Here are Friday’s numbers. FOX dominated as usual, beating CNN nearly 3:1 in Prime Time and better than 2:1 in Total Day. Nancy Grace clobbered Paula Zahn Now nearly 2:1 (PZN was canned I believe…not sure on that). MSNBC struggled, barely eeking out a 4th place finish ahead of CNBC in Total Day but falling to 5th in both the Total Day and Prime Time P 25-54 Demos. Hardball showed increased strength, due in large part to the O’Connor resignation I’ll wager. This seems to indicate that the fotunes of Hardball depend largely on how big the days’ political news is. If it’s a big political story day Hardball’s numbers jump. If it’s a normal day the numbers seem to be trending low. The Situation continues to struggle finding an audience…

(numbers courtesy of FOX News)

Total Day
FNC - 829,000 viewers
CNN - 378,000 viewers
HLN - 210,000 viewers
MSNBC - 133,000 viewers
CNBC - 131,000 viewers

Total Day P 25-54
FNC - 225,000 viewers
CNN - 139,000 viewers
HLN - 88,000 viewers
CNBC - 52,000 viewers
MSNBC - 48,000 viewers

Prime Time
FNC -1,526,000 viewers
CNN - 562,000 viewers
HLN - 439,000 viewers
MSNBC - 228,000 viewers
CNBC -114,000 viewers

Prime Time P 25-54
FNC - 348,000 viewers
CNN - 152,000 viewers
HLN - 146,000 viewers
CNBC - 69,000 viewers
MSNBC - 60,000 viewers

7PM
FOX Report with Shepard Smith - 1,151,000 viewers (236,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 - 434,000 viewers (146,000)
Hardball - 351,000 viewers (70,000)

8PM
The O’Reilly Factor - 1,621,000 viewers (350,000)
Nancy Grace - 695,000 viewers (199,000)
Paula Zahn Now - 351,000 viewers (117,000)
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - 288,000 viewers (50,000)

9 PM
Hannity & Colmes - 1,491,000 viewers (322,000)
Larry King Live - 799,000 viewers (174,000)
The Situation with Tucker Carlson - 150,000 viewers (50,000)

10 PM
On the Record w/Greta Van Susteren- 1,467,000 viewers (373,000)
NewsNight with Aaron Brown - 536,000 viewers (166,000)
Nancy Grace ( r ) - 322,000 viewers (144,000)
Scarborough Country - 245,000 viewers (78,000)