Bill O’Reilly Tops ABC, FOX In Total Viewers Friday

Cable news ratings, October 9, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below: • Bill O’Reilly‘s 8pmET hour on Fox News Friday topped not only all cable news shows in total viewers (by a wide margin), it beat the 8pm hours of ABC and FOX as well. ABC aired Flashforward and FOX had Brothers and Til Death.

• The top non-FNC show was MSNBC’s 8pmET hour hosted by Keith Olbermann, in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic.

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 662	Blitzer 151	Matthews 174	Prime 107
6 pm	Baier 470	Blitzer 142	EdShow 162	Prime 100
7 pm	Shep 373	Dobbs 119	Matthews 169	Issues 122
8 pm	O’Reilly 825	Brown 149	Olbermann 304	Grace 200
9 pm	Hannity 562	King 181	Maddow 266	Behar 173
10 pm	Greta 498	Cooper 167	Olbermann 249	Grace 198
11 pm	O’Reilly 513	Cooper 192	Maddow 183	Showbiz 212
TOTAL DAY	432	156	156	167
PRIME TIME	629	165	273	182
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2588	Blitzer 663	Matthews 555	Prime 285
6 pm	Baier 2038	Blitzer 521	EdShow 566	Prime 241
7 pm	Shep 1854	Dobbs 532	Matthews 597	Issues 392
8 pm	O’Reilly 3125	Brown 609	Olbermann 958	Grace 703
9 pm	Hannity 2066	King 607	Maddow 896	Behar 515
10 pm	Greta 1706	Cooper 531	Olbermann 593	Grace 480
11 pm	O’Reilly 1554	Cooper 464	Maddow 471	Showbiz 421
TOTAL DAY	1569	542	441	396
PRIME TIME	2299	582	816	551
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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