Bill O’Reilly Gets Most Demo Viewers In 2009 Last Night
Cable news ratings, August 12, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Bill O’Reilly had his best night this year in the A25-54 demographic, with 1,080,000 viewers. He had 3,788,000 total viewers. Earlier this week, O’Reilly reached more than 1 million demo viewers for the first time in 2009.
• For the 2nd night in a row, FNC beat every competitor network (MSNBC, CNN, HLN and CNBC) combined in total viewers and the demo. FNC averaged 3,036,000 total viewers and 895,000 in the demo.
• Glenn Beck had his 4th highest rated program ever last night in the demo. He has had four out of his top eight shows during August.
• MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann had the highest rated non-FNC show on cable news last night, in both categories. MSNBC won the battle for 2nd in prime time as well.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
734 |
Blitzer
99 |
Matthews
120 |
Prime
66 |
| 6 pm | Baier
459 |
Blitzer
161 |
EdShow
100 |
Prime
40 |
| 7 pm | Shep
513 |
Dobbs
220 |
Matthews
151 |
Issues
120 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1080 |
Brown
182 |
Olbermann
405 |
Grace
282 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
807 |
King
286 |
Maddow
333 |
Issues
122 |
| 10 pm | Greta
790 |
Cooper
229 |
Olbermann
264 |
Grace
192 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
727 |
Cooper
149 |
Maddow
181 |
Showbiz
149 |
| TOTAL DAY | 471 | 162 | 142 | 118 |
| PRIME TIME | 895 | 232 | 334 | 193 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2386 |
Blitzer
636 |
Matthews
536 |
Prime
162 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1932 |
Blitzer
624 |
EdShow
418 |
Prime
168 |
| 7 pm | Shep
2019 |
Dobbs
677 |
Matthews
593 |
Issues
357 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3788 |
Brown
643 |
Olbermann
1136 |
Grace
686 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2843 |
King
985 |
Maddow
1042 |
Issues
374 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2469 |
Cooper
788 |
Olbermann
828 |
Grace
403 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1927 |
Cooper
466 |
Maddow
540 |
Showbiz
342 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1613 | 601 | 454 | 260 |
| PRIME TIME | 3036 | 805 | 1002 | 475 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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