Big night for FOX. On The Record came within 70,000 of beating O’Reilly (it did beat its Demo). On The Record’s Demo number beat CNN’s entire Primetime show lineup’s Demo numbers added together. Relatively flat day for MSNBC in primetime. The Situation continues to struggle hard.

(numbers courtesy of FOX News)

Total Day

FNC - 1,025,000
CNN — 463,000
HLN — 238,000
MSNBC — 194,000
CNBC — 134,000

Total Day P25-54

FNC — 297,000
CNN — 135,000
HLN — 106,000
MSNBC — 65,000
CNBC — 42,000

Primetime

FNC — 2,582,000
CNN — 916,000
HLN — 455,000
MSNBC — 236,000
CNBC — 106,000

Primetime P25-54

FNC — 721,000
CNN — 249,000
HLN — 167,000
MSNBC — 68,000
CNBC — 54,000

Primetime breakdown (P25-54 numbers in parentheses)

7PM

FOX Report with Shepard Smith– 1,455,000 (439,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 623,000 (168,000)
Hardball — 330,000
Showbiz Tonight — 138,000 (53,000)

8PM

O’Reilly Factor — 2,772,000 (610,000)
Paula Zahn Now — 660,000 (159,000)
Nancy Grace — 662,000 (194,000)
Countdown — 248,000 (82,000)
CNBC — Worldcom special — 135,000 (55,000)

9PM

Hanntity & Colmes — 2,256,000 (618,000)
Larry King — 1,335,000 (376,000)
The Situation — 126,000 (36,000 )
Mad Money (From 9:15 ON) — 83,000 viewers (47,000 )

10PM

On The Record - 2,717,000 (935,000)
Newsnight — 754,000 (212,000)
Scarborough Country — 332,000 (87,000)
Deutsch — 87,000 (57,000)