Bill O’Reilly #1, Glenn Beck & Sean Hannity Split #2 Thursday Night

Cable news ratings, September 24, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly‘s 8pmET Fox News show was once again the top cable news program Thursday night, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. The #2 show was a split – Glenn Beck‘s 5pmET show was 2nd in total viewers while Sean Hannity‘s 9pmET show was #2 in the demo.

• CNN’s Larry King had the top non-FNC show in the demo, while MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann had the top non-FNC show in total viewers.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   718	Blitzer   173	Matthews   102	Prime   96
6 pm	Baier   509	Blitzer   167	EdShow   103	Prime   136
7 pm	Shep   428	Dobbs   204	Matthews   178	Issues   193
8 pm	O’Reilly   904	Brown   223	Olbermann   301	Grace   323
9 pm	Hannity   731	King   326	Maddow   301	Issues   223
10 pm	Greta   652	Cooper   263	Olbermann   213	Grace   167
11 pm	O’Reilly   594	Cooper   200	Maddow   141	Showbiz   207
TOTAL DAY	448	188	128	166
PRIME TIME	762	274	272	235
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2701	Blitzer   707	Matthews   451	Prime   294
6 pm	Baier   2281	Blitzer   553	EdShow   439	Prime   327
7 pm	Shep   1887	Dobbs   692	Matthews   585	Issues   458
8 pm	O’Reilly   3487	Brown   869	Olbermann   1061	Grace   875
9 pm	Hannity   2559	King   834	Maddow   933	Issues   607
10 pm	Greta   2317	Cooper   678	Olbermann   576	Grace   396
11 pm	O’Reilly   1652	Cooper   510	Maddow   435	Showbiz   398
TOTAL DAY	1647	582	408	367
PRIME TIME	2792	794	857	609
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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