Bill O’Reilly Way Out In Front, Countdown With O’Donnell Best on MSNBC

by Steve Krakauer | 7:06 pm, July 28th, 2009

RATINGS

Cable news ratings, July 27, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly won big for Fox News last night, with, averaging 917,000 in the A25-54 demo and 3,488,000 in total viewers. It was, as it usually is, the best cable news program. It matched his total viewer average from the previous Monday.

• Lawrence O’Donnell guest hosted Countdown at 8pmET on MSNBC last night, and it was MSNBC’s top-rated program in both total viewers and the demo. Howard Dean hosts tonight.

• Anderson Cooper was the top-rated show on CNN last night, at 10pmET, in both categories. It was 3rd to MSNBC’s Countdown repeat, however in the demo (and 2nd in total viewers).

• In the ongoing battle for 2nd place in prime time, MSNBC was #2 in total viewers and the demo.

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

601

Blitzer

155

Matthews

104

Prime

6 pm

Baier

477

Blitzer

151

EdShow

121

Prime

7 pm

Shep

395

Dobbs

178

Matthews

226

Issues

159

8 pm

O’Reilly

917

Brown

236

Olbermann

376

Grace

244

9 pm

Hannity

823

King

297

Maddow

334

Issues

155

10 pm

Greta

658

Cooper

301

Olbermann

325

Grace

147

11 pm

O’Reilly

725

Cooper

241

Maddow

196

Showbiz

129

TOTAL DAY

355

160

120

103

PRIME TIME

799

278

345

182

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

2275

Blitzer

826

Matthews

497

Prime

166

6 pm

Baier

2049

Blitzer

681

EdShow

501

Prime

204

7 pm

Shep

1734

Dobbs

699

Matthews

676

Issues

353

8 pm

O’Reilly

3488

Brown

819

Olbermann

1121

Grace

616

9 pm

Hannity

2749

King

842

Maddow

950

Issues

414

10 pm

Greta

2254

Cooper

927

Olbermann

747

Grace

353

11 pm

O’Reilly

1700

Cooper

634

Maddow

462

Showbiz

273

TOTAL DAY

1336

578

386

251

PRIME TIME

2832

862

939

457

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

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3 comments

libra blue says:

July 29, 2009 at 10:22 am

Sticking with the Jackson story doesn’t seem to be helping Anderson, he didn’t even get half of Greta’s numbers in the total viewers or the demo and to add insult to injury, lost to Olbermann’s repeat in the demo and Olbermann wasn’t even there.

Not to worry, I am sure that his “Regis & Kelly” numbers are through the roof, clearly that is his true “bliss.” He might want to consider doing a celebrity talk show and leave the news business to authentic journalists. It is difficult to believe that he used to be an excellent journalist.

Gianrico says:

July 29, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Lawrence O’Donnell continually provides the most cogent analysis of all the talking heads and pundits on television. It was a pleasure to see him host Countdown two nights ago. It was also refreshing to listen to Gov. Dean last night.
Anecdotally, from my limited exposure to neocon friends in the two localities I call home, the reason Fox drivel news is more popular and had higher numbers, is that Fox appeals to the fears and baser instincts of people. Be it gov’t take over, racism or xenophobia. And these people do not read nor seek other sources for information. Therefore, continually Fox network numbers will always show a higher rating. I tune in to Fox just to familiarize my self with the idiocy of Beck, the megalomania and narcissism of O’Reilly, the pandering and illogical Hannity and the specious logic of Greta. Shepard Smith tries his darnest to be a journalist given the apparent mission statement of Rupert Murdoch.

cmdrgmh says:

July 30, 2009 at 9:55 pm

The ratings are incomplete. MSNBC is not available on all of the outlets that CNN and Faux News are. #2. MSNBC’s shows are available for download on their website which is in the hundreds of thousands every month that are not counted in the ratings but should be. Just those two examples should give anyone pause when reading the ratings everyday.

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