FNC Tops Cable News Competition Combined In Prime Time Demo and Total Viewers

Cable news ratings, December 16, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News Channel regularly beats CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in total viewers every weeknight during prime time. But last night, they also beat the cable news competition combined in the A25-54 demographic during prime time – averaging 695,000 to 627,000. They also topped the other three combined in total viewers, total day.

• The top non-FNC show was Nancy Grace on HLN at 8pmET in the demo, and Keith Olbermann on MSNBC at 8pmET in 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 665	Blitzer 88	Matthews 94	Prime 132
6 pm	Baier 474	Blitzer 124	EdShow94	Prime 81
7 pm	Shep 469	Tonight 115	Matthews 160	Issues 128
8 pm	O’Reilly 894	Brown 111	Olbermann 249	Grace 258
9 pm	Hannity 692	King 184	Maddow 208	Behar 168
10 pm	Greta 496	Cooper 232	Olbermann 279	Grace 210
11 pm	O’Reilly 568	Cooper 160	Maddow 151	Showbiz 199
TOTAL DAY	398	135	109	150
PRIME TIME	695	175	245	207
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2476	Blitzer 621	Matthews 527	Prime 278
6 pm	Baier 2172	Blitzer 553	EdShow 488	Prime 254
7 pm	Shep 1997	Tonight 534	Matthews 560	Issues 405
8 pm	O’Reilly 3362	Brown 484	Olbermann 1068	Grace 826
9 pm	Hannity 2369	King 820	Maddow 915	Behar 645
10 pm	Greta 1706	Cooper 921	Olbermann 753	Grace 501
11 pm	O’Reilly 1611	Cooper 489	Maddow 404	Showbiz 382
TOTAL DAY	1477	542	415	347
PRIME TIME	2480	742	912	638
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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