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Bill O’Reilly Tops NBC, Not Just MSNBC, In Total Viewers Last Night

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Cable news ratings, August 20, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

Bill O’Reilly didn’t just have the program with the most total viewers on all of cable news last night – he actually beat a network. And it’s one he’s battled with before – NBC. The Factor‘s 3,512,000 total viewers topped re-runs of 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation at 8pmET.

Anderson Cooper had the top-rated non-FNC show in the demo for CNN at 10pmET. In total viewers, the win went to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow at 9pmET.

• O’Reilly had nearly 400,000 more demo viewers than 2nd place Sean Hannity.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

562

Blitzer

133

Matthews

136

Prime

155

6 pm Baier

525

Blitzer

89

EdShow

141

Prime

123

7 pm Shep

500

Dobbs

123

Matthews

196

Issues

195

8 pm O’Reilly

1056

Brown

178

Olbermann

291

Grace

247

9 pm Hannity

660

King

283

Maddow

277

Issues

139

10 pm Greta

531

Cooper

315

Olbermann

236

Grace

256

11 pm O’Reilly

532

Cooper

203

Maddow

176

Showbiz

227

TOTAL DAY 423 170 144 146
PRIME TIME 753 259 268 212
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

2170

Blitzer

610

Matthews

529

Prime

240

6 pm Baier

2022

Blitzer

468

EdShow

540

Prime

272

7 pm Shep

1760

Dobbs

532

Matthews

760

Issues

501

8 pm O’Reilly

3512

Brown

686

Olbermann

1029

Grace

715

9 pm Hannity

2630

King

1050

Maddow

1085

Issues

439

10 pm Greta

2021

Cooper

916

Olbermann

653

Grace

566

11 pm O’Reilly

1549

Cooper

540

Maddow

396

Showbiz

497

TOTAL DAY 1559 589 444 330
PRIME TIME 2726 885 925 564
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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  • TfT

    When will the other cablers wake up and smell the coffee — or are they just going to stick with the same plan and continue to circle the drain? It’s amazing that after all the drubbing CNN and MSNBC are taking from FNC that they still stick with their same old WH talking points day in/day out.

  • libra blue

    @TfT, Yeah, the same old FNC bashing by the same old panelists. Obama lap dog Paul Begala was especially irritating this week on AC360. He is the first person to complain about the behavior of the town hall protesters, but he is rude and obnoxious himself, talking over other panelists and making offensive remarks.

    Anderson’s ratings have “recovered” a bit, but isn’t being the top rated non-FNC show the same as saying he was the first loser? I guess his excursion into “Nancy Grace land” with the in depth-coverage of the “Swimsuit Model Murder” paid off.

    I wonder if he gained any new viewers on Friday night as a result of his “Midnight Booty Call?” That was a brilliant PR move by CNN don’t you think?

    I wonder if viewers will be willing to forget about his “tea bag” comment long enough to tune into 360 next week during his visits to NOLA and Afghanistan? He is probably the only major anchor/reporter that has not visited Afghanistan this year and he hasn’t been back to NOLA in ages. I guess CNN is hoping these “trips” will raise his ratings. I will be very interested to see what they are next week.

  • libra blue

    Correction, Anderson will be in Afghanistan the first week in September.

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