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

by Steve Krakauer | 5:44 pm, September 25th, 2009

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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

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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CaptainAmerica says:

September 25, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Keith comes back from being gone several days and can barely crack 1M and loses once again in the precious demo.

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