CNN Tonight Hits Lowest Ratings Yet At 7pmET In Demo

Cable news ratings, November 23, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• CNN Tonight is the temporary replacement show for CNN at 7pmET until John King officially takes over for Lou Dobbs at the hour early next year. Last night was the first time the program dropped below 100,000 viewers in the A25-54 demographic. Overall the program is down 20% in the demo and 23% in total viewers compared to Dobbs’ November average.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top show on cable news last night, in total viewers and the demo. He had the only program over one million demo 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   738	Blitzer   97	Matthews   156	Prime   80
6 pm	Baier   460	Blitzer   88	EdShow   232	Prime   116
7 pm	Shep   475	Tonight   97	Matthews   209	Issues   170
8 pm	O’Reilly   1018	Brown   128	Olbermann   271	Grace   251
9 pm	Hannity   626	King   185	Maddow   230	Behar   151
10 pm	Greta   583	Cooper   139	Olbermann   269	Grace   231
11 pm	O’Reilly   516	Cooper   101	Maddow   119	Showbiz   169
TOTAL DAY	420	109	125	137
PRIME TIME	743	150	256	207
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2847	Blitzer   572	Matthews   675	Prime   191
6 pm	Baier   2333	Blitzer   502	EdShow   738	Prime   211
7 pm	Shep   2288	Tonight   493	Matthews   721	Issues   393
8 pm	O’Reilly   3740	Brown   456	Olbermann   997	Grace   719
9 pm	Hannity   2577	King   596	Maddow   799	Behar   447
10 pm	Greta   2225	Cooper   509	Olbermann   680	Grace   445
11 pm	O’Reilly   1515	Cooper   333	Maddow   364	Showbiz   352
TOTAL DAY	1592	432	429	282
PRIME TIME	2848	520	825	520
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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