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

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)
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)
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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