Despite fielding a prime time lineup made up almost entirely of sub hosts (except Alan Colmes who apparently drew the short straw and had to work), FOX still dominated the evening nearly 3:1 over CNN. Grace beat Zahn…er…I mean Grace beat CNN Presents which stood in for Zahn. Deutsch double scratched for the evening. Connected scratched in the afternoon.

(numbers courtesy of FOX News)

TOTAL DAY

FNC — 955,000
CNN — 458,000
HLN — 234,000
MSNBC — 187,000
CNBC — 117,000

TOTAL DAY 25-54

FNC — 298,000
CNN — 155,000
HLN — 110,000
MSNBC — 76,000
CNBC — 43,000

PRIMETIME
FNC — 1,642,000
CNN — 627,000
HLN — 423,000
MSNBC — 252,000
CNBC — 80,000

PRIME 25-54
FNC — 461,000
CNN — 178,000
HLN — 151,0000
MSNBC — 111,000
CNBC — 45,000

Evening and Prime Time Breakdown

5pm
Big Story w/John Gibson– 1,141,000
Blitzer — 506,000
Kudlow — 148,000
Connected — 92,000

6PM
Special Report (sub host)– 1,461,000
Moneyline w/ Lou Dobbs– 566,000
Abrams Report — 231,000
Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer — 184,000

7PM
FOX Report (sub host) — 1,423,000
Anderson Cooper 360– 568,000
Hardball — 341,000
Showbiz Tonight– 124,000
Conan (repeat) — 90,000

8PM
O’Reilly Factor (sub host) — 1,716,000
Nancy Grace — 651,000
CNN Presents — 518,000
Countdown — 297,000
The Restaraunt — 93,000

9PM
Hannity & Colmes — 1,611,000
Larry King — 926,000
Prime News Tonight — 282,000
The Situation — 134,000
Mad Money (repeat) — 71,000

10PM
On The Record (sub host) — 1,600,000
Newsnight — 437,000
Scarborough Country — 326,000
Deutsch — 77,000