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)
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)
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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