Bill O’Reilly Wins Monday, Glenn Beck Takes The Silver


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Cable news ratings, August 31, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated cable news show last night for Fox News, in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers. Right behind him in total viewers was Glenn Beck, who was also #2 in the demo. FNC beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in the prime time demo.

• The top non-FNC show was CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 in the demo and Larry King Live in total viewers.

Sean Hannity’s “Great American Masturbation Segment” landed him the #3 show on cable, right before Beck in the demo.

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

826

Blitzer

141

Matthews

119

Prime

148

6 pm Baier

468

Blitzer

150

EdShow

161

Prime

119

7 pm Shep

532

Dobbs

146

Matthews

150

Issues

200

8 pm O’Reilly

910

Brown

171

Olbermann

279

Grace

368

9 pm Hannity

817

King

345

Maddow

238

Issues

210

10 pm Greta

670

Cooper

364

Olbermann

152

Grace

190

11 pm O’Reilly

480

Cooper

325

Maddow

201

Showbiz

278

TOTAL DAY 452 191 124 173
PRIME TIME 800 293 223 251
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

2935

Blitzer

805

Matthews

565

Prime

304

6 pm Baier

2239

Blitzer

674

EdShow

539

Prime

342

7 pm Shep

2128

Dobbs

603

Matthews

599

Issues

494

8 pm O’Reilly

3082

Brown

843

Olbermann

1064

Grace

973

9 pm Hannity

2744

King

1547

Maddow

917

Issues

563

10 pm Greta

2230

Cooper

1150

Olbermann

616

Grace

510

11 pm O’Reilly

1559

Cooper

768

Maddow

480

Showbiz

440

TOTAL DAY 1633 744 429 388
PRIME TIME 2687 1183 866 668
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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