Glenn Beck has to be laughing through the tears. Beck — on vacation — <a href=”http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/18/cable-news-ratings-for-monday-august-17-2009/25011-25011″>beats the stuffing out of Chris Matthews and everybody else.

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.”