Glenn Beck surely must be laughing all the way to the bank

Whether or not you like Glenn Beck, his viewership numbers tell the story:

5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck– 2,325,000 viewers (583,000) (1,068,000)
Situation Room—651,000 viewers (158,000) (250,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—629,000 viewers (160,000) (239,000)
Fast Money—212,000 viewers (a scratch w/ 51,000) (81,000)
Prime News–237,000 viewers (123,000) (142,000)

“While advertisers abandon Glenn Beck, the audience clearly isn’t. It is still beating all the 5pm cable news network competition…combined.”

Related to that, are advertisers really “abandoning” Glenn Beck in droves? Ed Morrissey did some digging last week and found the claim both misleading and dubious. Read his full post here.