CNN’s Obama Interview Finishes Distant 2nd Behind FNC

Cable news ratings, September 20, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• While the final network ratings won’t be out until Thursday, the one cable interview as part of Pres. Barack Obama‘s Sunday show run was CNN’s State of the Union with John King. In its first airing at 9amET, the show had 602,000 total viewers and 228,000 in the A25-54 demographic – good for a distant 2nd behind Fox News. In its prime time airing at 8pmET, the interview finished 2nd in total viewers and 3rd, behind MSNBC as well, in the demo.

• The top rated program in prime time was FNC’s 8pmET hour in total viewers and 9pmET hour 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	172	164	260	58
6 pm	235	128	181	76
7 pm	178	182	259	79
8 pm	261	155	179	115
9 pm	277	176	219	141
10 pm	256	177	176	99
11 pm	154	158	180	126
TOTAL DAY	249	168	151	112
PRIME TIME	265	169	192	118
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	1073	527	447	167
6 pm	1099	579	285	276
7 pm	1069	511	451	274
8 pm	1532	471	382	304
9 pm	1357	534	452	299
10 pm	1205	605	428	291
11 pm	716	396	419	249
TOTAL DAY	1026	549	324	258
PRIME TIME	1365	537	421	298
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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