped MSNBC in both Total Viewers and the demo for the first time in six months. CNN grew more than 50% in the primetime demo month-to-month.

But compared to January of 2009, CNN's averages were down -34% in Total Viewers for both total day and primetime. In younger viewers, CNN was down even more, -41% for total day and -37% in prime. All networks got a boost from the inauguration of Barack Obama last January.

Anderson Cooper, the network's most visible anchor this month, was second to FNC's Greta Van Susteren, down -35% in Total Viewers (-38% demo) at 10pmET, year-over-year.

Press release after the jump...

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