Original sentence: As of 1 July, ratings for The Ed Show continued to lag far behind the competition, attracting only one third the viewers as The Fox News Channel in the same timeslot.In May, according to Nielsen data, The Ed Show finished well behind CNN and Fox News at 6 pm, averaging 510,000 total viewers and 126,000 in the 25-54 demographic numbers, which were down 13% and 35% respectively compared with May of 2008 when David Gregory was anchoring the hour.On July 23, the program was able to take 2nd place beating The Situation Room but still trailing Special Report with Bret Baier
Edited sentence: As of July 1, ratings for The Ed Show continued to lag far behind the competition, attracting only one third the viewers as Fox News in the same timeslot.In May, according to Nielsen data, The Ed Show finished well behind CNN and Fox News Network at 6 pm, averaging 510,000 total viewers and 126,000 in the 25-54 demographic numbers, which were down 13% and 35% respectively compared with May 2008 when David Gregory was anchoring the hour.On July 23, the program was able to take second place beating The Situation Room but still trailing Special Report with Bret Baier