Bill O’Reilly Tops One Million Demo Viewers For First Time In 2009

Cable news ratings, August 10, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Last night’s The O’Reilly Factor was the Bill O’Reilly’s highest rated show of the year in the A25-54 demographic. It was the first time the program had more than 1 million demo viewers (1,072,000). Will he beat it tonight when he turns the spotlight on GE?

• FNC as a whole had a huge night in prime time. The network beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in both the demo and total viewers.

• So how did CNN’s Kathy Griffin-Levi Johnston combo go last night? The Larry King Live show was the network’s top-rated in both categories.

• Keith Olbermann had the top rated show on MSNBC in both categories, and MSNBC topped CNN as in prime time demo and 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 145	Matthews 174	Prime 144
6 pm	Baier 490	Blitzer 115	EdShow 154	Prime 122
7 pm	Shep 456	Dobbs 195	Matthews 188	Issues 148
8 pm	O’Reilly 1072	Brown 225	Olbermann 406	Grace 327
9 pm	Hannity 932	King 229	Maddow 327	Issues 172
10 pm	Greta 645	Cooper 197	Olbermann 223	Grace 217
11 pm	O’Reilly 533	Cooper 158	Maddow 225	Showbiz 187
TOTAL DAY	395	161	127	147
PRIME TIME	883	227	319	235
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2417	Blitzer 716	Matthews 602	Prime 238
6 pm	Baier 1988	Blitzer 522	EdShow 519	Prime 229
7 pm	Shep 1833	Dobbs 675	Matthews 710	Issues 398
8 pm	O’Reilly 3814	Brown 783	Olbermann 1243	Grace 875
9 pm	Hannity 3118	King 810	Maddow 1082	Issues 431
10 pm	Greta 2388	Cooper 636	Olbermann 733	Grace 493
11 pm	O’Reilly 1657	Cooper 411	Maddow 530	Showbiz 411
TOTAL DAY	1410	511	413	297
PRIME TIME	3107	743	1019	588
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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