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)
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)
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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