Bill O’Reilly Gets Most Demo Viewers In 2009 Last Night

by Steve Krakauer | 5:50 pm, August 13th, 2009

RATINGS

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)

5 pm

Beck

734

Blitzer

Matthews

120

Prime

6 pm

Baier

459

Blitzer

161

EdShow

100

Prime

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)

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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4 comments

libra blue says:

August 13, 2009 at 11:38 pm

So O’Reilly beats everyone again. I have watched his show on occasion, but I fail to see the attraction. I am amazed at these numbers! I thought everybody hated FNC, somebody is obviously watching or these numbers are fixed.

Even with Anderson back 360’s ratings were in the crapper on Wednesday night. Not only did Greta destroy him, but he lost to Olbermann and Maddow repeats not only in the total viewers, but in the all so important demo! I could be wrong, but I doubt he did much better last night, because he was on at 11pm and only got 157 comments on the live blog. Of course they were blocking a lot of comments that did not fit in with their Obama worshiping agenda.

Rumor has it that Anderson is going to co-host the stupid “Regis & Kelly” show today so maybe he will do or say something “scandalous” again to try and attract more viewers. At this point I wouldn’t put anything past him. I wish he would just get back to being a respectable journalist. I find it hard to believe that this is the same person that did such an excellent job covering Katrina.

If Anderson would spend some time keeping himself honest maybe he could raise his ratings without resorting to these silly celebrity circus stunts.

CobraX30 says:

August 14, 2009 at 12:03 am

Most people have hated the liberal media for 30 years… Now they have 1 outlet. Fox is going to continue to gain ratings as the other channels push conservatives and normal people away.

Plus MSNBC will continue to gain as they pull liberals away from CNN which is also very liberal… but not as liberal.

TfT says:

August 14, 2009 at 5:33 am

I agree regards the media for 30 (or more years). But the last two years in particular, the media has moved from news to sheer spin; they don’t even try anymore to be honest or fair. They have become a laughingstock. MSNBC is clearly moving into second place as CNN flails around. When CNN made the decision “no more radio personalities” on air, while at the same time letting a comedian guest host LKL, one has to wonder…..when will Klein be fired? They clearly don’t have a clue. They are left, even as left as MSNBC imho, but they don’t have the over-the-top pundits — that is the only difference. CNN’s leftism is just more subtle, but it is certainly there.

You would think that media would have awakened by now. As the woman said to Spector: You have awakened a sleeping giant, a giant the media ignores. They report to less than half the country and ignore the others. As a result, they will continue to lose viewers and revenue while FNC gains. It is the only place conservatives can go to get the whole story.

Randy M says:

August 15, 2009 at 9:42 am

Does this indicate that FOX viewers are couch potatoes who have nothing better to do with their lives than watch TV?

Not making a claim but wondering if there is a correlation.

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