Bill O’Reilly Has Top Two Hours On Cable News Friday Night In Demo
Cable news ratings, September 18, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Bill O’Reilly didn’t just had the top-rated cable news show Friday night – he had the second highest rated cable news show as well. In the A25-54 demographic, O’Reilly’s 8pmET hour was #1 and the repeat at 11pmET was #2. In total viewers, Glenn Beck‘s 5pmET hour placed 2nd.
• Two FNC shows beat competition on the networks Friday night. O’Reilly’s 8pmET hour topped the Alma Awards on ABC in total viewers, and Sean Hannity‘s 9pmET show beat a Glee repeat on FOX.
• Rick Sanchez‘ Fox News rant on Friday (it’s becoming a theme now) may have gotten him some attention on this site and others, but it didn’t bring in the viewers. Sanchez’ 3pmET hour was CNN’s lowest rated in the demo for the day, with just 87,000.
• The top non-FNC show was, once again, MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann in both categories.
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
670 |
Blitzer
103 |
Matthews
144 |
Prime
70 |
| 6 pm | Baier
427 |
Blitzer
112 |
EdShow
243 |
Prime
76 |
| 7 pm | Shep
458 |
Dobbs
143 |
Matthews
210 |
Issues
129 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
844 |
Brown
172 |
Olbermann
338 |
Grace
190 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
626 |
King
226 |
Maddow
285 |
Issues
179 |
| 10 pm | Greta
544 |
Cooper
238 |
Olbermann
227 |
Grace
188 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
682 |
Cooper
243 |
Maddow
199 |
Showbiz
180 |
| TOTAL DAY | 442 | 152 | 150 | 135 |
| PRIME TIME | 671 | 212 | 284 | 180 |
| 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
2927 |
Blitzer
747 |
Matthews
492 |
Prime
209 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2239 |
Blitzer
605 |
EdShow
635 |
Prime
261 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1912 |
Dobbs
499 |
Matthews
597 |
Issues
370 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3447 |
Brown
584 |
Olbermann
973 |
Grace
599 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2622 |
King
961 |
Maddow
924 |
Issues
402 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2163 |
Cooper
698 |
Olbermann
530 |
Grace
454 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1847 |
Cooper
534 |
Maddow
458 |
Showbiz
374 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1724 | 579 | 416 | 299 |
| PRIME TIME | 2745 | 748 | 809 | 470 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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