Bill O’Reilly Tops NBC, Not Just MSNBC, In Total Viewers Last Night
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) | ||||
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| 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) | ||||
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| 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. | ||||
3 comments
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.
@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.
Correction, Anderson will be in Afghanistan the first week in September.
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