Bill O’Reilly Tops ABC’s 8pmET Programming Monday Night

by Steve Krakauer | 5:31 pm, August 25th, 2009

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Cable news ratings, August 24, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• It happened again. The number one cable news program last night, FNC’s The O’Reilly Factor at 8pmET, topped a broadcast network in total viewers. This time it was ABC’s Dating in the Dark, which was a repeat. Bill O’Reilly’s show featured a Jesse Watters segment from Martha’s Vineyard and more.

• The best non-FNC show in the A25-54 demographic was hosted by HLN’s Nancy Grace. The 8pmET program just edged MSNBC during the hour, and nearly doubled CNN.

• MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann had the most total viewers out of the non-FNC shows.

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

776

Blitzer

114

Matthews

158

Prime

141

6 pm

Baier

518

Blitzer

139

EdShow

183

Prime

215

7 pm

Shep

485

Dobbs

182

Matthews

211

Issues

216

8 pm

O’Reilly

916

Brown

166

Olbermann

323

Grace

325

9 pm

Hannity

801

King

250

Maddow

209

Issues

143

10 pm

Greta

710

Cooper

270

Olbermann

214

Grace

242

11 pm

O’Reilly

553

Cooper

225

Maddow

169

Showbiz

188

TOTAL DAY

450

163

136

146

PRIME TIME

809

229

248

233

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

2810

Blitzer

565

Matthews

580

Prime

313

6 pm

Baier

2066

Blitzer

491

EdShow

566

Prime

457

7 pm

Shep

1860

Dobbs

559

Matthews

640

Issues

521

8 pm

O’Reilly

3440

Brown

560

Olbermann

1114

Grace

898

9 pm

Hannity

2937

King

1063

Maddow

885

Issues

464

10 pm

Greta

2450

Cooper

827

Olbermann

668

Grace

538

11 pm

O’Reilly

1735

Cooper

562

Maddow

395

Showbiz

432

TOTAL DAY

1597

559

437

334

PRIME TIME

2563

817

889

621

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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