CNN Edges FNC In Demo During Fort Hood Memorial Coverage

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

• During Tuesday’s two-hour Fort Hood memorial coverage beginning at 1:30pmET, CNN edged Fox News (310,000 to 305,000) in the A25-54 demographic for 1st place in the time slot. FNC was #1 in total viewers. MSNBC was way behind in both categories (66,000 in the demo).

• Bill O’Reilly had the top cable news show again last night, far ahead in both the demo and total viewers.

• Larry King had a huge night for CNN at 9pmET, coming within 70,000 of 1st place Hannity in 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   626	Blitzer   184	Matthews   143	Prime   110
6 pm	Baier   417	Blitzer   147	EdShow   168	Prime   129
7 pm	Shep   605	Dobbs   208	Matthews   198	Issues   263
8 pm	O’Reilly   1078	Brown   190	Olbermann   374	Grace   393
9 pm	Hannity   739	King   668	Maddow   267	Behar   184
10 pm	Greta   598	Cooper   500	Olbermann   230	Grace   231
11 pm	O’Reilly   488	Cooper   240	Maddow   145	Showbiz   184
TOTAL DAY	451	255	131	178
PRIME TIME	805	456	290	259
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2442	Blitzer   753	Matthews   526	Prime   274
6 pm	Baier   2220	Blitzer   746	EdShow   578	Prime   334
7 pm	Shep   2444	Dobbs   879	Matthews   711	Issues   679
8 pm	O’Reilly   3938	Brown   786	Olbermann   1207	Grace   970
9 pm	Hannity   2534	King   1690	Maddow   995	Behar   551
10 pm	Greta   2142	Cooper   1099	Olbermann   681	Grace   463
11 pm	O’Reilly   1703	Cooper   695	Maddow   404	Showbiz   429
TOTAL DAY	1741	841	440	370
PRIME TIME	2872	1194	961	638
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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