Bill O’Reilly Tops All Cable News Competition By 1 Million+ Monday

Cable news ratings, October 26, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly once again had the top cable news show last night, in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. The 8pmET FNC host was well ahead of even the 2nd best show – by more than one million total viewers and more than 300,000 demo viewers.

• Lou Dobbs at 7pmET topped the beginning of CNN’s prime time, Campbell Brown‘s 8pmET show, in both total viewers and the demo. In fact, Dobbs beat all of CNN’s prime time line-up in total viewers.

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   669	Blitzer   126	Matthews   123	Prime   95
6 pm	Baier   456	Blitzer   163	EdShow   127	Prime   83
7 pm	Shep   458	Dobbs   169	Matthews   261	Issues   119
8 pm	O’Reilly   998	Brown   168	Olbermann   330	Grace   362
9 pm	Hannity   628	King   207	Maddow   252	Behar   155
10 pm	Greta   459	Cooper   180	Olbermann   264	Grace   263
11 pm	O’Reilly   514	Cooper   116	Maddow   151	Showbiz   305
TOTAL DAY	393	132	131	181
PRIME TIME	696	185	282	255
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2592	Blitzer   636	Matthews   510	Prime   294
6 pm	Baier   2201	Blitzer   552	EdShow   551	Prime   303
7 pm	Shep   1902	Dobbs   616	Matthews   789	Issues   412
8 pm	O’Reilly   3624	Brown   493	Olbermann   1133	Grace   885
9 pm	Hannity   2306	King   588	Maddow   913	Behar   416
10 pm	Greta   1864	Cooper   458	Olbermann   731	Grace   476
11 pm	O’Reilly   1444	Cooper   322	Maddow   435	Showbiz   545
TOTAL DAY	1522	486	435	377
PRIME TIME	2600	513	926	578
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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